The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-11

Beside a section like LIN
coin county the Bonanza
mines of Nevada are like a
Handful of pennies dropped
lin a contribution box.
LincOlnton. May S.-One Of the most
Troublesome Of all maladies that af-
flict mankind is that of the restless
foot. You no sooner think that you
have it suppressed in one foot than
il breaks out in the other. I had
barely reached my home from wan
deriuc in eastern North Carolina than
found myself out again parting with
nay small income to the railroad COM
pany for setting me down in the up
bands of Lincoln county.
No matter where we go in North
Carolina there is the same charm Of
landscape. Of scenery and of historical
Tradition and tale. 1t is hardly fair
IT, offer comparisons, yet it is fair to
say that the traveller will journey a
hong distance before he will find a spot
that has been more kindly dealt with
BY nature and circumstances than Lin
colin county. Spring is a time to see
The hills Of North Carolina. hill
has it's own advantages. A hill is the
home of the panorama CT Nature.
From the summit you can see the
world spread out before you. In the
clear air Of the highlands the range
OF vision is extensive, and in the pic
ture is the abridged history of the
race. The church tops the eastern
rise with Gods acre beneath the
giant tree. The school house is COM
panion guarding the opposite knob
There is the alpha and the omega. AT
fhe baptismal font of the ancient
Sanctuary life commenced, and there
on each recurring Sabbath day came
the little feet on their constant pill.
grimage to the shrine. About that
hilltop cluster the memories of child
hood. and Of manhood and Of old age
What romances are woven by the fee
that have trod the road that disap
pears beyond the rm-houSe at tn,
end of the bridge. History is wrapped
up in the fragment that the guide
gives you as he points to the slope OF
which are still found traces of th'
graves OF men who fell In the battle o
Ramseurs mill in the days Of the rev
| olution.
You get interested in these thing
as the field is opened in front Of you
The battle was not a great one, tn
historians telling that some sevent,
men were killed and probably tw
hundred wounded, but it was an i'm
Dortant event in local affairs, and ha
Its influence in discouraging the Brit
iSh in their efforts to control the colo
MES.
CORVALLIS Passed Through.
CORVALLIS, in his march to catc
Morgan in 1881. passed up through tn
nils Of Lincoln county and campe
on January "a at Ramseur's mill:
close to the scene of the battle.
From the hill tops the folks poir
out the locations Of the old iron fuI
haees and tell you that back a hun
cred years or so ago here was the sea
ol right thriving iron Industry. Iro
Is the name Of a station on the raj
road to this day. and the older one
teii OF the Nesuvius furnace, and Bre
Yards forge, and of the Famous Bre
Nard family, and the Forneys, and tn
Nrahams. who were iron masters
century ago, and that Graham, tn
secretary of Navy, was one of tn
'lahams Of Lincoln, and present.
YOU are thoroughly alive in the men
"iN OF colonial and early history
the country.
Lincolnton is a fitting village
'i"Wn one of the most interesting hill
~ the county. A quaint old cour
mouse stands in the center of the time
IGNORED public square, and two hote
ul the older day stand sentinels c
"pPosite sides of the square to give a
ancient setting to the scene. One
ne taVerns under the compulsion
modern progress has added lars
ne" wing, but it has not had the G
ltSt OF robbing the old house of i
'tturesque old appearance. Ne
tihSs and old things stand neighb,
each other all up and down tt
image streets. Old homes that we
Homes OF the first inhabitants of u
-dNd North Carolina are sharDly CO.