The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-09-05

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4lessfs. EDITORS :-Ine thanks OF thls
community are due Dunn's Rock Lodge
Az. q A. M. for a very pleasant gather
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hall and th Marshal Allison In charge,
marched to Hume Pa5l1. preceded BY the
Rand Thara tbav f5,,,r,d <,sottarel &,
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people, Doth grave and gray, old and
young Notwithstanding the clouds had
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tiic assentpied guests ulitli the hour OF
II, when the rain commenced falling
inst in the midst of a very Interesting
oddra.s fron, NJ n,al,uo.h F,o.,
auuie.o :, ,.oni WI. ;. Duck .'tl Morea: Esen
the ram did not seriously interfere. Mar
sinai Alllson was equal to the emergency,
ne promptly gave the order: Break
ranks, marcn 10 the episcopal churchtor
mspectlon OF baskets The order was
as promptly oDeyed, and we assure you
tnat IN this case Bro. Thomas Wood, w.
M M, ala no! occupy the srearmost rank OF
Inc runnlngest regiment that ever
stormed baskets philosophers tell us
thaS SOUND travels ll00 1eet per second,
but IN their calculations they have made
no allowance for surrounding circum-
stances" A call to rise at . O'Clock IN
fac In (9lIT h
one snort night OF stairs, but call to IN
spect such baskets as were present on
this occasion travels faster than light
Indeed think Bro. Wood heard the
thought ere Mr.. Allison gave utterance
to it. Arrived at the church, on tables
temporized FROM carpenters benches,
was spread most sumptuous repast that
all seemed to euioy. These social gath
erings, oases, are healthful, mentally,
morally, socially, physically. The real
pleasure they afford the young; the un-
bending, the relaxation they occasion
the older members of the community are
ends that repay weh the labor of secur-
ing them.
The stranger still fingers in this ''Land
of the Sky" have often thought that
there eh- a. variety and freshness about
the sceners OF this county that is pee
uliar. The broad acres of this fertile val
ley presented in so immediate contrast
to the virgin forest of our mountains
affords views that are rare and entertain
ing.
Mr.. NJ. j. Orr left for Caesars Head to-
day with pleasant party, gathered from
Charleston to Philadelphia.
Mr.. VIM. Patton from Indian Terri
tory is visiting friends in this county.
He left North Carolina about forty years
ago, and is now back with his family re-
visiting the scenes of his childhood.
Tired OF viewing Plsgah through his
Der OF irlends from davidson River,
started on yesterday to satisfy themselves
II 1t was the distance that lent such en-
chantment 10 the view OF Plsgah;
A railroad, railroad, my Kingdom Tor
railroad that everybody might come
ana see thls Deautliui little county OF
ours. Inc apathy OF our people, Wneth,
ef real or apparent In regard TO railroad
connectlon Win the OUTSIDE worio
amounts 10 selnsnness. with an aDun-
dant crop. beyond what we, ourselves can
reasonably consume; with others want
ing the very things we have and to spare
and ready to exchange for cur surplus
things we so much need, and we still
wait for somebody to- bring US railroad
isis ,Messrs. Editors. wont say it. l
remember attending the first barbecue
held in the interest of the Greenwood
and Augusta, now the Augusta and
Knoxville r. r. So determined were
the people to have the road that the
farmers along the proposed road who
had not the spot cash" offered to donate
portion OF their lands lying on either
ed conyicts and begun work, paying