The black and gold [serial] . dout of a cocoanut, Indian saddles, moccasins, skins, and as afitting climax to the Indian relics, there is a childs scalpthat was found by a man at Old Town, N. C., in 1905, whilesawing into a poplar log. Other things of interest that cannot be classified are;flags used in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, old fash-ioned organs with one pedal and six stops, three on a side;old piano, one of which was played at a reception given toGeorge AVashington; pieces of the ill-fated battleshipMaine; old tooth-pullers, that makes the bravest of heartsshudder to look at • kn
The black and gold [serial] . dout of a cocoanut, Indian saddles, moccasins, skins, and as afitting climax to the Indian relics, there is a childs scalpthat was found by a man at Old Town, N. C., in 1905, whilesawing into a poplar log. Other things of interest that cannot be classified are;flags used in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, old fash-ioned organs with one pedal and six stops, three on a side;old piano, one of which was played at a reception given toGeorge AVashington; pieces of the ill-fated battleshipMaine; old tooth-pullers, that makes the bravest of heartsshudder to look at • knee and shoebuckles; all kinds oflocks; ink-holders a hundred years of age; scales for weigh-ing foreign coin; sea trunk covered with hair; quaint hatboxes; petrified wood; oil paintings; mangle; ironing ma-chines; sun dials; cyclometers, and typewriters. In walking through the old hall of the museum, in standingin the midst of its wonderful collection, I found myself faceto face with many generations of men and women. First. THE BLACK AND GOLD 25 there passed before me the reel man of the forest, who wonsustenance by day, by prowling through the forest and shoot-ing game with his unerring arrow, retiring to his wigwamand feasting with the squaw and papoose, lying down tosleep with nothing to disturb his slumbers except the oc-casional hoot of the owl or the cry of the wild-cat. Then passed by in mental vision the hardy frontiersmanwith his axe and trusty rifle. I saw him choose some spotand build his little cabin. I imagined him hunting, fishingand setting traps for the wild life so plentiful, carrying tomarket from time to time his pelts and furs. After these came in greater numbers the first settlers whobuilt their homes near creeks and rivers where water, fire-wood and building timbers were convenient and this time the Moravians came and located this oldtown of Salem, bought a large body of land which theysoon began to sell in lots and farms, and the count
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