The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-12

BEAUFORT, y. {. 81 Iiy 3
Alabama Here we REST Would
that you and all equally busy. equally
weary, equally useful denizeus OF thi,
moiling toiling world, could 80 rest. du
rug at least, this month OF Juy Can't
you treat your resolution aud come
Paul, the Aged, to say nothiug OF
Mrs. Paul, (Ihere, the questions set
tied, and she tc0S the thorn M ms
fiesh) would be SO happy To chat with
you on this veranda fronting the sea,
with the glorious white horses gal
loplng IN the distance. No gay fast"
crowd as yet ON this side They halt,
suppose, at the Morehead big hotel, bur
the puIe.t. cieanest house, most appetlZ-
ing table, kiudeot entertainers. souudest,
most obllvious sleeping, sailing, rowing
a,hlng, blue~tshng, all here at this
Seaside House OF Mr. LUwenburx ),
IN full perfection, as ever OF old and one
not fully satisfied to spend the heated
term here, In dear old tlme-nonored
Beaufort. should shuttle off this mortal
coil, for no place would content him.
Many summers of my youth were passed
here, leaving most pleasant "reminiscences,
but one sad year, more eDdeared to my
heart the pace and the people. than All
the summers that had proceeded it. An
Invalid declining mother, was as IA last
resource brought op her bed to inha!e
the soft restorative air, buI too late; IN
her feeb.eness the air was perhaps too
bracing, aud IN two short weeks, her lie
went out. by the moaning oil The sad sea
waves, which five years earlier had en-
tombed the precious body OF her Only
~
those two weeks eXetupntled more oi
Christian kindness. more of hospitality
and genuine unaffected sympathy with
the afflicted stranger. in their midst,
than Is usually extended through many
years IN most places. The namss of
Whitehurst, Hall, Nanny and others, are
embalmed In the innrrnost shEue 0, my
heart, and there are many ieit III this
dear old town of Beaufort, who wurthiiy
perpetuate the memories of the depart
ed
And yet, with all, your correspondents
kindly feelings fer Beaufort (which should
excmplify the ,chote of its FreuCh cogno
men, and be not only beautiful but
''strong") she could find il in her heart
20 quarrel with its present maglates be
cause they seem to be shortsig ghtedly per
mi'ting their birthright to be alienated
from them and from their chiH en-, by
the new town of "Morehead" across the
beautiful bay. The Beaufort men should
have let their money flow like water, to
secure the terminus or the K. r.; and
then comparatively slight expense would
have removed would still remove, sands
bars, &c. Then, the ''Atlantck' should
have Leen rebuilt, and generous big
hotel" rivalry teen instituted betweeh
the two places. The slight obstructions
to the Eastern trade should even now be
removed from the straits to the town,
and a branch road from Newport to Beau
fort be built. But ah, Mr.. Editor, how
much easier to talk than to do, it when
firing Of the Kingdoms Of this world and
the glory of them, MIR. Cornelius Van
derbilt had only in the sinful layir down
of the burden Of his life, placed at the
disposal of your correspondent that whicl
seemed 10 his case to be the root of evil,
how much good to Beaufort might have
sprung from that money, y,-inauguratin.
these much to be desired measures, in
spiriting her men 10 do now, and res
hereafter, Ia order to ensure the perna-
, nent prosperity of both cities by The sea
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