Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-06-23
South Western Virginia

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hinged the skv al the henutful valley. The charm.
/ inr songs of The birds and the cheerful chatter
ut the fcsthrred domestcs of the home stend,
were peculiarly delightfal to ears unaccustomed
TO them and htlred rapidly ia dis-ipate the lin
| gering drowsiness of sleep. We arose refresh-
! ed aud invirorated feeling ready for another day
of active observation.
Immediately after breakfast, our whole pnriy
mustered, d accompanied by our kind host, Col
! PRESTON, aud Mr. RoBERTsoS. we started
our route homewafd. We assembled Little Wal.
ker's inountain-which rises Immediately behind
the mansion of the lick-whe the stages pro-
ceeded without passengers Reaching prom-
nent point in the abque road on tho mountain
side, we took last view of Salt Valley. Oh,
how lovely il was! 1t wa, one of those enehhn
ting scenes in nature which Que always wants his
dearest friend to be at his side and with him tn
admire. II was such an eae rs we see not often
in our pilgrimage, and is not soon To he forgot
ten. could talk oft longer but well know
that the beauties which never could be tiresolue
Ia my eyes are very different from my deserp-
ton OF them, and | will take leave ni the salt
Valley, simply advising everybody who happens
TO have the chance Of visiting II to do SO.
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a'' Il 10 our N,hu 'iliu our n'e :" eoN, ""' na'
treated us so hosPitaoiy' ana hau con'riou, u, 80
h'oeh 10 promote ~, rne l''easu, u inc oouih "e'
tern tourists; ne soru'el in"ines'a''ohs ana
"pen''ons OF 'ha' h9o'' neal u' senlieu a''' WIZ
seeh as 10 cohih'eha our W"fHfst gru','u"r'
Al inst we turned our npr'es he"us o'fsety
heheNaros' ana soon reache, 7eseh M''' o'o
"nefe we swappeo .ne rough Uno rusSeo ni'u
llke i"f tne eAceheht hiaue"ahl'@eo h"ao' 'ft
ing our dlhners at somewhat carry hour, anu
taking n last LOOK at the grand valley oil the HOS
ton we were again on our ,lfney' ana re Traced
our why over the ROAD already aescrioed-hy the
Three Cufrerfs; mot before spoken OH winch
are under the embankmeht OF me Railroad,
through which gush the cool, pure waters OF
mountain stream and where cur company on The
outward voyage with the AID OF spifH-raPpers,
took tho mysterious third degree-thence by Ma |
RON Mt. Airy and our good old friend Akers, to
Wytheville, As we passed his house Jonathan
was ready 10 greet Us. Where Is our butter!' |
cried fourteen gentlemen. "Conldnt save bit !
had to send it all why" How could you
serve US soF 'Conidnt help 1T "Where is
my maple sugar. cried councilman. "Oh, |
J GU shall have that Ten gentlemen jumped |
out of the stages and hesieged the doors of Ru'
raj Retreat. The Landlord appeared with three
large cakes OF the sugar, and hammer to break
it up--the ten gentlemen seized hm-he scntfied
his way to the block before the house, and there
laying down two cakes, they were immediately
seized upon by two oil the ten who He'd and others
after them, while the third cake was broken up
by our host and distributed among those who re-
manned. Never did school boys show such avid
ity for maple sugar.
The two cakes were cribbcd by the two gentle-
men, aud to console those whose long faces shew.
ed they had none, the kind hearted old gentleman
said. - Never mind boys, yon can get plenty at
a store three miles from here Where =
What's the name Whose store roared out
eleven stout voices. Getting the needed infor-
unniinu nd oxehnnr,in hearfv erno1 wi she's with