The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-02


NYE AND THE BEAR.
climate that you don't want to put more con.
fidence in than you would in New York
bunco man. We have just got through siz
! days spell of mean temperature" with q
daily range from 90 to los or Whereabouts, with
| relative humidity CT 50. | don't know
| what that is, but | don't like it. l have five
| bushels of roasted apples under tree, and
no demand for roasted apples either. OF
course this is only exceptional" weather, but
l have had SO much exceptional weather since
! / came here that am blamed tired of it,
| Do you intend to live permanently in North
| Carolina, and, if so, would you object to hay-
! ing me live in the same county? OF course
! have entirely reformed; besides, have never
been in the legislature of this state, and there
! fore still look my friends in the eye without
! Quailing.
/ am in search of a good, reliable, kindly dis
! posed, all round climate, and | like TO live
| among people who don't put on too many frills.
| want to live where | can have some real
grass mot the alleged sort without squirting
water on it for eight or nine months in the
year. want some big trees and some singing
brooks with real fish in them. Is Buncombe
county that sort of place, and about what does
it cost an acre2
/ come to you with these questions because
feel that can believe you, while l would look
great allowance.
What sort of fruit do they grow around Ashe-
vile? am a sort of horticultural crank, and
/ always grow fruit, though it costs me twenty
five dollars bushel.
/ succeeded last winter in growing thirteen
oranges here. The "hoodlums'' got ten Of them
one night. The other three were nice looking
oranges but they had no juice in them.
| shall be very glad TO hear from you when
you have time to write. Sincerely, as ever,
/ have eradicated the name of the
town at which the above letter is dated,
also the name Of the writer, because
did not wish to publish an unkind allu-
sion to the state, which is generally re-
garded as a very attractive one. Iwould
hate to build up any locality of my COM
mon country at the expense of another.
The inquirer is anxious to know of the
horticultural and piscatorial merits of
Buncombe county, also regarding prices,
pomology, etc, etc. Several of these
questions | have never answered public
ly, and so few moments may be pleas
antly spent in their discussion, if may
be allowed to do the heft Of it myself
with the reader at safe distance.
l came here early in the spring of the
present year, partly because Mr.. Wander
bilt, who is building a place near by,
was not much acquainted and desired a
bright young person. whom he knew and
in whom he felt an interest, to drop in
of an evening and play Pedro with him.
l also desired to benefit my lungs, one of
whom had begun to droop little, max
ing me walk one sided, l thought. l
had, besides, some symptoms Of collapse
from grip, govt and SO forth. The ply
stefan, therefore, recommended that |
try dry, bracing air of $500 or 5000
feet elevation, but in a mild, isothermal
belt.
As soon as l had. after some trouble,
ascertained the meaning Of the term
isothermal | began to look about me for
belt of that kind. / at once, almost,
struck upon a region of country about
Asheville and in Buncombe county,
though Henderson county offers also
very excellent opportunities for those
who need to build up their health with
the kindly assistance of nature. l pre-
sumo that if Vanderbilt had not made
such a fuss about it l would have gone
to Henderson county. Property is cheap
er there, and yet the climate lasts just as
long as it does here but, as l say, l
came here preferring to be among my
own folks, as you might say, and where
George and / could take off our lime
spattered overalls at eventiGe and play
cinch, rather than go to a strange neigh
borhood.
North Carolina is essentially a fruit
growing country. Wild fruit l have
never seen so plentiful On the noun
tain four years ago myself and large,
hot-breathed mamma bear ate persim-
mons off the same bush for little time,
but found another tree where the per
simmons, it seemed 10 me, were better
and less puokerful, so trent to 't. Be
sides hate to have strangers watch me
whilst eat.
Berries grow wild here by the thou
sands of bushels. This year never saw
so many berries ID my life before as there
are here. though neighbors tell me 1t is
IN unusual year. 1t is strange how the
unusual year puTsues me wherever | 90.
was in California year ago and It had
rained Till the entire state was mighty
lagoon, and Mr.. Hearst told me II was
an unusual year with them. Generally
they did not have but eight feet OF rain
fall That year il was nine. But he
said il would be very good for Cereals.
IL Oregon the railroad north from San
Francisco had not been in operation for
tver seventy days, owing to blockade
sld general coma from snow and ava
Ianches, 50 l had 10 ride On a coast
steamer and swap condolences with the
wind tossed waves Nj Fee, OF the
Northern Pacific, said i was an unusual
winter with them.
In London. in the previous year, as
strolled along the laInbrequin Of Ira
falgzr square with q lice new English
umbrella over my head, 4 bright and
CHEEKY voice al my side said some hlng 70
garding the dampness. and > little shape
IL hand took my umbrella and neld i for
ne as pair Of merry, bright brown
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