The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-16

Dan and the madam, in the course of one
night, ate up all the green peas, and the
vines too, on twenty-six acres of land,
appropriated 213 pumpkins, completely !
stripped large apple orchard, killed
nine milch COWS, upset fourteen turpen-
tine stills, and then leisurely strolled
across the country and to Norfolk, where
they arrived at sunrise next morning
Somewhat tagged, but as hungry as Bar
NUNS big elephant after a weeks fast
ing.
We brought up at the ranch just
after the shearing season was over,
and therefore missed that interesting
portion of natural history, but were
shown large quantities Of the fur in bales
the terrapins do not begin to grow fur
till after their fftieth year, and that
from that period on to their two hun
dredth year it is a steady and neyer-fail-
ing crop.
This fur readily sells at $125 per h.,
each terrapin producing about three
pounds annually; thus, you will see,
netting the proprietor nrincely revenue
from that source alone. He runs, in
addition to the fur department, a large
canning factory in which the luscious
flesh Of the aqueous product is packed.
He packed and sold last season aver
100000 one pound cans Of the delicacy,
but the demand was much greater than
the supply. With increased facilities
for handling and manipulating the crust
aceous, Sir Sam feels confident that he
will be able to meet all future demands
with the output of the present season,
which promises to be the best in the
history Of the enterprise. The canned
article sells at wholesale at 80 cents per
pound; it would rejoice the strong heart
of Judas Iscariot to see the shekels pour
ing into Sans Golfers.
During our stay at the ranch we daily
luxuriated in the good things Of the
larder of our genial friend and host.
Terrapin served in various styles, q Ia
Franchise, frccassee, bouillon, the piece
de resistance being tifty-pounder
stuffed with oysters. liver, onions, ham,
and other ingredients not mentioned in
the dictionaries, roasted whole, and with
Worcestershire sauce; the banQueters at
the tables Of the Olympian gods would
have gone wild over this masterpiece of
| ~, 1,,l; ri, ,I
of the savory "stufling" at our first in
PRODUCTION, and that night We had
strange, fascinating dreams; in fact, we
felt quite confident that a couple Of alli
by some mysterious means gained admit
tance to our innaOst anatomy, and that
they were then and there fighting a
pitched battle in defence of their COM
mon country. DR.. Thippen, who was
called in to look after the moving cause
of our troubles, pronounced it "refcx
collie" Plain old homemade collie has
heretofore been good enough for us, and
our last prayer in this life will be for the
gods to deliver us from a second vista
tion of this "retiex" monster.
We, in company with our host and
some Of his lady friends, had daily and
nightly sails on the lake in the steam
yacht "Terrapina." This yacht is
unique and alone in the way of a water
craft, the hull being composed of a sin
gle terrapin shell. Sir Sam will exhibit
the "Terrapina" at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago; and we feel reasonably conf
dent that it will be the greatest curiosity
to be seen on that occasion. Our host
has been offered but refused $75 600 for
his yacht; says that neither love nor
money will ever separate the twain.
We spent a delightful week, barring
the reflex" episode, at Sir Sans hos
pitable ranch. The climate down there
is refreshiDgly recuperating to a person
of sedentarY habits. Corporal jim Cook,
of the Concord Standard, should rusti-
cate there during one of his vacation
outings, and wear off that everlastin .
ennui, the result Of unpleasant dreams
caused by the thought of possible duel
with Col. FairbrOther of the DURHAM
GLOBE, and on his return trip stop over
in the Bull city a day or two, visit the
lion in his den; we'll be there, and will
guarantee to bring about complete and
happy reconciliation between the two
and a reign of peace and good will after.
wards forevermore. We've always
thought that it was our chief mission
in this fleeting life, to reconcile hearts
at enmity, hide the faults of our enemies
bridge over the chasm of fearful grief
! laugh with those who laugh, and to send
the poor benighted wanderers rejoicing
on their way. l.. d. VANN,