Nevada County picayune., 1885-12-03
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CORRESPONDENCE.

Cherokee counties. These coun- ties. including Swain, are iL the extreme Southwestern corner of the State. bordering on Tenhessee and Georgia. They are very mountainous, taking in the Blue Ridge on the East, the great Smo- ky Mountains on the West, and the Mikah, the Cheoih, and the Balsam, in the interior. l have crossed all these mountains, and the Oconoluftee, the Tuckaseegee, the Tennessee, the Nautahelah, the valley, the Hiawassee, the Cheoih and the Natlak rivers, on
 horseback. This is sparsely set tied country, and no part of Ark ansas is more behind the age
 Speaking of the civilization of Western North Carolina as compar- ed to the civilization of Arkansas, reminds me of an incident that
 took place at Asheville one night last week. 1 must relate it:
 1 A judge, several lawyers, officers of the court, and others, and my self. were seated around roaring wood fire in the sitting room ot the hotel. Among the wall adorn- ments was the famous picture of the Arkansas Traveller. It be
 came the topic of conversation, and the laugh turned on me. IL took me some time to rally, but finally I crawled out from under them by relating the experience of an Atlanta drummer a few days before. This drummer whom we will call NJ. Pierre Gustave de Cal ico, was travelling in buggy from a little town east of the Blue Ridge to Franklin, the home of my col leagfle, Gov. Robinson. Breaking his vehicle, he became belated, and nightiall overlook him at the foot of the Ridge. It was twelve miles back to the last house he had passed, ten across tie noun tain, and dangerous to attempt to travel a mile in either direction in the dark. So what could this proud, noble duke in disguise do but seek entertainment under the roof of the "blockader" ia genuine Grip Scott iu real life) on the road side hard by? The squatter ceiv' ed NJ. Pierre Gustave de Calico with open-handed hospitality. but at the same time he constructed his sentences with evident caution
 and regarded his guest with ill concealed distrust. As IS the rule with his class, he had a very large family and correspondingly small house. Tho "house' was g rude log hut. chinked and danbeo tight enough to sufocate cat II mid winter, with a small side room which was used for kitchen ant dining room. At the backside O. the main room there were three beds. side by side, and nearly
 touching each other. On h' joists there ras another one, the fec ) of the bed posts being toe-nailed 7 to the ioists. The old ''blockader'
 spoke of this primitive bed cham
 Der as "up stairs" but there was no floor-not even loose plank on the joists, and in lieu of stair way or ladder, by winch to reacl
 it. there were only few rougl cleats nailed to the wall. So II ! your minds eye behold the Adon is.like figure of this haId-put com mercial duke ascending the wall
 hand over hand, to his room
 See him as he stands with one
 foot on one joist and the other on another, looking for place to put his boots. Behold him draw forth
 his rich silk handkerchief, and, ty ing his boot straps together with if, hang them over one of the joists
 Note that shade of anger, and dis
 gust, and wounded pride and
 dignity, which overspreads his handsome face as he sits
 on the side of the bed and makes [ mdicrous attempt to wriggle out of his princely apparel, the while
 making frightened, despairing f glances at the family calmly anu comfortably seated around the fire
 below. See him as drawing tn.
 drapery of his couch about him, he !, lies down"-to inhale the odors ol green tobacco for the night. Also
 fail not to observe the side-re marks in the family circle below