Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-23
fContinued from last week
MORE ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA
SpARrANBrRGm, 5. c., April ., 1856.

lie new OINFI VI lIllllHS II DtCOIllluS
stable. Slave labor has been transform
ed to free. 1t has learned its new condi-
tons, and is moving now on an eternal
road. The negroes appear very much
better than ten years ago. You do not
see them now standing about the streets
as then. They are more civil, look neat
er and appear more industrious. They
are, too, better dressed, and have a look
of independence, a happy look, and quiet
look, that is most pleasant to see. How
much they vote do not know; or how
many of their votes are counted, but that
they are freemen | have no doubt eX-
plains to a great extent this look of
manliness.
Than the whites there are no more
hospitable people in the world. and this
hospitality is full and complete. They,
too. have accepted the new condition of
things: have already entered upon the
new way that is leading them away from
the kingdom of darkness into one of
light They, too, are putting their hand
to the pillow and are ready to welcome
anything which shall make the way look
brighter. There is nothing now whatev-
er TO keep Northern people back. They
can come here and start in as full SYM
patty as if they went West or East. The
prosperity of the country will be the
thought of all alike. and when that is so
a country must he prosperous.
am satisfied that vineyards can be
grown here to great advantage. Peaches
are already a large crop. Grass, see,
fourishes well in the yards. Melons,
strawberries, vegetables, corn, cotton,
wheat and oats all do well-only there
wants to be better system of farming,
deeper blowing and more manure.
| left Augusta Monday afternoon for
Greenwood. South Carolina. about half
way to this place The difference of the
air is most perceptible as soon as you rise
from Augusta into the pine lands. Green
wood, "a miles from Augusta, is some
thing of village, and As you see it from
the cars mostly newly built. The old
town is back mile. The hotel is
new wooden one, very neatly kept.
but deficient in pine knots or dry wood
Two small oak sticks gave out little
heat from the fireplace in the office.
Large rooms, large halls, open doors and
loose windows mark the southern house
or hotel. and often manage to give you
colder reception than you can find North
for they let IN most of the cold there is.
whilst in the North it is kept out \
drummer on the train that | enquired of
about this hotel said he nearly troze to
death the only time he stopped at it, In
the morning | walked out early: Their
mometer about 49, The temperature
seemed very much "a it often does i'll the
early morning near Lake Champaign in
May or early June The first view of the
village was very pleasing-pretty yards
and small houses. | supposed this to be
the suburbs. but it proved to be the cen
ter. and distant spire that rose from the
trees "A mile off was a delusion and a
snare. Instead of the church of a we'll
kept village, it marked the ruin of "A once
prominent but now abandoned church,
and the few houses near it corrcsponded
in age and suffering. The country itself
seemed all that one could ask for.
| left in the Tuesday morning train for
this place. The road goes through Lau-
rens county, called the second best in the
State for its soil, Anderson being first.
We reached Spartanburgh at p. m, l64
miles from Augusta
The usual bus, and very good one,
took us to the Merchants Hotel, a very
neat and well-kept house, where they are
very thoughtful to supply the wants of
their guests. Mr.. Lee, proprietor of the |
hotel, was formerly boOk-keeper at the |
Charleston.
Spartanburgh is a busy place for |
Southern town. of some 5000 inhabitants. |
Much of it is built of brick and stone. 1t |
stands on high ground and commands |
faint view of the distant mountains. 1t .
is a pleasant place in itself to stop at.
made pleasanter by having so good no.
Tel. There is from here railroad direct
to Ashcville, North Carolina, rs well as
one to Columbia : and the Piedmont Air
depOts.a large number of stores, the usual
number of churches, several hotels and IA
fine opera house. There are "A few houses
of very chaste design; two thought as
handsome Though not especially largo as
lever saw, and several others resembling
them in the excellent taste of the design.
though all different. | determined that
they all came from one source and max
ing enquiry this afternoon found that was
correct. The architect is IA gentleman
from New York who moved here a num-
Der of years ago As a German that
met as | walked out on the principal
thoroughfare said to me- "If you walk,
you will have pleasure. 1t will be "A del
icacy for the eye
| al af 1.