Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-09-18
Gathered A-GOing.

business trip up the river last
week. Thursday morning after
the last Courier was folded and
started to its destination, we took
our seats behind the best team our
liverystable could produce, and
turned our faces toward the "sun-
ny SOUTH" No stop was made
until Walnut Grove was reached,
where we transacted our business
with dispatch and pushed on with
Waterloo as the goal for the
first night. The monotony of the
route between these two points,
was occasional relieved by lux
uriant vines of muscadines and
springs of pure water gushing from
the continuous range of hills on
our left, while the fertile valley of
the Tennessee lay on our right.
Occasionally we would pass des-
erted howell with abandoned" writ.
ten on it's face, where no doubt the
drama of life had been played to
its finale, by one actor at least, for
near by would be little grass
grown mound enclosed by paling
fence all fallen to decay, and the
thought that the place that knows
us now will soon know US no more,
would force itself upon us. Wat
erloo was reached in time to have
an hour to attend to business, and
the next morning, after delight
full nights sleep and good enter
tainment at the Waterloo Hotel,
we were eager to continue our
southwark march. The road from
Waterloo to Gravelly Springs, a
distance of about ten miles, is lin
ed with alluring springs, and if
the wary traveller sips from them
all, he will find that he is not max
ing much speed. No halt was
made in Gravelly Springs, except
long enough to engage lodging
for the night, and we whipped on
up the river, visiting Rhodesville,
Smithsonia and Oakland. The
route in this section was quite in
teresting to the writer. Here we
passed through miles and miles of
farms, grown in corn and cotton,
with here and there section worn
ont and thrown aside; saw the old
negro quarters, the Over-seers'
homes and the old mansions where
lived the masters-the slave own
ers Of ante bellam days. Ofcourse
this was on a small scale as com
pared to the plantations of south
ern Alabama and Louisiana.
While passing through these fields,
and and at about ten miles dis.
lance, we could see the columns
of black smoke and white steam
side by side in circling wreaths
ascending from the Sheffield fur
naces. at Oakland, at a distance
of seven miles from Florence, we
turned our faces hOmeward, reach.
ling Gravelly Springs Friday night
where we found a smoking supper
and the best room in waiting fOl
us. Here the writer had the pleas
ureR of meeting for the first time
a type of what she had often heart
of through her husband who was
brought up among them-the Ala
bama aristocrat. Just before sup
per we were introduced to her
and from her conversation at ia
BILE we caught the idea that sh,
had fred shot into the enemy's
camp and got routed before our ar
rival; and at the close of the mea
she made a remark to the Ed
about DR.. Kelley, to which he re
; piled, Eyes he is quite nice gen
tleman." eyes," she replied, "h
makes nice spice for our demOcra
ginger cake" Now if you will ex
cuse me, | will drop the editOria
eve" and use an upper case |, 70
| fancy the Ed. will not want t.
: get mixed up in this. So | SAY
that the old lady (whO was a boart
> er at the house, was full of polite
and wanted to get up politics
discussion, and | do detest dii
: cussions of any kind, and then sh
; touched a tender place when sh
attacked DR.. Kelley, so though
| would not waste any small she
on the old lady, but explode Al
!. FOUNDER on the start, so | smilin
l. told her the Democrats had II
}, candidate, that he belonged to til
Alliance, that the Farmers had
candidate, the Pr0hibitionists ha
), a candidate and the Republican
o had a candidate; whereupon th
l. old lady wilted, and we heard +
l. more politics from her; she di
not even make her appearance
the breakfast table, but | learne
that in speaking of the affair afte
wards to one of the guests, 81
remarked, "never attack Sens,
if you do it will marshal its fore,
rs against yOu," for which l am mus
r obliged to the old lady, for she HI
le much more sense than |, but | a
d afraid she has not put it to a got
% use, if politics is all she thinks {
o We arose early Saturday mOrnil
L in order to climb the miniatu
re mountain that stands sentinel ov
le the little village of Gravel
ct Springs and while ascending to
'e summit, we were filed with Ion
" ing to scale Pixies Peak aud wi
IL alpenstock, the Matterhorn. {
our way out from Gravelly Sprin
to Lowryville, we noticed sever
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