French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-07
ROCK, THE HOME
OF JOHN T. STATION

the past eight or more years county
commissioner and good for two more,
having just been reelected without
opposition. The big house in the
bend was that OF MI. Stations.
We got out of our vehicle and had
quite a chat with Mr.. Station whom
we found a very ~congeniel talker. He
is a man whom the call of the city
has never lured, yet in this more or
less wilderness he and his family live
in luxury, so to speak. The Station
place is perhaps one OF the best farms
and homes in Raven Rock. Mr.. Sta
ton is a farmer in every n of the
! word. He has raised a family on the
farm and in his middle age, for he is
not an old man, he and Mrs. Station
and part of the children enjoy the
farm life more than ever since accum-
ulating enough of the worldly goods to
make his home comfortable.
A grand mountain spring just a few
steps from the house furnishes cold
pure water and is conveyed to the
house by cable. Mr.. StaIon gave us
an opportunity to sample some of his
fire APPLES 2rd IL doing so led us into
his cellar. l have heard of wine eel
lars, and the sort. but l have yet to
see the cellar that looked more in
viting than that of Mr.. Stations. A
short description is worth the while.
In the rear were piled up over fifty
bushels of fine apples, several varie-
ties. which MI. Station says he might
sell later. They will keep Indefinitely
in that cellar. Over on the side was
piled up bushels after bushels of
sweet and Irish potatoes, and the mar
ket prices are going up every day. In
n corner were too many jars of
preserves, fruits, etc., to count. l
asked Mr.. Station if he sold any of
them. He said no they were for per-
sonal use. He said Mrs. Station would
always say every year, 'well we had
better put up lots Of preserves and
jelly because there may not be anv
fruit next year." And so, Mr.. Station
says they always have two years sup
ply on hand. We saw a dozen big fine
pumpkins on the floor. And we spied
a barrel Or two in there which proved
TO contain vinegar. Mr.. Station said
that If we would spend the night he
would show US how to make apple
cider the next morning. There is no
doubt about it Mr.. Station is we'll pre-
pared for the high cost of living" We
did not ask him but we have a sneak
ing idea that he took no stock in that
talk of Mr.. Hughes lowering the cost
OF living. Anyway he did not take
any chances.
Steep Mountain Road.
Leaving Mr.. Stations after assurine
him that We did not vote against him
IN the recent election. our road be-
came wild and woody" In fact Mr.
station told us he always went to town
by Mountain Page road and no nv
Meirose. He assured us tho road was
steep but gave us to understand that
We were going down and not I'm to
MeIToSe. 1t was a typical mountain
pass. There is not a more pictur
eSque mountain trail in Henderson
county than this road leading to Mel
rose. 1t made sharp turns where
great lodges or rock overlan the
narrow road above and from thc
Preclpices can look down a hun
dred feet Or more into a mountain
stream.
me builders of this road no douh4
d half hundred years ago. gave
consideration to the percent of GRADE
ION you simply had to drop ~perpendicr-
lar in places almost and it was scar
NY companion n I both agreed thai
We would never again return on this
road If we got down safely this time
We reached Melrose safely. but VIZ
nave never yet convinced J. T. Pear
son. postmaster, store keeper ana
mayor Of Melrose that We came down
that road from Raven Rock in a Ford
The man who has an exalted oD;,l,
ion Of himself nearly always has q
poor opinion of human nature.-Cnica.
go News.