The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-09-11

1t IS strikingly manifest to every citizen
Of Winchester that we stand in need Of Il
hotel. Spasmodic attempts have been
made several times to get up a subscrip-
ton in order to purchase a lot and erect u
building, but all such attempts were I'M
successful and to hope another attempt
would avail anything would be almost as
idle and foolish as Sancho Panza's attend
ance upon Don Quixote in hope Of getting
Il kingdom. Nevertheless it may be well
to notice what ~neighboring towns have
gained by having comfortable and attrac-
tive hotel accommodations. The McMinn-
vile New Era gays that twelve hundred
guests arrived and registered at the War
rem House in that place from June LIST to
September lst. besides these" says the
Era, there have been a large number Of
visitors boarding in private families in our
town during the summer season, and a fair
number of arrivals at the Travellers Rest
The Era then goes on, very naturally, to
checriully speak of the Importance Nc
Minnville is assuming as Il summer resort,
.oi the health Of the place, and especially
Of the Warren House as a good hotel with
Il wide reputation, &C., all OF which we
cannot dispute, nor a part thereof.
Well. it is fair to presume that twelve
hundred persons spent, on an average, at
lest $25,each. This would make 100000
Ia sum of money which would be quite 4
rlief for hard times in almost any town.
1t would create q demand for marketing
of all kinds, for dry goods, groceries, &c.
The livery man would reap large profits in
the hire of buggies and horses, and then Il
large portion of his profits must 10 for
corn, hay, &c, which the farmer has for
sale. Ihe fabrics bought of our merchants
would pass through the hands Of the mil
liner and tailor, and every person would
be benefited, even to the washerwoman
and errand-boy. The physical alone we
think would perhaps be Rightly benefited,
for his chance to get a patient in the pare
atmosphere of this country would be a
bout as slim as the chance for an honest
man to live in Winchester, or elsewhere,
and have no enemies. Our atmosphere
here, Wthanks BE- to God, for enviOus man
would not make itso for his brother if he
couiil) rs not tainted with disease for the
prudent, and herein 90 We find a RECON-
pense for poverty. But we arc poorer
than weshould be. We will not seize an
opportunity for helping ourselves. There
is nomatoral advantage possessed by Nc
MinnNille over Winchester. But she had
a iirst-class hotel, and many went there
and hundreds went to other places to cs-
cape the heat and din and contagious Of
the city who would have come here to en-
10Y themselves and freely spend their mo
ney. But Winchester had 4 wide reputa-
tior fsr having no hotel, and they passed
AS by just as they will continue to do until
we ean advertise to the world that we
have Il %commO1ious building, well-fur-
nished, and removed from the square, where
ruests will receive close attention and get
good fare; where drunken men are not ia
ken In and ladies and families need not be
afraid to come; and vehicles and horses
can be had ut the will of those wishing to
visit the many springs and places OF in
terest near by.
But this we fear will never be unless we
cas find some man of capital who will un
dertake it for his own p%ecuniary benefit
and then will benefit flow to many who
w0nld be the last to give a cent towards
inaugurating such a desirable improve
ment.