The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-07-27
NORTH GEORGIA.

NORTH GEORGIA.
A CarolinIan's Description Of how Tho
People Celebrate the "Glorious Fourth"
up There.
MEssRs. EDITORS Notwithstanding
the rain in the early part of the day, and
the general mud all around, the Fourth
of July was perhaps the greatest day
ever witnessed in Tryon. The day
opened up with a showery appearance,
but by 10 o'clock the clouds cleared
away to some extent and the rain ceased
and the people began to come in from
every direction and in every conceivable
mode of travel until the town was full to
overlooking, aad by II o'clock there were
some three or four thousand people in
town and assembled at the ''grand stand"
to listen to the speaking, which was the
first part of the programme. The sub
jects discussed on the stand we're "The
Improved Order of Red Men" "Ancient
Freemasonry," "Odd Fellows," and SO
on. could not hear much of the speak
ing, but kept busy going around gather
ing all I could from the so.called re-
nowned Georgia cracker, some of which
was quite amusing. I saw young man
with his best girl sitting off to one side
on a log; he VAS showing her his picture
that he had had taken. She was looking
quite pleased at it, and heard her say
as passed by, "Now, Jeems, I knows in
reason you has had this here likeness
drawed for me; now haint ye? Say yes,
and I'll take it straight to nam and
show her how good ye looks" but I
couldn't tell neither Jim consented or
not, but I think he did. Another in.
stance was very amusing. That was
regular mountain backwoods cracker
who came in on an OK wagon, bringing
his "old 'oman and two grown daugh.
ters with him. They met up with an old
acquaintance whom they had probably
not seen in some time. The old man
said: "Nancy, do you know who this
is ?" "Why no, John," said she, "who
is it?" "Why hits Bill Price," said he.
"Well, we'll |" said she, 'is that you Bill.
I wouldn't to have knowed ye from
side Of sole leather. Well, how is
Martha and the children, and is ye got
any manefact terbacker er long with
yo2" eyes," says he, and he out with
half "a plug, remarking as he handed it
to her, that "thar was some as good as
she ever stuck tooth in" The old lady
took chew and handed it to the old
mau and he bit off chew. Then the
girls had to have "chaw," too, and
they all praised Bills terbacker consid.
erably as they ruminated on it and spit
out the "ham gravy" as old uncle Joe
Scott used to say.
There is no use of trying to keep
genuine Georgia Cracker from enjoying
himself when be has set his head on 8
days enjoyment, for hs is going to have
it, aod + reckon it's alright, for ne all
need little recreation and amusement
occasionally.
There was but very little whiskey
drinking, and the very best of order
throughout the day. There was not the
least friction or disturbance of any kind
to mar the enjoyment which they all
seemed bent on having and did have.
love to see a big crowd of people get
together and have full days enjoyment
it LOOKS neighborly, and is sign that
the world is growing better morally.
The chief attraction of the day, as an
nounced in the various county papers
around here, was to be balloon ascen-
sion by that greatest of Southern @ro-
nauts, Prof. W. T. Rozell, of Piedmont,
S. G. 1t looked as if we would be disap.
pointed In the balloon ascension in the
early part of the day, but as before stated
it faired up by noon, 80 that by 8 o'clock
the Professor had everything in good
shape, and after bidding his friends fare
we'll your humble correspondent hooked
bis Parachute on to the balloon and
turned it loose and it shot up through
the air like bird turned loose, until it
reached height variously estimated at
from one to two thousand feet. As he
ascended he made some of the most
skillful as we'll as daring performances
on the trapeze ever witnessed by hu-
man eye. In this he is certainly an ex-
pert. So far as your correspondent is
informed, Prof. Rozell stands at the head
of American aronauts and general trap
eze performances in mid.air. The bal
loon ascension WAS one of the most sue.
cessful ever witnessed, and gave entire
satisfaction to all of the thousands Of
spectators present. The Prot. did not go
as high as he wished to go, and wanted
to make it again, but the crowd was sat-
isfed and would not listen to him max
ing another ascension, 30 they repaired
to the speakers stand again to hear q
lecture or speech on the Eastern STAR"
and passed off the balance of the day in
various amusements, such as base ball
games, parslyzing the coon, etc., etc.,
aud some say they tipped the light fan
tastic toe later on in the day, but 1
didn't see it, but did see young coun.
try fellow on the platform at the speak.
er's stand in the forenoon, while the
band WAS playing, trying to cut the
"Georgia buck" as the boys call it. He
seemed to feel jolly all over, for I think
he had been sucking around some of the
blind tigers from his actions, and was
having fine time all to himself.
So much for this old-fashioned fourth
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