The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-06-15

Win pile OIL leaves as bed ana
the pale blue sky as covering, Gov
ernor b. w. Hooper spent last Friday
night close to nature at an altitude of
near.y 5000 feet on the English noun
tain. With him were few mountain
folk who kept the log fire ablaze
throughout the night, while hounds
in the chase of the elusive fox furnished
sweet music for hours. No other gov
ernor ever had an outing just like this
one of Governor Hooper, and his camp
was pitched twelve good mountain
miles from a railroad and where a
vehicle could not penetrate. He was
good and tired, however, and the blaze
from the fires, nor the light from the
clear moon could keep him awake, as
the six mile hike up the side of the
mountain had put him in shape for
repose. From the manner in which
he handled the barbecued meat of the
fatted calf, it would be hard to imagine
that the governor is in the mountains
for his health and that his physician
had ordered that he take complete
rest. Able bodied men, men whose
nerves have not been shattered by
sleepness nights trying to figure what
John Houk and John Isaac Cox were
scheming to do, endeavored to stay
with the governor on his trip over the
mountains, but either backed out and
turned back when half way,or crawled
into the camp footsore and weary,
while the governor finished as strong
as he had started, walking free and
easy at the end.
While he has been staying at Car
sons Springs the governor has been To-
Gated at the foot OF the English noun.
-tains. Politicians have bothered him
but little and he has been getting the
rest his physician had prescribed
Occasionally mountaineer would
come over the hills, just for the privi.
lege of shaking hands with the COVER
nor. They told OF the presence of .
large number of men who were fatten
ing their cattle on the top of the Eng
lish mountain and expressed the wish
that the governor would soon get strong
enough TO try a tramp to the camp
and spend the night in the open witt
them. He promised these men tht
treat which they had looked forth lt
and Lewis Owenby, timber mar
decided that the event should be cele
brated with barbecue and so wher
the governor announced that he wout
spend Friday night with them, they
spread the news in three counties
Sewer, Jefferson and Cooke, and til,
men fro... the headquarters of Boguart
and Wilhite creeks were eager to takt
part. The governor was told that III,
trip would consist Of about three mile,
of steep climbing, SO accompanied b,
a party OF friends from Newport con
sisting of Trustee Harrison Sexton
County Court Clerk John Holt, A. A
Gates, Rep. F. w. Parfott, B. d. Jone
Geo. German, Winfield Kyker AM
b. L. Susong he set forth for the tri
at / p. m. Friday. With owenby a
guide the party made the clint
breaking limbs here and there 10 en-
able other parties following TO deter
4 mine. the direction and after thre
miles of almost perpendicular climbin
! the party arrived at the old Brisge
farm, located nearly 1900 feet abov
sea level. Here they found clover AIN
blue grass and on all sides the beautifc
red honeysuckle was in bloom. Thi
, farm was once celebrated place, bu
, the underbrush has been allowed t
i grow up, the old house has been d.
stroyed by fire, and the old orchard
lall that remains of that place. A