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T VOLUME XI. LENOIR, N. C.J WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1885. NUMBER IS. Wallslce Bros., STATESViLLE, N. C. WbolesalE Dealers Geneial Merchandise. -tot- Largest Warehouse and best facili ties for han dling Dried Fruit, Ber ries, etc.. in the State. respect fu LLY Wallace ;" Bros. August 27th, 1884. ; BROWN'S IRON BITTERS WILL CURE HEADACHE INDIGESTION BILIOUSNESS I DYSPEPSIA NERVOUS PROSTRATION MALARIA ! CHILLS and FEVERS TIRED FEELING GENERAL DEBILITY PAIN in the BACK & SIDES IMPURE BLOOD CONSTIPATION FEMALE INFIRMITIES ' RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA KIDNEY AND LIVER TROUBLES FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS The Genuine has Trade Mark and crowed Red Line on wrapper. I TAKE NO OTHER. CLINTON Al CILiiEY. Attorney-At-La7, Practice in All The Courts. LETTER FROM WASMIMSTOi TERRITOBY. I Mere Bhaut tha Wonderful Soda Springs i of Idaho. Walla Walla, W. T., Nov. 15. To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic: I wrote, in my Jast letter, some thing in regard to the Soda Springs country. Since then I have made a more extended stay at that I town than any previous visits there had allowed. After concluding my offi cial business there, in company with two commercial travellers a sad faced, but jolly souled Hebrew, Si mon by name and a lusty sucker from Omaha thev dividmgi with me the expense of a team necessary to do the place, I made quite a round among the various springs in that wondrous locality. Here is one of the wonderlands of the conti nent; in some respects it is second only to the Yellowstone Park.1 It is true that about Soda Springs' there is no "Continental Divide" no "Continental Watershed" where the waters rim to the four points of the compass- as they do also from our own Blowing Rock country. But Soda Springs nevertheless has some wonderful phenomena. I - I have already .written you some thing abouj this country, so 'I am somewhatfat a loss to know how to shape another letter so as to avoid a repetition. I wrote you about the killiug of birds by the gas of one of the springs. One of ray travelling companions, who tells me he never loses an occasion to visit the Springs when it is in his power to do so, in formed me that he had counted as many as fourteen dead birds lying around the Spring at one time, 'all killed by the carbonic acid gas there. On our visit there we saw only one' bird and one more which had ven tured too near the gas and was kill- , ed. . .. Within ten feet of this carbonic acid gas spring, there is an ammonia spring which has some curious prop erties. When you first arrive there it is impossible as I can attest to hold your nose over this spring. I tried it repeatedly, and was in each instanpp knocked hackwnrd hv r.hft oiiuug amiuuiiia x u uiuo. uumc vx your readers may have tried to smell at the mouth of an ammonia bottle, and so understand the sensation it produces. Now imagine a spring of this water or water charged with ammonia gas boiling out of the ground, yet hedged in by a velvety tuft of grass upon" which you can lie down and bend with your face over the little pool as you look down into the brown bubbling wa ters, these about a foot below the rim of moss and grass. But this is not the most wonderful fact in con nection with this spring. You re main there five or ten minutes, drinking exhilirating draughts of cool delicious soda water that boils up ten feet away, and before you have taken five drinks of this soda water you can go and lie down with your nose and face entirely over the ammonia spring, and for the life of you can't detect the faintest trace of ammonia gas in the smell that comes up it is all gone after you have drunken of the soda water ! Within a circle across which you may shoot a marble with a flip of your thumb, there are four different springs all in different effervescing action. One of these is the, ammo nia spring referred to, another is a large "mud spring" as it is called, an other is a sulphur and soda, and the fourth is the grandest and most won derful of all said to be the most delightful natural soda water in the world. While all three of the other springs have no visible outlet, the big sodai spring sends forth a volume of water two feet in depth and three feet in breadth, clear as crystal, and rushing away as if glad to escape the mysterious inf ernia beneath. The water boils up from several ap ertures in a crust below, and before they leave they cover a space ! about 10 feet in diameter. Across this is flung a broad span -of plank ! upon which you can walk securely. I took my stick and sounded the bot tom of this spring. In consequence of the violent ebullition of the wa ters you cannot see the bottom there: but as you thump upon the crust you can hear it ring and roar as though you were pounding on a huge metallic kettle-. I wrote you in my other letter how this whole country wes lying right over this hollow crust. . I A singular phenomenon exists in the town. (The springs I have just described are something over a mile away.) There once existed a fine soda spring in one of the public squares. In the process of ages it had made a great mound, in the centre of which boiled out a strong current which was cpnveyed into a bath house at tjie foot of the hill. A few years ago there was a great subterranean convulsion here an earthquake which shook men out of the beds in which they were ! sleep ing. At the soda spring I refer to now, there was a big upward! bulge of the earth's crust, producing an immense crack or fissure all along the surface for some distance. The bath house is now. in ruin also, and the little streams that J ooze out of the hill or mound in several j direc tions, run idly away, formingathick sediment of calcareous and alkaline and sulphuric character and which t-1 v t it it rt i - yv l n f 11 vi o Qa.vi A has half filled the abandoned baths and every receptacle around. I wrote you about the Geyser Spring that you see spouting up from the train ns you run through the streets of the town. This water is very dangerous to drink, but it makes the most efficacious bath to be found in the whole world .for rheumatic and cutaneous diseases. The waters are hot not so hot, however, that they are uncomforta ble to the skin. They produce a most delightful sensation in a bath and they leave the skin feeling soft, velvety and full of life and vigor. The solid elements in the water are shown to be salt, soda, sulphur and iron. The sulphur pre dominates to a high degree as you" can smell it from a long distance off. Several miles distant there is a large boiling lake of bitterest snU phur water. It lies in a circle of mpnntains, one of which is of sul phur almost in purity. On the sum mit of one of these mountains is a large lake of pure water two hun dred feet in depth its waters so pure, however, that you can count the very pebbles that are on the bot tom. This lake has in ages past, formed its own. high and rounded rim the same grey and yellow pet rification yon find overlying the. whole country about Soda Springs. But its waters are now pure. I did not ascend the summit of this moun tain and' look down 'into the basin, I wa3 told by those who have done so, that an almost irresistible desire siezes every one who does to plunge headforemost into the depths below. It is a very curious sensation which is common a cringing desire to jump! from high places. I have my self experienced this queer feeling when'oi the summit of high places. The first time I was ever on the Dome of the Capitol at Washington it was all I could do to keep from leaping below. I have ho doubt that many of your readers have experi enced this unaccountable sensation. This Soda Springs country is full of other wondrous phenomena, to which I Cannot now revert fully. What is considered the most remar kable of all the outflows of the wa ters here, is called the "Formation Spring." It is impossible to describe the great variety of petrified forma tions that may be seen here. The waters come up heavily charged with the petrifying principles and solid substances. When suffered to as sume their own shapes they form a sort of moss-like work, the stems of i i ii a .a winch are Kept hollow ov the jrasu that blows them into delicate tube. These are very fragile, and it is with great difficulty they can be transpor ted, j There are in the vicinity nu merous subterranean caverns full of grotesque stalagmites and stalac tites soma of rare i beauty and splendor. The valley at Soda Springs town is 7,320 feet above sea level,; nearly 500 feet higher . than the summit of the Black Mountains. The surrounding mountains are sev eral thousand feet higher hence the deep snows which I shall refer to. In mv previous letter I referred to the Great Bear river which runs by the town. This is a bright, bold and bounding stream which is about the size of the Catawba at Morgan ton. If you will look at the map you see it has been flowing north ward for a long way till it reaches this place, Soda Springs town. There is no doubt but what it once continued this northerly course go ing into the Snake river though the valley in which is the Blackfoot Reservation. This northward flow was interrupted in an ago compara tively modern, geologically speak ing. We see all around the signs of this interruption volcanic action which, while making a cut off or crack (canyn as they are called here) until Wasatch Range of moun tains threw a very low dam across, their current to the north, deflect ing the waters backward southerly to the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The sullen tide, deprived of the ' joyous freedom of the sea the mighty Pa cific into which the waters of right belong creeps backward through narrow and ugly defiles and over lava beds to the Mormon Maelstrom where the waters either .sink into the bowels of the earth, or fretting away in evaporation, rise upto catch the eastern winds which will bear them yet away on their western journey. , Nature wreaks her vengeance here in many ways. In this valley you see what is nowhere else shown on the Pacific Coast a snow shed near ly a mile long right out on a plain. You see miles and miles of these snow sheds out here. The Central Pacific has about 40 miles in one stretch, but they are chiefly in the Sierras and on mountain sides and about deep cuts. Near Soda Spripgs is the one I refer to, right on . the volcanic or lava plain where the wind piles up the snow beds so deep as to defy all human agencies except the continuous shed or house over the track. This is right at the point where the Bear river should have gone on its way northward. A cut a very few feet deep, and the waters would speed northward again. ' I have referred to the acts of vengeance in this Soda Springs country. Nature is not alone in these. Here man is known to com mit his most horrible deeds of .blood. I wrote von about the cowboy sent up for the murder of his companion. The deed was committed in Soda Springs, though the trial was at Blackfoot, the countv jseat, and I may have created the impression that the killing was there also. A short while ago, the landlord of the hotel where wo stop in the town of Soda Springs, was deliberate y shot to his death by a fourteen- year old boy. The boy's father and 1 r. Williams were in a fuss whiskey of course the cause. They came to blows and the boy ran up and killed his fath er's antagonist. He is bow in the Pen at Boise seven years sentence. These are sickening events, not interesting to your readers, but they show the condition of society out here. -One more item in regard to nature's wonders and I Speaking of lakes, I close this, i should tell vou of the wonderful Boilinar Lake in the Grande Ronde Valley in Ore gon, vrhich I passed Friday evening in conjiing to Walla yalla, Wash ington, where I now wite. This is a lake of actual boiling water, so hot yon can cook an egg in it in 3 minutes. The waters cover an acre or so of surface and as jyou pass you see the violent ebullitions all over its face.. Vast spouts are spurted up jvyeral feet high in places and in the early morning the whole valley a round is covered by visible steam. My sheet is full and I must close and get ready for supper and for the train that bears me away from here to night. M V. M. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington ov. 27. Tom Editor of T7ie Lenoir Topic: The Capitol, White House, and Executive Departments are draped in mourning again, and the national flag upon all the Government build ings floats at half mast When the President yns informed by telephone of the death of vice President Hendricks, he was going down to dinner. He seemed greatly shocked, and showed a hesitancy in believing the sad news. Then he sent for Col. Lament, arid 'in a short time the Cabinet officers were has tening to the White. House with se rious and anxionfaces, summoned by Mr. Cleveland. , The Cabinet remained in session for two honr3 and a half. The Com missioner of public buildings was sent for, and ordered toj have all Eublic tmildings draped with em lems of mourning as noon as possi ble. The Cabinet took action in regard to the funeral, and decided to attend it in a body, with the President. . J Mri Cleveland would have no suc cessor if he should die before the date of the meeting if Congress. Under the constitutional provision two lives interpose between those of the President and vice-President and vacancy. The statute provides: In case of femoval, death, resignation or inability of both the President and vice-President, then the Presi dent of the Senate, or if there is none, the Speaker of the House shall act as President until jthe disability is removed or a President elected. At present there is no President of the Senate ami no Speaker of the House, and those ofticjeis cannot be elected until congress roeets. Should a vacancy occur in the meantime the Government would jbe carried On by the Cabinet until ai President of the Senate or Speaker is elected, as lit was during President Garfield's inability. j Congress has done nothing to I avoid such a situation, as has now arisen. A bill providing for a dif ferent succession to the presidency was introduced last winter, h It pro vided, when the offices of the.Presi dent.and vice-President were both made vacant by death, (that the suc cession should pass firflit to the Sec retary of State, and th6n to the oth er Cabinet officers in tile line of their rank. Such a imasure would keep the power with the; administration which the people elected. i This bill will probably be re-introduced early in the new session and pushed for passage, it would guard against possible republican President Cleveland, thing happen to him. succession to should any- It is not thought that the death of the vice-President can have any disturbing effect upon National pol itics, although of cour se the majori ty in the Senate will elect a Repub lican to succeed him. That will naturally give rise tcj a ; feeling of uncertainty for the rciason that the death of Mr. Cleveland would change the political complexion of the Ad ministration. The effect of Mr. Hendrick's death will be felt in Washington society. The White House will be closed a gainst festivities for some time, such ! as State receptions and dinners. The , Cabinet officers will also be pre vent ed temporarily from entertaining. When the Senate meets it will probably he called to order by its oldest ; member. This is Senator Morrill of Vermont. -Then the ma jority will proceed to elect a presid ing officer, who will be cither Logan, Sherman, Hoar, Ingalls or Edmunds,' "Which will it be?" ' is a question much discussed just now. Thanksgiving day at the Capitol was celebrated in the time honored way. Department clerks were paid off the day before, so that they could prepare for the holiday ina festive way. The wheels of the Government machinery were stopped, Bchoqls were closed, churches were opened, and families reunited, feasted, and made merry. S Secretary Whitney offered to give all the clerks of the Navy Depart ment a Thanksgiving turkey, and made arrangements ta deliver the fowl to every officer and employe who should avail himself of the pro posal, j Why the President StattJ al Washington. WASHlNGtON, Nov 29, The Pres ident this afternoon determired not to make the trip to Indianapolis. To the represantative of the Asso ciated Press he said : "jljp the first moment of the shoek of Mr. Hen dricks' death tI yielded to my incli nation, and declared my intention to be present at the funeral. Of course, in reaching that conclusion, I did not put out of view a peremptory press of public business, or what I deemed a sufficient consideration of my duty to the people. .The public business I thought I could dispose of by additional application and more hours of work, and I considered it to be my duty to the people to an swer a tender sentiment of respect and affection to the dead vice-President which does them great honor. "I am satisfied now that I was at fault in considering thequestion in that I did not take as comprehensive a view of the duty I owe the public as I should; that is, I did not look at every phase of it, and I am afraid my strong personal desire somewhat clouded my judgment, i "I am now reminded by some of the best and most patriotic and thoughtful of our citizens that the real and solemn duties! of my office are at the national capital, and that in the present peculiar and delicate situation I ought not to take even the remote chance of accident inci dent to travel to gratify a sentiment so general and so characteristic as that involved in thissubjict. I have been profoundl impressed by these considerations, but most of all influ enced by theirlstrong and unanimous presentation by the devoted friends of the late vice-President living in the State and city, and their indorse ment by the noble and patriotic wo man who, in the infinite sorrow of her widowhood, reflects the spirit and character of her honored hus band in her solicitude for the public good. j "I am now certain that neither my desire nor the sentiment referred to, nor the difficulty that attends in this case a change of design, nor any stubborn idea of heroism will justify me in subjecting the country to any greater chance of disaster thau at tends my performance of strict duty here, and that I ought not to inflict upon my countrymen even the unrest and anxiety attending my departure, absence and return in attendance upon the funeral ceremonies." Watauga Teachers' Institute. To the Editor of TJie Lenoir Topic: Third session of the Watauga Teachers' Institute held at Elk Knob Academy Nov. 20 and 21. Teachers present and Chairman and Secretary absent. Prof. R. H. Cline elected Chairman pro tern and E. J. Black burn Secretary. Though but few teachers were present, the discussions were very lively and the business of the Institute was carried out suc cessfully. The committee appointed to select the time and place for the next meeting reported as follows: Boone Academy Jan. 1 and 2, 188G. The programme as reported by the committee appointed for that pur pose, is as follows : Friday 10 a, m. to 10:20 a. m., reading by L. G. Maxwell ; from 10:20 to 10:50 a.vm. phonics by W. S. ! Farthing ; from 10:50 . to 11:20 a. m., intellectual arithmetic by E. N. Miller ; from 11:20 a. m. to 12 m., miscellaneous business ; from 12 m. to 1 p. m., recess. From 1 to 1:15 p. m., how should teachers deal with disobedi ent students ? by A.! J. Taylor. From 1.15 to 1.35 p. m., oral spell ing by R. H. Farthing. From 1:35 to 1 :45, an essay by Miss Lucy Floyd; subject, best means bf advancing small children. From 1:42 to 2:45, p. m., should calisthenics be intro duced into the public schools. From 2:45 to 3.10 p. m., best means of teaching Geography by W. R. Blev ins. From 3:10 to 3:20 p. m., bus iness and adjournment. Saturday, 10 a. m. to 11 a. m., to what extent should natural sciences be taught in our public schools, by J. R. John son. From 11 to 11:30 a. m., N.O. History, by S. M. Trivett. From 11:30 to 1 m., English Grammar by ;. N. O, Comhs. From 12 m. to 1 p. m., recess. From 1 p. m. to 2. p. m., miscellaneous examples. - From 2 p. m. to 2:30, writing by Mjss Nannie Rivers. From 2:30 to 3 p. m., business and adjournment. We hope to see tne teachers of Watauga manifest a greater interest in their own work hereafter, and es pecially do we cordially and respect fully invite Rev. I. W. Thomas, of Boone, the County Superintendent of Public Instruction of Watauga county, to attend and encourage the teachers in their arduous labors. The citizens generally are invited to come out and encourage the' Insti tute by their? presence; if nothing more. We sincerely hope to bq able to record the names of a number of our lady teachers at our next meet ing. E. J. Blackbuejst, Sec'y. TWO LETTERS A3QUT CALDWELL . - t- - Tha Town of Lenoir and tha Yallsf of Lower Creek. 1 - Y. D, M.f In Wilmington Beview. - Lex oir, Caldwell Co., N. C, NovJ 9. Editor Review : This beautiful little town, at the terminus of the C. & L. R. R is situated ina valley between two valleys, on a hill be tween two hills, and surrounded by seven hills. It is near the centre of the county, and has a population of eight hundred inhabitants. It was only a few years ago that the town was laid off. A few rustic mountaineers, with their homespun garb and quaint dialect, but wjth brains becoming philosophers and hearts capable of producing all the soft emotions inspired by Nature's beauty, held a meeting near the- foot of ; Turkey Cock mountain npw known as Hibriten for the purpose of deciding upon the location ofj'a town to be known as Lenoir, in hon or of Col. William Lenoir, a distin guished gentleman among them, and the largest land owner in the county. The spot was. decided upon and preparations were immediately made to lay the town off. Mr. jll M; Tnttle, still one of the most live ly and energetic citizens of the towii, erected the first building, a hand some and commodious brick struct ure. He next built the Central Hotel. This was an impetus for great progressiveness to the to win, which being made the county seat of Caldwell, induced many enthusi astic gentlemen from the surround ing counties to settle here and add "their strength to rising Lenoir. A splendid. building for a Courthouse, three nicely finished churches, many handsome dwellings, storehouses, &c, were soon erected. I I will not attempt to follow ; ts progress, step by step, but suffice to say, its history is that of a rapidly growing town, whose citizens, for industry, persevereuce and kindness arc entitled to the richest encomi ums. They have the true stamp iof North Carolina hospitality, and tie stranger is quickly and forcibly im pressed with their high degree jof civility. They seem to appreciate their healthful climate and romantic sceuery, andp art animating atid happy" I ; I The commercial interests of Lenoir lie chiefly in the shipment of fruits, berries, medical roots and herbs, al though much wheat is handled, and a few factories are in successful op eration. '' - j J Of the medical jherbs, there is a greater demand for the obnoxious stramonium, or "Gympsom weed,' than any other. How. I wish thjey had a few cart loads ' of this odioin, stuff that I have pulled from the fence corners of my Pender home From early spring till about tho. tirst of August the warehouses in Lenoir are tilled with herbs, rojts and berries. Then comes a (JullneFS preceeding ! the great , apple rush. This alone constitutes a big trado for a small town. Some idea of jits importance can be drawn from iha fact that one fanner near Lenoir has 1,500 bushels which will find a mar ket here. I know many others who have from 100 to 500 bushels. These apples are principally what are known as the Western North Caro lina Limbertwig.1. For winter use they cannot be excelled. j During the summer months many of our Eastern people pass through Lenoir. For here the traveler from the "Sultry Plains" to the "Land of the Sky" bids adieu to the "iron horse." , ' .-' '. : : -j ; v '': ; The scenery around Lenoir is one of exquisite beau tyj The town is! at the outlet of the charming Lower Creek Valley. i f The Topic, a spirited little sheet, which I notice ' la one of your (ex changes, is published- here. It is the county Democratic organ, and visits us promptly every week with its delightful music. Lenoir bids fair to soon rival in importance the most prosperous of North Carolina towns. Her facili ties for transportation will be com plete when the C. & L. R. R. is ex tended to Patterson, thereby forming connection with proposed extension of the C. F. & Y. V. R. R. Many improvements are being spoken of, among others, the establishment of two large tobacco factories arid a spoke and handle factory. These will prove very profitable as the area of tobacco is largely increasing eVery year and native wood seems to be inexhaustible. All this will be done by her citi zens, who are wide awake to every interest of Lenoir. ' Having waited impatiently for twelve mouths for a telegraph fin to be put in operation by the C. & L. R, R. Co., they would wait no longer, but havej or ganized a company for that business, to be known as the Lenoir Telegraph Company. They expect to begin work in a short time. The line will be run from Lenoir to some point on the W. N. C. j R. R., perhaps Hickory. "' ;' : ; "-' ' - ' The citizens of Lenoir are able and determined to add these improve ments, but will "welcome anyjone with energy. ' She bids them come ; and join the advance, or wait a brief space and listen ' to the noise of her .many factories reverberating among' the many beautiful hills that: lie around. ' ;-( Lenoir, Caldwell Co., Sept. 2lJ'85. Mr. Editor: Through the me dium of your excellent paper, I wish to introduce to some of your Eastern people a "Paradise of a place." Lower Creek bursts out from the Yadkin and Brushy mountains by a capillary net work of sparkling riv ulets. Flowing on between these ranges, it finally, at a distance of about fifteen miles, empties into the beautiful Catawba. The fame of the rich and beauti ful Yadkin ValleyShas reached even the island homes and swamps of Pender, yet that noted valley cannot compare in beauty of scenery and fertility of soil with that of the Val ley, of Lower Creek. The Brushy and Yadkin ranges furnish charming scenery from every part of the Valley. Hibriten, one of the grandest peaks, and the near est mountain to Lenoir, - stands on the Southern side. This mountain has splendid carriage ways to its summit. It is looked upon as a sub lime, material monument to the memory of the I lamented -philanthropist, Mr. William Lenoir. This estimable gentleman had several roads graded to its summit, and there prepared a beautiful peak that is still a holiday resort for tne young folks of the Valley. About the last of July, the wheat fields and meadows of clover, timo thy, and herds-grass in the Valley, presented a view that would have pleased the most fastidious. Then . the threshers began and for several weeks their deafening "hum" could ' be heard from every direction. Oth-'-er grain is raised in abnndance, but tobacco promises to be the staple in the near future, j I know of no section in tho State, of equal lextent, j that comprises as much wealth as j this valley. The farmers are very progressive. They use all the latest and best utensils and methods in their work. Indus try and perseverence seem to be a part of their religion. Selfishness , ; is almost unknown. Some great co ordinating powers seems to govern them and "neighbors love neigh bors" in this community. Education in the Valley isat a low stage. Howeveri such progressive spirits could not J rest long in ignor ance. A fervent passion for the ad vancement of knowledge has lately spread . among the people, and a handsome, commodious building has been erected J It is entitled 'Oak Forest Acaideray," and is situ ated four miles from Lenoir. From its wealthy supporters and beautiful and healthy location, it has a prom ising future. Doubtless, many of our eastern boys will be familiar with its walls at no distant day. Lenoir, the county seat, is situat- " ed in this valley. Of its merits, I will speak nothing at present. Suf fice to say, it is rapidly building up, as might be supposed from its rich surrounding country. A Serenade. All. Zion, Nov. 25. The farmers are getting pretty well through with shucking and cribbing their corn,-which has yiel ded finely. Small grain waa sown in good time and is looking well. Times are quite lively in this lo cality, particularly in the matrimo nial line. Mr. Lindsey Green and Miss Sarah A. Simmons were recent- ' ly united in the holy bonds of mat- r rimony, Rev. Wni. Walker officiat ing. Soon after thi&occurrence Mr. Milas Church went over and took' one of Caldwell's fairest daughters ' to share his fortunes through life, and on Sunday evening, . the ; inst., at the residence of the groom's mother, Thomas! Cox and Miss Mary Cox were, in the lauguage of Ma;or Jones, "Blade bone of one flesh i::d.; flesh of one bone," Elder L. P.pes . officiating. As this was tho first. y time Thomas was ever married and the boys in this locality believing it , would probably be the last,, they concluded. to celebrate the occasion 1 by giving him a real, first class, old i fashioned serenade. So on Mond ;v ; evening, the 21st, they marshaUd their forces at tho Mt. " Zion store,-' f being well armed with rams horns, cow bells, muskets, etc., and when the moon first shot forth her silvery rays from the east, they set out for a r the scene of action in tho following order : The rams' horn brigade ia, front, tho cow bell brigade in the centre and the musket brigade bring ing up the rear, j Soon tho mansion was reached, when the music struck , up, which waa so delicious (?) that even the dogs could not stand it, but beat a hasty retreat, leaving the vie- ' torious arniy in I full possession of the premises. Soon tho door slight ly opens and a female form appears, whereupon a salute is fired , by the musket brigade, which causes the lady to fall back in good order and : close the door. I Still the groom has not been heard from, so some of the ;. boys go in and persuade him out of ; bed by gently lifting him therefiom. As the night was rather cool, ,they , declined giving him a bath' in the limpid waters of Stoney Fork but t suffered him to return to the fond : , embrace of his lovely spouse. After ,f encircling the house and giving a thrilling blast from the rams' 'horn brigade, which failed to have the same' "! effect as did theblowingof the rams' ...It , horns around Jericho the party, ;: dispersed and quietly returned to their 'respective 'places of abode,. , without the loss of a single man. ' So much for good generalship. T. C. L. II
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