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TRUMPET. IB M about the wellfarc of their town tct fr ft MvtViJiior f r imnrfW'fl ?f f Vi o t will surely do this. The publication day of ' the Trumpet has been changed from Saturday to Wednesday. Miss Connie Lawing left last Monday for Charlotte. Mr. Blair Jenkins, who has been north purchasing goods, . returned home on Monday last. f When you come to town Court week voir must not forget to? sub scribe for this paper. ; Miss Alice Grigg returned to school at Williamston, S. C, last Monday. Oh, doctor, doctor can you tell, What will make poor Gie well ? He is so awful sick and sad ' ! With heart disease, so very bad. i Miss May Wright returned to j her home in Wilmington. She 1 has been spending some time in our town. Miss "YumiYum" said that she "actually did some work" yester day. Extra Ordinem ! :" '. : j . I The little folk at the Lincolnton Hotel will give an; entertainment to-night, 'for the benefit of the Thompson Orphanage. All must come. ; i .'):!. ! There is one thing(6ut of many) I J. -i T ! . t '. I 1 -uiai lincointon greauy uecus, auu that is to have, street lamps. If the people are not too indifferent " , i ' ' v ! ! ' A FEW PLEASANT DAYS. On Monday of last week our party, consisting of Messrs M. H. Brown, and G. P. Taylor, of Wilmington, N. C, and the Ed. of ihe Trumpet, left on the C. C. -.1 J train for Rutherford ton, on our way to Chimney Rock. We stay ed in Rutherfordton all night, and started on foot for the mountains, about 17 miles distant, early next nv ruing, and arrived there at 12. 30 P. M. Ourjreaders can imag ine what a pleasant little walk it was, through the broiling sun on the du.ty road. All the same, we got there, and were not so tired, either ; but please don't think we were not hungry. After dinner we s.arted to sec the Falls. From Broad River, about half a mile off, we had a splendid view of them. Near the. Falls we killed a black snake nearly 6 feet long. The height of the Falls is variously es timated: from 200 to 1,500 feet We should say the water falls a bout 300 feet. 1 Alter walking around for several hours, enjoying the beautiful views, we returned to Judge Logan's, where we spent the night. Early next morning ,we started for the Pools, and must confess that we were disappointed at them. At the Pools we had r' a delightful bath, lying on the rocks between them and letting the clear, cold water run over us. The Pools are, as they look, only deep holes in the bottom of the creek which runs down between the mountains. The middle Pool 1 is 80 feet deep j the higgest up. the creek is 100 fet deep ; ho bottom has ever bee nj found to the other. After spending some time at the Pools we walked several miles ov er the mountains, and at last ar rived at the foot of Chimney Rock. This consists of immense granite rocks piled on top of each other, reaching the height of sevral hun dred feet. -We enjoyed the beau tiful scenery for some time and then returned to Judge Logan where we got! jji excellent dinner. In the afternoon w started for the famous old Bald Mountain about a : mile i and a half distant from Judge j Logan Y. The jolly, good humored Mr. Frank Logan acted as our guide, j jjThe first place we visited on Bald'was its cave. ' Aft er spending j ome time in this "dark as Egypt" place:, and in scribing our liable on a huge rock in there,, we ascended to the top of old Bald. 'As we were late, jMr. Logan took us a short cut to the top of the mountain. On the way up our guide's foot slipped as he was climbing up a large rock, and he came sliding .down about 15 or 20 feet with terriffic force upon your humble servant, who could do nothing more that hold on to a bush and "let him come." Fortunately jMr. Logan received only j a few bruises and scratches,. The only time we felt "sorter shaky' on our way up was when wc had to climb up a dead chestnut tree with, a precipice a, hundred or so feet deep at our feet. The tree shook as we .vent up. Leaving the tree there was nothiugito cling to but a bare rock, up which we had to go snake ' T i ; ' ' Continued in Supplement,
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