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1 -4 WEEKLY JOURNAL FOR HOME AND FARM; GIVING RELIABLE INFORMATION OF THIS NEW COUNTRY. V0L. I. HIGHLANDS, MACON N. C, NOV. 22, 1883. i : NO. 44. IK tt In , V JLJ LI xx 7 v y X I in 9 r Our Scale Offer .Splendid Family Scale, Weighing from One-half Ounce to 2.40 Pounds for Half Price, and the Bine Ridge Enterprise One Year For Nothing, We haT made arrangements with the manufacturers, bo that we can furnish .one of these scales and the Enterprise foi ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $6, I eing one-half the usual price of the scale alone. Every scale is made of the very best material, nicely finished and fully war ranted by the Chicago Scale Co to be. accurate and durable, and is particularly adapted to the use of farmers or others to whom it is desirable to know the correct .weight of any article from a half ounce up to 240 pounds. -.. Upon receipt of the above amount the Enterprise will be sent regularly post paid) for one year, and scales shipped by freight, direct from the manufactory, to any railroad depot, securely boxed,. to any address. Subscribers who have already paid for the present year, and who want one of these scales can send us a new subscriber or have an additional year jadded to their sabttaiption, for the above amount. Every farmer" eh ould weigh all he sells and all he buys. If this is done five times the price of the scales and Enterprise can be saved in a single year. Agents who may tend subscribers un der this offer will have the name? placed to thfir credit for premiums just the tame as ordinary subscriptions. Uh parihsuiar to ive full directions for hippLsg. The Housewife's Favorite, For Family, Office or Store, Weighs from a quaiter ounce to 23 lbs. TMs liltlo scale is mule with steel bearings ami brass leair, ard will ueigh ncnr1elv ary package fiom oim quarter ounce to 25 pounds. It is iuteudid to supply the great remand for a b.ouse Wej ei's scale. Nothing of the kind ever having lien s ld before for less ihan from $3 so $10. Every scle is perhel aud wi-1 last a person's l.fi-tinr. It i also valuable in every office for w eigbiug mil matter. Tliert i 4 no Wt:er .scale tuarie for postmaster-, as it is as nicely adjusted as any Jetter ba auce. We will furnish this pcafe boxed and shipped from the factory to the nearest railroad depot to subscribers, with a copy of the Blue Ridge Enterprise for one year for $3.50, freight p-id by consignee. Address Blue Ridge Enterprise, Highland-, Macon bounty, N. C. AMERICAN FARMER TO ALL OUR SUBSCRIBERS. Att of our subscribers who will pay their subscription accounts to this paper in full to date, and one year in advance, will be pre jsented with one year's subscrip tion to the "AMERICAN FARMER" . sixteen page agricultural magazine, published by S. A. K. Hackett, at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and which l rapidly taking rank as one of the leading agricultural publications of the country. It is de voted exclusively to the Interests of the Farmer, Stock Breeder, Dairyman, Gardener, and their Hooseholdtnd every species of industry connected with that great portion of the people of the world. the Farmer. , The subscription price is $1 OO per year. , Fanners can not well get along without It Zt puts new ideas into their minds. It teaches them how to farm with profit to themselves. It makes the home happy, the young folks cheerful. the growler contented, the downcast nappy, and the demagogue honest. '03 A GRAND COMBINATION '84 THE BLUE RIDGE ENTERPRISE AND THE LOUISVILLE WEEKLY COURIER-JOURNAL One year for onl $2.25. - Two papers for little more than the price of one. By paying w $2 25 you will receive for one yearyour home paper with the Coubeer- Jotjrnal, the representative ne wspaper of the South. Democratic and for a Tariff for Revenue only, and the best ' brightest and ablest family Weekly in the United "States Those who desire to examine a sample copy ., B3 i I of the CoUEtER-JouBNAii can do go at this of&ce. .;. Tlie Highlands of tbe Blue Ridge. A correspondent of the German town Telegraph writing from High lands to that paper thus describes the mountain country, and climate of the past summer. e The past summer in thai part of .the Blue Ridge has been one of the most de lightful for the health-seeker and moun tain tourist. The season, commencing in the month of May, has been unusually dry for this country, which is frequently blessed with too much moisture for the convenience of the summer loiterer. The corn and potati crops have been consider ably shortened by drouth, whieh is a quite rare occurrence ; but barring the wishes of the farmer, the weather through all the summer months was perfect warm, bat never hot, the thermometer marking 83 to 84 degrees in a shelteesd place in the middle of the warmest days, with a gentle breeze from the west keeping up a fan-like movement of the atmosphere. 'At night just comfortable with a sheet and blanket forGovering ; no mosquitoes and but few flies to disturb the morning nap of the weary invalid or late slumberer, There is little change in temperature during the night, the air varying but 5 to 8 degrees from 9 o'clock p. M. till daylight the next morning. This feature is peculiarly fa vorable to delicate constitutions and -weak lungs, and persons thus afflicted coming to this country in search of health are in credulous and agreeably surprised when assured, and experience confirms the fact, that night air and an occasional bath in a shower of rain will not result in anything serious to health. A chilly sensation is Very seldom experienced in the atmos phere. With the clearing-up process of ad vancing agriculture, the millions of acres of mountain land bow usurped by primi tive forest will almost v hi lly b brought un ?er profitable agriculture of one kind or another. Tbe warn, skel'ered ccves are the homes of ihe grape and pench, and where plums have been tried they bid fair to jit Id abundantly and of the best quality. The strawberry grosrs spontaneously, and the various kinds of huckleberries cover the mountains. In the C 'ves ai d twenty per cent, of the country is of that character blackberries abound. Bishop Thompson, of New Or leans, who has for a number of years had a su nmir resort within four miles of this place and less than a thousand feet lower, grows a dozen or more of t'ae choicest va riety of grapes, among which are num bered such grapf s as the Delaware, Isa bella, Catawba, and other var eties of the gren or white skinned grape, some of which have been originated in the country and are pronouaced superior in every re spect to those above named. The few pfcimens of pears and quinces of im proved varieties, which new settlers have brought into bearing, prove by their per fect development and superior flavor what the country is capable of when skilled hor ticulture is brought into requisition in changing the wild forests and rhododen dron brakes to an eden of orchards and vineyards. On the northern slopes and higher and colder plateaus the apple reaches its most perfect state, and many seedlings which the careless natives have propagated present merits which contest the palm f r excellence with the first-class of improved apples of Michigan or New York. As a territory for growing the best fine grasses, it would be difficult to find a field in its combination of points superior to the Blue Eidge country. From base to sum mit every mountain is susceptible of being converted into a pasture field where the clovf rs, timothy, orchards, herds and blue grasses will thrive unchecked by summer drouth, or seriously affected by winter's cold. Many of the hardier varieties ot grasses can be utilized as winter pastures by proper summer management. The valleys and leveler parts being almost wholly clear of stones possessing a fine, loamy soil, largely composed of vegetable matter, when clear of timber make excel lent cultivative land for the .pro J uci ion of small grain, corn, potatoes and vegetables in variety. Amongst the vine family of vegetables the squash seems especially de lighted particularly the summer squashes; and the cucumber grows crisp and luxuri antly, the vines lasting throngh the whole season. Artichokes, too, spread their tu- bersthrough the inelh w, damp soil, produc lug abundantly. Wherever the land is cultivated, our old familiar friends, the "weeds," put in an appearance, and golden rods, asters, Spanish needles, heartsease, and the hun dred and one varieties found on the tarms in the old Middle States, spring up as if by magic. In. many of the coves baes wood is plentiful, and the sour-wood, pop lar, black gum, maples and other honey - producing trees are scattered all through the mountains, marking this as a choice region for beer keepers, ihe present season was a particularly good one. Bees winter in the common Langstroth hives on the summer stands without any other protection than a good thick quilt on top of the frames, and the broad chamber contracted by division boaid to suit the size of thecolony, - In ascending from the base to the sum mit of the Blue Ridge great variety of soil and topography is noticeable. The mid dle region being -craggy and precipitous, the soil red and hungry-looking, a com paratively small portion is smooth enough for cultivation. As the summit is neared the face of the country changes, with decided improvement perceptible. Tht soil from red changes to a dark loam, and the surface grows smoother and compara tively clear of stones, except in rocky cliffs, and the choicest portion of the Blue Ridge country "is found on the very sum mit, a dark blanket as it were averaging fifteen or twenty miles spread over the crest and lapping down the sides till it reacbes the red lands. This is the region of cool fountains, pure air, grand scenery and unfading summer green, where the invalid breathes the vitalizing jicd life giving air, bringing back health and vigor to the exhausted body and buoyancy to the spirit. Our Washington I etter. (F&OM otjk regular correspondent.) Washington, D. C, Nov. 17, 1883. Editor Blue Ridge Enterprise : From different sections of the country there has been a lively demand for the dissenting opinion of Justice Harlan in the Civil Rights icase. Harlan was alone of the opinion that the Civil Rights law was constitutional. He has prepared at some length his reasons for tbe faith in it, 'and will have them printed and given publicly on Saturday next. It is not thought that anything will be done by Congress in the shape of a bill to give the negroes any more rights than they now enjoy. Representative Blackburn, of Kentucky, was here to-day. He was quite pronounc ed in the opinion that Mr. Raudall will not be elected Speaker of the next House and that Mr. Carlisle will be. He thought Mr. Cox would show considerable strength. Mr. Cox has himselt told several of his friends that he was confident of success. It is said to have been ascertained that so far as actual pledges are concerned, Mr. Randall has not up to this time near so many votes as either Cox or Carlisle, and his hopes lie in the belief of his ability to cap'ure votes from both of those gentle men after the first or second ballots. Both of them thiuk, however, that their friends will stick. Those who imagine that Mr. , Randall is so certain to obtain the nomi nation for Speaker forgot that four years ago, when the contest was narrowed down between him and Mr. Blackburn, a change of only six votes would have given the nomination to the latter. Mr. Randall has now much less strength and popular ity than at that time. But he has confes sedly much skill as a schemer and a man ager, and iit is not impossible that in he end this may win the victory for him. Tbe contest for the speakership has not as yet opened here with any activity, but in a week or ten days from now it will be in full blast. The District commissioners sent a letter this afternoon to Postmaster General Gres bam, complaining that nearly all the news- in this District display advertisements for lottery companys, and saying that in the absence of any law excluding such news papers from the mails such advertisements will probably continue, as accoreing to re port they derive each a profit of from $500 to $3,0.30 annually. They complain that in the absence of a law to prevent it, by the device of clubs, large nambers of tick ets are purchased by a common agent. This practice prevails more especially among government clerks. The commis sioners urge the propriety of legislation excluding from the mails in the District Columbia all newspapers tnat publish lot tery drawings, and forbidding under pain of dismissal, the purchase of lottery tickets by government employes. It is roported they say, that several thousand clerks and government employees yield to the temp tation of lottery s, and that they remit to the lotteries from this District many thou sand dollars monthly. One of the leading Republican papers of this city says : "In forecasting the next Presidential election it will be well for amateur statisticians to bear in mind that a solid South and forty-eight other votes will constitute a majority of' the whole number of 401 electoral votes to the cast. As matters stand at present, this makes , a very discouraging outlook tor the R pub lican party." In an interview to-day Fred Douglass said that he would advise the colored people of Massachusetts to sup port R binson fi r Governor against But ler. "While I have nothing personally against my old friend Butler," said he, ''I believe that party should ome before men, and the principle shoul l come before par ty. Indiana republicans say an effort will be made to secure the republican national convention for Indi napolis, and the claims of that city will be vigorously advocated b fore the national committee at its meet ing here next month. As Indiana is one of the doubtful states, they say if the con vention is held in its chief city it will ma terially help the party to carry it for the republican nominee. A U LJ U is 1 . Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Its record of for' ty years is one of constant triumdh over aiseascs of the blood. Rod and Gnn Items. In a communication to the American Field, Seth Green thus refers to tbe trans portation of fish : "In the year J 872, at the folicitation of the California Tish Com mission, composed of the late lamented B. B. Redding and S. R. Throckmorton, I started from the Hudson with a shipment of shad for the Pacific Coast, and the re sult of my successful transportation has b"en felt in the Californian waters. After it had been demonstrated that fish could be transported across the continent, (for this was the first consignment ever madt) Livingston, Stone and other have made successful deliveries to the Pacific Coast. In 1878, at the solicitation and expense of the California Spotsman's Club,T sent in charge ot my assistants a shipment of small mouthed black bars, which I am informed have increased to a great extent, And m 1882 one of my assistants took charge of a successful transportation of striped bass. The enterprise shown by the people of California in introducing valuable fish to their coast is worthy of all praise.'' Daniel Webster was very fond both of angling and hunting. He could 4er'rous ly cast the fly and was a good shot. On his farm on one occasion he had a visitor who was fond of hunting, but could seldom kDl on the wing. Webster had an excel lent setter dog, and while accompanying ihe visitor partridge shooting the dog soon found a covey of birds, and Webster told his friend to step forward and seoot. Ke did so, but killed nothing. The dog, un accustomed to such shooting, turned his head around, and, without moving his feet looked at the sportsman deliberately in the face. After some persuasion the dog was again induced to hunt and dis covered another eovey of birds. The gunner again discharged his piece without any results, when the sagacious animal, perfectly disgusted, slowly ssen4e4 his way home. The other day a Montgomery cotfhty farmer was taking aim at a hawk pur chased on a tree near his chicken-coop, when his little son cried out, "Don't take aim, pa ; let it go off by accident." "Why so, Tommy?" "'Cause I read in the pa per that when a gun goes off by accident, it alwavs kills something." The angry fathf r immediately discharged bis gun and the hawk uninjured failed away. French spoitsmen must be a numerous class, to judge from the returns of the sale of fhoouog licenses. This year 372,825 of these have been issued, aud have pro duced altogether 10,438,100 francs at 28 francs each. For each license W francs go to the central government and 10 francs to the local authorities in the different communes where they are taken out. The Sioux Indians are reported to iave lattly killed three hundred buffalo in a single day in Dakota. They are trying hard to emulate the pale- faces in extermi nating this noble game. Tt is supposed that the reason why squirrels are accused of chattering, is on account of their being great tail-bearers. The Fish Commission is about to com mence the distribution of carp. A San Bernardino (Cal.) hunter has shot one thousand dozen quail .the past Beason. Facetiae . I have never known the sympathy of our entire ommunity more thoroughly roused than it was after reading the ac count of the arrival of the "destitute strangei" in Highlands. A handsome subscription could easily have been made for his bentfit, and no doubt it would have been in circulation before now, bad it not been for the presence of a female "wise acre," who exposed the cunningly devised story. In conversation with "W'' to-day, I asked him if he had noticed the arrival of the "destitute stranger" in Highlands. "Yes,:' Baid he, "I know the old scamp well. I saw him in Haywood Co. tw months ago ; he is nothing but an old tramp, and they ought to have taken him out and killed him. He is a little, old, sharp faced, ugly rascal, with wrinkles running the wrong way of his face. Oh 1 yes, I reckon I do know bim ; I I saw him again, three weeks ago, in Swain Co. took dinner at the same house with him ; he pretended that he could not talk thus, but by signs he said be was going toward Highlands." It was so good, that I had to tell him the truth, which brought him to a com plete standstill. "W" says he has never been headf d before. I have laughed my self well of the '"mumps" over "W'b" dis gust, when he found he had been the sub ject of a hoax. Tent. The "stranger" above referred to is prospering finely . Is a bright, in telligent looking person, and it is thought will have advanced so far in mastering our language as in a short time to be able to say mamma and papa. Ed. Mrs Margaret M. Pope,-Rich Square, N. C, says: "Brotrn's Iron Bitters has restored my strength and gtvts ma a healthy appe tite." An exchange tells of a young who, after a happy marriage of six months, on being asked if -she was much troubled with cold feet, simpered, hesitatingly, and with simplicity replied, "Ye-yes, butthey're not my own." " Suretyship. Any agreement to stand as surety for the debt of another, or any guaranty for another, .must be in writing or it cannot be enforced- Contracts re frequently made in the following manner : A says to B, ,'let C have goods, aod if he does not pay for them will." Such a col tract is not binding on A. A .mother often couiphnus that her child is troubled greatly with a sour stom ach, but this case is no longer mysterious when the mother, to quiet the little one so that she can continue her account of the caso, sets down fcefoie her a iittle dish of sugar, from which the child may help itself. Most mothers would give candy or a cookie instead, though some feed their children lumps of sugar from the bowl, believing that the children need sugar, and might better have it in that form than in any other. In any case of this kind thpre is a very frequent call for water. Tne child that is fed on sweets natural ly craves pickles an antidote, but well fed children are contented with plain nour ishing food if properly prepared and suffi ciently varied. Many imagine that all children should have free aecess to both sugar and pickles in order to supply what they suppose to be natural cravings, and to prevent thefts of sugtr from the family bowl. A mistaken policy. ProTerns. ; Want of good sense is the worst kind of poverty. Impatience dries the blood sooner than age or sorrow. Love without return is like a question without an answer. Hate makes us vehement partisans but love is more so. Love, faith, patience the three essen tials to a happy life. Pride hath two seasons a foiward spring and an early fall. It is best not to dispute where there is no possibility of convincing. As a fire is discovered by its own light, so is virtne by its own excellence. Tbe wise man as well as the fool makes blunders. The wise man, however, never makes the same blunder twice. Appearances are nothing if - you are in the right, but if yon are in the wrong you must pay espeeial attention to them. Everybody is merciful toward himself, but he can't conceive why other people should make a blunder or commit a wrong. The best way to apologize is to do such a kindness to the offended one that he will forget that you ever attempted to injure him. After the battle of arms comes the bat tle of history. For the noblest man that lives there still remains a conflict. Present evils always seem greater than those that never come. Growth is better than permanence, and permanent growth is better than all. It is one of the precious mysteries of sorrow that it finds solace in the unselfish thought. Throughout the whole web of national existence we trace the golden thread of human progress toward the higher and better estate. Grains ot Gold. Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can. Moments are the gold dust of time. Sincerity and purity are the two wings by which we soar above the world. It requires more tvue courage to fight without faltering the bloodless battles of life than to lead a forlorn hope on the field of carnage. No person is so low as not to be the ob-. ject of a good man's sympathy. A harsh world never sees men's hearts ; but wherever there is an opportunity of evil, supposes that evil to exist. We are more indebted to our enemies to our friends for a just estimate of elves'; tbe former often tell us the truth, the latter seldom have the eourage to do so. Names that lie on the ground are not easily set on fire by the torch of envy, but those quickly catch it which wave in the breeze of prosperity. He who tells a falsehood can never know Low great a task he has undertaken,; for he cannot foresee how many more he will be compelled to tell in order to main tain that one. ' Our lives are like some complicated ma chine, working on one Bide of a wall and delivering the finished fabric on the other. We cannot cross the. barrier and see the end. The work is in oar hands,the com pletion is not. RELIGIOUS. To All Christian People. Please Read, Ponder and Circulate. At the request of the Secretary of the W. C. T. U., of Greensboro, we publish tne Joiiowing circular : J The gospel temperance work of Christ ian women was begun in prayer and faith December 23rd, 1873, in Hillsboro. O.. by Mrs. Judge Thompson, daughter of uovernor Mnmbie, and her coadjutors. Its first meeting was held in the Presbv- terian church, Rev. Dr. McSurely pastor. The ladies who were engaged in it were of all denominations, and their work from that day to this has been altogether au- sictarian asd non-partisan. The work in its organized form is known as the Women 8 Christian Temperance Union. National,-State, and local, and over three thousand towns and cities are now organ ized. Its objects are to unite the women ot ail tranches of Christ's church in tem perance work, for the purpose of educatinr the young, forming a better public senti ment, reforming the drinkine classes. transforming by tbe power of divine grace those who are enslaved by alcohol, and removing the dram-shops from our streets by law. The wonderful victories of this society in Ohio, Iowa and other States are well known to the reading public. Un the terd of December of this jear will occur the TENTH ANNIVERSAY OF THIS CRUSADE, and it is the earnest hope of the Indies that by this date every State and Territory may he orgameed. To "this end the Pres ident, Mis Frances E. Willard, of Chica go, has this year made a trip to the far VV est and the Pacific coast, and Mrs Sal- lie F. Chapin, of Charleston, S. C, has steadily wrought m the South. But the States of .North Carolina and Mississippi still remain unorganized, and Texas has held no State meeting this year. In order that these States may join the sister-hood of the W. C. T. TJ. before tbe tenth anni versary aforesaid, Miss Willard and Miss Gordon will hold Ladies' Temperance Meetings as follows : November 15, hi Paris, Texas. November 20-21, in Corinth, Miss. November 27, in Greensboro, N. C. To any olWf these nrerjttneTiau?er or gentlemen interested in the christian endeavor of protecting homes and children of the State sfrom Ihe curse of strong drink, are earnestly invited. Pastors and editors are respectfully appealed to for aid in circulating these announcements, and churches, Sabbath school and temperance societies ot ail kinds are urged to send -delegates. Frances E. Willard, President National W. C. T. U. N. B. It is the earnest desire of Miss Willard to be accompanied by Mrs. Sal lie F. Chapin, of Charleston, S. C, who is the leader of the W. C. T. U. in Ihe South, and this will be done if Mrs. Cha pii 's engagements permit. All State papers are requested to copy the above. Chris-ians are often emphr ed in digginc" wells to find comfort, and the deeper they go the darker thev get ; the fountain of life, salvation and comfort is above : call upon thy God, and look up, and the light of his love will soon cheer the. Though the clouds may hang above us, Somewhere sunlight lingers still ; And the good of every moment Shall surpass the moment's ill. Love and trust are yet immortal, Loviag souls immortal, too ; And the glory of a jewel Sparkles in a drop of dew. Among the best gifts of Providence to a nation are great and good men, who act as its leaders and guides ; who leave their mark upon their age; who give a new di rection to affairs ; who introduce a course of events which go down from generation to generation, pouring their blessiugs on mankind. Barnas Sears. All contact leaves its mark. We are taking into ourselves the world about us, the society in which we move, the impress of every sympathetic contact with good or evil, and we shall carry them with us for ever. We do not pass through a world for nought it follows us because it has become a part or us. Rev. T. T. Mun ger. The sun gives ever, so the earth ; What it can give, so much 'tis worth, Theoeean gives in many ways ; Gives paths, gives rivers, fishes, bays; So, too, the air, it gives us breath, When it stops giving comes in death. Give, give; be always giving, Whd gives not is not living ; . The more we give the more we live. ' Peace is better than joy. Joy is an un easy guest, and is always on tiptoe to de part. It tries and wears us out, and yet keeps us ever fearing that the next mo ment it will be gone. Peace is not so." It comes more quietly, it stays more content edly, and it never exhausts our strength, nor gives one anxious, forecasting thought. ' i : L. 1 SI" 1 A
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