The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
Gav. Writes Again.
He rs ONCE MORE IN TIE
BOSOM OF HIS FAMI-
LY ON THE BANKS
OF THE WEE NEE
Ga the Banks of the Wee Nee,
January Il. 1900

Many the changes since last we
have met no doubt, but they didn't
seem to happen very much herea
bouts. On the 10th day of May, last,
we received a cordial invitation to
join our comrades in the Old City
BY the Sea-" for the purpose Of re-
pning aud parading and making 8
general spectacular exhibition OF our
brave, and gallant, aud heroic selves,
aad never before having received SO
polite an invite to join our command
for 80 peaceable purpose, Gall our
former notifications having been curt
and very peremptory we accepted
the same aud grabbed our gri- our
friend Dwight Shaw's grip sack and
went Circumstances over which We
had plenty of control, bat didn't con
troll. induced us to extend our visit
to the beautiful Forest City on the
other bank Of the Savannah, where
other circumstances "similar accord
in'' to aud same nature of above,
caused us to remain until the Kris
K,iDgle and Yuletide and turkey and
"hog KILN" season reminded us that
onr large and numerous family (of
rats and mice aud other live cussed
ness) might be ga need'n of our be-
nign presence aud patriarchal atten-
ton. So here we are, and we might
iust as we'll have gone over to Sum
ter and back for any changes that
have occurred, save that our family
have g.own more numerous aod in
solent We've already enjoyed to
the full the freedom from restrictions
and city conventionalities. and have
felt like boy who doffs his Sunday
rig and gifts into his shirt sleeves and
bare feet and no collar. Bat after
the din and hnbbub, the mighty rush
and struggle aud strain, of the dollar
united rabble. after the almighty
eagle" the rattle, and claog, and
shrek aid hiss on land ard water,
day and night, arisiog in subdued
roar from these gothains Of trade and
industry, to suddenly land in the
piney woods. where the gentle sough-
lug of the wind, the distant thud of
the woodman's ak, or the long drawn
plaintive sound of far away dinner
horn, and all that breaks the Smother
ing and moDotonoue silence, one feels
like taking wings and flying back to
where there is more life and more
lucre 1t is worth trip off and back
if only to experience the cordial re
ception, and note the genuine
pleasure evinced ip the countenances
of friends as they greet you hearty
welcome until you begin to ponder
what the dickens and Thos P Walker
YOU ever did to cause them any
gladness in gazing upon your car
cass ever again OF course you will
meet some of those stolid|y appa
tbetic kind who'll greet you as
though they'd seen you before break
fast and with cool self compIacency
tina, wouldn't as disturbed by the
"second coming - but such as these
"cul no ice" and are "not in 1t"
much. (PIease note that we've mod
esnized onr vocabulary Among the
irksome sameness here we found our
neighbor Long, more same and long
than ever, still teemipg with wisdom
and pregnant with erudite predictions.
the veri.able Jesunofsky of this balli
wick Lord bless US, what Long
dom. knew would fill huge volumes
Of nonparell or diamond type Long
agrees with the Pope anent the
nipeieenth.iwentieth century prob
lem, and claims that this is 1900 and
Jinnerwerry and that Jinnerwerry is
in the 20,h century lus, the same as
that the mioute af:er be was l9 years
old be was q bis 20th year, and
with patronlzing snsigk remarked,
''Ef tina, don', spell logick what Go
it SPELL aud WREN we modessIy
murmured that it spell, sophssry and