The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-08-27
We spent the night with a party

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from Columbia and one from Lau.
rens, at Davenport's, and had very
good accommodations-plenty ot
fried chicken and gopd bread, and
milk and butter, all nicely prepared
and our bill was the moderate
one of seventy cents APIECE. The
crops in this section are good
though not equal to last year. They
haul their produce to.the Greenville
market, and are somewhat afraid
that the contemplated railroad
would make it against their inter
est by lowering prices.
After crossing the Saluda once
or twice, the road ascends by an
easy grade up Jones' Gap, and
leads over the mountain to Brevard
aud up the valley Of the French
Broad to Asheville, sixteen miles
to the first, and - to the last
When near the summit, we turn
to the left into the Caesars Head
turnpike, and after a drive Of two
and half miles, reach the hotel,
where a cordial greeting awaits Us
from DR.. F. A. Miles, the proprietor,
and his excellent wife, the daughter
of the former proprietor, Colonel
Benjamin Hagood. They are both
we'll fitted for their position here,
and spare no pains to make the
sojourn of their guests agreeable
Their table is perhaps the best in
the up-country-choice meats pre-
pared by a skillful city cook-the
iightest biscuits and rolls-delicious
coffee, and the incest of mountain
milk and butter-all so appetizins
as to tempt even the appetite OF an
invalid. The servants are well
trained city walters, and are as po-
/ lite as the host himself. The only
want that we experience Is the
scarcity of conveyances to noted
points around Table Rock, Cedar
Mountain, and others-but later IN
the season, when the crowd in
creases, and hacks arrive more fre'
gently, the want will be less felt:
After dinner, we set out for a
sightseeing tour-first to point
near the hotel, which commands a
good view, and then to the "flead, "
one-half a mile distant, where the
elevation is greater. and the view
more extensive. Here the pano-
rama is perhaps one of the finest in
the world. A gentleman we met
here, who has travelled in Europe,
says that the view from the Phigi,
which commands a view Of the
lakes of Switzerland, may excel it,
but that alone. Imagine ledge OF
projecting rock overlooking green
valley some two thousand feet be-
low, and commanding a prospect
of q wide sweep of country extend
ing from Kings Mountain, ore
hundred miles away, on the North
east, to Stone Mountain, Georgia,
one hundred and fifty miles to the
Southwest, embracing some nine
counties-Paris Mountain, Green
vile, CLASSY Mountain, and New
Pickcns, in easy range, and remote
points in Abbeville and Laurens,
far away. Forests after forests
seem to cover the landscape, with
only occasional patches of cult
waited. land. The features OF the
landscape are constantly varying,
and one Of the most beautiful sights
is that presented by the clouds,
which, rising from the bed OF the
rivers and marking their courses, at
times cover the whole LANDSCAPE
with a snowy curtain and wrap the
mountain peaks in their embraces.
Other points of attraction are
the Gold Spring, with it's icy water
OF temperature of forty degrees,
and fine view of Jones Gap from
a commanding ledge of rocks on
the East. A ride Of eight miles to
Cedar Run. on the Asheville road,
will give one a sight of some fine
falls and a ride down the mountain
to the Southwest will carry one to
the Table Rock, famous resort.
Some Of our party visited both
places, and expressed themselves as
highly gratified. The want of con-
veyances prevented the others from
going.
Tie crowd here, so far, is not
large, and has been constantly
changing. 1t promises to be larger
later in the season, when the wealth
er is more settled and the views
more distinct. We have had some
cool nights, which made fires very
comfortable. W. A. L..
Cedar Spring and Long Cane Bible
Society.