The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-29

ter. less nervous, went in the house TO con-
graduate aunt Dinah On her not being
dead and made the mistake of telling
her that she had brought the flowers to
place on her coffin. This information
gave Aunt Dinah the horrors, aud she.
instead of expressing gratitude for the
kind intentions fairly took mi-ladies
breath away by exclaim,ng, Il amt dead?
] amt been dead? | amt err glne ter
die? An I thinks nobody to be pokln'
roun' buyin' grave flowers fur ne? Seems
lack yer mighty anxious TO git shet Ell
me, but bless Cod Use here VT. Tcck
dem flngs away? Teck EN- away | tells
w an don't Yer cum messin' erroun'
here no more lack dat? Dem fiorams
makes me sick tells ye, teck 'em erway
er fore God I'll bust EN- UP wild de far
shchel"
The young lady left faster than she had
come, especially as she had just been in
formed by the driver th9t her sister was
''horse du combat down the street. The
funeral wreaths can De bought for 80
cents.
BUILDING BUILDINGS.
New families continue to move into
Greensboro, and the demand for dwellings
cannot be supplied by the real estate
agents. One of those characters who
can never be satisfied with what is. was
hewailirg this morning the lack of en-
terprise on the part OF fnonied men, for
not investing more money in building resi-
denct for rent, when he was taken aback
by a local capitalist with the following
statement: you don't know what you
are talking about Since July 1st | have
myself had built for rent. u residences
of from seven to eight rooms each, and
would keep On building during the winter
if | had the ready capital. for every build
ms is paying Il good interest and | have
calls FOR more every dav. More than
this, I know Of eighteen other good dwell
ings. that have been built in the past
three months for rent alone and all were
taken before they were completed. It's
well enough TO talk about building houses.
but it is different thing to build very
many when q modern house and lot costs
all the way from s2,00a to $4,000 at the
very lowest to suit the demands OF the
better class of tenants
In spite % the constant building.
Greensboro needs right now. at least goo
new dwellings for rent, OF from three to
five rooms each. but it seems impossible
TO get them built fast enough.
you are right about it," said another
gentleman. II myself am preparing to
build twenty houses out on the West
Side and 1t takes q heap OF money "
But" said he, turning to the reporter
present, don't you mention it, for such
things are so common in Greensboro. it
has ceased to be news. and your papers
will not print it.
In spite or this constant building here.
bn o.k hud Nd
need of houses for new home seekers. AT
least two hundred dwellings of from three
10 five rooms are as badly needed as are
these Of seven and more rooms.
ORNITHOLOGICALLY SPEAKING.
Mr.. D. 3. Todd, of Greensboro returned
from visit TO his father, Capt. ]. w.
Todd at Jefferson.s Ashe county, the day
before Thanksgiving. The date Is I'M
portant because those who partook of
the sumptuous dinner at the Benbow
Hotel, will not soon forget the delectabe
dish Of wild mountain pheasants served,
and these pheasants were killed by Mr..
Todd, and he brought them across the
mountains. royal gift to ''mine royal
host Benbow.
Mr.. Todd spent two weeks in Ashe. and
was good shot enough TO bag thirty pleas
ants while there. Shooting pheasants,
as all who have tried it know. is another
thing from bagging quail, Although about
three times as large as a quail or part
ridge, and looking like cross between
the latter and the pheasant is
a knowing bird. In the first place, when
you kick one up in the brush. it tries TO
confuse you, by its untimely and nerve
wrecking whir, splutteration and drum
ming; by the time one gets the compo-
cure TO shoot. the willy bird. with the
speed Of a bullet and the cunning of fox,
has been smart enough to get big tree !
between you and it, and TO keep on |
dead Inc out of range, SO that It is next |
to impossible to get d bird unless party |
of hunters 20 along. Mr.. Todd says where |
four OF five are flushed, aud there are |
plenty Of trees each bird selects a separate |
tree. if it is on a line with the gun. but if
there Is only one tree, they will fly a |
beautiful tandem, without veering hairs |
breadth from the proper line. Mr. Todd |
impaired this explanation OF the fact |
that as good a shot as he is known to be. |
ne killed only thirty pheasants out of |
over 150 shots. Two OF them we're killed |
In sight OF the CORPORATION limits of JEFF |
ferson. He says that pheasants go in COW /
eys IN the summer and early fall but by |
this time of yeaT they have generally |
mated into palrs.
LAND OF PLENTY.
Prof. Martin Fl. Holt. of Oak Ridge. |
makes 50 bushels of corn TO the acre on
his reputed poor ridge land there. said