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Geo. W Dry, listing and assessing property Geo. E Ritchie, road juror E F Faggart, road juror W G Newell, Ex. Jno. C Sossamon A Crowell, listing prop erty R F Cline, listing prop, erty R F Cline, road juror J S Harris, assessing property P F Widenhouse, R F Biles, L Shinn, road jurors George E Ritchie, mem ber board equalization H H Blackwe lder, road juror M E Herrin, listing and assessing property C G-.. Heilig, member board equalization G G Richmond, assess- . ing property J F Hurley, listing and assessing property ' JSP Hamilton, tin work at jail F A Archibald, listing -and assessing property-Jacob Simpson, listing and assessing prop erty J N Brown, listing and assessing prop erty C A Pitts, convict ex pense Jno. P Allison, E C Gardner, for flys for tents J B Willeford, black smith for chaingang J B Willeford, black smith for county J W Morris, three pigs for chaingang R Will Johnson, assess ing property P M Morris & Son, hardware for chain gang Mrs. M E Mehaffey, making clothes for chaingang M J Corl, phaeton hire Town of Concord, cost of labor ElamKing, listing and; assessing property J Jno. P Allison, goods for county home Jno. P Allison, goods for chaingang Cannon & Fetzer, goods for county home Cannon & Fetzer, goods for chaingang Jno. K Patterson, list ing and assessing property Jno. R Patterson, list ing and 4 property assessing Dr. D D Johnson, medi---cine for the county r-home DrV D D Johnson, medi cjne for chaingang DP Day vault & Bros, goods for chaingang Jno. M Cook, indexing wills J L Peck, summoning road jurors F C Carrol, bringing con vict to Concord L D Duval, assessing property P P Townsend, jail fees A E Lentz, coroner, ex pense holding in quest J W Cress, road juror J W Blackwelder, road V juror J P C Morris, capture escaped convict J P Morrison, hay for chaingang A B Young, assessing property A B Young, visiting chaingang W L Bell, assessing property Dr A E BelL surgical operation on Tom Johnson J M Deaton, arrest of Tom Johnson C E Barringer, road juror A F Heglar, same J T Pounds infant coffin Concord Lumber Co. lumber for roads ITorke, Wads-worth! &' Co, material for coun ty home Yorke, Wadsworth & Co, hardware for roads W Reece Johnson, clerk to Board 140 5 55 59 52 45 87 4 63 1 80 29 80 13 50 1 1 10 4 25 13 23 Wesley Fulk, guarding chaingang 10 J W Morris, listing prop erty, etc Jim Harris' children, supplies W W Morrison, services as overseer M L Buchanan, -amount due after ssttlement Concord Hose and -Rel Co, gratuity E F Faggart, listing and assessing property D A Kluttz, road juror W N Misenheimer, list ing and assessing property ' W B Earnhardt, same" W H Brafford, work on bridge W M Isenhour, assess ing property D Monroe Moose, same 11 i 114 5 22 3 1,593 A TTHTTST. 1899. " 2130 Carolina Aycock, sup plies I 50 Ann: Cook, same 1 50 Cath Lewis, same Lovina Pence, same 0 00 Albert Cannon, same Vicy Pharr. same 15 00 Betsy Barringer, same Betsy Freeman, same 22 00 Sarah Fink, same 1 50 Charles Alexander, same Mary Lite, same 10 00 Uane McGuyre. same Lizzie Black, same Martha Harris, same 9 00 Polly Young, same Mag Holmes, same 2 CO Amzi Robinson, same Nancy Wallace, sup 1 50 plies Nettie Patterson, same 20 00 Sallie Page, same W T Harris, same 2 90 Tabby Harris, same D M Murph, same 2 00 Christena Junker, Lovina Vanderburg, 44 00 same Calvin Green, same 2 70 Sandy Garmon, same Delilah Page, same Fannie Fry, same 22 00 W M Honeycutt, same Julia Davis, same Derric Alexander, same 18 00 1 S Plumer, same Aaron Foard and wife, same 32 00 Ben Tippet and wife, same 3 25 S J Wiggins, same Hessie Newell, 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 151 EC Benfield, supervisor 16 00 chaingang J T Sapp, service as 7 50 superitendant of coun ty home 57 1 2 1 00 Sarah Page, supplies Ibby Gallunore, same 10 00 H M Brady, taking Black mill bridge out 10 00 of rivar 75 00 1 00 2 00 8 00 h 200 1 50 2 00 2 50 15 00 1 50 20 86 2 00 Geo. Myers, supplies Alfred Barringer, for 43 45 Jno. Ross' children W F Cannon, material for cridge 4 83 Fisher & Miller, coffin 100 for Mag Fry W L Morris, road juror 29 .05 D D Hough, making cof fin for pauper 44 00 1 Joe McLure, rock for chaingang use 18 16 M L Buchanan, compar ing tax sheets 63 80 E. K. Misenheimer. road iuror 12 00 Concord Water Works Co. water rent 23 22 M. E Castor, munor coffin G. W Brown, leather for . chaingang J. L. Harris, lumber for roads Concord Lumber Co. lumber for roads Dove & Bost, drinking vessels for county room Yorke, Wadsworth & Co. hardware for county roads Mrs M J Blackwelder, ' making clothes for chaingang J L Peck, summoning jurors, etc. 2 00 700 5 70 34 39 60 22 00 19 7 30 16 60 3 00 200 6 00 33 41 Ira Mehaffey, bell ringing M J Corl. horse and - buggy hire C O Gillon, assessing property DP Day vault & Bros,, goods for chaingang Cannon & Fetzer Co., lime for jail Cannon & Fetzor Co., goods for county home P P Townsend, jail fee, John Cook, material for roads, R E Gibson, examining Treasurer Books 4 00 49 60 1 50 1 50 21 5 00 4 00 8 00 106 200 2 J L Peck, cost of bring ing prisoner to Con cord 16 8 00 Quint E Smith, leveling 2 31 10 Town of Concord, cost oi convicts 5 00 A B Younsr. vi si ti no- chain gang 5 00 A B YounS". eynemstvc attending road con vention 1 50 1 10 50 00 60 John M Cook, printed record for clerks nffiro C A Pitts, cost, nf Bishop Jackson . on chaineane 1 7 6 21 Dr. D D Johnson, medi cine ior chaingang Dr. R S Young, county 96 Dr. R S Young, medi 45 cal service chaiiuMn 53 C McDonald, expenses 00 Attenamg road conven tion 50 1 The Concord tm , , . , . -- ""to, publishing court . cal endar ML Brown & -Bros, blacksmithing for chaingang 2 00 4 75 1 00 1 50 33 00 40 00 M L Brown Bros, car riage hire for grand jury use The Standard, printing court calendar etc. John P Allison, goods for chaingang C W Swink, court cost, July term Jno B Willef ord, black smithing JnoB Willef ord, black smithing for chain gang Jno P Allison, goods for count v home and iail 2 00 5 143 10 00 6 00 '2 78 511.55 8 00 SQ0 35 39 1 C P Cline, road juror -1 W ft t for roals j bSaSbnaon Clerk t0 EdPP61 coffins a wards and Broughton, ten &hnston makinS vict Charlotte for con 6 85 31 30 5 00 11 69 3 00 $1,600 47 September, 1899. 00 00 00 50 50 00 CO 50 CO 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 50 50 50 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 00 CO 5 1 00 CatL - k' - supplies - Ahl ?rf ence' same V Cannon, same Row t 1:r'. same 1 00 1 00 100 1 00 200 2 00 1 Bets xn 1 same Ovin mk same ijiary Lite, same fizzle B?GVyre' same Mo !? Black same Martha Harris,' same MaiyT? iUng' Same X .Holmes, same Nano Rinso. same Wallace, same Nettie Patterson, same balhe Page samp W w xt same t,kk Terrm same Sris, same I) M Murph, same nnstena Junker, same 00 50 50 50 00 00 00 00 00 tO 00 00 00 00 00 50 00 50 v ut vauaerDurer. same "vmureen, same oandy Garmon, same Delilah Page, same w???TFr same y .V1 Honeycutt, same Juha Davis, same Derrick Alexander, same t P.ummer, same A Ford and wife same Ben Tippett, and wife S J Wiggins, same Uessie Newell, same Sarah Page, same lbbie Gallimore, same R C Benfield, chaingang expenses C L Ervin, hay and meal for chaingang J T Sapp, county home expenses W R Barrett, part ex pense to Jackson springs C D Krimminger, road overseer M L Scott, working roads L H Moose, lumber for roads J F Smith, same &c C H Lipe, road overseer C F Hudson, warning road hands J W Lee, same 45 00 00 174 52 13 20 39 50 5 00 1 2 00 00 17 33 24 05 1 00 1 00 1 00 7 50 14 81 1 50 5 26 John L Cauble, Same, &c P F Stallings, provision for chaingang Albert D Wilson, warn ing road hands T W Allen, lumber for roads D W Corzine, road overseer 23 33 John A Lefler, repairing bridge &c 00 00 00 00 Wm Tucker, road overseer C L Cannon, warning hands J C Howie, work on roads 02 J W Stallings, working roads 1 00 D B Downum, warning road hands J F Hagler, same J S Tucker, same &c Ed S Erwin, corn for chaingang C C Caldwell, road overseer S J Hartsell, green corn for chaingang J E Query, warning road hands -S R Isenhour, overseer roads 1 1 4 3 L i P Thompson, repair ing bridge &c 62 W C King, warning hands 15 Chas V Misenheimer, bridge lumber, etc. 19 '58 L V Spears, warning hands 00 J W Winecoff, same A HPenninger, bridges, overseer and supervisor 60 Mrs E J Dorton, supplies 90 57 50 J W Cress, lumber and road services 22 50 1 50 1 00 23 38 Sarah H Myers, supplies A L Pless, warning hands J Mc Caldwell, lumber, bridgework, etc J C Furgeson, repairing 50 30 bridge, etc S Sloop, road overseer 3 1 Mrs M J Blackwelder, making clothes for chainsrancr . .w . .4 69 11 50 98 65 50 J Mc. Caldwell, road overseer , Alfred Barringer, sup- - plies for J Rosemans' children, 2 00 A E Lentzj holding inquest 30 40 00 J l Pounds, pauper cofhn 1 00 Ureo w Means, convict cost on roads A B Young, visiting 31 22 11 6 1 26 2 65 naingang etc. J L Peck, deputized guards M E coffins Dr Caldwell, for call visit Oreo W Means, extra jail s uaras F S Pharr, board and v care of Kersey Herring, repairing stove at jil V P Dayvault & Bros, corn for chaingang John K Patterson com paring taxes CW Swink, for four court tickets Cannon & Fetzer Co. 50 06 2 9 9 00 70 13 20 6 75 stripes for chaingang Cannon & Fetzer Co, 54 goods for county 10 47 50 1 P P Townsend; jail fees 100 100 100 100 1 00 1 00 1 00 150 200 1 50 1 00 1 00 1 00 P P Townsend, expenses of taking Pinkins to asylum 22 30 C D Bobbins, goods for Louis Boon 2 00 D H McEachern, building bridge 65 00 Dr J P Gibson, medi cine for chaingang 1 50 Dr JP Gibson, medi cine for county home and jail 5 10 861 84 OCTOBER, 1899 Caroline Aycock, sup plies 1 00 Ann Cook, same 1 00 Catharine Lewis, same 1 00 Lovina Pence, same 1 50 Albert Cannon, same 1 50 Vicy Pharr, same 1 00 Betsy Barringer, same 1 00 Betsy Freeman, same ; 1 50 Sarah Fmk, same C Alexander, same Mary Lite, same 1 1 50 00 00 00 00 00 J ane McGuyre, same 1 Lizzie Black, same Martha Harris, same Polly Young, same Mag Holmes, same 00 Amzi Robinson, same Nancy Wallace, same Nettie Patterson, same Sallie Page, same W F Herrin, same Tabby Harris, same 00 150 2 00 2 00 1 00 1 50 2 00 150 D M Murph, same Christena Junker, same Lovina Vanderburg same i 1 00 00 Calvin Green, same Sandy Garmon, same Delilah Page, same 1 1 50 00 00 Fannie Fry, same 1 1 1 WN Honeycutt, same Julia Davis, same 00 00 Derrick Alexander, same S Plummer, same 1 oo 1 oo Aaron Ford and wife, same 2 oo S J Wiggins, same 1 5o Hessie Newell, same 1 oo Sarah Page, same 1 oo Mrs. E J Dorton, same 1 oo R C Benfield, chaingang expenses 156 87 J T Sapp, county home expenses 4b 7o J R Wallace, lumber 119 19 L H White, road overseer 1 oo A B Young, visiting chaingang lo 5o Alfred Barringer, sup plies for J Roseman's children 1 5o R R Corzine. road over seer 1 oo G E Faggart, same 1 oo Henderson Litaker, same 1 oo A F Lefler, same 1 oo Mrs. M J Blackwelder, making clothes for chaingang 5 23 P P Townsend, jail fees 86 o5 Same, work done at jail 1 oo J L Peck, shff., guarding Lucky house 2oo Same, expense going to Charlotte to identify Edwards 3 35 J T Pounds, pauper cof fin, &c. 2 5o D P Dayvault & Bro., dawers and buttons for chaingang 5 08 The Standard, adv. for lumber bids 1 25 W V Krimminger, road lumber 14 56 J B Willeford, black- smithirg, &c. 5 75 Same, for chaingang lo 25 Yorke, Wadsworth & Co. hardware for,road - lol 71 Same, hand ware -for county 5 32 Cannon & Fetzer Co. goods for chaingang 55 69 Same, for county home 39 73 Concord Lumber Co., 00 00 00 00 00 75 00 00 50 00 lumber for roads , 8 88 Same, for county home 2 58 Dr D D Johnson,, medi cine for chaingans: 00 00 and jail" 9 45 Dr R S Young, visiting 05 convicts . 15 00 00 Dr R S Young, medical service 34 00 J A C Blackwelder, coal r for chaingang use 3 2o C R White, hardware for jail 1 4o National Bank, interest on three notes 9o 00 lbbie Gallimore, supplies 1 5o State Hospital, transpor tation expenses of dis 00 00 charged patients . 6 55 W. A Caldwell, expense - e . ' 1 m - . ox searcnmg ior Ucl- wards 1 00 J P Allison, goods for county home and co. 51 76 J P Allison, goc ds ; for chaingang - 26145 Dr J P Gibson, medicine '- for county home and ' -. . jail .'. 2 55 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 L S Bonds, warning: hands 1 00 Jno M . Cook, insolvent bill ; 596 25 R A Russell, road overseer . 1 co J R Cook, hauling, lum ber to jail : - 5o The Concord Times, printing posters and -lumber.bids r ; 3 50 0 O Caldwell, hauling on roads ?' ' 2 00 J L Peck, horse" and buggy hire 5 96 E McNish, bibb cock ' for jail 75 W R Johnson, comput ing taxes for 1899 &c - 375 19 P H McEachern, build ing bridge 23 04 75 10 90 86 38 80 $2,219 69 November. Lovina Vanderburg, sup plies Calvin Green, same Sandy Garmon, same Delilah Page, same Fanny Fry, same WM Honeycutt; same Julia Davis' same Derrick Alexander, same S Plummer, same Aaron Ford and wife f S J Wiggins, same Hessie Newell, same Sarah Page, same Mrs. E J Dorton, same lbbie Gallimore, same Caroline Aycock, same Ann Cook, same . ' Catharine Lewis, same Lovina Pence, same Albert Cannon, same Vicy Pharr, same Betsy.Barringer, same Betsy Freeman, same Sarah Fink, same Charles Alexander, same Mary Lite, same -Jane McGuyre, same Lizzie Black, same . Martha Harris, same Polly Young, same Mag Holmes, same Amzi Robinson, same Nancy Wallace, same Nettie Patterson, same , WF Herrin, same Tabby Harris, same D M Murph and daugh ter Christena Junker, same Ben Kiser, same R O Benfield, chaingang expenses Jas. T Sapp, county home expenses J J Cox, cutting out- road M E Castor, pauper cof 1 00 loo . 1 5o 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 l oo 1 00 2 00 1 5o 1 00 1 00 loo 1 5o 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 5o 1 5o 1 00 1 00 1 5o 2 00 1 5o 1 00 1 00 1 00 . 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 5o 2 00 1 00 1 5o 2 00 1 5o 1 00 238 25 45 00 lo 00 600 2 15 85 2 50 10 50 1 50 7 88 92 45 23 19 46 59 1 00 11,35 fins Fetzer's Drug Store, plaster paris for jail W J Hill, work on jail heater, etc Ira Mehaffey, ringing bell J L Peck, summoning iurors The Standard, printing court calendar Mrs M J Blackwelder, making chamsrans: suits P P Townsend, jail fees Cannon & Fetzer Co, goods for county home Gannon & Fetzer Co goods for chaingang Mrs Sarah Myers, sup-plies- W L Parish, cost of searching for convicts JSP Hamilton, tin gut ter for jail, etc John Biggers, overseeing roads John Winecoff, bridge lumber W L Kimball, bridge lumber Robt. Cline, road over seer H L Helms, use of team on roads M L Marsh & Co, lamp for court house G W Brown, leather for chaingang J B Willeford, black smithing for chaingang R V Caldwell, hauling for chaingang 0 B Dry, work on plow for chaingang NW Wallace, feeding & guarding Will Ed wards Dr D D Johnson, medi cine f or chaingang&jail A B Young, visiting chaingang The Town of Concord, cost of convicts worked on roads Ritchie Hardware Co, hammer handles & spokes for chaingang WR Johnson, services as clerk to board 2 75 1 00 1 70 50 1 00 2 5o 7o 2 25 16 47 12 00 1 00 lo lo 2 35 12 00 '42 45 1 65 13 05 John P Allison, goods for chaingang J 0 Willeford, keeping town clock J P Allison, goods for . county home Bell, Harris & Co, coffin for EUin Powell Edwards & Broughton, mortgage record v Yorke & Wadsworth Co, hardware for . roads . Same firm hardware for county Seme firm, lumber for cotton platform Same firm, hardware for roads J L Boger, expenses taking t arr and Ed wards to Rowan jail R Will Johnson, expen- ses bringing Edwrads from Mecklenburg jail barrus jail M b Nesbit, services as commissioner J S Turner, servjces as commissioner J P Allison, services as commissioner OW Swink, cost court Oct. term 148 38 5 00 36 79 2 00 v 1000 r". 34 2 60 8 75 29 08 14 50 5 7o 28 5o 37 7o 29 4o 326 9o $1,376 94 Total expenditures $15oo5 79 The foregoing statement is a true copy from the minutes. W. K. JOHNSON, Register of Deeds, and Clerk of the Board of Commissioners. An effort is being made to organize a new cotton mill for . Salisbury, with c ipital of one hundred and fifty thous and dollars, GERMAN MIMIC WAR. AN ELABORATE SYSTEM OF DUMMIES REPRESENTS in rw Va.t Tract, of lud Ar. Appiopriated for the Operation and Snot ana Bn rMd Ja.i a in Actual Battle-Remark-ablo Military Snooting. niwn thA rkrrman soldiers do not get the steady practice in; real fight- -Ttritifth troora have, the ing iui --' , . Kaiser is not allowing his men to DndtnAiiv -bodles of - German troops are dispatched into some -part j. . a- sx-i 0 o a of German territory P'w"10 many difficulties as possible, with-orders to attack or defend certain posi tions under all the conditions of real war. . tt the cavalry has orders to charge, the charge must be made, with the desperation and recklessness of men who are riding through - deadly fire. Artillery is hurled headlong into coun try that often is difficult for infantry. Men and horses o down and accidents are common events of the routine. Only occasionally are they made pub lic, as, for instance, the great one of last year, when two bodies of heavy cavalry rode into each other d at full speed, killing nd wounding many men. ' ! Great areas are "reserved"--practi-cally seized far the purposes' of these evolutions. A circle of sentries is posted around the reserved territory, and the people who live In it are or dered to leave tt.eir houses and to re main outside of the lines until the practice is endei. In artillery prac tice, particularly, this clearing of the territory to be used is done with par ticular care, for the artillery fire is genuine, service shot and shell being Msed. - A remarkable feature of German ar tillery mock battles is the use of mov able wooden figures to represent the enemy. They ai exact copies of in fantry, artillery and cavalry, and are worked by an' elaborate system of wires. An official German eye witness de scribes an artillry attack as follows: "The terrain has been cleared of all except the military. In long columns the guns crowd a ravine, the last cov er before they go into action. Six great horses draw each gun. A mes senger comes galloping from the front with the ordev to move. 'Mount! Trot!' command the officers. The long lines thund?r up the ravine, offi cers fresh from reconnoisance clatter down the lines Jlnd report to battery chiefs that there is no cover where the artillery must go into position and that swift movement of the guns is necessary to briig them into action with the least possible loss of men, as the enemy's fire controls the place. "By this time the upper end of the ravine is reached. 'Battery, gallop march!' and with furious speed the heavy cannon gn into the open into unkn'own, snow covered country full of trenches and deep cuts. Perhaps this is the most exciting manoeuvre of the day. Last yar an ensign with his battery rode over the snow-hidden edge of a hUl and disappeared with horse3 afld men, wounding many seriously. Snow-covered water courses and drainage canals cut the country up. A horse falls. Riders and gun thunder on top of it. Axles break and men fall beneath iron hoofs. "Now there is pale lightning in the misty distance. Then, jeven during the reckless charge, the artillerymen must .mark the direction from which the shots, come, for the flame is the only sign of the whereabouts of the enemy. "Quickly the batteries form in line, the battery chiefs, far ahead, stand high in their stkrups and raise their arms to signal 'Halt!' In an instant the cannoneers we out of the saddle, end almost at once the first shot booms from the right wing. A great crowd of smoke and snowdust shows where it has struck, but the dim flash of the enemy's gun through the vapor shows that it has fallen short. The next shot comes from our left wing, and this time w have dropped it into the woods that cDver the foe. "Now we have him caught between the tines of our fork shots, and closer and closer we Crowd him with the ever-concentratii g fire of our whole batteries. At last we throw a shell in to the woods in just the right place. As the white smoke rises it makes a shining background, against which the dummies, representing the enemy's artillery, are plainly visible for a mo ment. Merrily rte shrapnels fly now and smash into-4.hem. "Then, moved from, the sides with long wires, infantry and sharpshoot ers appear here and there. The bat teries must direct their' fire in all di rections in quick changes until they have made the wholes line of woods untenable: . r i 64 "When that in accomplished there burst with startling suddenness sev eral squadrons ef cavalry from the trees, lney.come swiftly, as if they had grown out tf the earth, and ap proach the batteries - with startling "Sloyly a few trial shot. 9r. fw TLthm to thfi' range. There I , , Ior a Mctm(f- Then the air s full of metal. Figures fail here and there, more and more,-faster a fast- " m; at last the Hn. a vannot be discerned u,ua re wiped out." rn cuvers remain under water LU oiguxy seeonds on an average, but cases have been reported of their remaining as long as sixmih utes under water. One Vmnrlrosl of., A i . . . ivxv muuu oi me ata.tA malari- fnk Pmy with tvDhniT -TrT ou I cent, with nSaLSa ter having thetvnhnid rrrwwe iniected by wells. Jlnwo"om.,.two erected open. It is asserted that aU the sTudente who survive will rtr. ":a?.enta uu m&i tnera Will be npw nnen Tk . ere n . : , water ia iuture Will rA iTrfiPnRhnrn mt rpt . ue aeiec- tive plumbing has been madeaaitoueht tn hum hAAn A STRANGE THE RAMAPO MOUNTAINefd AND . uv,UUIAH TRait LlTinc Within a Score of Miis 0, City 1. a Tribe of People a. Digt,n r th Averacre American in Xhe, "Ct N Are the Red Indians. -People who have never been the Ramapo Mountains. in p can. have little idea of how Yrk race of people live back in tho 1 and rocky hills, miles f,. iuu lace, ana witn rnt a ' Til w - w 1 JX oe reached h wagon. In other word u "J Ig ia lint erally known that withiu thirt miles of Broadway, New Yorrf' there is a community, as curious , most, as can be found in the mountain recesses of Tennes North Carolina. It is a snrt tribe, or, rather, an amalgam twA'lost. txlhpa Tf nr atiou L.aQ what sort of beings would result f more than a century of intermarr? of American Indians and Guinea groes, with an occasional dasht white blood added to the mixture I may form a notion of the people th t live. back in the rugged hills that ri about Suffern, Ramapo, SloatsW Woodbourne, Tuxedo, and other piac in the Ramapo Valley. But it Vo2 take a pretty brisk imagination to picture some of the queer specimen of humanity that have resulted from this mixture. Albinos of the milkiest haired and pinkest eyed variety are common, and the dime museums re cruit their curio hails in that line from among these mountaineers, as did th great and only Barnum before them Back in the last century and during the first quarter of the present cen tury slaves were common in that part of New York State and the adjacent region of New" Jersey. These slaves were treated no better by their old Dutch masters than were their fellow bondsmen in the South. They were worked long and hard, and the lash was not spared. Consequently runa way slaves were many. These run aways Invariably sought the fastnesses of the surrounding mountains. It ia a very difficult thing to make one's way up and among the Ramapo Moun tains, even at this day, and it -was al most an impossibility in the slavery days. As a result, when-a negro once succeeded in hiding there he was as safe from recapture as if he had gone to Canada, although he might be with in sight and sound of his master's home. Scores of runaways in time peopled the inaccessible hills, and in the spots where they threw up their first sheltering huts of bark or fallen trees or found refuge in caves their descendants dwell to-day. The woods had their Indian dwell ers already and the two races mingled. These are the strange people who are seen now and then in the little villages along the Erie Railway in Rockland and the adjoining towns of Bergen and Orange counties, and whose homes are far back in the hills. A charac teristic of these people is that the names of the old Dutch families in which the original blacks were slaves have been retained by them, genera tion after generation. The most nu merous family of the race goes by the name of De Groat, but there are De Freese"s, Van Hoevens and many oth er Pes and Vans. " In. the summer time you might climb and clamber and stumble up the steep sides and over the rocky sum mits of the Ramapo Mountains all day and not see a solitary sign of a habita tion, although there would be many on all sides of you. They are so deftly tucked in among the rocks and hidden by the trees and foliage that only one acquainted with the ways of the moun taineers could find them. In the fall, when the trees are bare, the huts stand icveiiitu 10 any one wuu luaj yaoa " way,- and such are few, for although there is no better ruffed grouse shoot ing anywhere than in these mountain fastnesses; the weary climbing neces sary ";to get to the haunts of these birds is more than the average sports-' man cares to undergo. There is no ground that might grow" anything nor a fowl of any kind; not even a pig. But there ar dogs without limit mongrel, wolfish-looking dogs, such as might hang about Indian camps, and always from one t half a dozen half naked, aerie, elfish-looking children, who, at sight or sound of stranger, scamper to cover in the hut, in the brush or among the rocks, disappear ing as completely as a startled brood of young quail. How do these people subsist? They are the best hunters and fishermen in the land, and game and trout are abundant ,all about them. They hunt and snare grouse and rabbits and catch trout for the market during the season. The women and children pick befries. For the products of the for est, streams and berry patches these people obtain store goods at the vil lages, both the luxuries and the neces sariesthe latter being chiefly whis key and tobacco; the former flour, meal and cheap dress goods. For their own home providing the 'possum and the 'ppon are plentiful at their very doors and the chicken coops of- the outlying farms and villages are not entirely inaccessible. Now and then a D Groat or Van somebody or other will hire out to do work by the day, but he is looked upon by his fellow mountaineers aa a degenerate, borne of the female children grow to be ex tremely handsome and shapely young women, but it is rare that there are n.uj tuuxriages among mese "V1" outsiae of their own race. John Jordan, a carpenter, who worked thn RnntK. i , inA late - euups, was K1" ' T Imu7, by a train backing bm "wc no was at work under Damn? it. Th hil the wheels were resting on hisbodv11!.1 had ti ho nio k " wuy, . The poor fellow was fearfally mangled. Mr. ThAn. V TTUit t- "TV The firm mSkEESV r
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