The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17

interest, and are counted among its
truest educational and political institu-
tons. The fact that it sustains a daily
paper shows that Washington is in the
! van of 1--we towns.
a new industry here is the chemical
plant for distillation Of spiritine from
pitch pine.
4 modern city hall with town clock.
Jail, and ii stately court house, and fine
market house are the public buildings
which grace the town. Speaking of the
market house: this is an ideal place
TO live. This season of the year Mt
the market the housekeeper finds the.
best fish and oysters at prices so mod
crate as to surprise the 'land-lubber.'.
with game and sometimes venison and
wild bear. An up country man who
has a limited market would be delight
cd with the market here and the visitor
is delighted with the fare that is set
before him.
Washington's strong point is its health
record. Here is the record of the eli
mate: Average temperature, 81 degrees
Fahrenheit, as follows: Spring, IS de-
grees; summer. "a degrees; autumn. e.
degrees; winter, 40 degrees. Rainfall
average precipitation, 55.23 inches, as fol-
lows: Spring. 1885; summer, 1904: au-
tumn, 1910; winter, 1924. 1t has a sa-
luxurious, healthy climate; no extremes of
heat or cold. The death rate here is
u per 1000
As / was walking up Market street
yesterday | met a lovely little girl.
whose parents live in Raleigh, who is
visiting her grandparents. She was not
very well in August and came here for
u change. She hasn't had a sick day
since. a lady, wife of leading citizen,
said: Not a member Of my family ever
had malaria until this fall when my
daughter went up the country to school
and had malaria
| have written hurriedly and with linn
tied information about this good town
its industries and its growth. | wish
| had the power to give a faithful pen-
picture of what makes it one of the
most delightful spots in the world--its
people They are among the elect of this
hemisphere; "a peculiar people" in their
high ideals; generous and warm-hears-
cd people in their mutual helpfulness and
regard for one another; a cultivated ana
refined people, dispensing an unostenta-
tious hospitality that was as gracious in
the poverty that followed the war as
when their dinners are served in cours-
es; an apreciative people, honoring their
own citizens and not observing the max
i'm "a prophet is not without honor save
in his own country" n religious people,
holding to the faith once delivered; and
having no welcome for the "isms' that
afflict portions of our land; progressive
people, entering actively in all lines of
progress that look to the material pros
pe1ity Of their town and section; cath
olic people giving the widest limit to all
faiths and beliefs, and maintaining among
the churches brotherly love and Co
operation that tend to better things: Il
patriotic people, honoring the dead who
gave up life for principle and standing
for civic patriotism: Il noble people, Civ
ing glad welcome and assistance to all
new corners and making visitors feel that
they are truly at last in Gods own
country" These are some of the at
tributes of the population of this good
town. and the better | know the people,
the gladder / ann that / was born here
and / advise every one who wishes to
be born in a town Of which he will al
ways be proud and among a people VINO
have as many graces as man can
possess. to be born here. He will never
regret it. even if the town should have
cause to do so. j. ID.