, 1880-10-10

ters, which he has reverently kept. till now.
Sar and p ap4ed @ ath t9s ssI and n-
scriphon, telling, trust, to many generation
of the place from which they came, The Tabard;;
odee y s ns spte u
sence OF alcoholic drinks, has every chnnce; Il
present indications can be trusted OF hernot1ng
the mer sS ot te as ao tod ther World
famous stories, sou years ago.
THE DRINK QUESTION
has reared It's balefui head here. as it seems to
do all oyer the world. The various VOTES shaa han
two young natives tored over some barrels OF
whisky, and broached them In a shanCy' on
small lot Of no-man's land in the woods, some
two miles from hence. Since then there has
been no peace for tho manager. FIRST, laoofer
or two was suddenly missing from his Work on
the road; then, mechanic became 1ncompe-
tent here and there on the hotel, or at the saw,
mills; TIL on Saturday last the crisis came, and
some twenty men got drunk ana gatnbled ~
's IN ths end. % ana On On Monday half the work col
lapsed. Happily the feeling of the community
is vigorously temperate: So eoergetic mcasuEes
M law e. cnacts that no liquor-storo shai! be per-
mitted under heavy penalties within four miles
Of an Incorporated school: SO we are pushing On
Of Unlawful sale dn quantities less than
pint, and Of encouraging gambling, by these
The next sitting Of the County Court This tnci-
dent has decided the question for u.s. Il we are
to have influence with the poor whites and
blacks, we must be above suspicion ourselves.
So no liquor will be procurable ut the Tabard,
and those who need it will have to import for
a Bride path leads from the hotel down to
THE CLEAR FORK.
MN ~ <o c+4oa tns al the i1nctfon of which the
town site is situate. The descent is about a0
feet, and the stream. when you get to 1t, from
shr 70 4tsy rect
are not the place for descriptions Of scenery; SO
will only say that the gorges of the Clear
2ak e and any IN
character. with this difference: that the
chief underwood here consists OF rhodo-
deadron ealled ,asga,,. lnarea hfre) ezalea nnt
seen BEFORE and Of which cannot get the
name. / passed huge fagots of rhododendron,
twelve @ fset snd & fourteen feet lopg 1yg n5 tne
while grading them. They are three miles long.
and cost under :El01,- judtcious outlay. think,
e:en before an acre Of iana has e neen sold nney
ately enough, for no more well-adapted plnee
could possibly be found for that ,irne-houored
, sorres nnder the tali plies and whtte oak are
one htaze Of purple. yellow, aud white blossom:
On my return to the plateau, my tirs1 days
experiences EAut IL Hill Euu Ill u Why WHICH AO
longer surprised me, after the bootblackfng and
the Lovers Walks. w8s hailed by one OF " the
boys" who had been unable to obtain mount,
or had some business which kept him from ex-
ploring. He was In dannels, with racquet in
hand. on his way to
THE 1AwE-mSN1s GROUND.
to which he offered I'd pilot the. In q minute or
two we came upon an open space. marked. see
fne, strong pallng, inclostng square Ut 15o
feet.-the uprights beng SIX feet high. and close
enough to keep. not only boys out, but te mis-
within the Enclosure, and what there must have
once been as a substitute for turf had been
carefully cleared OF On space sufficient for one
the hard, sandy loan. A better ground have
rarely seen, except for the young sprouts OF
oak and other scrub which here and there were
st ancient, solitary reign" At my rate. then
and there, upon that court, I saw two sets
played In style which would have done credit
Sho payea SSeaf the he n
Is the champion Of her own county,.
This was the opening natch, the
England. though the court has been the object
Of tender sncitude for six weeks or more to the
four Englishmen already resident here or near
by
> THE RUGBY TENNIS CLUE
consists to-day Of seven members five English
and Two nutive, and will probably reach two
figures within q few days on the return Of the
boys. Meantime the effect OF their first practice
has been, that they have resolved On putting q
challenge in the Cincinnati and chattanooga pa
pers Of rering to play ma1ch-best out Of five
sets-wfth amy club in the United States. Such
are infant communities ia these latitudes!
You may have been startled by the address at
the head Of this letter. Il was adopted unani-
mously Oh our return in twilight from the ten
mis- s-ground, and application ar once made to the
State authorities for registration of the name
and establishment Of post-1x6ce. It was
sharp practice thus to steal march on the
three Et0niHn9. sill far III the forest. Had
they been present, possibly Thames might have
prevailed over Avon. VACUUS V1ATOR-