Asheville daily citizen., 1894-12-22

have been caIlcd together by the road
master for the purpose of sampling each
others tobacco and making mud pies
along the highway at 81 per day. The
bed cf the road is generally sunken sew
eral feet below the level Of the sea and
then plowed up and made mellow, like
all onion bed.
Where it is desired to defect stream
of rain across the rpadbed on q side hill,
instead of building culvert, the Tar
Heel civil engineer and scientist con.
structs a soft, wet diagonal ridge or cof.
fer dam Of red mud, which resembles the
newmade grave of postmaster; yet,
alas. it is not.
The loss on rolling stock hero is cast
ly 33 per cent, for have kept an &c.
curate account of it for three years, dur
ing which time my wagons, etc, have
been entirely renewed.
Landaus and yictorias are not used
much here, but hickory crotch like
an enlarged wishhone is attacked to an
aXletrce and mounted on pair Of cast
off wheels from the wreck Of four
wheel wagon, which completes the trap
unless ono should be high spirited and
want a box, in which case common
quail trap is nailed on the axle.
Naturally the pathmaster here is con
tent with things as he finds thcm-.or
as they find him. He does not lnurmur
or ropine, especially during hot weather
If you expect him to repine, you will
have to administer stimulants.
If q wood tick or W. n. G. flea should
attack him, he would heavo sigh as
the flea fled. Mayhap he would scratch
the place and say to the insect:
well, now | hope you're satisfied. {"
1t is the same with tho roads. If a
chuckhole gets formed in tho highway
and squirts gallon of yellow ochor into
his whiskers, he does not blaspheme.
He sees that the mud matches his whis
Kers, ana then he lets 1t dry. The wind
does the rest
Tho corduroy also originated here.
After 200 years of corduroy road some
of our physicians discovered that there
were no kidney diseases in this country,
and so many have come here to recover
from kidney troubles, but last year the
post mortem on several old settlers who
have used the corduroy roads a good
deal showed that they have no kidneys,
these features having disappeared after
q few generations.
But the material for making roads
here is good. In fact, that is about all
it is good for. Tho stone is not fit for
building purposes, and the soil is not ca.
pable Of even raising q disturbance.
Last year put $3.50 into seeds and $3.50
into gardener. ! also hired the ground
plowod and engaged night watchmar
to replace the ear mutfs on the sweet
corn in the still watches Of the night.
when slumber's chain hath bound us,
in case the July frost should come wher
we VOTED not, and yet my fageolet
beans cost mo : per dozen, and the cos
of the accursed garden prevented III,
sons matriculation at Johns Hopkins,
The roads arc in a sad state after {
long rain, They look like neglected
candy pull or q 81 mile mush and mill
sociable with nobody to it.
l feel this very keenly and am glaC
that the coored murderer who is no
ashamed to work is going to macadam
ize our roads. 1t Is such q delightful
climate, and there is so much of it tina
the roads, when improved, will ad,
greatly to our lives, so that those nov
, who are cut down at the age Of ll5 ma,
be hearty and we'll 10 or 20 years Ion
ger
I With such advantages otherwise
seems wrong that at certain seasons Q
! tho year we farmers should have to d
our marketing with roam heifer an
. canoe, We have a glorious climate tn
year round, and people come here fror
: the four corners Of the earth to get ri
Of their tuberclos, but the roads are 6
, rough that one has to hold in his broad
or principles with ono hand and his al
A pendicitis with the other for miles ut
, time.
4 II congres,-but never mind. That
, impossible Possibly the president-br
, no, he wouldn't sign II. For two yeal
/ we will be only too glad II tho execr
!. tive and legislative branches Of the 90,
ernment will prevent each other frol
I doing anything.
I But though I'm not very much Of
l politician believe that we had bett,
. sltp sending Bibles to other nations u
til We have something 10 show for rcal
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