The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-18

Democratic doctrine wss coming out
through the open window, together with
the flavor Of honest toll end uurecti6ed
spirits.
The road to Gombroon il eight miles in
length and reminds one IF Pennsylvania
avenue in some respecfs. The route
crosses and recrosses the Branch Just often
enough to keep the feet IF ones mules
tidy, and the powders witch you drive
over are we'll worthy of t4se attention of
the geoiogist. Four yeas ago I would
have said that the road to Gombroon was
rough and irregular but sizsce then i have
driven over Patten averofe and South
Main street in Asheville, as,d am gentler
in my judgment of mountsin roads since
that.
gathered from what Se:tator Vance let
fall while We were convershag on political
matters that he is q Democrat. So is Mrs.
Vance. Yet they had noea,ing to say of
the Republican nominees except in tone
OF the most kindly comm iseration. We
spoke very little on politicas matters. how
ever, as Maj. Wilson was there also. and if
anyone spoke of politics hs promptly but
gracefully changed the TOPIC of converse
ton by referring to the thifd party candi-
dates.
The nominees on the thisd party ticket
in North Carolina seem to sse having some
trouble already, one having been arrested
for using profane language in the post
office, another for carrying concealed
weapons, another charged with clipping
with his wiie's sister, ants another with
stealing hog from widow woman during
our late war. l trust thas these grave
charges will be refuted at ar early date.
Senator Vance has man' agricultural
ideas in common with my own. His
watermelons mature IN OctOber. So do
mine. He has been unsuccessful in per-
fecting a coreless baked apple from seed
ling trees. So have l. 3iis worthless
apple for train use has never reached ma
turity. Neither has my OWE.
But vegetables generally Fave done we'll
in both cases. We had an abundance of
all truck from the garden asd Irish pota-
toes that would do more fer home rule
than all the enthusiasm snd arnica of
those political meetings and stellated frac-
lures in Ireland, where all Joint discus
sions are held in the rum POINTS of that
liberty-lOving island.
Gombroon is a handsome GUNNER homo
built of native timber grOwn:0n the place,
cut on the place and hauiedsDy the Vance
mules-Peter and Repeter-ro little mill
down the Branch. where the timber was
sawed, dressed, kiln dried and prepared
for the building In digging for the
foundation a bed of beautiful building
sand was found, and a quarry was struck
within four-minute walk Of the house
boat and the speckled steers<E yether and
Nyether- Senator Vance eass1y hauled in
a few days stone enough 70 build the
foundation of the house.
The building is finished in the very
justly celebrated woods of North Caro-
lima, and l may be allowed At this point
to speak, hope, of the lack Of enthusiasm
shown IN the collection and preparation
of such things for the Big fair from
this state. 1t is doubtful if any
other state in the Union has such an un-
bounded wealth of beautiful woods, and
yet tremble when l think what feeble
showing it bids fair to make at Chicago.
Nebraska, which is a magnificent agricult-
ural state, but not celebrate6 as timber
state by any means, will furnish the 81 900
hammer with handle of Nebraska woods
with which to drive the last nail in the
woman's building. Why couldn't North
Carolina, with every variety e,f staple and
ornamental wood covering ting entire Blue
Ridge in this state to depth aof eighty or
100 feet, nerve herself up to Supplying the
handle of such a hammer? Ste would not
feel it in fifty years from now
Gombroom, with its oakeR stairs and
halls. its ceilings Of curly poplar and
maple, its rooms finished in cherry and
mountain mahogany. its library with
massive dark beams of natiYe wood and
Oaken floors. IL good advertisement of
what there is lying untouched and unde-
veloped in what Professor Gt4yot says is
the most magnificently WOODED mountain
range in the world.
Mr.. Suite, to whose mules I'VE were in
debted for delightful ride ofeight miles