Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-11

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Allow me to digress for a moment .
while | speak of the wagon road of
North Carolina The system has been a
bad one for some years especially in the
western part of the state For that rea-
son the roads have been practically inn
passable good deal of the year. The
Asheville and Hendersonville road, for
instance, is kept now in the same repair
that the road is from Zanzibar to Lake
Victoria Nyanza. 1t was formerly
toll road, and though the tolls were used
mostly for personal expenses by the
owners of the road, the bill was always
made out for those who desired to ride
over the route. speak thus plainly Of
these roads hoping that it may result in
great good to those who live thereon.
AT present the road above referred to
is simply an i'll kempt trail, along which
are strewn the wrecks Of busted vehicles
and the bones of people whose necks
have been dislocated in trying to ride
over them, and who have been left alone
to die. Though public road of great
importance, very few people drive over
it unless under the influence of liquor.
There are places on this road where
mountain springs soak up through the
roadbed. and have done so for centuries,
while the roadmaster has been waiting
for them to dry out The result is that
a stoneboat is the only vehicle which
will safely make the trip. Hitch a
2-vear-old heifer with claybank mule,
and then on the lead put lavender
a a driver
you may take your children to Ashe'
vile, but if not you will surely be short
two or three on the way home. Lots OF
North Carolina families have only eleven
or twelve children left out Of possible
twenty. owing to the condition OF the
roads. This reckless outlay Of children,
IL seems TO me, if nothing else, should
teach us to improve our roads.
Asheville has made an appropriation
recently of 1925, 600, most all OF which
will 20 for the improvement OF hel
streets, This is better than ike
amount laid out in fenceboard advertis
ing. Now let the issue in the county D,
"bully roads for Buncombe county, anC
let the party who opposes the improve
ment correct the bad grammar and poo
punctuation in its dying speech, ana d
it soon too.
was saving the other day that afte
a pretty general knowledge oil Nort
Carolina for five or six years ! was as
tonished to notice that there had Deel
no burglaries within my observation
This is remarkable, especially to me, 10
/ have lived where a burglary was nc
uncommon, and where | have suffere
myself. having lost a silver plated butte
dish in that way eight years ago, ais
what butter we had in the house at IN
time. it being concealed in the butte
dish. also shot burglar, eleven veal
ago. who was breaking into my res
dence, but he had only sixty cents ON h
person at the time, and even that u
y coroner took away from me on the 10
, lowing day. The burglar has 1t all h
own way at the north but here IN NOT
Carolina, where the mosquito never Nv
and the politician never dies, burglary
a canital offense. All burglars ov
fourteen years of age are executed. In
tends to turn the attention OF brig
yeung burglars toward politics.
never felt so secure before IN n
life. | leave my large, massive, Sol
silver watch on the escritoire every mig
now. whereas used to put it undernea
the mattress. 1t is a very cCmtortat
feeling. assure you. Of course chic
ens are not SO safe, especially during
colored revival. | do not wish to
misunderstood regarding this matt'
INIT was told on the start by devo
Christian of the Caucasian race that
cared anything for my "oroliers
would watch them most carefully az
inc n colored revival, for at that I'll
fine more "earnest" negroes were SO
tore mn in their minds that they COZ
not work at all during the day, ana
revival took all the night, or nearly
Therefore, when the pangs OF hum
and the rumblings and retchings o
sin-sick soul had been preying on an
binary colored man for week OF
dava he was hollow clean into
ground. and his better judgment dc
stand any chance whatever
I got some chickens when hrst ca
here. Some of them had cholera, OF
aid not know it at first. Quite III
DER of the chickens were almost I'M
diately stolen, but three OF tnefh
not They seemed to be spared as m ?,
uments of African mercy flhaii
found that it was because they
cholera. Come down and see us 81
time. don't mind killing the last
in the house when company cor
p S.-Bring some butter with you;
might keep you awake nights.
y3rt wa were speaking of the hor
mans best friend. began htteeh
ago by owning little pack JACK ca
Boomerang. He cost me eight don