The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-29

laFe 10 Qfillk, ana mat tney WOulC!
lave to walk there bare-footed
With no protection from the scor-
pion's sting; and how the old gen
tleman below would stir them III
With his pitchfork of hot iron;
| and he begged them to come to.
the altar in order that they..migh,-
enter into the blessed land OF:
Heaven and not go to the land of
everlasting pain and suffering;
but not negro moved. The old
preacher began to think that he
had lost his rabbits foot, and he
again described, If possible, Heav-
| Ell to be more beautiful and the.
internal regions more to be feared.
But yet not a negro came. The
old preacher was very much moved.
| 1t appeared as if he was about to
lose his reputation, and, worse
than all, his grub, for that depend
ed upon his success in this line.
4 happy thought struck him:
''Now, brethren, l wish to tell
you that this is surely in the lids
| Of the Bible. I will not pretend
to tell you the book, the chapter
or the verse, but 1 tell you breth-
rem, it is surely there, and that is,
that not a watermelon grows in
hell" They Immediately rushed
to the altar by the hundreds and
exclaimed, ,excitedly, "Pray for us,
brudder, pray for us. Keep us
from the land where the water
melon don't grow. We can stand
that extreme heat, the sulphur, the
scorpions and everything else, ,;,but
pray for us, Oh! pray for us, and
keep us from tie la1.d where the
watermelon don't grow" After
that the old negro preacher had
no trouble.
1t is also the land of the magno-
LA, japonica, cape jasmine, olean-
| der, crepe myrtle, hydrangea, rose,
| lily, snowdrop, modest violet, and
1.-The beautiful hearts ease, and of
every other flower which wishes to
kiss with its pearly and dewy lips
the first bright and congenial rays
of the morning sun, the land where
! you are awakened in the morning
by the whistle of the wren and are
lulled to sleep atnight by the sound
of the mocking bird. Come to this
land, oh come, and receive the
blessings.
And Tennessee has no cause tC
blush on account of her mother
I North Carolina, taken as a whole
The latter State, as you know, il
bounded on the north by Virginia
, on the east by the Atlantic ocean
on the south by South Carolina
; and Oh the west by what? By you
I, own and dear Tennessee. It is abou
g five hundred and three miles lon,
and it's average breadth is abou
one hundred miles. It has NOR
: cotton mills than any Southern
e State; the largest fisheries in tn
e Union, if not in the world great
! er variety of minerals and preciou
e stones than any other State in th
> Union; comes nearer to producin
& every crop found in the census re
g port of the United States than an
4 other State; contains as fine lum
II ber as can be found in the Unite
le States. Her climate is such tina
II the health resorts of the worl
/ should be built upon her mountai
* tops her peaks and in her valley
"a and on her plains. There arise
ie in the Gulf of Mexico a strea1
= known as the Gulf Stream.
/ comes up the coast of the Atlant
TO and when it comes to North Car,
le lima it bends lovingly toward HI
p shores, and for that reason she h;
n, along her coast all almost tropic
Il climate.
y, But, after all, her main glo1
lo lies in the manhood, integrity al
Us honesty Of her sons; the purity
us her matrons, and the
III BEAUTY, VIRTUE AND GENTLENE
7s' of her maidens. In 1866 she l
ge fused to let the stamps be land
no in Wilmington; took the Govern
III out of his house in broad daylig
q and made him swear he would u
lo' perform that part of his office. A
tx, the parties in that act were L
III disguised, either. The Boston I
- party was in 1773, but the part
at' who did the act We're disguis
k u Every school boy can tell you
ao' the Boston tea party, but how t
u II can tell you of the act in Wilmil
ton, in our Southern land! I
sfat battle of Alamance, where the Fl
AK blood of the revolution was sh
Is a was in I'LL. Mecklenburg Cd
MAJ laration of Independence,) \
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