The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-07

1t is curious to watch their ways
Those who are used to the pens cayOr
a little and then begin grazing a few
yards away, the branded colts joining
their mothers. but some of tn" wild
fellows make a run for il into the
scrub.
Getting The Into Boats.
Then follows another curious sight
10 an ~up-cOuntry visitor, the getting
of the animals which have been
bought into the boats, so hat they
can be carried away. Here comes
more fighting. and-Xath great splash
ing Of water. for the mode of shipping
the ponies is as crude as the way OF
catching them, that is the pennlng.
They are put aboard the boats and
the stamping OF their feet can soon be
heard a long distance. There is al
ways a fleet of boats and a person
sailing through the sounds can easily
tell that either a pony penning or a
camp meeting is in progress near such
d fleet on the beach.
Wheeled vehicles are at a discount
in that part of the country. and ell
the world is afloat. Nowhere in the
United States are negroes scarcer than
| along this strip Of coast between
Beaufort and HatteraS, as we'll as in
Mitchell county, n. c., along the Ten
nessee border, and this has always
| been the case.
Quaint OcracOke.
1t has been stated that Ocracoke
beach is very low, and it is quaint to
the last degree. Passing out OF the
narrower sounds, Pamlico sound, the
largest body OF fresh water in his
country next to the Great Lakes, has
in part to be traversed and the boat
passes a light house miles out in the
rather shallow water of this big
| Corn6 thu rnoin1a" nd 4oc NL;~A
lies misty. miles away.
The boat is Steered for Ocracoke
and the latter'S trees and houses come
into view dimly, but on a stretch of
beach across a narrow inlet stand
what looks like big dry goods boxes
on what appears to be a t%reeiess
waste. h is the village of Ports
mouth. where the houses are built on
plies and where frequently the water
breaches and banks from the ocean
and passes on in a foaming sheet into
the sound.
Ocracoke looks quite green in com
p arison with its numerous liveoakS.
big fig trees and its old-fashioned
white light house rising amidst the
%greenery. 1t all looks like something
out of a moving picture. Going into
the tow one finds not a single stree.
or alley. The only way Of gettin.,
about is through one yard to another
and in many yards there are grave
stones.
Bay Divides Village.
5 The town or village IS divided into
two parts by a beautiful bay, az
, graceful, though small. as any in the
, world, and at the mouth Of this, for
: it is entered from the sound side, is d
l famous factory where CLAIMS are pul
: up. Around the curving shore Of this
| bay is a sort Of driveway and on the
| ocean side, for the beach is very mar
row between bay and ocean is the Ode
Fellows Lodge. The latter is the ''ti.
which binds the two sections of tne
village, known as the Pint" and tbs
Neck" the respective inhabitants be
D ing locally classed as "Pinters'' o.
"Neckers." The ocean beach, quite
wide in part and with hardly any
slope, stretches like a gigantic sheet o
silver, dazzling in its whiteness. Their,
r are bits of cool green grass in thu
e village and the scenes at the light
house are as quaint as any in tn,
e State. Up the winding stairs Of thi
circular brick structure one goes t.
e the ookou on top and gets a view
which is as foreign as can be imagin
ed, sees the quiet life of the com
munity at the very feet: sees the grea
g ships coming and going on the ocean
y and other vessels passing o tn,
S sound.
d HOnae Of First.
This favored coast of North Caro-
o lima, guarded by the barrier rec
y which extends over half its stretch. i
s naturally a home for fish. shellfs]
j. and birds, and now the latter ar
q coming to their own again. under pro
II lection. Whites pictures show tn
re old profusion of life along the coas
and the ways of catching fish III weirs
The fishing business is important a
g Ocracoke. but claiming is a big trade
i and all along the sound ShOr. ar
q what look like boxes on stills, risin
n out of the shallow water. These ar
aS blinds or boxes from which i
"a winter time men shoot the geese an
lie ducks, including the brant; the shoot
lie ers being usually natives who arr Kill
It. ing for the market, but not a fe'
I'd sportsmen go to that part of the coun
a try, for it is we'll known in the Ne'
IS England and Middle States.
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