The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-05
SOUTHERN sumMEnING PLACES.
Their Advantages In Cheapncss, C0s,f0r
ETC., over Northern watering Places.

ETC, over Northern watering Places.
IN. Y. Tribune.1
It would be OF advantage to the whole
country IL q part Of the great current OF
tourist travel rushing now here and
there through the North could be
diverted to some OF the summer resorts
OF the South. The good effect Of the
Presidents proposed visit would be
greatly strengthened by cordial, social
Intercourse between the educated classes
OF both sections, and, under the circum-
stances. the first advance should be
made from our side.
paws his own scot, there is freedom
from obligation, o lazy good humor, o
holiday zest, which 10 much more con-
dueive to good fellowship and friendly
feeling than are the relation OF host and
guest. IL may seem u reversal OF things
TO 20 South In summer. But the Sui
phur Springs Of Virginia are delight
FULLY cool, and this summer the hotels
are better kept, as general rule, than
for many years. The Weather classes
OF Virginia resort there now, as peIoTe
the war. There Ia, OF course, less dis
play of substantial family equipages,
servants and diamonds, but there is Just
az much state, and as solid q conviction
that when Virginia makes q joke oil
the world laughs. There is really
little too much Wanting OF poverty,
perhaps. for sound common sense. The
Younger generation show themselves
too apt 10 CIT down on ''the fortune lost
In the war" as pedestal quite suf-
ficient for present and future glory;
Intercourse with Northerners would
probably suggest to their minds that
Twelve years Ia enough for an energetic
man, In possession of education and In
fIuerice, II not to make a fortune, to lay
the basis OF comfortable competency.
Southerners are not slow In receiving
such practical hints. It is curious to
observe how they have been inooulated
with a good many work-day ideas by
the very Federal soldiers whose pres
ence was 80 sore grievance among
them.
The whole mountain region, from Up
temptations such as are not to be found
In the Adirondacks to sportsmen OF eve
ry kind. Bears, wolves, deer and the
smaller game are to be found in oil the
ranges below Christiansburg. In South
ern Tennessee every farmer In these
mountain regions will "take In folks"
FOR prices absurdly low. and furnish. as
a rule, good butter, coffee. and hot
bread and chicken al ,tdaseum. There
are quiet little watering places. too,
much smaller than the Virginia Springs,
mas. Georgia and the lower Gulf
States resort, and where North
cordial cordial welcome. Board at these
places substantial, good and well
served--ranges Ia price at from ~ to
$40 Der week. There are quaint little
inns, too, In villages lying literally
above the clouds, where the same kind
of board costs but from $J to rs per
week; where bear. steaks and venison-
collops appear for breakfast; where
spring chickens are sold at eighty cents
per dozen, and mountain trout at five
cents per pound. We know OF no such
paradises for artists and epicures as
these almost inaccessible North Caro-
lima hamlets. In South Carolina the
principal place OF resort Ia Caesars
Head, mountain summit over
1000 feet above Underwater, from which
can be seen the vast valley Of Caro-
lima and Georgia, and where winter
clothes and fires are necessary just now.
There are houses furnishing comfort
able and very cheap accommodations
ter field for exploration open to artists,
lovers OF the picturesque, or students Of
human nature, than these remote
Southern watering places. The scenery
Is the most magnificent In the whole
Appalachian range, and the social
world-the thought, manner and char
acter Of the people--are totally different
from anything to be found In the North,
and are we'll worth our attentive study.
keeping the condition Of the country
always In view.