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LETTER FROM THE JUNIOR.
C.tSAR'ssH DTE J
GREEVILLE COTNFYSS SO !! ss3ss

MrS. j. 1 hOUeflSOl, OF Il SStlI Ill llni
carriage from that point to. this PLACE,
arriving here OH Friday afternoon after
very pleasant journey of two days
along the foot of the mouutainssg sOn
Thursday night we stopped at the Pick.
chs Hotel kept 10y Mr.. P. Med. Aiexan-
der, and were indeed Hospitality enter
tanned, and reasonably charged. We
were much pleased with the manage
ment of the hotel and recommend this
house to the waylaring man seeking a
pleasant retreat. We crossed the South
Saluda which runs along the foot of the
mountains aud five miles from "thc
Head" about half past three O'Clock in
the afternoon of Friday the 24th, and
after a three hours constant pull ar
rived at the Hotel on "the Head, where
we, tired, wet and worn out, received a
hearty welcome and good cheer from
that courteous host, DR.. Miles. The
Doctor and his good lady make this
place home-like and cheerful, while the
cool air and braciDg breeze enable one
r. fully to appreciate the pleasant asSocia-
ton with the nice people here assembled
for either health, pleasure or sight-see-
ing. l4-zs--..
There are daily arrivals and departures
from this place. New visitors always
meet hearty welcome from everybody,
while illsregret the departure of any.
In the afternoon we walk from the
Hotel to ''the Head" the ''coldspring,"
to the crown of the Hill in front of the
house, or to other places of interest, and
at night, we either dance, play whist,
enjoy q tete-tetc on the piazza, or in any
other way that our inclination may
suggest. We have been delighted with
our visit here, and we would like to
write something that might be Of inter
est to the readers of the Press and B0,a-
ner, but we scarcely know what facts to
write that most of our readers are not
already familiar with.
IF we write of the sublimity and
grandeur Of the mountain scenery, or of
the beautiful valleys below, We will
write that which is familiar to all if
we write of the most fragrant and deli
cate varieties Of the honcy-sucklr, or the
kalnlia, which blooms in elegant clus-
ters, or The yhododendron, which is the
most lovely of all the blooming bushes,
or the heavily laden berry bushes, the
phlOX, the fern, or the innUmerable
host Of other flowers that dot the flow
er-spanglcd carpet Of green which Gov
ers this mountain, we will only repeat
what our readers already know; if we
write OF the Stately hcmlock or spruce
pine, the fruit-bearing chestnut, the
majestic oak, the beautiful hickory, the
lofty poplar, or the staunch old walnut,
which together with other varieties
make up the principal forest growth,
it would be as thricc-told tale. So we
shall pass all these points.
C.FsAR'S HEAD
was bought in 1885 and settled in 1887
by Major Hagood, who paid ten cents
an acre for tract of three thousand
acres. Since the settlement it has been
more or less popular as Summer resort,
and of late DR.. Miles, who keeps on
"the Head" the best Hotel that we know
of has devoted a great deal Of time and
much money in establishing new roads
to places heretofore almost unknown
and never before frequcnted by visitors.
The most prominent point of interest
lately opened up, and we think one of
the chief attractions among the natural
.cenery for visitors, is the
... sALvDA FALLS,
which are about thrcc-anG-a-half miles
. from "tbe Head.n Until this Spring
there was no road to these Falls. and 10
visitor until recently, ever had the
pleasure of beholding this truly sublime
and awe-inspiring spectacle. These
Falls are succession Of falls and rapid
descents over the face Of immense rocks
The greatest fall from any one point
being estimated at about one hundred
and fifty feet, or twelve feet less than
, the Niagara Falls, and thirty feet less
than the Toecoa Falls in Georgia, with
this other difference, the Niagara is a
much heavier volume of water, and the
Toccoa being much less, and leaps from
the mountain crag one hundred and
eighty feet high but the stream is so
small that
ERE it reaches the rocks it hoped to win,
Is borne away in vapor thin"
From top to bottom it is estimated that
the Saluda Falls are one thousand feet.
The stream is more than ample to run q
mill, and pours over two precipiccs in
broad sheets of water falling upon the
granite cliffs, foaming and running with
q continued hurrying impetuosity over
the steep rocks, seeking lower resting
place at the foot of the mountain.
Viewing these falls from one point tho
eye takes in at single glance adescent
of the Saluda River of some six hun.
dred feet. Wepassed under the ighcsl
fall of water and behind the broad
sheet which ceaselessly pours from this
great attitude to the rocks below, which
Z if possible, send the restless stream
with greater velocity over the granite
cliffs farther down the mountain gorge
f ANOTHER NEW POINT OF INTEREST
is the Smitten Rock, on the top OF
which the visitor stands at a shadowy
height, and takes in magnificent view