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1 s' : ' , - f Ridge m lt ' . ' ' ' -- ' ' ' "" "" " ' "' " ' " " ' ' ' ' 111 -...ill I.,. i . i .i. ... - i i i i - i . . i - -- - ' "" i i - mi mi . i m, I l II. -I HI I A WEEKLY JOURNAL FOR HOME AND FARM; GIVING RELIABLE INFORMATION OF THIS NEW COUNTRY. VOL. I. HIGHLANDS, MACON COUNTY, N. C, JULY 12, 1883. NO. 25, r Our American Presidents. BT J. C. D. "Notb. It is the desire of the author to furnish the readers of the Enterprise with plain and simple poem, entitled as above, which shall notice briefly the character of our Presidents; together with a fe of the principal events of their respective admin utrattons. - The poem will appear in a serial form, and bt continued in each bebdomal issue. As the writer is bat a youth, un skilled in the poetic art, it is hoped the pub lic will not be very severe and acrimonious in its criticisms. :::: v .. - Monroe was next, who like a gentle star, Came to dispell the cloud of angry war; The man who had at Trenton hobly bled, Was call'd to preside at the Federal Head. H was the last grand statesman of that . - ' ' class Who built around our rights a wall of brass On which the peerless bird of freedom keeps His vigils with an eye that never sleeps. Missouri having formed a constitution TV 1th slavery as a lawful institution, Asked for admission, which produced a warm Debate in Congress, and gave great alarm To those who held that "Federal legislation" Had naught to do with slavery regulation. An act known as "Missouri Compromise," Restored the peace and saved the "common ties." The bill provided servitude should be Restricted to the " Thiry sixth degree " Lafayette now from 'cross the sea came o'er To tread the soil he loved so well once more. Upon our shores bis hand was warmly pressed, And 'mongthe great he was an honored guest. Cities and towns were beautifully bedecked, At evidence of love and kind respect. The Greeks, a brave and noble-heartrd race, Reserved to hold an iniependent place Among the proud, free nations of the earth "Which was their right by nature and by birth. All Christendom in Graeci an taterrst felt, And in her cause the wo 1 J was eloquent Clay and Webster eulogize! her fame, And kindled in the ltad a burn'ug fliaie ; But John EUndolp , an advocate of peace, Had sympathy, but little aid fir Greece, Though Congress M( unable t relieve, Oneece did at lentjvi her liriertie aciiie?e. Moo roe was poor la all s-ive spotless ftn, And died with'-un a ''yeny to hs uatiir j'1 His good cles were as ruin to Afric sund He turned no one ttay vnh entity hand. In this camp tfgn ere pitted In the field Four Candid-ties, tue pow ers of State to wield : First, Crafor.i, as the, "caucus nominee," Then Jackson came, brave on oA-Teariessee; Clay and AH a us fill'd the sdlmp roll, aun as Vt'iefVEsi'tent 'or al. Tnongh Jm-Maa his oppuneufcs in th.- race, Congress awarded Quiney A'ams the j lace He as indeed a gem from learning's pag-, A scholar, wit. a acent'so and sig , JHe eacue to fill th chair ni father 1-ft, lire of that father he h id been bt-rett. A. MJuirEer atroid he help-d t tr-e Our injuria t: aae from '-counc i" and ' d-ere-." ight yoa- he fill'd, wttl quit becoming grace, The diguicy of a cabinet pi ice. The country now was call'd to sort l imut, The close of two moat honor'd lives well : spent; Whom tyrany, with all its regal power, Could not dismay in one dark gloomy hour. They sank to rest, with scarce a gentle sigh, ' On the memorable Fourth of July ' Just fifty years since they had dared to frame That grand immortal instrument of fame; Which was the tocsin knell of liberty That told the world America was free. Jefferson, the first to quit the scene, Until the end, was tranquil and serene: 'I now commend my soul to God," he cried, -'My daughter to my country's love," aud died. Reviewing still the friendship of their lives, John - Adams whispered "Jefferson sur vives I" Fraxklix, June 29. (To Be Continued.) "Where Subscriber's Papers Sfo to. One of the most aggravating drawbacks to the publishing business is the failure of papers to reach their destinatioij'Sfter be ing properly mailed. Fjstfnvarions causes It is sometimefjgjgs'.ble for publishers to duplic8 Bopies which the subscrib- prtjiisarirfive not ben received, notwith standing the best efforts of the publishers to the contrary. In order that our read ers may more fully understand this sub ject, their attention is directed to the following dispatch from "Washington under date of June 6tb. It may be un necessary to state that these mistakes seldom, if ever, occur at the office of publi cation, as in such cases the papers would be immediately returned by the local office for better directions. Washington, Jane 6. Postmaster General Gresham's attention was -called to the fact, to-day, that at least one-third of the newspapers sent through the mails fail to reach their dfstination. He was told that - the cause of the failure was the negligence of postmasters, who, if the wrappers are torn or if the addresses are not as plainly written as they ought to be, throw the papers into the waste rooms. ' He was also told that postmasters do not hesitate to appropriate newspapers tother own use, The Posmaster General said that he should at onc6 issue an order to all , postmasters in the United States, directing them to trat newspapers as sacredly as letters. General Gresham also entertains the opinion that a newspaper should be sent for one cent, and he will recommend to Congress a redaction -of newspaper p. ostage to one cent. North and South. Engineer's Report. TO THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OP THE HIGHLANDS RAIL ROAD COMPANY. Gentlemen: In accord with the agreement made with you in June last, I have made a pre liminary survey for your proposed rail road from Highlands to a point on the Raburn Gap Short Line Ril Road in the state of Georgia, one mile from the North Carolina line. The Profile and Map of which, I have the honor herewith to sub mit for your inspection, together with an approximate esimate of the cost. Start ing from a point in your town known as Spring Street, the line passes along for two miles near the road leading to Tes sentee where we reach the top of the Blue Ridge and pass to the East side, following the side of which for one mile, we cross back to the West side, still keeping the side of the Ridge with an ascending grade we gam the top near Mr. Talley's farm. Then following the top through Mr. Wat kin's farm, we reach .the School House at the foot of Fork Mountain five miles from the point of starting. Thus far we meet with but little difficulty, the slope of the ridges being quite uniform, making it easy to fit the grade line near the surface of the ground. Leaving the School House we wind along the East side of Scaley Mountain The mountain on this side is very precipitous, huge cliffs of bare rock rising hundreds of feet above us and dropping below almost sheer down fifteen hundred feet to the Valle;-. Looking off from any point on this two and a half mihs, the view tht meets the eye is hardly surpassed by that seen fron the ! p of any rf your inunf aitis ar.d is un cqualed by any Rsil Road in the couutry. In the diftam e can be seen Walhalla, G eeuville aud other Imrr.s, w rh the eul tivhied lauds of S- uth Ca oliua and G.-or-ai t 2i)tiii: the face of the country. The .x'.;vaTi;u u this j-arl f the liue will be chi. fly roi-k, l ut the liue need u- t he very exp iifiv-, f. r ly 3 eueiul l-.t-ati- n the cutting will be very Hyi.t, h.-ivrU4 but few thorough cu v, b i:'g m-wtly .-He cd i ig. T .is L:i;.s us to ihe. tj of the lilae liUge ngain, which vre cross here for the fourth aud last time into the Flats of Mid dle Cie -It, which stream '.re follow eWely for three miles to the Falls, pastiutf t'iroiitfh quite au exN-j.-siv unuing coun try h-r -o i.ih an eh.v-ti iu i being about tb s:tme as .hat of ilighlninls. This is uho iightQ portiou oii the line, the grade almost fitting the tuif .c s oj the ground. Tlits gr&dis .T. some i..ts are q relight arid could be made lex el !f desirable. Lat row comes the "Tug of War" for, to reach the Tennessee Valley we havo a difference iu elevation to overcome of thir teen hundred feet and ouly a distance of ibout five milt s to make it ia, as one would ordinarily go. It therefore be comes necessary to gain more distance, to do this we follow down the side of the Ridge, dividing the waters of Middle Creek from those of Estatoa or Mud Creek until onr grade line brings us near the top of the Ridge. Then putting in a level grade and a switch, we run back up the creek with a decendirg grade a distance of about half a mile j putting in another switch on a level grade, we again xun down the stream to a very low gap in the Ridge, passing this gap we are on the waters of Estatoa. Turning to the It ft and following the slope of the Mountain, we cross Estatoa Creek about middle way of the Falls and just at the foot of the highest fall. This is certainly a beautiful place looking up we see the water leap ing from the rock a hundred feet above us, and as it strikes the side of the cliff, looks in the sunlight like molten silver. O a the opposite side we see the water still rushing with mad leaps among the huge masses of rock that have broken from the cliff above, until it reaches thej Valley three hundred feet below us. There the cultivated lands of the beauti ful Valley of the Tennessee can be seen with the tall Peaks of the Nantihala in the back ground making a scene long to be remembered by those who visit these Falls. The total fall of the creek here is oyer six hundred feet. From th is point we have no difficulty in reaching the Val ley ia a distance of one and a half miles, at a point in Jack Martin's farm, one mile from the Rbun Gap Short Line Rail Road. A connection can be made with this road at any point you may de sire, as the country is very level from where we reach the Vall-y to the above named road. Making the entire length of the road seventeen miles. Estimated as follows : 22,680 Cubic yards of Rock Excavation, 35,686 " " Earth " 60,911 " " Embankment, 168,800 Feet B. M. TrestUng. Total Estimate, Cost of above, $40,919.49 Cost per Mile, 2,407.02 45,000 Cross Ties, 4,500.00 683 Tons Iron Rail, 25 lbs. per yard, at 45 00 30,060.00 Fish Plates, Spikes, &c. 6,100.00 Track Laying, 3 400.00 Total Cost, 84,979.49 Cost per mile, 4,998.79 In the above estimate I have applied liberal prices to each class of work to be done. I have also estimated the cuts and Embankments full width making the cuts eight feet wide when roads now in operation of the Bame gauge are only six feet. The maximum degree of curvitare 20 deg. or 288 feet radius. In my former conference with you, Gentlemen, I stated to you that I thought it would be foolish ness to attempt to get a line on this route with a grade less than two hundred feet per mile and that I should not hesitate to use that and greater, should it become necessary. I did not find it necessary to use a steeper grade until we reached the head of Middle Creek Falls. F rom there I used tuo hundred and sixty four feet per mile, this could be lessened a little, but not enough to be of any great advantage. I think it mere advisable to use this grade and break it at one or two points with grades or resting places. If the broad gauge Roads crossing these moun tains can use this grade and even greater, and run their cars ov er them at all, you, Gentlemen, can operate your road with a gauge of two feet successfully. Any line that may be run in this direc tion with any considerable difference in in the grade will be so costly as to be virtually impracticable. And furthermore, the general route of this line is the only practicable one from Highlands to the Rabun Gap Short Line in this direction. When you remember that from the Point of Scaley to the Tennessee Valley, a dis tance of nine miles, we have to descend nineteen hundred feet. Is it not wonder ful that a line can be found upon which a railroad c uld be built and yet here you have one that can be built so cheaply that it is almost incredible. Build your road, Gentlemen, and you will have one that for wild and beautiful scenery is un equallfd by any Railroad in this country. You will have a wonderful Railroad, that will bring thousands of people to your wonderful c mLtry. In conclusion, allow me to siy that to my two assistants, M ssrs. G'o. Trist and Thos. Stanley, I am greatly indebted for the facts laid before you. 1 have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your Ob'd't. Serv't, J. C. TURNER. Our Boston Letter. FROM OVli REGULAR CORRESPOND! XT. Bostox, July 2nd, 1883. Editor Blue Ridge Enterprise : "H w to keep cooH" A question on every tongue. The art of keeping com fortable ia hot weather, without physical injury, important as it is, has received but little j el thought or study. Often does oue feel like exclaiming with Sidney Smith : '-Heat, ma'am ! it was so dread ful he re that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and tit in my bones." New England is blessed with a climate with temperature changes from 100 in the shade in July to 10 below zero in Winter, and frequently in the Summer there is a rise or fall of 20 de grees in a day. When a man is hot he fills his stomach with ice water and ice cream, pulls off his coat and vest, finds the coolest bieeze, and tries to cool off, thereby risking health and even life. The Golden Rule for keeping cool is "Regular ity of Living.'' Vegetables and fish are abundant ; Nature's hint as to our proper food. Rice, oatmeal, bread and milk, all kinds of vegetables and fruits ; very little meat , and lemonade ; a little ginger in the water if you must have it ice cold ; and moderation ; and one will be surprised to find that he has passed the heated term with so little discomfort. It's common sense, moderation and proper food or it's doctors. The Boston theatres and other amse ments are taking a rather noisy way of advertising their respective attractions. Bands in wagons and upon horse cars, big drums inside of cloth covered carts, and four-in-hand with an elegant ba rouche, in which is seated a single bugler. The merchants and clerks rush to the windows in anticipation of seeing a mili tary parade, and nine times out of ten will only discover some new musical advertis ing scheme. At Oakland Garden, a de lightful little place about four miles from the State House, is a grand minstrel jubi lee of genuine colored singers. Besides an extended entertainment in a big Sum mer theatre, the negroes have free and easy cotton picking time upon the lawn under the treee. The cotton is tied, or stuck, upon twigs, the negroes pick the same cotton every day, but at a little dis tance the illusion is perfect. Thousands flock to see the fun, and it is fun, I assure you. The most delightful of suburban rides, a cool garden, a roaring entertain ment, and all for a quarter, ride, garden and show. For real consolidated b eauty the little Boston Public Garden probably holds the lead in the catalogue of onr countries, parks. Not grand like Central Park, or even Fairmount Park, of Philadelphia, but a genuine oasis of marvelous floral and landscape arrangement. In this little Garden one could count, if he choose, nearly one hundred thousand blooming flowers and plants, all laid out iu designs which would do credit to the finest em broidery. In the evening numerous dec trie lights turn night into day. The flow ers are bathed in brilliant floods of light, and the lake is like a mirror. It is as fairy land ; weird, enchanting, beautiful Attractive as is this Garden, the ''Blue Blood" of Boston, although living close beside its borders, do seldom, if ever in spect its magnificence. The poor man and family, the visitor, and the irrepressi ble tramp seem to somewhat exclusively enjoy a stroll or rest within this delightful spot. Fashionable ladies are rather copying the dress Btyles of their cooks. Light col ored sateens and cotton, made to fit the form close, or to hang loosely, are very much worn. Some of the dresses seem made up all in one piece, while others contain almost an hundred distinct pieces. It is a sensible style, inexpensive and extremely fresh, cool, pretty and com fortable. For about two centurie s the people of Massachusetts have considered, and re considered, the advisibliity, and non-ad- visibility, of cutting a ship canal through Cape Cod. The matter has just reached one step toward reality, in the passage of an act to incorpomte the Cape Cod Ship Canal Co. If the canal is dug it will treatly shorten the distance for tnaDy coastwise and ocean vessels to, or from, the Port of Boston, aud besides greatly do away with the danger of roundinjr the perilous Cape. With the experiences of the great Suez Canal as a gui le. there is a good prospect, of the projected en terprise, if attempted, being a model of ocean engineering. The European travel seems to increase with every year. Hundreds and thou sands are taking, or are about to take, their first, second, or even twentieth, trip across the water. It is getting to be quite the fashion on leaving a friend, to exclaim, "See jou in London, next week I" European scenery has a fascin ation for many of our people. One of means must travel abroad. Hundreds are sight seeing in foreign lands, to-day, who, at home live under the shadow of Bunker Hill, and have, perhaps, never climbed that monument, nor sailed up the Hud soD, "nor listened to Niagra, nor visit el the Mammon th Cave, nor cossed the Coiitiuent. Europe is old, grand, and at tractive, but the lands across the water have few spots which America cannot du plicate, Tind often excel. Let the true American, I say, see his own country first, and then filled full of home-spun pride, cros the ocean to see the sights of other lands, and tell their people of the beau'y, and grandeur, and wonders of "Our Native Land." WAYLAND. RELIGIOUS. Religious Enjoyment and Religious Duty. Is it not true that some Christians have lost hold of the connexion be tween religious enjoyment and duty? There is a sensuousness which pre sents a much more subtle temptation than worldly pleasure to a certain class of minds, which practically sac rifices Christian duty to Christian joy or what passes for such, and whichturns away from all that cannot feed this craving for joyful and ex ultant frames of mind. Take the regular church services on Sabbath or week-da It does sometimes seem as if the sense of duty had ceased to attach to these ; as if the covenant into which a people entered with their pastor, to hold up his hands and To sustain him in the discharge of his duties, was supposed to be binding at each one's pleasure . But the point is this, that you are very apt to find these same people at exceptional services services which carry along with them a great popu lar enthusiasm, and under the power of which they have a good time. No one objects to the good time, no one grudges the joy of quickened feeling, but the question is how the joy matches the neglected duty and the broken covenant. And I say without hesitation, that any religious enjoyment which a Christian reaches through neglect of duty is worthy of suspicion . Those two things do not belong together. They are as oppo site as Bhrist and Belial ; and when a Christian man finds that he recon ciles the two without any qualms of conscience, he had better look into the state of his conscience. Or look at the multitude at large. We are told that the churches should be supplemented, and perhaps some think they should be supplanted, by hall services and tent services . The churches don't reach the masses, and the masses do go to halls That is the argument, and it looks very plau sible. That question, however, I do not propose to discuss ; only there is one aspect of the matte which ought to be considered : this, namely, that hundreds of the people who frequent such services in preference to those of the church do so because those services lay them under no obliga tion. A man says, "I can go to a hall and hear , the gospel preached, and I enjoy the singing, and I like it a great deal better than going to church." And do you know why? Because he can thus enjoy the senti ment of religion without feeling its habitual pressure of obligation. If he identifies himself with a church, duty appeals to his pocket, duty lev ies contributions upon his time, duty imposes a little routine, duty puts him under certain standing obliga tions to his fellow-members, and that is just what he does not want, and why he is forever venting cheap sar casms upon the pride and exclusive ness and luxury of the churches. He wants to be unfettered. He wants to go and come as he pleases. . It is a trifling matter to put his ten or twenty-five cents into the box at the hall, and he is in no danger of being called on for cburch-work. He pass es unnoticed in the crowd, and enjoys his intellectual or emotional treat, and lj does not care to have religion carry him any farther ; and, while I make no attack on euch movements, while I am grateful for whatever spiritual power they exert, yet I am bound in simple justice to ask how much the church ought to condede to this popular demand ; whether the church which represents Christ's yoke, is not obligated to make some stand for the rule and the burden and the yoke, and to be cautious how she encourages the sentiment which seeks to evade them. God forbid that I should depreci ate genuine Christian emotion. God forbid that I should throw into the faintest seadow the necessity of the great heart-change which must pre cede every man's entrance into the kingdom of heaven. God forbid that I should speak slightingly of crude Christian experience, or be in tolerant of its weakness and error. It is rather because of its weakness and error, and because I know that no one but Christ can deal with it at once wisely and tenderly thai, I would have it come under the yoke, and learn that it comes into Christ's kingdom to acquire a fixed habit of doing right, and of respecting moral obligation first everywhere. Dr. M. R. Vincent. Profanity. Vast effort and much time are devoted to the temperance cans?. Grand results have been attained in this work, and we still implore the divine blessing upon every true effort put forth to crush the in sidious monster. But while many a heart quakes at the wine-cup's glow, how often the foolish, wicked oath is passed unheeded by ! Comparatively little is thought of it. Many an active temperance worker is not arrested by that frightful sound, bat rush es on to his reform club where he dis courses both long and loudly upon the evils of King Alcohol, not for a moment realising that he has just passed, unheed ed, the widest gateway his foe in question ever had opened for his admittance. Numberless efforts have been instrumen tal in staying the liquor traffic, but what one public attempt has been made to stay the dangerous foe, profanity f If a hu man being libels his neighbor, our law provides for the offence, yet the hame 6 the Holy and Just One may be contin ually defamed without rebuke. God's name can not be impaired, though pollu ted lips breathe curses upon it ; yet he who said, "Thou shaltnot kill," said first, "Thou shak not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain." While we believe something should be done openly to crush this evil, much, more can ba done by domestic effort. Let every parent, brother, and sister trample upon the serpent, that its deadly fangs poison not those surrounded by their influence Macon County, Its Resour ces and Their Develop, ment. In the comments of Prof. C. D Smith and others, we are led to see the condition of this country about fifty years ago, soon after it was evacuated by the Cherokee Indians. At that time it was thinly settled, and the pioneers were old styled men, honest, affable, and kind. There was but little timber upon the mountains and in the valleys, and they abounded with game, and the streams with fiah. The settlers occupied much of their time hunting and fishing. ' The country did not seem to be gdaptcd to wheat growing ; it was sowed in small quantities, reaped and threshed on the dirt with sticks or flails, and ground on the little old "tub mills," bolted through wire seives, and consequently the bread was full of grit. - Indian corn was made in small quantities, but the supply was generally sufficient for the demand. Wild meats, fish, and corn cake was the luxurious diet principally used. The peo ple lived in open log cabins, and fevers of any kind, catarrh, consumption, diabetos, nor any other local diseases were rarely . known. Soon after this wheat growing became more important, and J. R. Siler (one of the foremost business men of his day) built a flouring mill at Iotla, which is now owned by David Mallonee, and is yet a good mill, and at that time did the grinding for the country now supplied by the mills of William West, J. M. Lyle, W. H. Higdon, Thomas Angel, Thomas Vanhook, J. B. Addiugton, Raid & Mal lonee, John Siler, Wilburn Welch, John Dehart, Amos Asee, and Col. T. D. Bry son, of Swain. The old "Ground Hog" threshing machine wss introduced and used, until very recently driven out by separators,The best of which is the "Aultman & Taylor," three of which are now in use ia this county, owned br H. G. Trotter, Allen Rby & Co., and Rog ers, Kinsland & Co. In that early day the people used puncheons, split full width from poplar and chestnnt logs as a substi tute for plank for flooring their "log cab ins" etc. But the old sash saw was intro duced, and has been a drag for many years, but has now given, way fcJth im proved circular saws with Rachei'Head blocks, which are certainly a very great improvement, only two of which are as yet in operation, being owned by P. P. McLean, and -H. G. Trotter. The two mills are constructed on the same princi ple, but Mr. M. has his geared to water power, has 17 feet of falL. and a 54 inch saw and can operate mnch more success fully, cutting at the rate of 7,500 feet per day, while Mr. T. has only ten horse power engine and 48 inch saw, and can cut at a rate of about 4000 feet per day. Oar people have advanced slowly in aa riculture, many clinging to the old habits of their fathers, cultivating one piecd of land in corn for a number of years ia suc cession, till the soil is almost exhausted, steep land washed away, or very ruinous scalds produced. Wheat growing is some what an exception being attended with greater sucsess, though it is yet far below what it should be . The saj growing, to which our country is well adapted, andnueyeiiGzens have buo cee ledrinaising quite a quantity of trees, -and also have a good variety of fruit; but fruit raising could be made a very remu nerative enterprise, and those they who plant largely of good fruit, are ; on the sure road to success. The old way of drying fruit was to cut into small pieces and spread in the sun on bjaads or pun cheons, or to build flues on the ground and cover with rock and mortar, and place the fruit on that, and the fire under neath. But recently the improved evap orators have been introduced, which is by far a more excellent way. The fruit dried on old principles has always been worth about 3 cts. per pound, or $1 per bushel, or less. Afier the new method it is worth from 12 and 1-2 to 20 cent per pound. Oar people are taking- hold slowly but surely upon the important in terests that tend to the development of onr country. They buy machinery and seen to possess an anxiety for the expansion of public interest. We long to see the day when this beautiful mountain country will be traversed by different lines of rail road, and their locomotives while ascending and descending our slopes, with their ribs of brass and voice of thunder, will cheer up and stimulate the latent energies of our noble mountaineers, many of whom are now looking forward to better times, and nobler things, a time when capitalists with hoarded treasure, will stand upon our mountain tops, and gaze with . profound astonishment upon our grand' mountain scenery, our rolling waters and extensive valleys, and will be influenced thereby to locate amongst up, build Summer resorts, and lend a helping hand in unfolding the inexhaus'able deposits of Marble, Asbes tos, Iron, Gold, Silver, Mica, etc., over which we walk daily, build good school at d church houses, roadB etc. Ship, and apply to the soil the various phosphates and concentrated fertilizers, and induce the people to raise cotton and tobacco, and adopt a higher standard of agricult ure, education, religion and general im provement, then will we possess the most delectable part of the globe. Hurrah for Highlands, we are glad to see you driv ing the opening wedge to better times and greater accomplishments. We hope the spirit of enterprise with which you are infested will very soon become contagious and spread all over this mountain region. More anon, EYEL. Franklin, June 30th 83. Tit for tat: A. "Is the baron at home t" B. "No, he sends word to you that he has just gone out." A. "Good I Give the baron my compliments, and say I didn't call." " ,r v Mr. Henry C. Pool, Ne Barne N. C , says: "I tried Brown's Iron Bitters for gen-' tral debility and received great Ueneflj.5' y t -..1..
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