The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-26
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: We Wc;" called bright AMI early D.
! Tic attentive walters at lh~ NcwLcrrl
Hotel, lately taken charge oi by VIII I
Jones and Brother. and given I Spl"n
dih b:cahia>t. which We dill not apprcci
1t" ill VIC h:d been on tn. road aloE'
five or >;x lci:r- and remembered t!I:i
We had %"nc away without any lhiich.
We lett the hotel in 4 hack, furnished
by Mr.. Dr4tc Smith. viii! ". G. Gaines
engineer. i. O. Herbert. mail agent. W
:. Brown. brakeman, l:c was also Ell.
gagged By Iii" HERALD .NSD News Il:
special a:ti>t 10 make observations on
the new routc 10 Columbia. We were
also accompanied by Mr.. =. c. Trumho.
formerly Of Charleston. but ROW travel
ing for li!c New York soap works. and
Mr.. W. z. Meyer. OF Baltimore, who is
travelling fOr 4 Balt;GOrc icwclry house.
So VIC had plenty oi "cft :oap and brass
along with rs. We soon dist urbcd the
peace anI quiet nf tilr growing and flour
i~hing city oi Prosperity hy tie whist"
Of tn" engineer and the blowing OF the
,!rummcr>. After filling or tank with
water we again blew of brakes and
RULED ont f,r Columbia. accompanied
i"r 4 short distance b. DR.. y. +. Lang
!orG.
Alter ir"S>in" Prosperity few miles
We found that there had been but
little rain. which WAS the c:;sc until We
arrived within short distance OF Co
lumbia. The wheat and oats crops were
in splendid condition all along the route,
but corn and cotton were rather back
ward. however. the farmers told lis that
little sunshine after the rain would
bring them ont I'LL right. About l:30
o'clock We heard the welcome sound OF
the conductors voice, singing cut,
''scvcntrcM minutes for dinncr.' We
We're treated to a very fine dinner by 4
colored gentleman and his wife, whose
names we failed to learn. The bill Of
fare consisted Of Il real fine piece Of
boiled beef, wheat bread and noodle
soup, which we washed down with but
tcrmilk or Adams III" as our tastes die
tated. The desert consisted Of bread
and sorghum.
We think we can safely say that ali
the passengers were enjoying the din
ncr hugely, until the iewciry man, from
the city OF science and medical colleges
innoccM;Iy remarked that the noodles
put him in mind OF tape worms, and
said l:c WAS pnSlv" that he felt one Of
thcm turn IN his m0utIl-whcn he started
to chew it.
After dinner we Travelled along very
smoothly till abort / O'Clock, when we
We're suddenly startled by a dismal wall
from the soft soap man. We We're very
much exercised, fearing that he had
been REDUCED by the fcrvcHt heat OF the
sun to his original grease, and were
much relieved when lie said that he had
only JUST then discovered that W" had
failed to bring III" refrigerator car along.
and consequently had no :cr to cool lis
parcllcd lips.
The next, aid by far til" greatest ac-
cislcnt which b"ieIl any OF the party. was
the loss by the brakeman OF his pocket
book. but a> usual it had no money in it.
only some notes and memoranda; and L
letter from his Sunday girl, which he
said he would not have taken $3.50 for;
and he bc@S Us to say to the kind people
along the road that ii they have been so
fortunate rs to hauc found the sid az
ticcs and will forward them to the
HERALD AND NEWS Office. Ncwbcrry.
5. c., that he will bear all expenses Of
50 doing.
The beautiful sunshine, instead of
raising the spirits OF the party had 4 ter
.lency to wilt them, and they were not
raised 4 bit when We met Mcs>rs. \. c..
Jones. Of the HERALD AND NEWS. and
J. O. Meredith, who were on their way
o NcWbcrry, and who told Us that it