The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-01-17
q Letter from Southwest Georgia.

.yations since leaving South Carolina may
have points Of interest to the many read
ers of the INTELLIGENcER, and by your
permission we will jot down few of
Them, and allow the reader to take them
at their worth.
We left Anderson on the 18th Decem-
ber,. and had pleasant ride over the
s. v. r. r.. to Augusta: We arrived
there at II a. M, and found the city all
on the move in the direction Of the Ex-
position grounds. Vice President Ste
Yenson, Secretary Herbert, Secretary
Smith, Tom Corbett, the pugilist, and
Craig, the largest man in the world, had
already gone out, and were attracting
everything after them. we got in line
and took the first car that came along,
and though we had barely enough stand
ing room, we managed to reach the
grounds in safety. Vice President Ste
svenson was addressing large crowd Of
enthusiastic admirers, and was about
half way through when we reached tha
yrrounds. We heard the remainder Of his
address, and while we are unable to re-
call much that he said, the impression he
made upon MS was more lasting. He had
the look of an honest man and spoke like
one. Secretary Herbert followed in a
short address. Secretary Hoke Smith
was the next speaker, and we would have
been glad to have listened to him, but
eur children were with Us, and became
Impatient to zee what was going on in
other quarters, 80 we started out on q
tour of fsight-seeing, and for about four
hours we walked round and round, TAX
ing in every thing as best we could until
we were ALI well-nigh exhausted. We
found quite number of side-shows in
side of the Exposition grounds, but the
chief one was where the "big INC, n"
Craig, presided as the centre of attrac-
ton. When we first saw him he was
sitting with a slouch hat on and a-news-
paper in his hand reading He reminded
US not Of man, but of something made
on larger scale In imitation Of one. One
of our children turned to us and said !:
MPapa, that's not a man, is it?" She
really thought that the object shs saw
was AN automatic machine, or something
gotten up to deceive but when he laid
aside his paper and looked around, she
became convinced that 1t was no delu-
sion, but real live man of vast propor-
tions that she was looking at. Heewas
unable to either arise or sit down without
assistance, but when once on his feet he
seemed to be at perfect ease. We noticed
that his face wore all expression Of be-
nevolence, and as we approached him we
held out our hand, he.extended his with
"a smile; and we t,shook hands," He
seemed willing to talk, 30 we chatted
with him for some time, asking good
many questions, which he answered
pleasantly. He is thirty-seven years old,
is six feet six Inches high, and weighs
nine hundrad and seven pounds. His
wife is a real pretty brunette, weighing
about one hundred and ten pounds. In
this same show was Spanish sword
swallower, who gulped down sword as
long as his body and about one and q
half inches wide. We know nothing
about the snatopay nf the Spaniard, but
would naturally 81 ppose there is pecu-
.liarity about them not common to ordi.
nary men. He certainly swallowed the
sword, and no mistake suppose this
is quite an ordinary feat, but we had
never seen it done before.
We had gone out Of the main building
to take a look; at the Ferris Wheel, when
our attention was attracted by cheering
ia the direction Of the Grand Stand. We
concluded to walk down and ascertain
the cause. It was a>"sparring match
going on between Corbett and his trainer.
but we arrived too late to see much 81
the fun, as they. were just starting on
their last round. There was such 8
crowd around the arena that we saw but
littIe-quite enough, however, to satisfy
our curiosity with this kind OF business.
Alter the match was over Corbett passed
out near where we were standing, and
we got d good look at the champion Of
the world. What q pity that such mus
Gle and such energy should be expended
so uselessly aud unworthily. Weare OPP
posed to this kind of business first, last
and all the time, but If the fight must
come off between Corbett and Mitchell,
we would have Corbett to whip the Eng
lishman every time,
= We left Augusta at twelve o'clock that
night, tired and sleepy enough, but rath-
or elared at our success in striking the
Exposition at time SO favorable to
sightseeing. We reached Macon at 3
O'Clock the next morning, and Dawson
at 3 in the evening. Here our relatives
met us with conyeyances and brought US
within mile or so of our present home.
Our household goods that we had shipp-
ed by railroad had reached Dawson in
advance Of us, and 1t was but matter of
q day or 40 before we were domiciled in
our now home. Dave and Harris-with
wagon, buggy, mules and dogs-were
only two days behind us in reaching this
place. Harris held on to his dog Tray,
(better known as Pup,) and landed hin
safely. "Pup" is nothing but dog, but
Harris loved him and he loved Harris, so
he could not think of losing or leaving
him behind. We are now pleasantly
situated six and half miles from Daw-
son, our County site, and one and half
miles from Herod. our nearest postofice.
Herod can boast of a store, postof1ice, gin
merry, doctor-shop, blacksmith shop, corn
mill, church and school-house. Messrs.
Hass, Harris, Brim and McLain are the
firm and magnates of this little village
They are real live men, and are doing
thriving business. They carry $4,000
stock of goods, and gin about 1900 bales
OF cotton every season. There are good
farms and good farming done in this Sec
ton, and but few desirable places offered
for sale.- We are surrounded by pleasant
neighbors and contented in our new
home. We will ever cherish fond recol-
lections of our native State as we pass
down the corridors Of time, and our wish
is that her people may be both prosper
GUS and happy. w. B. QUAILs.
Herod, Ga Jan. 10, 1894.
A Child's Terrible Death.
A little four-year-old white boy died