Thursday, September 12, 1901
PROMISCUOUS DANCING
We have come upon a tract written about Cromwell’s time by Peter Walker anent the subject of dancing. Peter Walker was a Cameroonian of the strictest sort, and the Cameroonians were the strictest sect of Presbyterian or Covenanters. They used to take a melancholy pleasure in being burned at the stake and martyred in the cause of religion. The people of this section are descendants of this blood and have retained the strength of character and religious temperament of the old Scottish people to a wonderful extent.
The Cameroonians made a distinction between dancing by the sexes separately and together. The former was held by some to be a healthful and lawful exercise, but the latter was called promiscuous dancing and was considered a “scandalous enormity.”
PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT
A great deal has been said about the personal danger to which the President of the United States is exposed by reason of his occupying the position he does. In all times and in all countries, there have been persons so constituted that they were willing to undergo the fortunes of the damned to deprive the head of the government of his life and have forfeited an obscure and worthless life for the sake of taking away an illustrious one.
Our Presidents have heretofore walked abroad, apparently with the freedom of an ordinary citizen. It transpired, however, in the late tragedy, that the President was surrounded by detectives who were powerless to prevent the attack of the murderer…
We now have a President who is peculiarly well-fitted to cope with this danger. He is a man of great physical courage and well acquainted with all methods of offence and defense. If a man were to shoot at him, the chances are that Roosevelt would wrest the weapon away from him and turn his own gun on the assailant.
It is our opinion that he will go among his fellows as fearlessly and freely, as he has mixed, in his time, with the ruder elements of western society, and if any half-baked immigrant overturns his gun on the President, there will be some gun play that will make the European think that “Hell shall be his portion.”
NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS
Mrs. W. A. Bratton, who is fond of flowers, is the fortunate possessor of a fine specimen of this night blooming cereus. The plant began to bloom last Tuesday night, and word was sent around for the folks to come in and witness the interesting and charming sight.
The flower, one of the purest and sweetest known, unfolds and endures in perfection an hour or two and then becomes an unsightly mess. The flowers were clipped at their best and were preserved by Harry Echols in alcohol.
RED LICK MOUNTAIN
M. N. S. Duffield has moved his sawmill to this place and Frank Dilley is setting it up and has got it almost completed. It will be ready to run by the last of the week.
N. S. Duffield lost a very fine young mare last Friday night.
Mr. Anderson is fixing to set his big mill at this place. He has about two million feet to cut at this set. He is building a very fine road up the mountain from Henry Barlow’s.
The famers have finished their harvest at this place and are now fixing to gather their fall crops.
There is quite a talk of opening up a gold mine on the head of Stony Creek on the farm of James Dunkin which will make Mr. Dunkin a very nice lot of money and will give the poor people plenty of work and good wages, so hurrah for James Dunkin.
BROWNSBURG
Blackberry time is nearly over. Uncle Howard Tibbs and people gathered something over a hundred gallons.
Our school is rapidly progressing under the instruction of Prof. J. E. Johnson, of Lewisburg.
James Jackson has the best corn he has raised since he has lived here.
Rev. J. M. Boggs will soon commence work on the church. He is a speedy carpenter.
The Orwig & Grove Lumber company are expecting to commence work in October on Brushy Lick Run.
