The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-20
NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY JULY SUPPLEMENT-

paironse il ct present have any less delicious meat
Saa IN 81 not IKE sSoxns what sy have
Every season. when the time draws near lor sum.
mer travel there Is no little dc ,nt, experience I ca
cruiGng health and wasted energies In determining
where TO 20. The watering places where iast nle
SUIT either the taste or purse Of large
class VINO yet are able and willing TO pay for
PORTABLE rooms good beds and good cooking ana
few rational amusements. For such THIS 0ld VIE
ginia resort Q ers many attractions Situated swo
more aud ONO Railroad live hours Journey from
Baltimore, and about twice as far from Wneelimg
given to the Stale Of virginia. Tor the benent Of the
water being universally believed In that day to be
sovereign remedy Tor many OF the Ills OF lucEleSs
are islI out az beautiful grove, the enclosure in.
GLIDING "a wei the mountain side as the level lawn
below. wei kept walks traverse the snadeu AVN
leaving ample room for many games OF croquet ana
wind up che hill beneath the tall forest trees.
Offering tempting rambles great variety OF trees
Is found nere-nuge elms, stalwart oaks, naples and
the catalpa tree, which TWO weeks ago made the
frag aat with It's blossoms. Some OF the smaller
trees on the mountain are covered with Wild grape
vines ana form the most beautiful natural arbOrs.
The springs ana bathhonses are on the lawn; the
UPON the grove. Of late Years many gentlemen Of
means from Baltimore aud Philadelphia have built
or Sougn here ae aev M acsS cn oe
end OF the grove. MIR. Dole formerly Commissioners
%nsd States Pubic o Printer have butt Cottages
1% Ss n r nSss o SR sas sa s village
the village could be overlooked altogether
it would be relief; for dirtier, more struggling
little country town Is rarely seen. The inhabitants
OF the village aside from the prOprietOr5 Oh the col
tages are LIVING exempt ncatlons OF the much-talked.
OF .mean wntes'' OF the South. Lazy ana only half
rounded by their pigs, geese and domestic animals
generally. rney have woodples IN front Of Their
aa for e manner Of reuse Fortunately
there Is necessity for the summer visitors TO pass
through the village, or even to see IT, except from
convenient distance, as the hotel and grounds are
entirely separated from 1t. The properly hoders
have hopes OF lettering the condition Of the streets
and houses by tue enactment OF stringent town
regulations. and even say that the condt-
ton of things has very greatly improved In
the past years. that Is since the building OF the
new cottages. A colored girl who came here with
Mr. Detrees family just after their cottage was nm
ished made very apt remark on TINS suD]ect; Sne
ana told 1t was hundred years OLD. "Humpn" y sne
SAID. this town is a hundred years old. is tY and
Mr. Deees' Is the first new mouse ever built IN IL.
The Pentlleton family, SO well known IN Virginia.
OF winch Mr.. George II. PendletOn Is o member-are
among the largest property holders IN this section,
ana some family occupy cottages here the year
round. Hiss Lizzie Porter, daughter OF Admiral
one OF the Pendeton cottages four generations re-
slde-tne great grandmother, Mrs. Tut: her daugh.
ter Mrs. Pendleton; her grandson Philip Clayton
Pend letOn and the little daughter VI the latter.
TIE lasts al Berkeley later than at watering
places generally, ana used to begin earlier. South
ern families who thought no summer complete with
out Berkeley used TO come here IN HAY and remain
until November The autumn Is wonderfully de-
ngntIul here. In september the hunting season be-
Rins and on these hills every variety OF game Is
found. VIVID turkeys, pheasants, quail, deer and
bears even may be shot on CapOn Mountain. AT
present fishing is the main attraction for sports
men, and quantities OF black bass are caught IN the
Potomac, less than three miles distant
The uand arrived Ut the hotel this week, and since
its arrival gives us music three times daiy-a mop,
well patrOnzed by cOttagers and hotel guests alike,
taxing place every evening. BY and by there VIII
be Iancy balls, without which no season at Vir-
GINA watering place Is complete, and there Is also
nament There Is an excellent bali room, new
dining room having been recently completed and
the old one given up to the dancers. bowling al
lev and billiard room are now building IN the grove,
| aud VIII be finished within few days. These will
| be used by the ladies as well as the gentlemen.
! The mineral waters here are not only priced Tor
baths, but are considered wonderfully healthy as
drunk. TWO thousand gallons minute now from
Ave large and many smaller springs, and the year
ngiy cool as q beverage. Carbonate OF lime,
crenate irOn chloride OF sodium, calcium. sulphate
Of ma9nesia and siiicate oil lime, as well as car
bono acid, oxygen and nitrogen gases enter into
its composition 1t Ia perfectly tasteiess and with
ice is "a very agreeable drink. About week ago
there was considerable excitement when 1t was
found that the water from well recently dug to
supply the laundry was strangely similar IN taste
ana smell to the celebrated Bedford water. A
gallon oil this been sent to the Smithsonian In
stitute at Washington to be analysed. and It's prop
critics Will shortly be made public. This well ls not
than hundred yards distant from the springs,
and Its water Is quite cold.