Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-04
NYE AT HOME.


The old man arose to sneak in the
midst of a stormy howl for the s'ques-
ton" and, it is said, when an hour or
two only remained of the session. He
rambied on in an aimiess sort of way.
winch Is so exasperating to bright young
congressman whose heads are yet big
with their first unuttered speech. Felix
could not talk for sour apples, it was
said, but as yet he had not himself made
a speech, and he felt that he could not
look the voters of Hickory township and
Sandy Mush in the face if he Yielded to
others and went home without brighten
Eing up the pages Of The Congressional
NRecord When the forensic sprouts of
the Sixteenth congress, therefore, came
to him and offered him their bright new
congressional jackknives if he would
quit, he simply shut his lips little
closer and stated, as the gavel fell. that
he was talking only for Buncombe.
Buncombe county has an area of $50
square miles, and is bounded on the east
by the Blue Ridge. It is very mount
ainons, but fertile, with an all purpose
climate that cannot be beaten in the
world. Cattle, grain, tobacco and wool
are among the products.
Skyland is where am at as this letter
is being written. 1t is a small but grow
ing place, containing thirty-seven inhab.
itants and eight head of horses. II is
quiet here at present, of course, owing
to shrfnkage in values at the large
money centers, but this, it is thought by
our best minds down at the store, can
not last long.
r My house is rather heavy set cottage.
And Is made from the trees which grew
where the house now stands 1t faces
toward little brawling stream called |
Group creek. | call my place the Sky
land Thought Works. am some like |
the gentleman in the foreground of the /
almanac let my works show for them /
selves Skyland has an inexhaustible
water supply, consisting of Group creek
and couple of patent wooden pals on
which bonds have been issued bearing a
low rate of interest.
The works are in charge of my coach
man, and | also control the bonds. As
the town grows we propose to put in
another bucket service.
George Vanderbilts extensive new
grounds command a fine view of nv
place, | was over there yesterday to
see how the work was progressing. 1t
Is beautiful site. One can see from
the foundations of his prospective man
sion for miles up the beautiful French
Broad river, and the smoky tops of the
soft, blue mountains make a magnificent
picture Of gentleness and repose.
1t is a pleasant sight to drive over
there on a quiet morning, when the
thrush is singing in the persimmon
branches and the pawpaw is soughing
b the mountain zephyr, to see Mr.. Van
derbilt, with little leather bootleg bag
Of single nails tied around his waist,
laying shingles on an outbuilding which
be proposes to use as chicken house, or,
possibly, wearing pair Of lime spat-
tered boots and finishing out chimney
as he cherrily calls for "More mort" He
likes to be busy, he says. DUTY done
IS the souls Preside" he remarked to me
as he put lot of nice fresh !
on his thumb, and showed me /
where a pretty little pink nail was 8
'prouting over the ruins of the other a
me. l
Mr.. Vanderbilt will. have one of the g
most extensive and beautiful, if not the t
most extensive, expensive and beautiful C
tome in the world when it is completed
)ne reason | have not yet finished up
ny place is that want first to see what 0
GEORGE does, and thus get the advantage b
# his experience He does not mind a
bat, he says. His house will be bigger il
Than Charlie Kuster's hotel at Laramie a
,ity, and will have hot and cold water il
md gas in every room. u
The servants will occupy rooms en- b
ireiy apart from the family. Mr.. Van
lerbilt viii keep help the year round. b
lie has set ont his pieplsnt already, and s
yesterday ordered span of horseradish il
tants. a
A railroad running from Biltmore, on tt