The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-27
AMONG THE PINES.
. THINGS ABOUT THE NATIVES IN
POO . ,os CAROLINA WOODS.

uaiu Counter ana the mer-
seks on w Usut the store Strange
ehsn'- Loved For Computing Dis
....,. between Points
.urrer roaming in the piny
ls as Of North Carolina VIII uo ,,o
OO st,v confronted by sign Oh an; a
quenu ssy,nent printed in stenciled capita,
pounoeil hoard Q or feet square ana
etters :. ~ a nine tree. whereby the way,
bsled IN Is told of the manifold
jring nav buy at bargain store
y Southern Pines one i'e IN. - q con v s :"
. o.. EQUIV 1.-TWO pair of sox for ~ cents.
Dsln ether day visitor, curious 10 hn now
Inc e. r,apner Of "scz" it might De 'na'
vna ,s he he purchased for b cents PAIR,
couiu aror 70 patronize this bargain
wen. o He found the store. 1t was
COUNT hr;lding fully as large as a freight
franz DS It stood on the edge OF
, .'n LOT the remaining area beng occu-
p' ss Nv vineyard and strawberry peus
peu blackberry u patches. A strong fence
anu D.~ il. Facing the front OF the
surl SUR 'rss gate heavily barred against
s,Vie , ,mo The door of the store was
al MI, ,or locked, and there was no sign
esn ,:sa about the establishment. The
Of l,i9 10 customer made up his mind
, S" here was case where advertising
,na' ,,ot Maid. when he saw a placard on
n 10" door which gave notice to- the pnbic
.pe vi ."In the Back Yard. If You Want
:. rTo11ar ~
ma Acting ON this advice, the searcher
a.. cent socks "hollered. Presently
man appeared from somewhere BACK
u an. IN vou want to git in?" he asked.
pe;ng told that such was the visitors
in tbe man came forward, unbarred
.ha cate unlocked the door and let his
customer III. 10
.and don't want folks foolin round I'M
lose thew want to git in for bargains.
The socks were worth the money.
Won NAV be travelling for the first
time somewhere through North Caro-
lima hackwoods district, and, not having
a clear idea as to distances, you natural
" ston and ask the first native you come
tobow far it may be to So-and-so's place.
Eynecting to hear him reply that it is a
mile two miles, or whatever the dis
lance is in miles, you will undoubtedly
be surprised and puzzled when he says
after due deliberation:
"Well. sub, it's about two looks from
bvub. sub. | reckon May be two looks
an a Peep, though, sub. It's rleh
smart ways anyhow, sub. y
You are Obliged, of course, to ask 10
a solution of this puzzle and will thei
learn that a "lcok," as a measure o
distance, is the limit Of vision ahead o
YOU from the spot where you are, AM
il NAV be a turn in the road 100 yard
away or point mile or more distant
You travel to tho end Of that look,
and from there take another look to tn
farthest object in sight as your cours
lies and travel ON to that. If you haV
been told that your destination is tw
clocks" ahead, when you get totheend
the second look there you are. III 1t
two clocks" and "peep, you peep o
to one side of the road or the other frol
the second "look" and see the place yo
are after.
One time New Yorker went dow
to North Carolina to join some frlen'
who were hunting wild turkeys in Il
piny woods. They had gone out for
days sport when he arrived, and
started to hunt them up. Not haviI
found any sign of them after trampii
about for half day, he met native
an old road and asked him if he h
seen anything Of tho psrty.
eyes, sur" he replied. They're
this road yonduh. three looks and
hoct, sub 4"
The New Yorker thought the natl
was guying him and started on IL
huff He went on until he came tC
bridge, where he met another p
woods denizen at work, and he ask
that one the same question. The M
looked up the road. The farthest thi
in sight was big pine tree, nearly
mile away.
Yes, sub, see 'em 'smawnin, sub
he said. "They was jes bout one lo
an boot from hyuh then, sub. +"
The stranger glared at the man q
went grumbling ON his way. Just Def
he came TO the big pine tree anotl
native came out of the woods, and
New Yorker, with much misgivil
asked him the question he had put
the others.
"Oh, yes, subj" was the reply. "Tl
only jes' in hyuh boot, sub.
The native turned toward the woo
put hand on each side of his mo
and shouted a lusty:
"Hoo-o-o-o-oo-hootr'
In few seconds a similar cry ca
back from the woods.
Thar they is, subj exclaimed
native. That's them, sub. {"
And it was. They were two "loo
and "hoot' from the place where
New Yorker had first inquired for th
New York Sun.
He Likes Solitude.