Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-05-21
THE CHARLESTON SHOW.
An Oconeean Visits the Exposition and I:
Highly Pleased with II.

uiBHIy TtcdSou Will
Walhalla, May 19.-Editors Courier:
AS was requested by 80 many while in
Charleston to commend the exposition
to my friends il liked it, I'll try to have
my views published in The Keowee Cou-
rier, as mosG Ocopeeites, as we'll as num-
bers of-ethers, take that-the greatest of
all county papers.
and myself started for the exposition,
bent on good time. After missing the
train, getting jugged and many other
drawbacks, we reached the "City by the
Sea" on Wednesday, the 7th, and began
to rubber -neck'' around to see the show
of Charleston and the exposition.
AS had never been there before, we
which is given up to be one of the finest
in the world. We were 80 pleased with
the sight we decided to take ride
around the harbor. Accordingly, we
bought excursion tickets, boarded a
boat and proceeded to view the harbor.
We passed Fort Sumter and on out
through the jetties, and then sped onward
some eight or ten miles on the majestic
Atlantic. Coming back we congratu-
lated ourselves on not being sea-sick, and
pulled out" to see what we could find
around historic old ST. Miohaels. We
encountered the old sexton at the door,
who kindly permitted us to ramble
at large through the building and
grounds. In the house we found the
pew in which George Washington sat,
and saw the shell marks on the pulpit.
The pulpit itself was quite a show to me,
as l had read in early childhood the
romance of Sir Henry Haughton, who
preached here in ante-bellum days.
After examining the interior thoroughly
ri lnI 60 oil fl,n4
winding up some hundred or more feet
we came to those old historic chimes
which have tolled the ins and outs of
many generations. After standing in
silent admiration of these interesting
old bells we went up to the top of the
ladder, which has been there for over
two hundred years. Here you got a
back to the ground we entered the old
burying ground. Here many distin-
guished dead are laid to await the resur-
rection morn.
The Charleston Orphanage is one of
no mean size, as it accommodates at
present 240 homeless little fellows, who
are being brought up in the way they
cheerful and satisfied. Everything (from
cellar to top of towcr) is clean and nice.
One of the little fellows acted as guide
aud showed us everything.
The Old Folks Home lis another great
thing for the poor and infirm. Here
they have row of nice houses for these
unfortunatos. Everything that plenty
could suggest is there for their use.
The market is quaint and queer old
thing. don't suppose there is another
one like it in the whole country. They
rave everything for sale there.
The museum is the largest in the South.
We next visited the celebrated Mag
nolia Gardens, which arc located sixteen
miles up Ashley river. After being
walked around through the semi tropical
shrubs and flowers by the guide we were
willing to climb out on the top deck for
cool sail back to Charleston On the
way we had the thrilling experience of
picking up three men who had been out
fishing in a little smack, which had cap
sized in mid stream. After they were
safe on board they informed us they
were from the Northwest, being in charge
of exhibits from that part of the country.
Our first object after coming back
from tho Gardens was to hant up the old
hall where Washington was banqueted.
This house has been the place of many
interesting scenes. Stede Bonnet was
imprisoned here in Ills for piracy. In
1867 it was used for n custom house, and
in l774 the tea sent over from England
was held by force, not being allowed to
be sold on account of the tax act. The
British used it as prison in 1881. 1t
has, therefore, been the miserable abode
of many illustrious patriots.
After taking leave of this place we
went in search of other places of historic
interest, and were not long in finding
one, for we walked right up to the
stately old Pringle mansion, which has
been in the family for over hundred
years, and was the stopping place of
Washington, Lafayette and many other
men of note. After looking at this great
old house for some time we decided that
we had eaten but one meal in forty. eight
hours, SO we started for our ''martin
hole'' in a hurry.
After we had masticated almost every
available scrap of eatables, feeling some
what refreshed, we decided to go on the
Midway for the evening. This is one of
the most interesting features of the ex-
position, and it is brilliantly lighted at
night by thousands of electric lights.
The first thing we saw on the Midway
was the fireworks, which were simply
grand. Our boyish curiosity not being
satisfied, we went from there to see the
Streets of Cairo, an Egyptian show,
which was also good.
We next visited Jim Keys stage, the
wonderfully intelligent horse, who can
read, calculate, keep post office, dive for
money or do any other cold thing.'
w" ComeS INC ClCKllSn part OF our
days rambles--a visit to heaven and
hell, or Darkness and Dawn-which we
tried to enjoy, as there were two very
amusing ladies in the crowd who would
scream at every skeleton and simply
went into spasms when the cloven-
footed monster made rake at them
with his fork" Being relieved of this
strain we again pushed off for some
sleep, which was badly needed. On our
way to our lodging rooms we took a
walk through the Citadel Square, which
is one of the most beautiful places in the
country. The women of the South real
lied this, for here was the spot they
chose for the elegant monument they
erected to John G. Calhoun, which. is a
noble shaft, costing, we should think,
one hundred thousand dollars or more.
After reaching our lodgings, on Char
lotte street, we had very pleasant talk
with the landlady. Mrs. Gartlenean, who
is typical Charlestonian, and gave us
many pointers to places of interest, but
shortly she assigned us neat clean
room, and we were soon wrapped in tho
most pleasant scenes of "Slumber land.n
Early the next morning we were up
and doing, for at very early hour we