THE HIGHLANDER
Is Published Every Friday,
At Highlands, Macon County, N. C.
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If not paid till end of year 1 25
6 months 50
8 months 25
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insertion.
Over five lines, 10 cents per line, and. 2
cents each time afterwards.
Business Notices, 5 cents a line each in
sertion.
Business Cards, per year, $4 to $5.
Religious Notices free.
R. GOLDIE, Proprietor,
Japan clover (Lespediza striata) has
Inade its appearance on the street between
Mr. CIcaveland's store and the post office,
The article " Colorado and the Blue
Ridge Compared," by Dr. O'Farrell, wi
appear in our next number.
Commissioner Patrick is moving in the
right direction, He will visit several fairs
in Pennsylvania and other Northern
States this fall to advertise the advantages
of North Carolina.
Early Red Top Turnip, We have
been handed a basket of this variety
grown ny Mayor mil. ine seed was
sown 1st of July on new ground. Mr,
Hill has several acres of these fine turnips
at Horse Cove, and says every farmer in
Highlands townsmp can nave just as
good if they sow 'this variety at the right
time on new land. This land was only
plowed twice, and the turnips were grown
amidst a good crop or com, pumpkins
&c.
un Wednesday evening, yth inst., an
hecident happened to Mr. B. W. Wells
which, fortunately for him, was not
nearly so Berious as it might easily have
been. In driving down the hill at the
other side ol the mountain, a strap broke
in the harness, causing the buggy to come
upon the old mare in a way which started
her to run. The buggy was upset, and
tho mare broke away from it. Mr. Wells
was pitched out, and when the buggy
turned over, one ol the wheels struck him
on the leg, and he seriously sprained and
1 "l 1 ? 1 - P , 11 J 11 TfcT l
nruiseu m leu siiouiuer in laiung. jnoc
witlistanding his disabilities (Mr. Wells
lias lost an arm), he was in town on horse
back the other day.
HIGHLANDS AS A HEALTH
RESORT.
Communication from E. W. Williamson, Esq,
No. 717 Walnut st, Philadelphia,
Sep. 7, 1885.
Mr. R. Goldie,
Dear Sir:
1 have your bright little paper before
hie, and if you will give me1 space, I
want to say a word about my experience
of your " land of the sky," and the good
a mouthful of its pure, bracing air, sweet
water (I had drank a great deal of mud
here), and its lovely scenery did f or a run
down invalid. I spent the month of June
in the neighborhood of the village, made
many friends, and came back to the "low
country" of Philadelphia regretfully, and
with an abiding and very pleasant mem
ory of my visit.
Mountain scenery, mountain air, and
mountain climbing, were new experiences
for me.
Accustomed only to our slightly rolling
country, to see around me a wilderness of
momitains-Shortoff the Cowee range
Whitesides, with its sharp peak, like
the ruins of an old feudal tower, looming
up against the sky Sagee Black Rock
Big Terrapin- Buzzard Rock Fodder
stack all in sight from my terrace stand
point looking down upon the lovely
Horse Cove, a thousand- feet below me,
the misty clouds floating over it beneath
my feet"-the low country, beyond the
mountains, looking, at evening) so much
like the distant sea, sometimes placid,
sometimes with a line of raging surf I
almost "seemed to hear pdunding on the
beach tumbling whitecaps brcaldng
0?er the surfEWe- sometimes showing
capes and headlands never twice the
same, but always the sea I felt as if
had got into another and a grander
world.
I had been, for months, fighting an ob
stinate and exhausting disorder, and had
at last about brought if to bay, and my
self to such a state of weakness, that the
prospect of a mile-long walk, even over
our level streets, would have fairly made
my hair stand on end.
When I left Philapelphia, in; answer to
a kind invitation to try the effect of a few
weeks of " mountain," and absolute rest
from business, I could hardly lift myself
and impedimenta together up the steps of
the car.
When I reached my destination after
a final day's ride from Walhalla, over the
mountain road which, to speak mildly, is
not quite as smooth as could be desired
instead oi being m the state of collapse
had feared, I found myself actually
stronger than when I started, and could
lift myself and the aforesaid impedimenta
without any uncomfortable tendency to
double up at the knees.
That much, even then, the air had done
for me. In two days after, I was climb
ing the mountains, and kept it up through
the rest of the time, interspersed with
daily "stepping-over" to and from the
village as a volunteer committee to look
after its prosperity in general and the new
board walk m particular, and especially
to watch the progress pf the new church,
in which I felt a strong interest. And I
did it all without fatigue and with con
stantly improving strength and health.
My blessing on your mountains! That
month of Highlands sent me home a
stronger, more vigorous, arid more alive
man than I had been for years; and I
have been singing its praises ever since at
every opportunity.
I forgot to mention how -1 enjoyed a
visit to the Cullasaja and Amala (do help
me out with that names) Falls; but my
"word" is already growing into wordi
ness, and I can't dwell on them.
I find only one thing to complain of.
Perhaps you will kindly have that cor
rected in ease l should ever again visit
Highlands
I had confidently expected to kill sun
dry rattlesnakes which my inexperi
enced fancy imagined were to be heard
ringing their "grbuhJ-beus" in' all difec-'
tions and bring home all their tails.
The sober fact is that, in all my wander
ings,! neither saw nor heard a smgie one,
nor indeed a snake of any kind except
one dead one on the road, and he, she or
it was not a rattler. In that matter I feel
injured. Perhaps I might have felt stil
more lniured it 1 had got into a light
with one. Perhaps 1 should have run
away ingloriously. I have a good deal of
" discretion, and it might have overcome
my valor. Who knows r
Yours truly,
EB-W, H. WILLIAMSON.
Highlands Insurance
AGEJVUi
Is connected with only First-class Companies.
T. BAXTER WHITE,
Agent,
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Let Me Assure Yon That
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1 GOOD ASSORTMENT
OF
GROCERIES
AT
Farm in Iowa For Sale.
CLEAR CREEK COBBESFONDENCE.
Cleab Creek, Sep. 10, 1885.
Among the great number of people
called " Bud " in this locality, there is one
to whom that delectable and euphonious
appellative clings, who for a long time
:ias awakened the echoes about Scaly,
Brushyface and Queen mountains, with
the detonating symphony that occasion'
ally issued from the small end of his long
rifle, which carries a ball large enough
for a niountaili howitzer, and fulminates
equal to a piece of field artillery. This
Bud has obtained an enviable notoriety
as a marksman whose collimation is as
true as the " needle to the pole." He re
cently met with an accident that was sad
indeed for one of his fame. After hear
ing a talk about the gyascutus, he sallied
forth in the mountains, filled with lniag-
rigs of that wonderfully constructed
animal. Before he started out, Mr. Mack
Wilson requested him, should he find it,
to bring in a certain little six months old
shoat of his, that was perfectly wild.
Bud finally espied what he thought was
the little hdg, and dashed at it, intending
to capture it; but the wild animal also
seemed to be in a rage, and also scooted
for Bud. He turned pale with fright,
threw down his gun, broke the stock, ran
swiftly awky-advisuig, as he sped by the"
cottaegs, .that no woman ever hereafter
travel hjr herself while such f edcious wild
animals were in the forest. Bud's won
derful adventure and hair-breadth escape
from the terrible gyascxittivwaa the
world's . eighth wonder f oir about two
days, when an eye witness to jh$ affair
leaked out the fact that if was' hothing
more- nor less than Mr. Wilson's 4ittle
hog th&t met and 'vanquished the. hero,
who had slain many a polecat without
flinching. JHow sad the thought, "Will
Bud survive the shock?" heops j
160 acres well water ed- good stock farm
12 acres trees. Will sell or exchange
ior property m Highlands or vicinity.
Apply at the Highlander omce.
R. GOLDIE.
J. H. DURGIN,
Carpenter and Builder,
HIGHLANDS.
J. JAY SMITH,
MANUFACTURER OF
SASH AND DOORS,
FLOORING, CEILING. SMS, it,
HianbAffbs; Macon Co., N. C.
Feed and Livery Stable,
Sylya, Jackson County, N. C.
First-class Transportation to all Points of Interest
REGULAR HACK LINE
FROM WEBSTER TO SyIVA.
A. M. PARKER,
Proprietor.
J. M.-ZACHARY,
Surgeon Dentist.
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HEAD-QUARTERS
For Hats, Georgia Checks,
W. B. CLEAVELAND'S
HIGHLANDS MILLS,
WILLIAM PARTRIDGE, Prop.
CASH PAID FOR GRAIN.
Wheat, Buckwheat and Eye Flour kept
or Sale.
HIGHLANDS HOUSE,
HIGHLANDS, MACON CO., N. C.
Health Resort for Winter and Summer.
Altitude nearly 4,000 feet The Land of the
' ri
The health-giving power of our pure
air, spring water, and grand scenery, has
no equal, Winter or Sulhmer. Invalids
who go to Florida in winter seeking
health, will do well to stop here and get
it; also better fare at less than halt the
cost.
Our table is supplied with the best the
markets afford, cooked with the best of
skill.
We have kind and attentive waiters,
and take pleasure in caring for our guests.
The sick receive special attention.
X C I HO IV 11',
JOSEPH FRITTS, Proprietor.
Boots and Shoes.
Besides, constantly on hand, a general
line of
DRY GOODS,
AND THE BEST OP
GROCERIES.
We Have Just Received From
RICHMOND, Va.,
A full Fall and Winter
Supply of the Best
and
including the
Virginia Brogan
AND
ftapoieon Boot,
ALL AT LOWEST PRICES !
No matter what others offer, you
may miss it by buying before
examining the Largest
and Finest Stock of
Goods in this
Section of Western North Carolina-.
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