The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-11-28
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\ F.lNETYEvIJ,LIi, Nov. 2lsi, IS57s7

The trip fiom ,Hlllsboro % this point y
soIno whata sdisjoinied one. the FIRST stss /
from, Hillsbora 70 Cary 81 " Raleigh, and
night sit ore sraii.e 9th place y pre-
iering The latter;) then by the Raleigh ana
Augusta Air line Road 10 sanford, aud
thence, after stay OF four hours, TO
Fayeitevhle, z whicli IS feaclie0 lolI9tiie
second day st half past 8 p ~
Iieft Raielgh before tiay had fairly
broken and reael,ed Sanford at 9;aild after
the eomfsr Of nexcuiient aud substantial
breakfast at he hotel Of Mr.. Nv. g. Page.
began TO look aruul.sl for some way OF
Willing away tile teslium If The inter~
yening four hours before enteiing upon
the final stage Of my rail fdad Jnnrney
Thanks To- the information Of my
hosi, was enabled To find SOME old
friends living near tile village, aud with.
them passed away al hour very pleasantly.
In tIis mean. time, 1 was gathering some
information witch may be acceltablelo
n,ysrsaders, aud viii give itas ea,o"ds.
ing ali lleanled aboul sanford.
'rlls little village. na,neJ aIicr Col, Y. Q /,
sanford, tile skilfui enginevrof Tie road,
isat lie intersection of the Raleigh aud
Augusta Ail Line with the Western kuad.
and l. - miles .rum Raleigi, 80 finnl
Fayetlryili and 1.from Egypt. the siie
III lie coal ,nlnes iiisa struggling VII
Iage, wlthont farm, but not altogether
void. lor Il contains about 20 ini.a1lian,s
who seem models II Industry andlhfift u
one may Judge W the nealness Of the
dwellings aud their tasteful surroundings.
Hntrl keeping seems 10 have beeila very
tempting occupation, -inre there are three;
hui il would l,e difficult 10 trace tlleofisiu
AZ This ti,sie, Cor aim sire llle travel 40
both roads on any une day would not
suffice 4, more iliaiI nli The fable Of any
singie olie. au, glad ,osay that my :fost.
Mr. W, c. Page, rornerly Of Cary. has al-
ready gained such trInae asaIinest t6com-
mand a monopoly Of,wlat travel Is going
mud it is well earned; for better bf,ak-
fat than had Is rarely otlsEed to spl,ease
the appetite. siarpened " is hong stay
10 uine o'clock.
Next 10 the hotels, cnnse tie stoisr. Of
which there are four dry gs,sls estai'lisl-
u,emls, AMI some that are not dry. These
seem 10 10 aprc,ty fair business, for San
inrd /. considerable market iof eaiien
aud naval stores. About two Isioussnd
baicsof the fprprrare Iurchasrd and ship
ped firm, this p.,In:s ard there ira large
.inunlity efnrip and spirits o. tufpvniine
brought down the n. a A. A. A. l.. road
Which 4 here ttanIered to The Western
Rad iar shipment 20 wiimingtou.
The couIgry around Is covered aiih tie
Tong Leaf pIne. and suggests the idea 81 ~,
Fieulusral p1certy. Il j. undulaiing, and
tl,e snIl d sandy. Yet |, isa grsaimirtnke
u sup,H~e II barren. Ia fact, the paciired
,eyvwilI detect ii lie mixture ~ rss aid
hickory with Tie pine, evidences af con
siderable frriililsS and the libessl use !.
manure gives good cropsof cotton, a'ri
Nus fslr Ssld ~ ca,fi,, and here aid deere
y,Sd crops II small grain. fhe saud i
sunderland Al 4 sniaiIidepfh Wills clay. tia
lnlurn with good building sandstone
aud there 81 Nv 10 mems tina. lsf'flet'
bar.enncss suggested ~ che Iisici.ing sur
.ace. st1WlE
Therc Is also Al san6da large steam
saw mill, planting mill aml cotton gin. ii
owned by une iirp. aud run ty the san'
ioScr; aud also one lurpenline dislillery
the frst OF nsny which one sees betSeei
this plwcr aud Fayetteville.
There 4 Que excellent female sehnol
kept by Mrs. Tucker, which Is well lai
Sunized; hut strange toSsy, nos n sing.
vhurch. Bu, ,aempersalc fer this. Their
care several az tic immediate nrighl,of
hood. among which Is the ye,wrahl
Buffalo meeting i,ouse, at which ~.
grandparents wotshlpped neariy ninet.
years ago when they iirst arrived fron
sscnlamh. sad 60 which I rememtef I
s,aye been offer carried In early chill
hood. THIS ON rinwil has oflesi bee
presided over By tie bert hylBes Of III
Presbyterian Cimwh and fss nvmhse
among its worsl,ilqes hundreds m
thousands cfl,wse wllu inherited al III
pccuilAr virtues oftbc Highland race b
whom this secsion WIS ininrllalel
settled, Mud my own lame Hfuufi,i IirI
couniingas kglon. s,ld cutnpTbrndlng !
many ~ usJ salhie clristIas naur, al
necessita:c the ,re ~ rrrhxcs 70 disti,
gul-l, Them, such ", fRhiiiix sandy, y
Sa,ialy. sls ssiidy. eArrs,H study III.
AZ half past X the train returned fro
Egypt, aud I ,n"k my scat fur Fa,eit
VILE. A mllc aud = half heluw ssnfon
Joneshoro u reached, n place Hs much u
creatioii of naval sionsas Durham isufi
l,acco. 1'urpeltll,e disnjicncs run o
Ne tlieIr gratefully odnous ssnekeon sllsiiIs
and the ilalnidet ~ The cbNfefpt works
his s,drit barrels dnwns she signing
Tic peIsll,oring iineu, fI,linn u.~,, the 9
lksihc fvsli Of distant waters.
Ihoticea growth iitlle plare slncs
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