Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-01-10
"RAMBLER" AT REIDSVILLE.
HOW HE SPENDS HIS CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAYS.
some Industrial Items, Some Interesting
Personals, and other Eiyacious
I}ric-a-Brac.
Especial Correspondence Of the Sentincz.)


Bric-a-Brac.
Especial Correspondence Of the !Sentincz.)
REIDsv1LLE, n. c., JAN, 1st 1884.
Christmas caught US here amidst a
display of ffire-crackers, and fireworks
generally. Two Christmas trees given
by the Baptist and Presbyterian Sun
day Schools, were quite handsome and
very enjoyable to those who were so
fortunate as to get presents. To those
who were left out in the cold after gen
erously subscribing to the tree, Old
Santa is pronounced fraud. We
er again have any faith in the old boy,
and that he did not believe Santa
Claus was one bit like he used to be-
Well every thing changes and we
guess Santa has as much right to a
change as the rest of us.
The merry season was opened by
Alice Oates the opera house was crow
ded to over flowing. This handsome
edifce is owned by Captain A. J. Ell
ington. He has spared no expense to
beautify and render it complete in all
its appointments. The scenery is
magnificent Capt. Ellington is unre-
mitting in his efforts to please and to
present only first class attractions to
the people. The firm of 4. II. Motley
| 81 Co. will resume work in their MAN.
moth factory next Wednesday. They
are q stirring go ahead firm full of
business. The machinery used for
manufacturing tobacco is complete.
The proprietor told us, that during the
past year his house had manufactured
six hundred thousand pounds of the
weed, which had bqen sold from Maine
to New Mexico. No wonder that our
Paul of Winston is locking feeble
Paul is the bookeeper of this stupend-
ious business and says that he has
counted money until every object his
eyes fall upon shine like silver. He
dreamed the other night that he was
married and his bride and himself were
dressed in silver dollars and they were
so weighted down that it was impossi-
BILE to move. There was not single
trade dollar about them, for he was
careful to look. Henry Motley, and
Jim Thomas Junior partners of this
house, are both push ahead young
men, work day and night and are reap
ing the rewards of their industry. They
were among the first to subscribe for
the SENTINEL Mr. w. r. Vich ers next
handed out the subscri ptinn price, and
then set his famous Egyptian rye whis
key with the pedigree. He says ''The
soil was ploughed and planted bv
Methuselah's father-the grain was
reaped by Methuselah himself -distill
ed at the Pyramids of Egypt by the
Sphynx-watered by thessriver Nile
dripped through copper worm q
thousand miles long-heated by two
volcanoes-shaken up by four earth
quakes-drawn through the great des-
ert of Sahara and refned-stored in
the Catacombs until the food-rescu-
ed by the Egyptians, put in Noah's
Ark, landed on top of Mount Ararat
rendered respectable by age-crowned
with glories Of antiquity, sampled by
the monks-inspected by ten thousand
revenue officers, glorified with stamps
and covered with the cobweus of crea,
ton, was drawn by elephant teams to
Vicker's saloon in West Market street
where it was christened and monogra-
med, and where its mirth moving ac,
quaintance can be cultivated by all
who may visit Reidsville. Mr. George
Farris, none stand higher among sa-
loon men than he does, not only in
Reedsvllle but of the State. Every,
thing connected with his place is first.
class. Real imported crystal glass
were added to the completeness of the
bar. Take it all in all we doubt if q
better equipped saloon can be found
anywhere. He is a subscriber to oul
SENTINEL.
Rambling down towards Lauson,
vile [ struck old uncle John Lynn
who says he can't do without the SE-'
TINEL. He says there is no paper in
the State like it, for it talks about rich
and poor alike. What wonder is il
that when any piece of good fortune
befalls us, we hasten to inform the
SENTINEL, knowing that it will tel
it to the world and rejoice with US
Said he, Il started in life fourteen
times worse than nothing, but on my
plantation stands eight barns full o.
tobacco to-day l think there is min
eral on my plantation. In about one
hundred yards Of my dwelling there is
cave. Some fifty or six pinnicles
varying from one to six feet high
which are as white as snow and looks
as if it is covered in grains of rice
stand in groups about this place.
believe it is something that will make
me rich, and I want you to tell the Sen
TINEL all about it and maybe some OF
them mineral men will read it and
come to see me- There is something
in them marvel tombstones formed by
nature, besides MY. l believe in
my soul its a 81 quarry and
want somebody to come and look at il
what knows. Here's your money for
the SENTINEL. Hennery tell 'em
can't do with out it, RAMBLER