Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-10-14

"a miles from Bristol. This result wa,
received by us with Joy as we had alwsv,
reared we could not reach Mendoza nm.
! der l6 miles.
Dark round us at the store and hospit-
aoie mansion of our friends Messrs. G.
r. Crumley and A. Barker. | sbould
nave stated that we had left MessrS
James and Terry to spend the night on
'he nun with Esq. Joel Kaylor, who
proposes to give through all his large
iarm, the right of way, $500 in stock and
a Depot site at Mendoza liberalitv
that deserves public mention. Mr..
Barker and the writer were met bv
Messrs Crumley and Barker with ready
invitation to alight. With jocular ia
cial expression which the darkness con.
cealed, we indicated purpose to pass
on, proposition that was met with n
practical protest more to be likened to a
prompt arrest than aught can compare
1t to. We were prisoners in moment.
and soon found ourselves seated in as
hospitable a mansion as any in which
two prisoners ever stretched their wea-
ry limbs to rest"
After refreshments, which the curios-
ity ofthe reader will not require lis to
mention we were introduced to the
ladies' of the house and by them to a
most elegant supper, for which our ride
had given us the most ample appetite.
Our two friends reside in the same
mansion, having married sisters, the
two pretty and attractive daughters of
DR.. B. ii. Gobble. They are doing a
good mercantile business and seem to be
living as happily and enjoying as much
of the public confidence and as many of
the good things Of life as any two gen.
tlemen in this or any other county. AT
ter nights slumber and a breakfast fit
for princes we mounted our steeds and
rode to the village of Mendoza distant
one mile, where we met again with the
county candidates and a goodly number
of the people of the vicinity. The meet
ing was held in the elegant and spacious
Masonic Hall, and was opened with a
speech by Col. A. Fulkerson, who UNI
folded and presented the Narrow Gauge
enterprise very ably, making fine inn
preston on the audience. lie was fol-
lowed in short speech by Mr.. Fowler,
State Purchasing Agent for the Convicts
at work on the road The object of
these speeches was to arouse a proper
degree of enthusiasm, convincing the
people Of the purpose of the Company to
make Mendoza point in he line, and to
obtain reasonable subscriptions TO the
stock of the Company. After the trans
action of business alluded to, Mr.. Jno.
A. Buchanan announced that he was
firm friend Of the line and If he was
elected he would do all he could to pro-
tcct and promote its interests, but as
Col. Fulkerson had not touched upon
the State Debt he would refrain from
doing so. The remainder of the even
lug was appointed to Messrs. Bailey and
Trigg to discussion Of the Debt qucs-
ton. Our party at i. NJ. left these
gentlemen pleading their claims to a
seat in the next House of Delegates.
The night was dark, though cloudless
and in the dark deliles of Wolf Run and
Walkers Mountain we had TO trust to
the leadership Of our goodly stecds,
which, ut the hour of 8 l.. NJ. paused
with us in Main street, Bristol, where
we dismouutcd right weary for the ride
but immensely happier for having taken
It. We should not neglect to refer to
the splendid school which Professors
Hamilton and Bcllamy have At McGdota.
The number Of their pupils In attend
unce Is 1913, and they are doing spen-
did work for that country.