Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1926-07-22
A'CHERRY S !. UP
mold i >TAUGA
Thrills to a " eveling in Cher,
ry Tref m Boyhood
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(By " Hurrygraph)

going to a circus. | went a'cherry-
ing up near the top of the state Fri
day. | wanted to frisk in a cherry
tree as in the days of my boyhood,
and transfer the fruit from its parent
stem, with my own hands, to my
mouth, which had been watering, SC
to speak, for this delicious mountain
fruit. | did once more, to my
hearts content.
Watauga county is one of the cap
stone counties of the State 1t is
noted for its marvellous growth of
abundance of all kinds of grain for
mans substance; the most beautiful
flowers for his admiration; the most
delicious fruits for his various tastes;
virtually the Canaan of North
Carolina, a land flowing with milk
and honey" and hospitable people
uneXcelled.
Up there are mountains piled upon
mountains, covered with forests and
flora that bewilder one with their
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tains under cultivation, with the most
luxuriant crops that look like they are
clothes hanging on clothes line.
Fields and mountain sides covered
with daisies, like white spread of
driven snow, with their golden
hearts shining in the sunlight like the
buttons on the drapery of the night.
Patches of wheat, rye and oats, with
shocks almost as thick as the grow
ing grain. Hill Powell, my cumpan-
ion on this trip, said that the beauty
of buying farm in this rugged coun-
tYy was that you could cultivate both
sides of it, so steep were some of
the mountains. 1t does; seem so, and
IL you fell off one side you would
land on the other.
In going up in the big mountains
this time | had Hill along with me.
There are some hills you cannot carry
to the mountains. Hill Powell, of the
News-Topic office, at, Lemon, fliv-
vered in on me Friday morning early,
and we took the road for the high
lands up under the caves of heaven.
Boone is the most attractive place
X have seen in many a aaday-~-All kinds
of work going on, and the town has
taken on the spirit of Improvement
to remarkable degree, and is be-
coming handsome mountain metro
polls The air of thrift and progress
is most evident throughout its do
main. Cherries were there; red and
black, two trees loaded down, in the
courthouse yard. They belonged to
Watauga county and we touched
them not, but simply gazed upon their
beauty with an envlous eye and
passed on. Bob Rivers, who lives
beside a running brook that flows on
forever, has black-heart cherry
tree beside his home, literally cover
ed with cherries and presents such
lovely appearance that he won't let
the birds even feast on them Beside
this tree is a combination picture of
beauty A grapevine has fallen in
love with this cherry tree, and has
spread itself all about one portion, as
well as pear trees, and has induced
roses to mingle themselves in its coils,
and fruits and flowers are there in
a happy family. In Boone | just RAM
bled around among rambling roses,
white, pink and red Never saw such
a beautiful profusion of them. They
adorn nearly every mansion and cot
tage door.
We invaded the, Cove Greek sec
tion This is a wonderful country.
Beautifully nesting among the noun
tains like a flower garden in its well
cultivated farms that cover the val
leys and lay upon the mountain sides
like the latest fashions in women's
dress suits.
Up in this Cove Creek country we
found cherries in the greatest abun-
dance. At the lovely mountain home
of E. A. Wilson there were many
trees full to the tips of the limbs
with the most tempting fruit. We
stopped right there and our desire
for cherries was fully satisfied. We
filled ourselves and all the buckets
we had with us and brought down
from the mountains good supply.
A whim was gratified that reminded
one of boyhood days, when we
would steal awhile away and find
cherry tree. Since this trip we have
been rolling in CHERRY rolls" They
are hard to beat.
Vale Crucis was at the end of the
summer school, which was to close
that night. The attendance was
good. The new rock church is a
beauty. 1t is not quite completed,
and friends of the school can hasten
that time by a liberal contribution
to the work of finishing and furnish
ing. Everything about this school
looks thrifty and inviting. 1t is one
of the most restful places in the
mountains, and it is wonder to me
that more people do not seek its
quiet retreats during the summer
season. This school for girls is one
of the brides of the Asheville do