Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-04

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noan1aia section OF burke coaaty, n c. whiea
+ one Of the most remarkable record. Il ss
except the Sertptzral story Of Sarah Mrs.
William E. smith. Of Upper Fora township.
gave birth 20 = ch1d- circumstance Which
wocsd have created very little comment In <he
South mountain had II not cssn that the day
On xkich ths child 1as bora happsnsd 20 BE
Nrs smith's ssvsntieth birthday. The child
vas alive and vel formsd and thu ply sici2ls
I'll say this osAts the record
Ii Is not SO common at the age OF
eighty or ninety TO be able to read hne
print ia the mountains. because SOHO
have neglected to read coarse print while
young, but health and long life and .
pleasing mixture OF children and grand
children are features Of this most won
derful air.
But I hardly feel hike engaging help
here that is troubled with hip disease,
for half Of these crippies recover 50 soon
that they run away before can supply
their places ! got good man 10 help
ms with light work (as he had formerly
worked in lighthousel He had eleven
hemorrhsges on the way here and was
brought ON a mattress TO the house. but
the following morning he quarreled
with the man who brought his trunk.
and breaking the poor baggage mans
law with . single blow declared he
would not live in such - lawless
country and rode back to East Hamp-
ton, Mass, ON my bicycle.
We only AJAX that people who are bono
ited by our climate viii give it proper
credit. II grieves us like everything to
have friends come here breathing with
anything they can get hold OF and then
60 away with large, nice. new red lungs
and claim that it was Bears soap that
did it That makes us irritated and
cholerio.
Come freely with your abcesses and
PARKWAY looks. your autobiography
Uncle-Tom air, your tallyhoes and
tubercles. Bring them al. Come and
cough up with the country. But when
the glow Of health as you ride horseback
comes to your well rounded cheeks, and
also to the place under the saddle where
the hair is worn OF the back Of the de-
jected horse, do not go back home and
say that You owe it entirely to pro
tective tariff.
The item In the Atlanta Constitution
IL true, but not complete. 1t should
have added that while Mrs Smith was
celebrating her SEVENTEEN birthday Mr.
Smith. her husband, was working alone
on my Justly celebrated well, which j;
ZOE feet deep, and bringing up the granite
fragments in q bushel basket held IN his
teeth, running up and down the ropt
hand over hand like cat, and cleaning
out the we'll preparatory TO putting in
the plumbing. Mrs. Smith is his second
wife, and they have lived together a.
man and wife for fifty years.
During the war they lived on q banl
Of edible clay and distant relative
Mr.. Smith regards his present health a.
. result entirely of the ozone and I'm
restrained ballot Of this state.
He has been mistaken several times
for another William E. Smith, of Lower
Fork township, who is one Of the pro
foundest liars in the state. barring none
This has given Mr.. Smith cause for much
sorrow, and he has often wished that h
was dead, but that is out Of the ques
ton in this climate.
Asheville has large and prosperoul
cemetery filed entirely with people from
the north who waited five or ten min
utee too late before coming here. Health
here is so good and one feels so perfectl,
vigorous that the monotonous lonsevit,
drives some to drink. The pale, whit,
juice Of tho EARLY Dent corn Is used To-
this purpose, and yields . grateful
warmth, followed by healthy glow
and afterwarl by coma. stertorou
breathing, incoherent inutterings ant
other signs of the third party.
A valued friend writes from Chicago
1--WE certainly not only rival New York
but far exceed her in one thing-vix., thu
impotence ard worthlessness of serv
ants. Continuing. she says: II hav'
lived In Chicago for nearly forty year
and never yet have seen such ute
horror in the outlook for employer
Of servants. We get as many greer
servants as New York, or more, and Will
arrogance and impudence added 70
every mile they como by rail. Can yc.