Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-30
SOUTHERN SIGHTS.
)UTH CAROLINA CITY AND ITS SUR
ROUNDINGS.

hOl NDlNbS'
COLUMBIA. 5. c., April Is, 1856.
thing of beauty is a joy forever,
b Columbia is that. We know of no
erican city of its size that is hand
err. Laid out at right angles, its
cts are wide and beautifully lined
b water oaks and other trees that are
| fully adorned with the green of sum-
The population of the city is 3D.
1t is a model American city. and
bably the handsomest one of the
h. Its houses are most creditable, its
lie buildings respectable. and its air
cleanliness and good taste remarkable:
still we want to suggest that the
nliness might be made still more per-
A little rubbish occasionally lit
Il walk, and few cutters might be
roved. We hope these slight def
cieS will be corrected: for Columbia
ainly has reputation to sustain of
lty and good order.
came here from Spartanburgh on
Ilday last. 1t is almost directly south,
ething more than 100 miles. We
Jed one well-looking village and a
| deal of good land. 1t seemed like
ling a Northern land. The noun
faded beyond sight; the country
me less billy. and the trees, which
y almost bare of buds at Spartan
gh, grew green with leaves.
TUESDAY NIGHT. April %.
be boarding season at this hotel is
breaking up. The lady from West
ginia and her neice remain; but the
is very much an invalid and her
e is shy. | suppose the young lady's
Re is Jane, and if she was old enough
Duld think that she was the heroine
he ballad:
pretty Jane, my pretty Jane,
lever, never look so shy.
e have been having gay house.
1t, there was gentleman and lady
n Hartford whom formerly knew at
Pavilion, Montpelier. He is agent
the American Life Insurance Co.
n there was party from Rome, New
| k, including two ladies. both of them
kcious, one an elderly lady, the other
daughter-in-law. With this nucleus
had a social parlor, and whist every
hing; but yesterday the Romans left,
last night Mr.. and Mrs. Church fol-
|ed.
)his city grows lovelier each day.
I'm weather agrees with it. 1t brings
| its Americanism, on the street, and in
windows. Everything is very neat.
! blooming just now with roses. You
t see them in every yard as AT Talla-
Zee, but you meet them all the time
II the street. worn both by gentlemen
ladies. To-day | saw locusts in
som, little past | should say. 1t
at the outskirts of the city. near
! e immense hickory trees.
tuesday, got a saddle beast at one of
stables, and took my first ride into
country. They gave me gray mare
] as a saddle beast could hardly be eX-
|ed; needed neither whip nor spur. |
ned her Marion, and she appeared to
TX it was a very nice name. We start
or the north, The road is broad,
l-worked: about half sand and half
clay. There are houses and farms
|stantly, some of them looking very
but after getting out several miles
rh the greater portion of the land in
1T is covered with the Southern pine.
ire are no near villages. You seldom
] two villages in South Carolina less
b twenty-five miles apart.
innsboro, the first town of size on
road, is - miles from Columbia.
| geway, a small hamlet with several
res, is reached at - miles. Today
G east. The first town they told me
Camden, 81 miles. | met IA good