The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-08
Copyright, 1891, by Edgar w. Nye.l
Roam MOUNTAIN, N. c.

AT THE STAG BARK HICKORY
You have read about the corrugated
stomach of Sandow. Well, he cannot
attract any more attention in that way.
The red bug is about the size of IL
flake of cayenne pepper, and even the
adult would rattle around in pore of
the skin. He or She rs tho case may be,
burrows under the cults vera, or true
skin, and then, heating tho tail III Il
small alcohol lamp, proceeds to bore
even farther in.
have an unusually fair, white skin,
with shrimp pink welts on it this morn
ing and here and there n venetian red
sunset with Il wood tick in the center
like nature. Give me plenty of ma
ture to commune with and shay bark
hickory against which to agitatc my
back, and am as pleased as a child
am with party 1t is party who
would like to climb peaks in the hot
sun, while I want to get behind large
cool cataract and think They call me
indolent and hate me because am sat
istied with one full size mountain and
hesitate about scaling other peaks which
may not need it. So they call me the
universal mistruster and take the vic
tuals with them, and I've had to scale
four peaks that did not want to rather
than subsist on branch water, roots,
herbs and berries in their season
There is great deal of wild land
about here 1t is still sowing its wild
oats rs l write these lines A meeting
was held i'll June to promote inmigra-
ton into the south, there being so much
unimproved land. The convention was
held at Augusta, and the first half of
the session was devoted to the glad re-
union Of the governors of North and
South Carolina, who made addresses, rs
did most everybody else, and the day
was devoted entirely to Il general eli
comlum business. 1t is too bad that this
rhetorical embroidery and symposium
of wind could not give place to actual
business and these almost unboundcd
lands be opened up to settlement instead
OF running wild for ages while the own
ers pay taxes OH them for generations
and actually suffer for the necessities
of life.
The railroads, am sure, are more than
generous and show more signs of mean
ing business than anybody else perhaps
Offering many inducements to actual
settlers who wish to come either from
other portions of the United States or
from abroad, provided they can give the
best of references. Titled people, es-
pecially from Italy. would be expected
to bring good certificates of character
from their last place
We are having rather dry spell
now, and my garden looks like pros
porous baseball ground. 1 took my gar
dcncr week ago, and we both knocked
Oil work to go to the races. | give
rough drawing showing the effect of
watching race twice around the track
as viewed from the center of tho course
a fat lady was standing on one of my
feet, so that | could not move very well,
but wished to SEQ the finish of tho race
very much.
Below | give the result of normal
examination i'll Louisiana copied YER
batim from tho original paper 1t seems
almost too good to be true
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL OF LOUISIANA
l. ~ d. means in the year of our Lord.
2. Is. G. means time before Christ.
9. Alexander the Great was one of England's
greatest philosophers about the year 1900.
4. Perclcs was also philosopher of England
8. julius Caesar was native of Gaul. Was
the founder of tho Latin language. Was the
Gauls great commander.
o. William Tell is tho author OF Il piece in
the Fourth Reader where the one boy was
shooting the apple OFF the others head.
2. Charlemagno was IL native of France
Was archbishop of Normandy and adviser of
Edward ii.
8. The pyramids of Egypt arc among tho
wonders of the world. The roaring o, the wa
ter rs 1t shoots over the prccipices OF severa!
hundred feet can be heard for many miles.
%. The battle of Waterloo was fought be-
tween CORVALLIS and Burgoyne. in which
CORVALLIS army was victorious, making II
great number of the opposing army swim Tie
Mississippi river.
III. Tho battle of Gettysburg was fought be-
tween Generals Grant and Mead. During this
battle General Jackson came To the assistance
of General Mead, and the Fcderals were driven
back with great loss.
II. The battle OF Saratoga was ore OF the
greatest battles of the war. Ii WAS fought be-
tween Generals Cats and Burgoync. In which