Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-03-28

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merged.
Your correspondent had occasion
to pass through the CITY OF Cedar
Grove recently and vas a>tonished
at the muddy condition ct the
streets and the grea, damage Ia the
ely ,heretrcm. We found the mer
chants and shop men awtu'ly hlied.
The mud ard mire vas getting IN it's
work and all business suffering IN
acrount of it.
We struck Hillsboro Stre.t-the
mair stree, OF the city-at the cor
ner of H,nton's block, one mile
south of the pos, Office, and travelled
il for two miles / the McDade
block near Stewards avenue, and
along that whole distance not a
street car WAS to be seen nor any
ocular evidence that would satisfy a
stranger that there had ever been
any on that atreet. The street cars
run no more now forever in this
once beautiful city. The Electric
Plant that lighted the city has also
sntccumbed to the mud and gone un:
der. and the only light now furnish
ed the night traveller. is from the va
rious stores. shops and private resi-.
licences. The City Fathers. how.
ever, "nf whom" Coils. Absha Tea
and Johannes Henri fare two of
which," who are progressive. enter
prising and always on the alert
thinking i, i,nprac,icable ,o resnrrect
the Electric Plant, are negotiating
with Col Robson to light the city
from his Plant of natural gas The
Coloncl's supply OF gas. 30 experts
say. is unlimited. We know the
Colonel aud viii! be, on his giving
satisfaction if he undertakes It.
The variuu. rchools of the city
are more OF less damaged by this
inundation of mud. The High Grade
Classical and Mathematical School
OF Prof. Game has less than 329
daily average. The City Graded
School for whites, under the charge
ct Prot. Thompson, has something
less than a daily average of 1856, md
that Of the Colored Graded School
under the control Of Professor ess
Miss Bnowder, has less than 526.
BY the way, Prot. Thompson m "s,
excuse US for clubbing him Professor
~ we know he prefers to be called
simply plain John or Mr.. Thompson,
but we must insist on his keeping
up with the procession especially
when we recall the tact that he has
grown bald in the service. Let the
prefix attach, John.
According To the last census, this
city has less than $4,000 souls, yet
since this deluge of mud and mire
that has fallen upon it Tor into which
it has %fallen) not a DAILY Paper has
been issued. and now those Of it,
denizens who thirst for knowledge
and the latest news, daily congre'
gate at the Office Of the aforesaid
Coils. Abisha Tea and Johannes Hen
i. ri, in tho last erd OF the Patton build
ing, near the post Office. frat t1oo'
, and next door to the Hard C,de'
Barrel, where they are RECALLED will
l the best and freshest, free Of charge
! by the said Colonies. oc%casionall,
assisted by Maj Lambert -, TIT
r blank eau be filled ont with the nam
l., OF a road proverbially hard t
travel.
The Theatres and Opera House
). being all closed, some Of the cit
t zens have resor,ed to the doubtful
amusement Of mud singing. We ar
happy to learn, however, that bu
); few are taking to this dirty amuse
4 melt. Strange to say with ali i,
mud. Cedar Grove is a dry towr
e Though, according to the terms {
II the city charter, every head OF
house is required TO keep a fair SUI
ply of the "critter: for cdmpho
snake and other bites, - well as fe
/, the stranger within her gates who
in the habit Of taking it for tt
stomach ache. And these heads
houses are such strict constructor
F. lists that since the day the Corn,
,e Stone was laid there has heen q
3 : violation Of the charter in this va
ticular.
- Tie city however, upon It
j., whole, is a success. barring its mu
In And / would venture to say to i
worthy citizens, not to be discou
aged, but ENTHUSIASTICALLY 10 loo
- up and away from the earth and !
10 mud and mire and they will feel Il
d, better for the looking aud ii Ii
, advice should be tollo we'd by mo
~ Of us there will not be, after all,
70. much the matter with
rs HANNAH.
it -Bilicusness, bile, boils and t
blues can be cured by taking Sill