The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-28
Hasood Visits Goshen.


thought, never even dreamed that
T would get to the land Of Goshen, but
If I dreamed last night then it was IN
| Goshen, and what a place it is! No
wonder the pure, fresh ai2' Of which
Won drink in great draughts, is flied
with the music of sweet songsters It
MANY a feather. The meanest Of all
Gods creatures seem to appreciate
the true, the beautiful and the good,
and are never so happy as when sur
rounded by the lavish expenditures
of nature, but more responsive than
them all is man; Gods highest, no.
blest handiwork Who is there in all
the land that has not heard the name
Peterkin, a household word? On
Yesterday as the sombre shades OF
night were gathering and the peaceful
stiffness of natures sleep was COM
| ing on, passing by a park-like mead
ow, whose dark shadows but made
the time more impressive, turning in
through a broad gateway, I went up
most beautiful drive surrounded on
every hand by a heavy growth Of oak
cedar, hickory, etc., to the very dc or
Of that most hospitable home We
have all read and heard Of, Captain
Ia. A. Peterkin's.
It was night and the clouds, pill
ing up in the west, promised q storm
and rain, but none nor all Of these
prevented the lover of nature from
taking in his surrounding. At last he
had found the pplace that met all the
requirements of his ideal Of a country
home, a. veritable paradise as fa2- As
man can make it. Bear with me, my
pen labors for expression, and grant
that the picture I present is under
drawn. On the left of the drive, zoe
or more yards in length rs you APP
proach, is the meadow flle.i with
live oak, mock orange, pecan. cet:ar
and other trees, while on the right
the land slopes TO a deep al.1 dark
rayine where cool refreshing wattr,
pure and clear as crystal, buobi..s up
and by means of pipes and 4 l1ydra:1l-
ic ram is conveyed to a large clev-i-ed
tank, whence it is carried t. all
parts of the premises. Bowsing Ia
lilly in the me adow or lying iowa aI1-
der the trees were a number Of fine
cattle. and this morning when I was
shown the dairy with its cream sep
arator, it's jars, churns and other :" s-
sells and when I saw gallons on gall
Ions Of milk with quantities cf Butter
alreay worked, pressed, I understood
what it all meant. To the re;l- OF The
house was the garden where. in ad-
dition to all the various kin d Oh veg
etables, were great fig trees loaded
with that finest of fruit, whlle in tie
yard and near by were othe- kiaGs TO
tempt the palate and satisfy the l,un-
ger. Under shelter, well protected
from the weather were all kinds of
improved farming implements, whi;e
convenient was a ginnery with otLer
necessary buildings that go TO make
up the equipment of the farm. AE1
Cont tell the preachers) th.v raise
as fine and fat chickens here as are
anywhere to be found. This last is
the work of Mrs. Julia Mood Peter
kin. the daughter of that finest OF
men. that most excellent physician,
DR.. J. A. Mood, of Sumter. After all
it is the inmates of a house VINO
make it attractive. The stranger III
this home feels that ease so necessa-
~ to pleasure and repose. These
1eople know how to entertain. 1t
Mas W1Cn plGdSSt. SQl p1lSS "SASA2 ~
marned .i...t the place ough. % lie
c.,led Gosi.en, Captain Peterkin u =
me that was it's name. should have
said in the outset that Captain Peter
kir,'s farm embraces three properties:
The Goshen, Auld Lang Syne
and the Bellville and extends near to
where the Wateree and Congaree
IL ne to make Santee river. Here you
cas- see into four counties, the Ian J
being higher than the union depot III
Columbia, though thirty miles below.
Not more than half a dozen farms
in th, U,1.ted States analyze the same
as this. where Howard, the great au-
thority on grasses, said that blue grass
which now belts the continent f1rst
grew on American soil. 1t is also the
home of the first short staple cotton
ever grown in America. Time and
space forbid that I say more. Yours