The Red Cloud chief., 1883-10-26

st1 al LtHl IEWk GI
Black Mountains. j. tour hnodrrd feet
higher 4 Ian Mouns washinytou: In fat
It Is tho highest point Of the whole APP
palsc5 hn range. Mitchell. the surveyor.
ia n IL ives named. lost his life by
lfali}S4 E6ver . precipiec Will. WANDERING
On the mountain after nightsall Wben
he was fund dead the following day II
was proposed 20 bury him where he fsv.
but 40 old mountaineer Directing that his
spirit would M rest well in tie saIlr,.
they wrapped his body IN a blanket ard
bore IL iothc summit 81 the fsmou. max
that will bear his name forever. Ev-ry
visitor Ia this spot carries . ssone 20
place upon his grave. thus helping 10
build bis monument.
Living on these mountains are peopIe
who never saw q wagon or wheeled
vehicle of any kind. Bride paths lead
To their homes. and all they know Of
the world Is contained within an AREA o.!
n few miles. There is an old mount
aineer in this vicinity who is living ON
the farm where he WAS born. For a
hundred years his ancestor, have tiled
the same soil. The reward Of this cent
ury of toll Is fifty acres 81 cleared land
8 log-housc. now .adiy out of repair. a
smoke-house. nine apple trees, and one
grapevine.
One of Raphaels chcrubs walk ed In
this morning rs we sat at breakfast.
His face was almost angelic. Eyes rs
blue rs violets. regular features. ca
quisite complexion. and bronze brown
hair. He said he had come ..ter borrer
two quarts o Indy meal" lie was
twelve years old and could scarcely
read, having attended school but three
months. He said he never expected TO
60 again.
The young ladies spend their leisure
moments in making ornaments Of mica.
The mica is cut into numerous oval or
square pieces. which. after being
fringed with the scissors. are sewed on
pastcbOard crosses or frames.
There il a woman near here who has
made blackberrics pay. Her husband
started out with her one afternoon in
search Of berries. but soon becom ing
tired, stretched himself in the shade II
the bushes and fell asleep. His wife
continued the fruit-picking. but was soon
attracted by a large piece of mica lying
on the ground beside her. Waking her
sleepy lord, she told him she believed
she had found a mica mine; but he only
laughed at her aud turned over TO take
another nap. The next day the woman
took a pick and shovel, and returning (.
the spot. succeeded in ~uncovering q fine
vein Of mica. from which they realized
twenty thousand dollars. This woman
formerly dug ginseng in order to fur
nish her husband with money TO buy
tobacco. He chews the finest cut now.
A well-known artist. who is making
sketches Of primitive life in the Black
Mountains. has hard work persuading
the natives to ''pose" for him. One
day he anne across q picturesque log
house. with loom and spinning-wheel
upon the porch, but the fair spinner oh
jected to being sketched. She said she
was an orphan and had no friends. and
didn't want To be put in" However,
q silver dollar overcamc her scruples.
Black Mountain Station. which con-
sists Of a small hotel and little else to
speak of. has been the scene Of a ro-
nance such as M summer resort need
be ashamed of. IL is an old and thread
bare plot in novels, but one unusual in
real life. Last spring n young lady
from the North came down here for her
health. 1t so happened that her photo
graph was sen TO friends in England
and there met the eyes Of n young En-
glishman, who exclaimed: III that
girl is as good as she looks l should like
To marry her."
Coming to America. he. too. sought
the sunny South. for his health. also.
and here in the mountains of North
Carolina. among these primitive people,
the aristOcratic Englishman met the
Young lady whose face he had Sd adj
mired. Novel like. il was love Mt first
sight; nor Was the city girl daunted ut
the prospect If becoming a farmers
wife; for her lover proposed that they
settle upon q small farm in this self
same county.
Surprised at the gift of a magnificent
diamond ring. she thought it necessary
10 begin Caudle lectures at once. for
surely such jewels were quite beyond
their means. Finally came the confess
sion that has so often trcmb.el on the
lips of the heroes Of yellow-coyered 10
els. That he might first gain her love
he had deceived her. He was worth
six hundred thousand dollars. A few
weeks ago the minister rode over from
his home. twenty-five miles away, and
the romance ended with n quiet morn
ing wedding.-Cor; Philadelphia Press.
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