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A l-’uuny Little Fly in I he MilliOnare'ti lt;ln( mrni.An Ajdieville correspondent writes: A little fild house that is of almost as ■11 lit*!i interest to visitors as t he big mansion itself, is ‘a he house t hat Vanderbilt can't buy.*’ Yes: I hat's a l.ict. Ilight in the midst td t he .‘*.u,oOu acre estate is a I tide cabin and nine acres of land. It i^. perhaps |,.s than on*- mile from the mansion, and on one of the main roads.The owner «»f this property has obstinately refused to sell to Vanderbilt. What makes i he matter worse, he is colored. It i said that tie* old darkey has been olTere.l as high as •si.non per acre lor the nine acres. There i no way of shutting him in. as lie lias the right oT way over the road.On my way back I stopped (•» s» e this independent colored man. As I drew up to t lie small white house at the end of the road, and called out, a black woman appeared in the doorway, while two active pickaninnies bobbed up from behind. “Ioes -Josh’ Moore live here?’’ I iiniulnd.“Yos sail, she replied, and in response to .mother «iuestii»n. she went lit the rear of Mu? Iioikc, :i11lt;I in :i sho.ttime Josh appeared. We shoii fell into eoiiversai ion, and I found him friendly and ready to talk.When I said to him: “dl courseMr. Yandeitult objects to you as a neighbor,’’ he replied with a broad grin, “Well, 1 doan’t 'jcet to Mistah Vanderbilt as a neighbor.*’“Why don’t you sell ?” I inquired.• I reckon Isc will, salt, wen I git until i rice, sah! At just what price he would sell. Josh shrewdly declined to say.
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Winston Salem Western Sentinel
Winston Salem, North Carolina, US
Thu, May 30, 1895
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