Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-01
A sPoRTsmAN,s PARADISE.

A New Havener's Winter Recreation in the SoHth-An Interesting Eetter From South Carolina.
 ! A New Haven disciple of Nimrod, and one whose skill with the rcd and gun have ! been demonstrated many time, writes the COURIER as follows concerning rare win ter's sport and recreation down in the Caro- linas
 l As is and has been my custom for quite a 1 number of years, have spent the present winter with my family in the South and as "open confession is good for the soul, must admit that this has been productive of ! more real comfort and pleasure to us all than any have ever experienced before in our an- nual Southern visits First of all, I must tell you where we have put in our time, which done, and when you have learned of the place, it's people and surroundings, it readily accounts for the pleasures that have been ours.
 We arrived there from New Haven on De- cember 18th, having been recommended ! thither by friends, being quite undetermined as to the length of our stay: but after we had met s'mine host", surveyed his tavern, ] seen Rock Hill and met her hospitable and progressive people, in the language of the Indian whose exclamation gave name to @ great state, we turned to ''the Madaw" and exclaimed, "Alabana" (Here we resi-. I
 find Rock Hill to be strictly modern, thor oughly progressive and with as fine, whole souled and open-armed people as the sun shines on.
 It is fully abreast of the time in every re- spect. It has several trunk lines of railways ! being at the intersection of the Charlotte, | Ls- T AI,1 Cincinnati and Chicago roads and has several cotton mills which would excite the envy of Fall River. It has numbers of other indus- | tries and fine iron depots which are now at | tracting the attention of large capitalists of Philadelphia.
 The business houses and the volume of
 business done by them is simply astounding.
 l It has hotel, 'fTne Carolina" which is 8 credit not only to the town, but to South Carolina. It is new, modern, well equipped
 | and in the hands of a live, progressive land
 lord It is well run and largely patronized.
 l To it we shall ever feel grateful for two
 months pleasantly spent as any ever
 l known. As you know I am 6 disciple of
 | Nimrod and to go South without my guns
 and dogs would be like Hamlet with Ham
 let left out" have paid special attention
 l to quail and have found finer quail shooting
 here than I have ever known before, and
 really doubt if there is in all these United States finer sporting grounds than ! there is in the vicinity of Rock Hill l During my stay about sixty days my score figured up to 495 quail, besides sev- 1 eral woodcock and snips and rabbits innu- merable. Next month the snipe shooting I will be fne Usually great many ducks and geese can be shot within short distance of Rock Hill. The mild weather North has | bsen unfavorabls to them this winter. My wife is quite lover of the rod and gun, is 8 | fair shot, and on several occasions has made | bags which would do credit to many profess sionais. have met there 8 good many northern sportsn4en, and all of us have found I satisfactory sport and have received nothing but the most cordial hospitality and kindly | treatment, and with one accord we all reluc- l tantly said good bye for time and we will D. v. come again next season. but I know I ! shall often find myself repeating: As travellers oft look back at
 While eastward darkly going,
 To catch one glimpse of the light they leave, Still faint behind them growing. So when the close of pleasures day To gloom has near consigned uS. We turn to catch one fading ray
 Of joy that's left behind us.
 Permit me to mention specially and with | grateful remembrance Messrs. Fay Wilson, I Fred Mobley, Thomas L. Johnson, w. G. | Roddy John T. Roddy. L. L.. Reed and J. l Eagan Poag. all of whom have contributed | no little to the pleasure, not only of myself, but other visiting sportsmen. l must add l that have the distinction of killing fine specimen of the Albino quails, nearly "Rara Avis" B. M.