The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-08-09
THE TRAVELLER.
THE PEOPLE TIT MEETS AND THE
GOSSIP fgE HEARS.

GOSSIP frE HEARS.
Rsmcr.. Facts. Faeet~s. SJ.ceaiattoas
and Small Talk Aecat all Sasts of
Sahi~cis Picked NJ all Over ah~ state.
Cleveland Scales Chamhlce IN tho name
of young Wake county I-mocras. the
infant sna Of Mr.. :. q. Chamhicc, OF
Wakefield
State Immigration Agent Patrick has
brought zoo immigrants tn North Carolina
during the last II months. and the most
II them hy far are farmers
\ grape grower of experiences complains
that most people who have good vines
fail to gci half IS good return N they
could ge, II they would pay moro attcn-
:ion 10 pruning
Even yet fer some rsa1on the people arc
not full to ovcrtiowlng with political OK
that the result i too certain victory for
the Democrats tc arouse great curiosity
or 10 make men very Wild.
have dozen times heard OF water
melon that was AT Goldsboro which weigh
81 les pounds. Purify for cursasity's
sake I'd like To know who had tho auda.
cious originality To pu, such tale going.
And is IL possible that folks believe IL 7
hear talk Of educational pic nics-onc
IN the West. on. in "A Central. aud one IN
an Eastern county. Isn't this a new thing
We have had pie MICS az all sorts under
the sun but an educational picnic seems
10 be rs new az it IL an excellent idea.
tE tl..s, ft.r f.xr n
meetings and have not heard OF a com.
munity whore either the whites or tho
blacks We're not having meetings. las,
week there were perhaps a dozen Metho-
dist District Conferences, and nearly every
one led To a revival.
The Friends, whose yearly meeting has
called large number Of them together at
High Point, number | am told about
l20, 600, of whom nearly 100, 300 live in
the United States We have considcra-
BILE number in North Carolina and they
have always been model men and citizens
] hear Of n new railroad that Is 10 be
built right away between Highlands, a
beautiful and fourishng town in Macon.
and Webster, the county sea. of jackson
county. The railroad will follow the val
ley # the Tuckascegec river, which Is ono
of the finest farming localities in the
West.
The deep and wide influence for good
that long life Of nnseltish devotion aud
goodness can exert has seldom been exem-
plifed more pointcdly than by the late Dr.
Drury Lacy. All this week IN the most
unexpected places and by the most uncx-
pectcd men tributes to his character have
been heard
had long talk with gentleman who
heard Scales and York mt Newton, and
the impression it produced on him was
this: that York is not man Of sufficient
information or dignity or breadth Saying
nothing about politics. To bic Governor
He puts everything on mere personal
ground and is full Of .'old York" lie
was disappointment.
] have by accident heard this week OF
nine comparatively small manufacturing
establishments in the state, none of which
can be said to have State reputation,
which are already at work preparing cx-
hibits for the Exposition. They will near
ly all 90 as parts Of county exhibits. Two
or three of these exhibits will reflect un-
common credit on the taste and enterprise
Of the men who have them. The conclu-
surprise ourselves in October.
At Goldsboro hotel the other night !
had the honor to occupy room with
Judge Mckae, DR.. Nowittsky, and red
shirted base ball athlete. II made hap
py and snorelcss family. Behold, how
ever, the next morning, tho Judge, the
Doctor and the athlete had gone, and
three other fellow dodgers filed their
other made during the night; and | was
more firmly convinced than ever Of the
transitory nature Of all mundane things,
including the judiciary, patent medicine
and athletics. All these took post mid
night train, and the same train brought
three new occupants Of the truly cosmo
politan room. Life in hotel in Tar Heel
dom is not without variety.
One Of our delegates to Chicago told me
that when the train reached Pittsburg, an
old Pennsylvania dressed in n seedy suit
of clothes, with wide brim hat on,
huge walking cane under one arm and
eight pint bottles Of whiskey under the
other. boarded the train bound The said)
for Texas. He found the delegates nearly
all asleep, but went through the coaches,
woke everybody up, and insisted that
they should drink with him. His invita-
tion being declined he wonId raise bot
tie to his lips, saing, We'll, here's inlch.-
:. Where are you all goings'' hc inquired.
- To the Democratic Convention at
Chicago" they answered. "WcIl, then,
if | amt on the wrong train am Re
publican. Won't you take few drops3"
= No" . Well here's my reyegnyoks.) And
! am going to Texas. This train (hic)
goes to Chicago, does iti Well, / amt
going that way. tSay, haye-hic-a little
out Of this bottle, won't you-hic-well,
here's to you-hic. ] am on the wrong
train q Isn't this remarkable ~ asked
a delegate. "Sevcn hundred Democrats
on one train and one Republican and he