Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-01
SUMNER IDLING.
How They Pass the Time Away at
Beersheba-

To the Union and American:
BEERsHEBA SPRINGS, July "a, 1S74.-
LabOulaye, charming writer of quaint
French fairy tales, says that when the
heart is happy everything pleases. So true
S il that any subjective horizon is tinged
with roSeate and gold or purpled with
gloom by the reflection from the objective
world. 1t follows, then, as the night the
day, that TO secure happiness, in pursuit of
which We are all bending our best exer-
tiOns, we must eseheW all things in atmOs-
phere or air that may tend to our diScOm-
fort, and seek the fiOwery vista if, haply,
we may find it.
One finds at Beersheba the 6gurative FL
Dorado, if by gold we may be allowed to
symbolic happiness. Nature wears her
every garb, so that at morning, noon or
night, her worshippers find their deity yet
more divine than before. does one wish
to drink poetry, and feast his imagination
with romantic scenes and sights that Epi-
Gurus and his followers might well despair
of finding, let him visit Laurel Mill. There
the waters tinkle with the most musical
naturalization, falling from the MOSCOW
cred rock above to the fern-cOvered pebbles
below, finding there a silveTy nook, where
violets and all beautiful wild flowers NAV
all day long lave their tresSes, and bend
their morning greeting to the passing
zephyr. There the stately hemlOck lifts
his protecting arms, hiding at his trunk
the delicate alder and the elinging vine.
Under the semi-circular arch, formed by
the rocks above, one aight we'll, with no
difficult imagining, fancy Titania and
Puck to have taken their abode, with
(lharon and tho e..frfnu A
beautiful, or music more EOlian, even
fairies themselves could neverfind. There
all day long, till the last rays of the setting
sun, Iris throws her beautiful arch across
the stream, making the fairy bridge, in
keeping with the scene, upon whose deli
cate path the ephemerOn passes back and
forth, dispOrting himself in the sunbeam
and filling his short life with, to him, an
eternity Of bliss. Nature, at this shrine, is
ever in her most seductive mood, bathing
the Imagination of her deyotees with every
pleasure Of sense and sight.
Further on the giant of Stone Door keeps
his rocky castle. For gloomy grandeur,
bold magnifcence, and majestic beauty,
Stone Door can not be surpassed. Stand
ing on the Natural Bridge, that spans the
cleft in the rock, We looked down, down,
down, wondering with fear and awe, and
thinking that the God who created this
sublime scene, vet watches the spaTows
when they fall.
At Laurel Mill, at Stone Door, at Dan,
when the sun sets, as he never sets else
where, al Longs Mill, everywhere, and
gaZes on the most beautiful panOTamas that
I'LL MIN, thrill him with fantastic beauties
never seen before. But, were description
Of Beersheba- in its fnllness, attempt
ed, the half even could not be told.
Suffice il to say, the air is cool and
balmy; the breeze is soft and spicy, as if
waited from Araby the blesJ, and all things
combine 10 I'LL the heart with happiness, the
mind with delight, and the Imagination
with a royal feast.
But, returning to the hotel, we there find
awaiting us the feast of reason and the flow
of soul. a more select, though by no
means small, company is not gathered, in
these hot months, on any mountain. Re
finement, wealth, culture and amiability
seem all 10 be conferred in each of the
guests, and they have an appreciated and
experienced host, assisted By the most will
ming Of hOsteSSes.
One does not find here the OF D0liOi, but
the grace and elegance that fly the presence
Of the rude crowd. Nashville's nightin-
gale fills the air with music, and at her
thrilling
The cares that infest the dav
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away"
The renowned and skillful Jordan is
here with his band, and although there Is
dancing every night, and graceful, beauti-
ful toilets, vet il is the remark and the
wonder Of all, how free every body is from
vanity and display. Each one dresses as
she pleases and every one is happy. More
entirely at home one can not be. finding
Quietness when It is desired, and company
when one is lonely.
The poor unfCTtUnates OF Nashville, who
look with longing eyes 10 this CanOva and
vet find the Jordan Of their business i'm
paSsable, have our sinceTest sympathy. We
extend 10 them our regrets and beg that
they will not cease to endeavOr 10 find the
ford, and cross over Immediately into this
promised land, that flows indeed with milk
and honey. A. II. II.