The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-31
r,...-ro.,.o.1.,.pr,. Of the Richmond Dispatch.

July -, 1876.
The mail leaves this pleasant place about
laIi-ra>t . o'clock in til" nornln@-a first
rate time. by the way-and l must SEND
something To- your excellent paper to-day.
When think ~ the many comforts, the
cool lracng mir. the refreshing brceZeS,
tina, watt the fragrant perfumes OF the 1or-
,.>t> all the day long. and the delightful rest
and rcpo>c that come 10 those who spend
their summer vacation among these beauti-
full blue mountains. an ready to eXclaim,
..HrcH YET REMAINS rNSrNG."
Indeed. the half has not been told. Even
thr rrrriI-pctllrcS 20 clcycrly skctchcd by
"R1mLl,r." who tells very acceptably many
anecdotes and incidents of this valley, as
well - what he knows about the good old
time, when railroads were not known IN
this section Of the country, and when the
tourist and seeker after health spent day
or night at Calalan'>, Crows, Glover
Dale, or other Of those noted roadside tay-
ems on his way to the White Sulphur or
tin, Warm Springs. lave not represented IN
term, half glowing enough the enjoyment
that can br experienced i'll the mountains
after = hard winters work. But to him |
have tie privilege oi rccounting these
things. and the pleasant though not easy
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lryirnrr ii he GOES about it in the right way
in these noted mountains OF Old Virginia.
1E. yIyNuERupE AND TIE NEW STANTON
CHAPEL.
!ni-r tell Won something that will inter
c,t all EuiScopolians at home before branch
in. oil about anything else. On my way TO
TIN mountains stopped night and a day
IN stanton, 80 rs to break the journey; for
!, was very hot then. On Thursday morn
i4- | went over. in company with num-
her oi other persons, to see Irlnlty cnapci,
Mr.. Iiulihcn's new lccturc-roOm and Sun
day school. which has lately been fully COM
p!r,cd. | went 10 the parsonage, which has
also been lately built, and is Just in rear of
the church proper, to get the keys from the
pa>ior. While standing at his study-door
talkiu: with me. he said: 81 hope you will
like IT, Or. Mnni-erodc, OF st. PauPs
church. in your city, said to me not long
AGO that he felt rs ii his comb had been COM
plcIrl% ru;. He thought that his chapel (St.
Andrew y was hard to beat, but that mine
was the prcttic>t chapel in the diocese"
And | may add that Trinity church in
Stanton i. rot like many other churches in
the tioccsc-thcrc is no big debt hanging
over it: and this beautiful new chapel has
been fully paid for.
Lana no architect. and therefore don't pro-
po,r - u!!cr 4 description Of the building.
| viii SAY. however. that the g memorial
Windows" which are particularly striking,
are O. Inc stained glass. and each one bears
the n&sH" Of some well-known Episcopal
resident II Stauuton who has died in the
pat lcN Years. The windows may be said
10 hr The property OF the deceaSeds' families,
a. they Pad the expense OF putting them
III.
MuLE0Ro' SPRINGS.
When was in the mountains last sum-
Mrr stopped 4 day or two at this place,
and "a- - much pleased with tits de-
!'gh''Ul fare and excellent water-that l
wrote full description Of it in one OF my let
t":, 10 TIE Dispatch. In that letter / said
It ":;> the best place that | had found
Tor people who wanted to have Il
quiet rc>tin@-p!acc for the summer
and for families anu children. / desire to re-
Ncr%'c That statement with emphasis. In
decu, Il the vote OF the thirty people who
are now here could be polled this morning
/ am fully satisfied that what have written
""Uiu be more than endorsed. Among the
HcAnuHd guests may mention the family
OF Mr.. /. G. Tompkins, OF the First Ma
iona! Bank; that OF Mr. r. b. Lyme, one OF
t!c most cntcrprising young businessmen
OF richmond; and that Of Mr.. James a.
towardin. l will also state that in my let
t.r last July 1 said that this year, us soon as
AiiIboro' Springs became known, every
room and bed would be filled. Thus far
my prediction has come true in every re-
spcct.
NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.
ij'c fare here Is very good. and when
write tia: | DO not mean to puff Mr.. Hop
kIns, but to state facts. The beds are cX-
cellent, and the.whole place neat and clean.
But even with these and other features
which tend TO make the place attractive,
some improvements are needed and ought
10 be made before another springs season
sets in. The brick hotel, which was built
IN 1851, sill have to be enlarged or added
to. Several additional cottages are needed,
an0 other minor improvements required.
The good lady who owns the property will
have 10 build lighthouses over the stream
near the hotel, and changes made in tue gen.
efai arrangements Of the place. III these
suggestions are carried out, should like to