The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-08

some, prlestly, VINO Wiling W Ws
while in the South Carolina college
that he had been fishing with the girls.
but tnat they were fishing for the
suckers on the bank and there Were
many others.
As I gazed "voices that are hush
ed," were in my ears; looks and mo-
tions that I had forgotten we're in
my eyes-but, alas, these too have
passed away.
In my dream I saw an old iron
six-pounder cannon; whittier it came,
and whence it went I know not, but
I had often seen it lying under the
trees. On 4th Of Julys and other days
Of rejoicing, it thundered forth. 1t
was the same old gun that blew up
Crispin when I was a little kid; his
widow, tidy lady, sister of that neat
and Industrious citizen, Henry G. Sib.
ley. She married DR.. John Long, a
studious and careful physician; her
daughter Lizzie Crosson, was : lively,
active, sprightly girl.
/ I thought of the 4th IS fragrant
fwita the smoke OF gun powder and
resonant with The din Of FIRE crackers
and the ear splitting reports Of horse
pistols ftais before the day Of six
shooters.)
There was a procession, the Nc
DufRe artillery, uniformed in gray,
trimmed with yellow in proud array,
led the procession to luxuriant Hal
cyon grove where barbecue had been
prepared. looEng over The Herald
and News lately if asked what vas
the chief business Of Newberry in
the summer, should say mrbeeuing(
It was fine 'cue, with two large, fat
'possums at the end Of tho pit, I
thought they ought to have been CIV
en- to the queen Of 'possum cooks, VIZ;
Mi,tey Pratt.
: At the stand Rev. S. P. Pressly Of
fered an invocation, some one read
the Declaration Of independence. Sill
as L. Heller, one of the brightest
and most eloquent and persuasive ora
tors Newberry ever produced made
a splendid Grafton. He was not only
an orator but an eminent scholar and
teacher. My dear wife who went to
school to him often spoke pleasantly
of aim. Many toasts were read.
Once at the same place at time
when Col. Pickens and MI. Calhoun
differed on some political question,
toasts to Mr.. c.. frequent and lauda-
tory were read insomuch that the
common remark that "When. MIR.
Calhoun took snuff South Carolina
sneezed," might be true.
In my dream passed to and down
Caldwell street. In passing by the
residences Of Chancellor Johnstone
and Rev S. P. Pressly, two intellectu-
al and moral giants, who lived oppos-
ite to each other I bowed reverently
and raised nv hat.
As I passed the Fernandes Hotel l
saw in my dream Misses Mary and
Sarah Fernandes, handsome village
maidens, a delight to the eye and
heart. I thought Miss Sarah a glor-
ious vision Of magnetic loveliness.
AS / passed the hotel, I heard the
sound of music and dancing; enter
ed; they were dancing as merrily as
if they had just drawn out new titles
to life and youth.
Early memories stirred joyfully in
me; a vision swings before my eyes.
Handsome girls and gallant youths
are swinging, wheeling, advancing,
laughing, winding in and out in
squares, rings and loops to the merry
music of the violins. Again a ryth-
mic strain of waltz music pulsates
on the air; girls in couples embracing
each other glide down the long room,
floating, floating as if borne on un-
seen wings. I smiled at a couple sit
ting apart; they smiled back at me
and then at each other and knew that
love had come. A bevy of beauties;
one of the walters, beautiful ideali-
cation Of female beauty. Another,
dancer, a charming brunette, with
long luxuriant, lustrous hair black as
the ravens wing and to the charm OF