The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-08-29

ILLS A1y we IlSdA q AOI o0OSA"
accents. Many tourists claim that
the people of the mountains have
81 different accent. Perhaps they
do and perhaps it will come in
handy" at an opportune time.
Who knows?
We heard the story the other
day of three Scottish highland
sEs. captured by Germans near
Abbeville, France, who obtained
their release by answering all
questions in Gaelic. Convinced
that their strange language was
Russian, the Germans let them
gu.
We like to hear a person talk
who has a different accent. We
are always delighted to both see
and hear Mrs. Herbert Littlewood
one of Ashe county's most be-
loved women who though she has
Exsen over here many years still
gEaz..ra ms a definite British accent.
Food For Thought
Last week our attention was
called to an article in Thursday,
Winston Salem's newest weekly.
Concerning the Black Bear Inn,
one of Ashe county famous places
the writer had this to say: "A
friend, back from a days trip to
Black Bear Inn, that country
lhnste1ry out from Jefferson, fam
ed not for its mountain scenery,
but known and tenderly remem-
FbRred by every tourist who has
, stretched a leg under its groan-
:Srsg festive board has this to say,
I've never eaten such food since
my Creator fashioned me. Fried
( chicken, crisp and tender . .
s1eaping dishes . take your
choice legs, thighs, and breasts
$500 not slices of country ham, but
Slabs of it, gravy, rice, buttered
asparagus, corn, beans, potatoes,
Fbeets, squash, hot breads, relishes,
( sweet and sour homemade of
courseD, a nodded salad Of pears,
= cherries, and cantaloupe balls
lfsznon or chocolate pie for de-
SET
We are passing the above in
Efozm1sa ION along, just to show you
what people elsewhere think
zabout the Black Bear Inn.
Personally we agree with the
writer and can even 60 one bet
ter by saying that as Daniel
Boone blazed the Black Bear
Trail, he never would have gone
ON to Tennessee or Kentucky if
f1e had found The Inn here when
he was making his rounds.
Flood Tides and Sands
We stail hear echoes of the
EEGxod, and inspite of the tragedy
t'C:tfere is some humor about sever
al irirM ents. Joe Neal, popular in
:surance salesman, who continual
ly proves that an Individual does
not have to die to win is repor-
ted to making sure that the flood
cxas not going to win his car. Joe
has not verified this fact but a
E-a1mber of reliable sources repor-
tzaE 1lrat he chained his car to a
CHERRY tree TO keep the water
from carrying it away!
Dan Wyrick brought in the
most unusual oddly which he un-
covered in the sands with which
the Stale Highway covered our
streets. It was a briar root which
very much resembled a miniature
mummy or perhaps a tiny mon
key. It is now on display in the
window of The Skyland Post.
The water played another trick
ut Horse Creek where a bridge
sgxs washed from its foundation
and caught in the swirl where the
creek curved and was LOGGED
i back on it's original foundation.
For Uncle Sam
Here is one for Uncle Sam tt
# Ssenre out. Bob Phipps gets hi:
mai at Grassy Creek, yet his
wife auuns the post office at theil
home, For Silas Creek. But ever
LII i theyas operate a post office al
their home they can get the paper
zzdayearEer, from another. What
IA zdifferene time makes!
Coping With Doubles
Rev. C. M. Cope, of Crumpler
who has previously brought Us
some Interesting oddities, was
twice blest with squashes this
-uHnk He brought in large twin