The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-10-28
DURHAM DASHES.
AND OTHER DOTS BY OUR BULL
CITY CORRESPONDENCE.


Who visits Winston, KernersvilTe, Oak
| Ridge and other Points.-Ttenas about
his trip.
| Specsut Correspondence of the Sentinel.
| DURHAM, Oct. 26.-Perhaps no place
on earth is such a news breeder and gossip
maker, as the train. On recent trip to
! Winston, with stoppage on the way, We
gathered such points might interest the
| readers of THE SENTINEL AS the train
| came into Durham, man, crazy and I'M
known,
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
by throwing himself on the track. Police
| man Faucet pulled him off the train
rolled by. He struggled violently to get
back, but was forced tr-m the unknown
shores little longer. At Company Shops
| A FIsTICUFF
took place between negro and the news
boy. The negro left the car crying and She
news-boy explained for half an hour hes
| he "put head on him."
| A short distance from the shops the con-
ductor stopped the train and put off a man
who wanted to ride but not to pay. Poor
| fellow, he stood ON the track, gazcd wistful
| ly on the fast departing train, and then sat
down. A painter, drunk and singing, next
attracted our attention. He had been to
the eastern part of the State, and this was
| the return to his wife and home.
| At McLainsville we took on some politicians
and at Greensboro some oysters. The poll
| ticians Dragged loudly on their efforts du-
ring the day, and Prohibitionist, Democrat.
Radieal-all were certain Of victory and
the passengers grew certainly tired.
BY the course of events, and good sound
| train we arrived at
KERNERsvILLE
at the proper time. There we stayed for
the night. Kernersville is a thriving little
town. The next day being Sunday the
churches were visited and
had the Thursday before, married Miss
/ Alice, daughter of the late Sheriff Masten,
| of Forsyth, and brought her to dwell at
| "Kerner's Folly"
"KERNERs FOLLY.
is perhaps the most noted private building
in the State It'll in truth the most oddly
constructed house in Nor,h Carolina, and
an inventive mind laid TIE plans. 1t is of
brick, three stories high, with Gothic roof.
On the first floor we find the kitchen, dining
room, bath room, wood she'd carriage house,
and stables, on the second floor are three
bed rooms one of which. 2ix42- feet, is Mr..
Kerner's private apartment, on the third
floor, is the billiard room from this we
gain access to the roof, climb ladder, seat
ourselves on the observatory, and gaze
the Sauratown, Pilot, and Blue Ridge noun
tains which stretch far away to the north.
The entries of the building are beautiful
The walls are adorned with handsome oil
paintings, and the frescoed scenes are the
work of: AN artist AS to fressoe decorations,
1he building stands without rival in the
State. To go into details, we could not full
ly describe ''Kerner's Folly" In less space
than one column. An old gentleman from
"Kerner's Folly" and by that name it has
since been known.
Monday we visited Oak Riuge Institute;
found the school in most flourishing condi-
ton, under the management of the Pro-
fessors Holt. By the way, We can truth
fully assert that there is not a better school
anywhere, for the education of the sons and
daughters of North Carolina and the sur
rounding states than Oak Ridge Institute.
We noted in attendance, students from Tex
as, New York, Arizona and Switzerland
South Carolina Virginia and Georgia, be-
sides the North Carolina delegations. Tues.
day morning, we started to walk from Oak
Ridge to Kernersville in time to catch the
IL o'clock train going to Winston, but the
distance was far, the way near to US and the
result was, as we neared town the train
came and left, yes, left US still walking.
But go to Winston We must. So horse
was hired and the journey made by private
conveyance. 1t was a very pleasant Journey
Tuesday night found u,
on the way back to Durham. We met
, Sheriff Neal, of Mcdowell county, who was
carrying to the penitentiary, J. A. & Geo
Bird, convicted of
.
and sentenced for four years. This case
may be familiar to many of the SENTINEL
readers. In March Mr.. Brice living near
: Marion, became engaged in quarrel with
J. s. Reid about way through the land O
j. Mr.. Ried; and knocked him down, Geo. Bird
, running up at that time struck Brics over
the head with sycamore stick and tract
, ured his skull, from the effects of which he
: died next morning. Sheriff Neal tells u,
, that the two young men had borne blame
less character before that time, and the
Governor would likely pardon them ere the
: expiration of the sentence. He also haG
in his charge
LITTLE BLIND WILLIE,
: whom he was carrying TO the asylum. The
: poor little fellow was deprived of his sigh
> when an infant, his parents are dead, ane
never before had he left his humble home
on the heights of the Blue Ridge mountains
He remarked to the sheriff that "ridins OF
: the train beat riding an.ox."
. It wsnld not do 70 close this sketch
. | without noting the
LOVE SICK COUPLE.
They were either net married or sh i
i was the honeymoon. They sat close to
). gether, talked low, smiled softly, looked
follish and seemed conscious of the fact thai
the giggle of passengers could not ''wrecl
the citadel where the immortal lives" A
this stage of affairs the porter salIed GU
Durham" We got up started for th'
2 door, and passing out gave one look at thu
:. couple,-thers they sat, she with her hant
!. in his, and their souls seemed filled with