The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-11-14
Y0unc 0l0 TAR HEElS.
A Corner OF North Carolina wb-rs
Years ar. Lightly horne

that are alive and kicking d ,wn
there yet" said Il. w Horton, of
Burke county, North Carolina "At
Cherry Mount moi long before j
came Nor h / st"pred 10 chat
minute or 40 with Aunt SAllie Crow
der "a she was mixing the coss,
while h. r. husband, Uncle Amy,
was chopping fir~wo ii nearby 18th
q swing To his axe a. hearty a.
woOdman's. Aunt Sallio bad passed
her ninetieth year and Uncle Andy
was %
Gas / was driving one day to
Rutherford, In Rutherford county,
! met ex-SherIf Andy Long going
home. He was riding risky
mule. He stopped aud stopped.
"How old Is that mule, Sheriff.
/ asked him.
"Well, sub, said he, 'they say
mules get 10 BIG wOwerful old, but
II this here mule lives to be a. old
a. / am he'll have TO live ninety
three years yet. He's just three
years old, this mule Is
"'Great Gabriel's hornv / ex.
claimed. You're not 90, are you,
Sheriff.
'Ninety.six last Tuesday he re-
piled, and away he went on his
three. year-old mule, az clipper as a
cricket.
81 met Uncle Billy Wade not
long afterward and asked him if
he had any idea how old Sheriff
Andy Long was, tor thought the
old fellow was stretching IT little.
Uncle Billy was busy at his forge,
for he il a worker in iron and brass
Al well as carpenter and wagon
maker. He didn't answer me until
he had finish d a job of welding.
Then he pondered a moment aid
said:
"'Well, the Sheriff is either three
or four years older than / am
three, | think; and / am 93 past
"John Long and his brother
Preston were gathering their corn
AZ l came along by their place. They
are brothers Of Sheriff Andy. stop
ped, and couldn't help referring to
the amazing age and vigOr Of Andy
as well AZ to the haleness and hardi
ness Of their neighbor, Uncle Billy
Wade, at SO.
why, yes,' said Preston Long
'they are doing quite well for men
Of their age. but 1 reckon me and
John here'll be right smart our
selves when we git to be as old as
they are. John'll have to live
longer than / will, though, to gel
to be as old as Andy or Uncle Billy
Is. John is only 80 now. He's the
baby of the family. III be 92 in 6
month from now
"Then John Long wanted tC
know Ii had heard about Aunt
'Rintha COvington. 1 said | hadn't
"She sprained her ankle sale
John, 'and she says she's mighty
glad she amt so old as Granny
Holifeld, of Ellenboro, or she'd b,
fearsome she'd be lame for the res
Of her life. She's only comm 81
Aunt 'Rintha is.'
"'How old Is Granny Holifeld
for goodness sake,' said.
Granny" replied John. 'Lemmt
see, Preston. Is it 1l6 or III tina
Granny Holifield is?'
"Hundred and seventeen past,
said Preston. 'And the record of i
is down, too
"And 1 found out later that sucl
was the case.
"And Aunt Charlotte Witesides,
continued John Long. 'Did yol
hear about her?'
81 told him I had not.
"Aunt Charlotte is Aunt 'Rintha'
young sister. She's only 80. heart
you speaking of Aunt Sally Crow
der. Well, Aunt 'Rintha Coving
ton and Aunt Charlotte Whiteside
are both sisters of Aunt Sallie's
You know Bill Struther's old bill,
goat, Captain Kidd, don't your
81 had often heard of that ugl,
old goat that everybody in it
neighborhood was afraid of.
"'Well, SIR said John, "tha
goat has out-butted every negr
. they could get to go ag'in him an,
run everybody out of the pastur
lot that dared to try and go across it
Aunt Charlotte went out to gathe
snakeroot and other roots and yarb
the other day and she took shor
cut across the pasture lot. TIL
fightin' goat seen her and went to
her at once. He butted her owe
before Aunt Charlotte knew wha
was comm. When she got up an,
saw the goat standin' there ready t
come agin, she grabbed him by tn
whiskers and the horns and fioppe
him on his back so quick in almoe
made his eyes bulge, and before h
could get over his surprise sh
knocked him all the way out wit
fence rail. She went on her wa,
and by and by the goat came to, bu
they say that whenever he see
Aunt Charlotte come into that feel
he goes way over to tother side q
it,
al found out elsewhere that
was fact about Aunt Chariot
licking that goat terror, just as job
Long had told me. Uncle Bo
baltimore confirmed the statement
Uncle Bob had just come in from
days quail hunting when sa,
him. He had nice bag of bird
too.
"'Yes, STRIP said he. Aunt Cha
lotte fxed that pesky Captain kidd
and mighty uuick too che did