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C, may have lain in a sort of comatose, or Rip Van Winkle 

 state, in the past tense ; but she has a destiny for the future, 

 abounding in resources of wealth, the best hill lands for 

 tobacco, the finest bottoms for cereals and grasses, with vast 

 water powers for machinery, a great variety of the most valu- 

 able timbers, rich in mineral ores, an upright, energetic people. 

 The Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railroad is already in her bor- 

 ders, and will reach Mt. Airy in the early part of the coming 

 year, and in the springtime of 1888 Madame Surrey will don 

 a new robe upon her comely form, and with the horn of pros- 

 perity in her outstretched hand and maternal pride beaming in 

 her face, will step out upon the stage and will present to the 

 world her fair and blooming daughter. Miss Airy, whose fresh 

 and genuine attractions will excite general applause from all 

 beholders, and whose real charms will draw a cloud of devo- 

 tees around her delightful circle. D. U. Sloan. 



