Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-10-06
For the Spectator.
MONTEREY, Va, Sept. Both,

MONTEREY, VA, Sept 3Oth.
DEAR 3NEWT:-Although steam claims a
just superiority to horse flesh, who would not
prefer the latter for iaunt across the Shenan
doah ? The traveller who Journeys Highland
ward is wholly independent of arbitrary ticket
agents. gentlemanly baggage 'smashers," and
a break neck speed Of twenty miles per hour.
His equestrlanshlp may, many a time and Oft,
| exclalm, according to the poet, ,ht
''Trotting over mountains, stumbling over stones,
Mercy! but its pleasant 81 riding horse-bones."
But as the traveller ascends the Shenandoah
his mind rises to q contemplation OF the grand
IN nature. From the summit there is PIANO
ranic view of great extent and beauty, and the
rugged plcturesqueness of this mountain, to-
gether with a road most skillfully graded, form
gorgeous back-door to Augusta which may
well vie with the Blue Ridge and its mighty
tunnel. And when the Covington and Ohio
road brings the wealth and trade of the West
to our doors, and the iron horse supplants
Trotter's fast trotting line up the Valley, Au-
gusta will no longer be simply Queen Of the
Valley, but may justly claim the highest rank
in the State All hail to the day y.
The stopping places on the road to Monterey
are characterized by substantial cheer and gen.
ulne hospitality. These are: Myers, at Buff
falo Gap, where the amusements and accom-
terlng place; Ryan's, which is emphaticany a
sweet mountain home; Vint's where, in deep
gorge of the Shenandoah, the natural scenery
is sufficient to drive any poet mad !. Wilson S,
two miles west Of Shaw Fork, where may be
| found good cheer and good companie )" Pc
terson' S, at Mcdowell, where the word enter
tainment is given its full significance and last,
though not least, Capt Hotels we'll known
Highland House at Monterey. Never was
there more genial, whole souled landlord, and
never did any one excel the Captain in the
friendly attention and goody accommodation
| Of guests If any one wishes to enjoy a visit
to Monterey he should stop with Capt Hotel.
| The Circuit Court being in session here,
many members of the legal profession from ad
joining counties who practice at the Monterey
| Bar are present These are, Messrs. Bum
gardner, Niche, Fultz and Hill, of Stanton
| Woodson, Hawes and Lertie, of Harrison
burg Terrill, Mayse, and Popham, of Warm
| Springs Blakemore and Jones, of Franklin
and Skeen of Covington. The Blackstonian
knights of Monterey are Messrs. Seig, Myers,
and Stevenson-a SMALL though bright cluster,
and to the Stauntonian constellation as Lyra to
Orion.
| The County Court of Highland has prohibi-
ted the issuance Of license for the sale of Il
quor. As this, by no means, lessons the
| ty of the benefit accruing from license law,
the expediency Of the measure may be ques-
| toned a &EGIu
In Monterey, Messrs Chew & Co. are doing
a thriving dry goods business, and few more
men of enterprise are needed to give this little
| Alpine town local habitation, and name"
among the many noted places of the ''Old Do
minon'' s
The Spectator is well appreciated in this
| county Everybody seems to be constant read
ers, and those who are not subscribers can al
ways tell of friend or neighbor who is, and
/ who lends his paper. When I asserted that
the Spectator was the leading organ of the
Valley, certain ardent friends of their faverite
journal (the Spectator vehementy avowed
that it was the biggest, best, and most
Idevotedest' paper IN this or any other State
And your correspondent yielded the pint .
So much for the labors of small editors. q. 4,
| An Episcopal Methodist revival, under
charge of Rev's Hedges, McNear, and Neal,
is in progress here, and the meeting has been
one Of interest. ss...- ~H ~
I Were it not for the valuable space of the
Spectator, much more would be said of High
land, the beautiful satellite of Augusta Eff
the Highlands of Scotland are but half so ro-
mantle, no wonder that the institutions of the
past made that region land of romance, love,
and liberty. Adiea S$}sA-A - g.L'A = -
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