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THE WEEKLY CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1890. A REMINISCENT TALK. AN INTERESTING ADDREHH BV COIo AiV DAVIOHON. He Telia of the Early gettlera of Weatern North Carolina Hhort Talks t Other Gentlemen, Col. A. T. Davidson delivered an inter esting address on "Reminiscences of West ernNorth Carolina"at the Lvceum Friday night. He first divided his subject, which he aid covered the last sixty years of his life, into three heads: First, his early boyhood ; second, hisearly manhood, and third, his professional career. Col Da vidson said he was born on Jonathan's creek, Haywood county. May 19, 1819. His father was William Mitchell David ion, son of William Davidson well known to the early settlers of Buncombe county having moved here in 1804. "The county at the time of my birth," he said, "was a vast mountain w ilder ness, it being then only about twenty years since its first settlement. It was full of game. Some of the settlers in mv father's neighborhood were David Ne son, Joshua Allison, George Owens, John Moody, Reuben Moody and Samuel Leatherwood, all of whom raised large families, with strong physique and good constitution and without physicians. "Others of these early settlers were: Joseph Chambers, a man of more than or dinary character and who lead in public affairs; John Leatherwood well known for industry, thrift, fine hounds, fine cat tle and good "old time apple brandy;" Jas. McKee, father of as. L. McKce of this city, sheriff of Hiiy wood for several years and verv popular, never having been defeated for office; I'helix Walker, the represeiitHtive'iii congress from 1820 till 1824 and the authorof the famous phrase "talking lor Buncombe." He went after his defeat for congress to Mississippi and died about 1835. "The manufacture and trade in gin seng was begun on lonathau's creek by Dr. Hailen, of Philadelphia, who employed Nimrod S. Garrett and Bac chus J. Smith, late of thiB county to con duct this business. The root was abun dant then and the trade was very profitable, the green root being worth 7Mt cents a pound. A branch ol the business was established on Cnnev river, in what is now Yancey county. I well rememberseeim: theereatcomuanics of mountaineers earning along the inouu- tain passes with packed horses and oxen going to the factory, and it was a great rendezvpus for the people, for ali the sp ins of the day were engaged in there. "The people in that duv manufactured a;l their wearing apparel, tanned their 6,vn leather, made their axes and plows, and bought nothinu from the sl es ex cept iron. In fact thev had nothing to buy with. All the necessaries ol life were . procured from the markets in South Car-! ohna and Georgia. It was tnree weeks i trip with a wagon to Augusta, Ga. The j neighbors would "bunch" their products and make trips to Augusta, loaded with j bacon, peltries and such other in.irk- ta- ble products as would bear truusp-ii ta- j tion in this simple way. The returns lor these products were sugar, collie, salt j and molasses. We tin n bought salt bv j tiie bushel, Mid it weighed a'ocui seventy pounds. The average price foi salt was: $3 per bushel. "A striking tnct in the character ! these primitive people was that they were entirely devoted to each other. They rolled each others' logs in common, built their cabins and did all work ol a heave character in common and w ithout price. The log meeting house was reared in common. 1 remcmljcr that Nathan Gibson, of Crab Tree, converted the top of his mill house into u place ol worship, and Jacob Shook, father of the family near Clyde, turned his threshing floor in his barn into a place for similar use. "Haywood was stricken off of Bun combe county in 1808. The most noted ciiaracters of the county in public life were: , John Welch, John McFarland, Hodge Keyburn, Thos. Tatbam, Gen. Thos. Love and Ninian Edmonston. Jos. Chambers represen ed the county in the legislature for three sessions. Gen. Thos. Love represented Buncombe in the legis lature from 1800 to 1808 and served in that body from Haywood from 1808 to 1828. He was afterwards made presid ing officer of the state legislature of Ten nessee. Robert Love, the father of ' the large family now living in Haywood county was a man of remarkable powers, stood high in the estimation of the public and died at a 'very old age. He was an elector for the state in the presidential campaign of 1828 and 1832 on the Jackson ticket. The Howells, John and Henry, the Os bornes, the Plotta, theLenoirs, the Cath eys and the Dea vers were leading families in Haywood then. "There is a section in Haywood known as Fine's Creek. It got its nume in this manner: Jesse Fine was one of a party who came from what is now Tennessee to capture some Indians who had stolen some horses. After capturing them, kill ing all but two, and getting the horses buck they started home, wnue tney were asleep on the bank of the creek, these two Indians crept up on them and hot Fine. A hole was cut in the ice on the creek, because they had no tools to rfiar n irrave. arid his bodv was buried in the creek. ' "By the treaties with the Indians in 1817 and 1819 we acquired the country to the south and west of Meie's and Freeman's lines, which extended the ter ritory of Haywood to the Tuckaseige river and gave us tne territory emtiracea from thence west to the top of the Nan- tihala mountain. This constitutes the county of Macon. It was first or ganized into a county in 1828 and was first represented in the legisla ture of 1831 by Jas. W. Guinn, Senator and Jas. Whitaker in the house of com mons. It was afterwards represented by Gen. Benj, S. Britton, Jas. Whitaker, Asaph Enloe, Jas. W. Guinn, Jacob Siler and Thos. Tatbam. Such men as those mentioned represented the county with Luke . Bernard, ": Werner Siler and his sons, William Siler, Jesse R. R. Siler, Jacob Siler, and John Siler, J. Dobson.John Howard, Henry Adding 'tofl, Gen. Thos, Love, Wm. H. Bryson. Jas. K. Gray, Mark Coleman, Samuel Smith, George Rush, Saul Smith, Nimrod 8. Garrett, George Dicker, Silas McDow ell. Georee Patton and William Angel." ' Col, Davidson gave some incidents of the Indians in the Western section. He said he would have to give the history of the vulley ol the French Brohd and of his brethren at the bar at another time. CoL Davidson whs followed by Gen. T. h. Clingmnn, J. L. McKce and Major WcsUiM in short talks. ,. . TMK FEDEKA1, COURT. Tte Pall Terjn In Session at Abbe ville. The November term of the Federal court for the Western district of North Carolina convened here Thursday, Judge R. P. Dick presi ling. The grand jury chosen for the term is as follows: E. Gaston, foreman, William Green, J. J. Calvert, John Armstead, G. N. Sullers, W. J. Hayes, John Taylor, Henrv Mills, H. A. Brooks, M.J. Qrr, P.-P. Ferguson, T. M. Crawford, Jesse W. Morgan, R. P. Smith, T. M. Slaughter, W. L. Burnett. John Masters, G. H. Moore. J. M. Curtis, R. L. Owens, jas. Ramsey. W. N. Green was sworn in as the officer of the grand jury. The petit juries for the term are two in number and are as follows: No. 1. John Chanlev, John Randolph, Lorance Allen, jr., P. C. Moore, S. C. Sit ton, John Rted, Dillard Roberson, T. B. McCracken, A. S. Hill, W. P. Corpening, Jas. Stevenson, Duff Erwin. No. 2 T. J. Martin, E. M. Garland. Thos. Cuthbertson, Thos. Neal, Thos. Kedmon, T. B. Laughter, A. I. Young. Michael Teague, E. Buchanan, E. C. fohnson, Avery Alexander, S. B. Erwin. Marshal Bell, of Rowan county, made application for license to practice in the United States court and was sworn in. The case of Jas. Drake, from Cherokee county, for violation of the revenue law was tried. The accused was found guilty but judgment was suspended. The following violators of the inter nal revenue laws have been sentenced to one month imprisonment and to pay a fineof $100and costs: Jas. Shepherd, Graham county ;G. Bry son, Cherokee; J. J. Martin, Macon; I'ut Iveston, Macon ; Martin Forrester, Ma con; Chus. Martin, V. Reed, Cherokee; Jack Hyatt, Macon; Reed White, Hay wood; J. B. Barnes, Swain; Emanuel Cochran, Macon; Burt Silver, Mitchell ; Keener Thomas, Mitchell; Andy Mc Neese, Haywood ; Adam Maury, Alfred Morrow, Cherokee; Nat Oaks, Anderson Oaks. Mitchell; J. H. Cram. Graham. Jos. Tuckir, Mitchell; Anthony Baum garner, Haywood, have been fined $100 and costs and sentenced to three months. The following have been fined the same amount and sentenced to two months imprisonment: Silas Sutton, I lay wot d; John Forrester. Cherokee; John Stil. s Haywood; Enoch Fcnland, Macon; Nor man Price, Havwood and lohn I'arns, Swain. J G. Wiseman. Mitchell, has leen fined the same and sentenced to six month's imprisonment. The suit for ejectment of the Virginia, Tennessee and Carolina Steel anil Iron company against J. J. Newman, Win. Cuthbertson and others, involving niin ernl interests in and around Mitchell county, has !eeii continued and set fr trial on the second I hnr-dav of the next term of th court . The ease against las. A. larvis, of Bun combe, for violation of the pension laws, has been continued by the defendant. IIIiATH Ol' IWK 4. II. K. PATTON A I.oiik, Cure and Vseiul Life I'eucei'ully l.iKli-d. Died at her residence in Ashcville on Mondav nitrlit. November' 10, IK'.IU, at 10 o'clock, and ir. the ligl:' .-mxUi year of her age, Henrietta Kerr Patton, the faithful, loving wile of lames V. Patton, who in his day was one of the most active and public spirited men of this state, and who died in the vear 1S61 . The subject of this sketch was born in Charleston, S C, on November 6. ISO,1). As a young woman she removed to Ashe ville and was married in 1839, .ind par taking of her husband's enthusiastic love of his home, she, through the many vears of widowhood and to within a tort night of her death kept bright her in terest in all that pertained to the welfare of this city. Although afflicted for many years with serious deafness, she has by reading kept apace with the mids of her voungest friends, of whom she had a great num ber, and by her invariable forgetfulness of self and interest in the joys and griefs of others, she has won the ardent love and high esteem of all who knew her. As a christian her record is pure, aim pie, loving faith in her God and Savior and loyal devotion and support to her church. The first member of Trinity Episcopal Parish, she has rejoiced daily in itsgrowth and development. Although for a auarter of a centurv totally unable to hear a single word of sermon or ser vice, she has rarely been absent from her accustomed seat, when the church was open, and as an evidence that her devout prayers were recorded in God's loving heart, almost her last intelligible request was: Sing lor me tne uiona in tvxcel sis." Yes indeed, "Glory be to God on high," for haviug given us the testimony. A FORCER ARRESTED, He Had Done considerable Work InAsbevllle. A man about thirty years of age was in Asheville during the early part of last week and succeeded in swindling some Ashcville merchants out of considerable money by means of forged checks. He passed a check for $75, purporting to be signed bv W. W. Rollins, payable to and endorsed by J.J. Moore, and on the na tional bank of Asheville. He also passed one for $75 with Maj. Rollins' name on it, but the victim became suspicious and re covered his money. A day or two ago a man appeared in Hendersonville and presented a check for $250, purporting to be signed by ' V. S. Lusk and payable to John Jones, to Rev. R. H. Lewis, president of Judson college. He said he wanted to send his sisters to school at Tndson and would pay $150 in advance. Dr. Lewis gave him $100. A description of the man with an offer of $40 reward was sent out by the Pinion detective agency and J. J. Moore alias lohn tones was arrested at Henderson ville Saturday charged with the forgeries. He was brought here for trial. It has transpired that the man who was arrested in Hendersonville for forg ing is T. R. Randolph. He was brought here lost night liy enenit T. Israel, ot Hendersonville. He admits his implica tion in the forgery and , save . that two others were in the-work. Randolph has been in the section around Black Moun tain for about two years teaching school, He will probuuly nave a hearing to-mor row, . . , " ' . r . STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. WfciT ASHEVIUE IMPROVE. ME NT L'O'H NEW OFFICERS. K. o. carrier Elected President and J. li. Bostlc Secretary and Treasurer What the Orsranlxa tlon Has Done for West Asbe vtlle. The annuul meeting of the stockhold ers of the West Asheville Improvement company was held in T. H. Cobb's office in the Johnston building Thursday The election of officers for the ensuing vear resulted as follows: E. G.. Carrier, president; J. B. Bostic. secretary and treasurer; W. W. Barnard, T.H.Cobb, E.G. Carrier, J. D. Carrier and F. T. Meriwether, directors. A meeting of the new directors wille b held in thiscity Sat urday. The West Asheville Improvement com pany has done an immense amount of good work in the building up sf that section west of the French Broad river and on Hominy creek. The company has a capital stock of $500,000. Not quite five years ago, in the spring of 1886, the first purchase of land was made. By steady and "contin uous purchases, the company has, at this time, the title to 1,200 acres of land lying in and around West Asheville. The Sulphur Springs, so well known to the early visitors to Asheville. are in cluded in the proptrty which this company has purchased. In the fall of 1886 the Sulphur Springs hotel was com menced by E. G. Carrier. Mr. Carrier had the building completed in time for the summer season of 1887 and opened it as a hotel. The building contained 65 rooms and cost about $50,000. Mr. Carrier ran it as a summer resort hotel for three summers, 1887, 1888, 1889, and was quite successful. The place was verv poi ular with visitors seeking rest and quiet. Sportsmen also were at tracted by the abundance of game in the neighborhood, and all in all it was a very attractive place. About a year ago the hotel was leased to Dr. Karl Von Kuek of this city, who will take charge of it soon and conduct it as sanitarium and hotel. The build ing is now being enlarged. An addi tion containing forty rooms, and cost ing, unfurnished, $30,000 is being built. Work is advancing rapidly and it will lie ready for occupancy bv January 1, 1891. Since the original hotel building was erected Mr. Carrier has transferred the properly to the West Asheville improve ment company. This company spent about $250,000 in acquiring and improving their proptrty. They have opened and graded five miles of streets, which are now used andhave laid out five miles of streets, which have not as yet been graded. The company has also laid a line of one and a hall inch water piic from Denver's mountain two miles from the hotel and it is supnlied with water in this wav. This system cost $1,500. A dam has been built across Hominy creek, tor the purpose of supplying water p wer for the electric plant Which tin company v, ill put in. This dam is just a bout comph Led ami wi'l be ready to ' have the v atcr t nrn-il in shortly, I Another enterprise which has !een started since the Wt st Asheville linprove I inent company l.t 'an operations is the West Asneville I oil Bridge company. This "manization has built a handsome iron bridge across the French Broad river, im mediately below the junction of theSwan- nanoa am! that stream. This bridge has ' not as yet been opened to the public. From here a well graded drive leads to the Sulphur Siirins hotel. It follows! he French llioad forsomcdistnncennd when the top ot the lull overlooking the hotel properly is reached, u magnificent view ot the mountains to the west can fie obtain ed. A street railway line, with electricity from theplant alluded to above asthemo tive power, is to be-iconstrueted adjacent to and parallel with this road. Property in and around thescction now owned by the Improvement company was, when the first purchase was made. valued at $4-0 an acre. Throughout the enure country situated between the Sul phur Springs and Ashcville land, is now vaiuea at 3zou per acre. 1 Ins is an in crease in four years, and a great deal ot it in even less time, of more than 600 per cent. Much of the success of the undertaking is due to the indefatigable energy ot Mr. Carrier. Others who are interested in the work are J. D. Carrier, W. W. Barnard, J. B. Bostic. T. H. Cobb, Dr. F. T. Meri wether and Burt Denison. Since the establishment ot the West Asheville Improvement company the town of West Asheville has been incorpo rated. R. M. Denver holds the position of mav6r of this important suburb of Asheville. C. D. ItLANTON. Chas. D. Blanton, commonly known to every man in Ashcville as Charlie, was born August 30, 1860. Early part of lite spent in cradle with high projecting sides. It's said that had tin rattle when young and used it to knock paint off of ana otnerwise greatly improve aopear- ance of aforesaid cradle. Little fellow stayed in Cleveland county, near Shelby, where Dirtn occurred, until war broke out. Place too dull for him and took parents to Iredell county. Staved there till war closed and went to McDowell county . In 1884 went to Morristown, Tenn., and engaged in mercantile busi ness. Lame here in 1886 and at once en tered dry goods business with J. D. Bre vard. Firm known as Brevard & Blnn ton. Was elected mayor of city by dem ocrats in May 1889. Becoming Quite an adept in the art of administering justice ana presiding at mayor's court, frond of good horses and can tell one five miles oft by amount of dust animal kicks up. even in muddy weather. Is good demo crat and works hard in interest of party. Member of firm of C. D. Rlnnton fc Cn and has made considerable money out of iiimcuw iu ABiicvincuirt. unmaineu. Just think of it, girls I A Moderate Repast. Prom the Somerrille Journal. , , "You may bring me," said the gentle- rfnan from the country; who bad wandered into the Parker house dmingroom under a misapprehension, and who had spent an apprehensive ten minutes in looking over the prices oh the bill of fare, "you may bring me a glass of water and. a lit tle salt, I've only , got a dollur in my pocket, 'hud 1 don't want to live beyond mv means. "1 ' ' HEAVY TRAIN ROBBERY. TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS CONE. As Usual, It Was Done Easily, Evervtblnic Belnjr Favorable for the Robbers A 40 Loss Alsn. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 11. Two night trains on the Georgia Railroad, one leav ing Atlanta tor Augusta at 11:30 and the other leaving Augusta for Atlanta at the same hour, were robbed last night, the later of about $40. Messenger Ficklen, who reached here this morning, is a heavy loser, as a tele gram from Atlanta says his packages amounted to $12,000. Ficklen says he must have been robbed between Convers and Oconee bridge, about eighty miles from Atlanta. He was asleep on a cot in his car and the robber must have en tered the door next to the engine. His key was in his vest pocket, which hung on the wall. Both robberies wereevidently the work of the same man, who probably knew the run of the road. The trains were not stopped, the robber mounting them at the station quietly and doing his work and getting off at the next station. Mes senger Smith, on the up rain, loses onlv about $100. PENNSYLVANIA. What the Republicans Said the Loss of it Meant. From the New York Post. There is good republican authority as to the significance of Mr. Pattison's elec tion, which ought to be cited. We arc indebted to the Philadelphia Inquirer for having secured these deliverances in ad vance, and published them in convenient form for presentation in our columns to day. Said. "Congressman Henderson, of Iowa: "I cannot contemplate a doubt about carrying Pennsylvania. Just at this time such a misfortune would be a national calamity." Said Congressman McKinley of Ohio: "We look to Penn sylvania to gauge the force of battle. The results of November will fix the pres tige of '92. Every republican in Penn sylvania should do his duty." Said Con gressman Cannon, of Illinois: "If Penn sylvania should go wrong, we might as well stop right there. A disaster in Pennsylvania, then look out for the de luge. The republicans in the west regard Pennsylvania as our Gibraltar." Said Senator Iugalls, of Kansas: "When you wish to symbolize republicanism, you point to Pennsylvania. To sacrifice such n heritage by the voters of the Keystone Commonwealth would be to dishonor an almost unbroken record of thirty years. The effict of such a disaster would lie ir rcdeeninble." I'OST ELECTION JOYS. Late returns from Mi indicate liiikcti "ti bv wborne's district ibout 700. Montgomery county elected all its dem ocratic legislative and county candidates tn ve the the register of deeds. Charles Price, the republican candidate for chief justice, reeciveived only two voles in Wilson county, the official re turns show. The Iirowcr that once through -Kress' n . lis T hi- soul of hoo ilt' shed, Now hangs as mute on congress' wnll As it that soul were dean. Keidsville Review. It is now plain that had the democrats I ol the second district put a candidate the field early in the campaign Cheatham would have been deiealed. His majority is l.WJ. The republican candidates in New Han over huve d tided to contest the election. Daniel L. Russell is their counsel. The case comes up in the superior court in January. Mecklenburg county. Senator Vance's home is the banner democratic county in North Carolina, having a majority this election of 2380. Catawba county now takes a back seat. We have experienced an awful feeling "And Mammon wins his way Where seraphs might despair," Thai this wovcri false Tuesday, 1 most lirmly do declare. Tarboro Southerner. The republicans in Rutherford county, had long wanted Judge Russell, of Wil mington, to make a political speech there. This campaign he did so and the county went democratic for the first time since the war. News and Observer. Try again, Judge. A letter was dropped into the post office at this place a day or two ago, on the back of which was written: In the fall of the year, When the leavcB turn brown, Crawford "goes up," And Bwart comes down. Webster Herald. Immediately afyer theelection last year a republican remarked-that everything had gone democratic except hell and Pennsylvania. We then predicted that the democrats would carry Pennsylvania this year and thev have. Well, that still leaves the republicans hell bv such a large majority that the democrats will never try to capture it. Marion tree L,ance, Mr. Bennett Holland, of Holly Springs township, 92 years of age, was carried two miles by his daughter on a feather bed to the polls Tuesday. He said : "I want to vote the democratic ticket. I know lam dying of three diseases, but if it is my last act I want' to enter my protest to the passage of the force bill and the McKinley tariff bill." Raleigh Chronicle. 1 A careful calculation made as to the legislature and coming election of United States senator shows that Vance will be certain to receive 118 votes out of a to tal of 170, including both parties. , Of 50 members in the senate 33 are instructed for Vance, and 5 who are uninstructed are for him, while in the house 59 are in structed for Vance and 19 who are unin structed have declared for, him, .This calculation does not include Wakecounty, which has 0 democrats, all ot whom will support Vance and-can be counted for htm. . i his brings the total number ot Vance votes up to 118. : THE SENATE. Possibilities of Democratic Con trol of that Body Soon. Prom the Atlanta Constitution. To-day the upper house of congress stands thirty-seven democrats, lorty-sev-en republicans. When it meets in Decem ber the new states of Idaho and Wyoming will have elected two senators each. This will increase the republican majority to fourteen. Thus it will stand until the new congress meets. But then it will drop. Senator Blair, the grandma of the Blair bill, will retire to private life. His brother senators will heave a sigh of relief when a democrat takes his seat. And the senate will no longer be bored with the single-sentence, tiresome and feeble harrangues of old man Evarts of New York. Instead, they will probably be able to listtn to crisp and able argu ments from David Bennett Hill, williain C. Whitney or Grover Cleveland. And Ingalls will no longer electrify the senate with his magnificent bursts of or atorical eloquence; he has been sub merged with "invisible soap and imper ceptible water" a victim ot the Farmers' alliance. In his place will be an alliance man a democrat. Those three changes will reduce the re publican majority of the senate to eight South Dakota, Illinois and Wisconsin are now democratic states. The terms of Senators Moody, Farwcll and Spooner of these three states respectively expire on March 4th next. In the event tneii successors, who are to be elected at once, are democrats, then the republican m - jonty 111 the senate will be reduced to two. In that event, and it is certain, the sen ate is ours. The first thing the next congress will do will be to admit into the union the territories of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Each ot them exceeds in popula the states ot Wyoming and Idaho, just admitted by the republicans. And all three are democratic. They will send six democratic senators to change the politi cal complexion of the senate, and give the democrats four majority. Even if the democrats only get a sena tor each from Wisconsin and Illinois, which is absolutely certain, they will then have a majority of two. But South Dakota Ail send a demo cratic senator to succeed Moody. I he senate will soon be ours, too 4 Rocky KohcI. Benjamin Hutterworth. In my opinion no man could have made a successful race for presidency of the United States standing upon the issue of the McKtpley bill, and I think high tar iff is the rockiest road to travel tor pub lic office at the present time. The people of this country are in such a state that not e.'en the most prosperous class will stand the addition of another feather's weight of tax. It was thewoist policy any party could pursue to take the stand of favoring an increase in the tariff. The "Landmark" is Not C.ulltv. From the statesville Landmark. The Winston Sentinel savs there never was a campaign in which the democratic press ol the state tell so far short ot its duty. The Landmark pleads guilty, but what is the Sentinel going to do with the Charlotte Caronielc and Meck lenburg Times, the Slate Chronicle and the News and Observer, the Chatham Record, Davie Times, Wilkesboro Chron icle, Asheville Democrat and Citizen Salisbury Watchman and Herald, Mor- ganton Herald and especially the Lenoir 1 opic : Thanks, Mr. Reed. From the Springtield Republican. While Speaker Reed was on that fa mous stumping tour, drawing "Barnum- esque" audiences from wide areas of country, it was noticed that he gave his particular attention to the "sore snots.' We have casually gone over his route a second time, and find that wherever the speaker made an uncommon stir the democratic candidate was elected. That's The TalU. From the Durham Globe. And tne party which has good sense enough to give the people common jus tice will continue in power for many years. From the Wilmington Messenger. It behooves the democrats to mov with all due sobriety and caution in leg islation, and we hope wisdom and integ rity will govern all their actions. He Sleeps. From th1 New York Sun. A gentleman who is given to dabbling in electricity, and every now and again springs some new proof of his practical skill upon his admiring family, is just now very jubilant over his latest per formance in that line. He says: "You know 1 am a pretty patient man, and it takes something to make me kick, but I had an experience last winter that made up mind should not happen this. Mv wife is a verv light sleeper, and, wak ing at ull hours of the night, she always wanted to know the time. 1, ot course, was the victim, and had to get out of bed and strike a light and see what the hour was. Moreover, the bell to the ser vant's room was always either getting out of order, or was too feeble, so the servants said, to wake them when tbey were wanted. The consequence was that I often had to call them, and, taking it altogether, 1 was rather more than I cared for out in the cold. I have, how ever, just fixed up something that, I think, fills the bill. On the mantelpiece facing my bed I have put an incandes cent lamp, which stands by thesideof the clock, so that at any hour of the night the light can be flashed out, and the clock can be seen from the bed. This is connected to a battery in the cellar and to a push-button at the head of the bed, within reach of my wife's hand. An elec tric bell in the servants' room is now sounded by the touch of a button which I have put on my side of the bed, and my shivering peregrinations in the dark, thank goodness, are over." . tfc$ Itch on human and horses and all animals cured in thirty minutes by Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold by Raysor& Smith, druggists, Ashc ville, K. C. . ' . . novGwly . HE GOT THE CHICKENS. THE SOUTHERN NEGRO CHIT" ICISED BV HIM VICTIM. To Oblige a Friend and Scrape an Acquaintance A Mother justlv Rebuked by Her Child Only Temporarily Mournlnsr. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. "You northern folks don't begin to know the southern nigger as he is," ob served the colonel as he lighted a fresh cigar and leaned back in his chair. "No?" "They are not vicious, but they are without moral obligation. Confound him, he's a thiet from head to heel ; I nev er saw an honest nigger yf t." "That's very sweeping, colonel." "But it's truth. I'll defy you to find me an honest i.igger in all Georgia." 'I should say that gray-haired darky over on the cotton bales could be trusted to watch a gold mine." 'You would, eh ? Heah, bov, come heah!" "What's wanted, Kurnel Pea body ?" asked the old man, as he came over with his hat in uis hand. "Say, Eph, I want you to do me a lit tle favor, this evening." Sartm. "I'll pay you for doing it." 'Bress your soul, sah." '1 want you to steal me a couple of young chickens and i.ring em -to tne store at 7 o'clock.'1 'tea! 'em fur suali ?" "Yes. I'll give you a dollar." "All right, Mars I'eabody, I'll hav'em dere bv seben o'clock if I'm alive." "What do you thiiik of the nigger now ?" said the colonel as the old man moved away. "I'm astonished." "Well, you be on hand at 7 o'clock to see the chickens. He'll have em here." So he did. He came to the back door of the store with a couple of pullets in a bag, as he handed them over he said : "Izegot 'em fur vou Kurnel, an' dey is as fat as butter. Don't reckon you'll nebber say nuthn' 'bout it eh ?" "Not u word, Eph. Here's your dol lar." 1 hail no argument to make that even ing. There were the nigger, the chickens and the dollar. What, ould I say ? Next morning I went down to the colonel's office, and 1 had scarcely stepped inside when he called out : "What do you think of a ninger, now ?" "Anything new happened?" "I should say so. Where do you think old Eph stole those chickens?" "I have no idea." "But I have. The infernal rascal stole 'em trom my own coop, and three or lour more with 'em !" To Oblige the Barber. The village had but one barber, and one day he was taken sick. Just at this time a tin peddler came along and when something was said about the barber's ill luck the peddler opened his sympathy box at once and said : "It is awful, awful! Poor man, poor man! His income wiil cease and his bus iness go to ruin. Ueiiticuieu, something ought to be done." No one else seemed to care much, but the peddler grew more sympathetic the longer he thought of it, and finally he posted off up to the house and ottered to open the shop and run itacoupleof days. The barber's wife gave him the key, and he soon had the curiums up and the door open. The first man to cuter was a stranger in the town, who had stopped over to do sine business with a drug gist. He look the chair and asked for a quick shave. The peddler lathered him u; and down and across, tucked up bis sleeves, and picked up the first razor he could reach. His first scrape brought the blood, his second pared off about a third of the stranger's mustache. "Good heavens, man, what areyou do ing?" he shouted as he jumped out of his chair. "Why, what's the matter?" Matter? Do you call yoursell a bar- ber ?" "No, sir." Then what in are you doing here?" "Obliging a poor man who is sick in bed." "You ought to be killed, and here goes to do it." And he knocked him over the box stove, kicked him out of the door, and run him around the meeting house, and lost him in a heavy growth of pigweeds. It was late at night when the peddler reappeared, lame and sore and humbled, and all he had to sny was: "By gum ! if ever 1 try to oblige an other feller critter as long's I live." Harper's Magazine for Movent ber, 1890. The November nwmberof Harwr'i Mra. lne contains thi first of a short series of pa pers on Southern California "Our Itnf.," by Charles Dudley Warn, r, desoriliinir the enmate, resources, and scenery of that most interesting portion of or country. Numer ous illustrations from photographs and irom dr 'Whites hy distinguished Am.. artists give additional value to this interest ing paper. E. W. Mealy describes th. quaint old town of Rothenliurif, and gives un ac count of "Der Meistertrunk." the fratlval nlav which oecu-s there annnnliv hi. -- tide is accompanied by nine Illustrations from drawings by Otto Beck. The series of articles on South America by Theodore I hild is continued In "Urban and clal Chili " The illustrations, which are numerous, present views of obiects and scen ery In and rou.id Santiago and Valparaiso. La'cadlo Hearn describes "A Winter Journey to Japan" by way of the Canadian Pacific naurnaa ana tne racinc ucean. 8. H M Bverscontri intra an article on ,o..i.. and the Swiss." "Princeton Univemltv" la the subject ol a timely paper by Prolessor W. M . Sloane. Daudef t inimitable r., n Port Tarancon" Is brouRht to a conclusion. 1 wen IV characteristic llln.t-ra ,l.,n d awinirs by the distinguished Prenrh tists. Myrbach. Rossi, and Montnmt pany this instalment. The other ,., iMi eludes "A Halloween Wraith." bv Wli lam Ulaek, with five illustrations; "Madrllcne-' ' or, the Festival of the Dead," by Grace King; and "Portraits," by Puth Dana Draper. Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell ,nMh.f.. - charming porm entitled "The Quaker Lady " which is quaintly and beautifully illustrated by Howard Pyle. Other Poems are "In No vember by Archibald Lampmna ; "Too Late!" by Julian Hawthorne 1 "The World Runs On,1 by Rose Hawthorne Ltkmn. On waklna from a nnia. cu. n Annie Fields, 1 and "A Ouatraln." tonji, Carman. George William Curtis, in the Kdi.' tor'a Easy Chair, discusses a m.mlw., , 1 esting subeets, such as the decrease of tirml. I ' '" m some 01 tne mountain districta gentlemanliness In Parliament and in Con-' gres, the "society eolumn" of the newsna mrs and i'.me recent legislation v. .1,. straint of the liquor tr,.Hic WIIHrss ibennT nowetis, in tne tvuitor'a study, coruiiders ' most recent theories regnrdinu'trW .Wn'of the Aryans. Charles Dudley, Uarttv,l ai.i. I . Hditor's Drawer, calls thu U'Hdiaitfautinji to a peculiar tendency of m2lWV,V sujrgest.8 that there mnv ni4Mfrt,WlW(V' tun pus for the lot .mai tuod aaujaiti : msryX;UJ
The Semi-Weekly Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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