The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-01-22
Wednesday, January 22, 1902.
THE EDITORS JAUNT.
Turkey and Trimmings Galore.--fne
People are "BIue" But Not Dis
couraQed.


People are "BIue" But Not Dis.
couraged.
AZ has been announced in these
columns, the County Auditor accom-
panied by the Editor, have for the
past week been roaming over the
beautiful hills and fertile valleys of
historic Dutch Fork, seeking what
they could devour, or more correctly
spesking. the first taking tax returns
and the other in the interest ct the
Disqualification of whom, how
ever had no serious objections Of be-
ing feasted on the good things that
the Martha's of that section might
provide for the refreshment OF the
inner man. We left home fully for
tilted by a systematic course CT self
denial to do full justice to the culi-
nary art Of the fair and sweet wo
men of the Fork. The Auditor sol.
emnly affirmed by the horn OF Jupi-
Ter thst he had eaten nothing for q
month to make room for the dainties,
delicacies and relishes he anticipated
on this trip and the way the smoking
viandsand savory dishes mysteriously
and rapidly disappeared beneath his
bile shirt, he must have told the
truth.
In order to meet our FIRST appoint
ment we were compelled to leave tie
warmth and comfort of our freside
en- Sunday, the 18th inst, and &C.
cordingly in the afternoon of that
memorable and never to- be- forgotten
Sabbath, amidst the warning elements
and the discomfort and privations in
cident to an exposure of a roaring
blizzard which had just arrived
iresbsfrom the eternal SHOWS and ice
of the frigid zone, We started on our
disagreeable journey. We had not
proceeded far when we decided to
succumb to the cold until a house
could be reached and We froze dead.
The only thing that kept US from
staying dead was tie harassing
thought that our graceful and we'll
knit forms would adorn the walls of
some dime museum as the only origi-
nal Egyptian mummies but recently
discovered in lonely pyramid Of ice
and snow, so We concluded that the
best policy was not to die at ali. After
arriving at the comfortable home Of
our friend Jacob ]. Derrick, whose
genial smile and warm welcome was
sunshine to our souls, we thawed
our frozen bodies before a roaring
Ere and found sweet relief in the
comforting thought that ;twere better
80 live than to die, and that if this
world was 8 wilderness Of freezing
ibl;zxards it was far more comfortable
80 hang on to the ragged edge than
to depart to that land whose warm
climate and sulphuric air would not
agree with our digestion and so here
we are today still in full pursuit of
the root Of sll evil.
We were soon afterTard seated
around the supper table and the
tempting dishes appealed strongly to
the aching void in the pit of our abdo-
men and we filed up with the appe-
tiz;ng dishes until We could hold no
more. Balmy sleep, tired natures
sweet restorer took possession OF our
senses and We were soon in the land
of Nod holding communion with our
friends, the Vanderbilts, the Goulds
and the Morgans and among them
all we were the biggest money king.
We were somewhat disappointed to
awake and find that it was such only
in our dream.