The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-21
AMONG THE PINES.
ODD THINGS ABOUT THE NATIVES IN
NORTH CAROLINA WOODS.


chant-IIe Kept the Store Strange
Method Employed For Computing Di..
tancca between Points.
The foiourncr roaming IN the piny
woods of North Carolina will be- M.
qucntly confronted hy sign or an.
nouncomcnt printed IN stoncilod capital
loticn on board 2 or feet square and
nailed % a pine tree whereby tho way.
farlng man b. told Il tho manifold
things he may buy at n bargain storc"
At Southern Pines, one item Ia the lisi
being 1.-TWO pair Of sox for 10 cents. &"
The other day visitor. curious 10 know
what manner 81 "sox" u might b. that
could b. purchased for Q cents a pair.
went over 20 paironizo this bargain
counter. Tie found the stNro. Il was
frame building fully a. large a. a freight
train cahoosc. II stood on the edge Of
big LOT, the remaining ARA being occu.
pied by a vineyard ard strawberry beds
and blackberry patches A strong fence
surrounded a. Facing the front u the
st0rc was a gate heavily harrcd against
al cUnora The door Of the store was
evidently locked, and there was no sign
Of life about the establishment The
would h. customer made up hts mind
that here was q caso where advertising
had not paid, when ho saw d placard on
tho door which gave notice 10 the public
thus I'm the Back Yard. II You Want
Me Hollor"
Acting on this advice. the scnrcher
after cent socks "hollorod " Presently
a man appeared from somewhere back
Of the store
"Do you want 90 pit ini' b. askod.
Being told that such was the visitors
wish. the man came forward. unharrtd
the gate. unlocked the door and lei his
customer in
I'm workin mp my garden. said be-,
'and don . want folks foolin round un-
les they want 30 git In for bargains
Tho Eocl,s wcru worth che money.
You may BE- travelling for tho first
time somowhore through a North Caro-.
lima backwooiH district, and, not having
% clear idea o. 10 distances, you natural
ly stop and ask The hrst native yuu como
90 how Gar itmay he Co so-and-so'spla
Expecting 30 hear him Cply that 10 b u
mile. two miles "a whatever the dis
tanc' D. In miles yuu will undoubtedly
b. surprised and puzzled when h. sayr.
after due deliheraiion;
"Wel. sub. it's about two looks from
hyuh, sab. ! reckon May D. two looks
an a pep though. sub. IT, n right
smart ways. anyhow, sub.
You are obliged. u course. o. ak foi
a solution Of this puzzle and will then
learn that look. a. a measure oi
distance. u The limit ~ vision ahead oi
you frUm the SPOT whcro You arp. and
10 may D. a turn IN tho road 100 yard.
away Cr n point a mile or mOrc distant
You travel % the end 81 that look. %
and frum there take another look 90 thu
farihcst object IN sight as your cours.
lies and travel on o. that II you hay,
been told that your destination Is tive
looks" ahead. when you g,t totheond II
the second look there you arr. II u d.
two looks" and a peep " you pocp %
90 one side a the road or the other from
The socOnd look" and sc the place you
arr after.
One time a New Yorker went down
90 North Carolina % Join some friend.
who wcro hunting wild turkeys IN "a,
piny woods They had Fono cut for d
days sport whom d. arrived. and b,
started % hunt them up Not having
found any sign Of them after trampinl
about for half a day. b. met a native iu
an old rosd and asked him u b. had
soCn anything a. tho pgrty.
Eye, sur" b. replied They're uT
this road yonduh, threo looks and d
hoot. sub "
The New Yorker thought the nativ,
was guying him and started On IN q
hui. lie went on until be- came 90 d
bridge, whCrc ho met another piuy
woods dcnizu az work. and b. asked
that enc The same question. The man
looked az tho road The fartho.t thing
IN sight was n big pine trco. nearly d
mile away
"Ycs, suh, I sec EN- 'smawnin, ssh. %
be said They was ics' bout ono loOh
an a boot from hyuh. then, sub "
The stranger plarCd NJ the man and
went grumbling GA hiswuy. Just tofurJ
BE- came 10 the big pine treo another
native came cut Cf the woods. and the
New Yorker. with much misgiving.
asked him the question be had put q
the Others.
"oh, ycs. uhw was the rply They
only ios' IN hyuh a hoot. sub
The native TUNED toward the woods,
put a hand on each side u his mouth
and shouted a lusty;
'Hco-o-o-O-oo-hootr'
In a few seconds a similar CRY came
back from the wools
Thar they h. suhw exclaimed che
native That's them. sub "
And Il was They VIEW two looks
and "hoot" from the place whcrc IN,
New Yorker had first inQuircd for them,
Now York sun
ne Ilkes solitude.
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