The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-08
VOLUME XXXVI---NO. 46.


IS why we were absent this week" W
the first paragraph that headed or
letter, thinking probably We would not
be posted in time to Anderson. Rn4
P"rtman readers must not think thew
are forgotten. even if the scribe is alb
sent. A loving remem branca pins our
obligations 20 paper and we feel like
saying: Wei, cheer up, II We should
die, or get married, or any other un
foreseen calamity should happen to us,
enthusiasm uld raise up another
scribe for Portman. We were also re-
minded Of a comical situation that oc-
Cured TO the humor Of Charles Lamb.
Standing on bridge and beholding
down upon the water a gaily attired
party, he shouted, come out of that
the owner We'll. come out of that
boat | tell you" said Lamb again.
No, Won't, said the other; TT is
my boat, Well, don care, said
Lamb, you have no business in it,"
u tell you | have,' said :!ie owner;
is my pleasure boat" That is
Why you have no business in it, said
Charles Lamb; you can have no
business IN pleasure boat"
So we felt We had no business in the
pleasure excursion we took, especially
when it took us away from the busi-
mesa of our Portm-n Letter.
We think we almost fell upon the
lair Of "Tige" and "Old Bill''-wild
names for such refined and gentle cor
respondents. A man may be as
refined as a woman and wo-
uai may be as gentle as
gcutlc man, so we will leave un-
innlcsted their seolusion in the se.
qucstercd shade of Shiloh and Noun
tain Springs. Wc think, too, we have
passed by couple Of those "new bug
gies that have set the country vioini-
ty of Piedmont on wheels.
Speaking of pleasure again. In
short time and i'll short space we must
thank the exhilcratiug spirits which
shook the woods Of Portman with the
laughter of children last week. School
plcnics are the next to church piouics,
perhaps first, as the children can ap-
prcciato church if they become not
previously members Of the schnol rnnm.
Tho corresponds Mt, from pr. IS of that
terrible "busincss" in which there
should be no pleasure, was unable to
ascertain names of schools and their
PERCEPTION, but was assured they were
fine, and the largest gathering of
school picnics which had visited Port
man so far. The correspondent sends
hearty thanks to the kind teachers
! who Wished 20 share their viands and
good cheer with the Portman corres-
pondent for the INTELLIGENcER We
understand an elegant spread was
laid in the dining room of tho hot~l,
aud voluntary acclamation in the
form OF an invitation went I'D for the
scribe. The invitation did not reach
US, but all accounts Of the well.be-
havcd children and pretty school
marms was rendered and especially the
urgency and charm Of the young teach-
or from Pickens, who just would not
be deprived of meeting with their
lNTELLIGENCER S scribe. We can say,
though, if she comes again this way
We may not hencefor,h be deprived &C
her, as gentleman in Portman has
decided convictions regarding her per.
suasive influence.
The trees here this Monday morn
ing, after tho rain, are convincing
sceptics that by the 10Th Of May the
oak will be appareled lin full grown
leaves. All nature is full Of LEAKAGE
after the rain, and tho black spaces on
the opposite hills, where fire and
smoke had dealt ravage in preparation
for the ascent Of W .ter at the compile
ii III OF the dam, those black spaces
arc charitably covered by the spread
Of intervening foliage.
What fire, and smoke and malicious
heat We had here last weck-during
the clearing Of the ground! We open.
ed our windows on the side to admit
the air aud they let in smoke, on that
-ido to let in ''cool' and they let in
Ere, on the other side to let out heat
and smoke aud they let in cinders; 80
that between three evils we did not
choose the least and shut ourselves up
in our inner furnace in the baking lit
tie white house on the hill. Mr.. Man
gum, we understand, had over hun
dred dollars worth Of cord wood de-
stroyed by the indisoriminating bluze;
and altogegether by what the fire could
steal and what it could appropriate Of
it's own, it made a. considerable semi
circular bonfire For the progress Of
the work at Portman. How the water
will creep up over these black places
nr green places-whichever they will
he hy next winterI How, foot by
foot. it will lick space and smack its
lips from the unction Of its own relish
for .wcrl How it will hold in its
bosom the secret Of the achievement
Of which it is the great factor-whioh
will be the life Of the electric, com
'nerciai and mechanical sources of An
derson County!
Charley Bridges. we understand. is
patiently enduring and recovering from
the injuries Of his fall last week. Mr..
Bridges, employed at the works, sus.
tained tall Of 20 feet from the dam
! to the power house, which resulted in
painful flesh injuries. Superinten-