Daily Republican., 1884-08-16
;TIBYyILlE TO ROXANA.


BELLY LITTLE -rv.rIv
pHOnIBIrI0S rREvA'As
,.,. IL the largest town In Bslti-
Eoiau" aaundred. and the four mile rue
rors nuniII an.IhsviIIe 70 that place, In an
hpn 0'.v lace over the level but candy
wsn ci., ons M, ot the most delightful that
n.ds ii,~asined. i,o Everything sesms 70
s,,sss :, Of . Sabbath days 9oies, ,;,hon. nho .
s'n can drive for miles wtnous
yu a.,;ue spy one. 1t is indeed . grcAs
nssuust s.t 10 10 ihe noise and hustle OF the
0nu.s'ordei city, and to .one wearioo
WI IN Toll, is a grateful reiieI' ..
W. All S,iver Of the carriage stopped
luV ,sw minutes at Bishopville . little
l@s r,sas mat over the linein Maryland:
~. rlssI SIace has several we'll stocked
nS ..i Sp'sd and some very fine residences,
s.minent M among them being the man.
| isn Of Dr.. Holloway.
w. O,a =, Il also a nice church at this
.,.as .' known as the Wilson M. p.
gs',rh. gTlh and a large hotel is being built
S, po,sua was reached about 3. 10 O'Clock,
i, ~ ss there are no hotels, 1t became
~ sa.s.ary = 10 seek accommodations with
. r,ivate family, and with the help Of
n ,Onns man who drove the carriage
VA ~ AVA was secured Cor q few days with
y,ob S E. Lynch, the postmaster OF
poIsua, and by the attention OF Mr..
isncb AMI his amiable wife the
S,iSe was soon made to feel perfectly
nhcme.
mi lady insisted on providing din
M and the guest soon sat down TO o
kau,iful repast. After dinner he took
,valk down an old road, every tree
(which seemed twenty Ave years ago,
% b. familiar To bin.
But Low everything, even the road
i,eli seemed changed, and the cid trees
like the people he once knew seemed
pbsye been replaced by others. Many
rars ago there was in the woods along
sids Of the road place which the then
Old residents pointed out AZ the grave
d noted Indian Chief, while further
Loug was an Old graveyard, around
which clustered many ghostly tales
and weird stories.
Alter walking a couple OF miles the
scribe re,raced his steps, and
harug the sound of an axe In the
woods stepped IN and found an elderly
NAL busy chopping wood. A very
hE minutes conversation was enough
70 pe that he was one of those "set in
hways," and opposed 10 modern i'm
pnv-ments. He condemned the
nilrOad, AZ he thought 10 TOOK
more ont Of the country than 1t brought
b, and the stock law, passed by the
Int legislature, was, in his opinion,
Nmirsge, as IL compelled people to
i0p their stock confined, while the
gas Ia the woods and other places
W. allowed TO go to waste. He was
evidently far behind in this age of i'm.
Foyemenis, and presented q marked
Hlirisl to the Wilgus family, of Rox.
ni who from the grandfather down
inlys, progressive men.
VINE thirty years ago, when what II
w Roxana consisted of less than hail
ta1en houses, Jacob Wilgus estab-
WA a steam saw mill, which no doubt
Asen instrumental in many of the
lFoyenents that are now seen or
ny hand. The Old mill Is still In
tfallon, and has in its time cut mil.
l@s Of feet of boards, which now form
@Mlor'ab.e houses for many persons.
llele was formerly a grist mill con
le'ed With II, but 1t was abolished
some years ago.
IOiana has grown from its half dozer
houses ..a to be quite fiourishing village
aau Nv now has a iine Methodist church
.ae usual number Of stores, the indis
Naaole country blacksmith and wheel
snsn' The undertaken, who owns anl
'1ues ID the finest house in the place
VI AeUabe Is deservedly popular
S,. SIJ many persons spoke of him in til,
Itaes1 terms. and numberless Incl
,S' s'ls were related of his kindness q
Ii. me- s, IN iiidigent circumstances, and o
a,aaest as ieasonaoIe charges where sickness,
pr p'sieu iof long time In q family
ill.,. ~" houses in Roxana have the ole
n.,an' So n@'eii.,sweep, and iu nearly ever,
no,a 'lee NC y mas been superseded by th,
lyis u modern pump.
IA. A"tia s Is In fact 10 longer what 4
no,a a re lt" years ago 1t has beeom,
amf, "vuernl@ed. aud nearly ever,
nsca;. naVe The labor saving sewinI
Sond ~, Mhiie IRON many houses tn,
ssmaa n~ VI 'is orean, or some other la
lt,IA'4 'A' o' music is now heard. Th,
s,t.,,,s sfS ".ess ana act differently, and /
sa - oe Seen that the place ha
Sj,,s.A .A''ed by The dressmaker ant
An easspal .au' and home wove dresse
as b.ua uu more, and some of the vii
Asen fe.les ,er would easily have beel
Ii rba ,us E9iies living in the netropo
CON-. e1e ,,,' ola log school house has be
aud bo,s 'n'n Q; the past, and the girl
40 rec.' r.' ~ VINO quarter of o centur,
lon ispt'ed IN the rudiments of aned noa
ad won .ne Old structure, are now ma,
atr rulsl' pa,,. , and have long since takel
The r%is "i,i a ~ the great drama of life.
SaptiooD,ua sehooi house, how many as
w aronna ana Pleasant memories clus
houses Sa ~ :, IL 1t in common with In,
aendlna' 'nat ns time had its fro. place
suetImax x almost across the room anI
when ss aras me mischievous urchins
DE fre uered wor,, by the teacher to lieh
ans ont toaia ~ kindle blaze that wo1li
ats ,bs 1, a. lhe top Of the chime,
.ack Or aaa;l aane from rolling mil
aa no,a m again IT his back was furnei
Aat HI. the probabilities NO,
anciouss s.sk st would be lifted into tn,
Place to n Vau Jog building has giyer
aasts a n a more modern edif,ce tba,
,sqnr idapae dIplfe and bell, and where th,
'Aoot, mora are u, no doubt taught &
plogress f, Of M ~ accordance with tn,
Within VI = 'eis ms enlightened age '
,asaidents bannw ,uw years many of the OLD
Places hars rase passed away, ard thei,
alsa yarn rne been taken by the,r % "h,i
sSs left, it, hn, twenty-five years ago AT, Ar,
1xAgus, who Ins among the few are .Jaco,
a'ed to see ~ ,h is o. years Ut age, and ha,
.ssscendspts 'ne third generation OF hi,
NOTED thru. h Although far beyond IN, a,'
ssainy men mpss', Of n,, Of Greater vigor thar m =
%rlolivs n, mot not half his age, aid bid,
De and bis any y Years to come,
sa0 tespectad descendants are ho,or,.d
saeh Of fv.ea' the and to their enternr,s r1. :,
NJ sMntributed ffo'TIptrity of Ro1ana oar
% y. William !, Two of his sons. jon, oh,