The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-09-13
For the Times.
Interesting Notes from Georgia.
CLARksyILLE, G.o-, Aug. "a, 1878

teres'ing country takes ths tired traveller TO
Clnrksyile. In the good old lime, ante 6.iiam,
CarAs,ilc WAS Que of The most popular resorts
III upper Georgia. With its excellent Hotels,
pure wafer, bracing atmosphere, and mountain
scenery, ii combined many cthcr adrantages.-
II was salient point irom which daily excur-
Sion parties could with case visit The "bcautifur'
Toccoa, the '',erribic'' Tuu!ah and the sweet
Vale of Nacsochee--tho ..TcG,re Of the South"
Nor was this all; luuuy gentlemen OF wealth
and culture had localcd their summer retreats
arourdihc village, which fermcd u nucleus for
genial and intellectual Intercourse. Among ;hcse
might be numbered the cstimable aud Hon. Rich
ard HaSersham, who represented this district
III Congress for many years, the learned jul list,
Judge Law, the distinguished ,iul'si and s;atcs-
man, Judge Bcrricn, the Hon. W Ward, minister
to Russia DR.. G. d. Phillips, who had rc,rcscn-
led tue county in The State legislature iur many
years, aud held various Offices of profit and
trust under the State Government, the McAIiis.
eFs' ovens Mathews, AIsions. hollocks, VALID
I, was not strange tLat such u co,crie sboil
gather aruudI its bospitaLlc board in summer
the nrsI men in the State, and that many cravo
State aud General Government, policies should
take their shape here. After the "Com.
mencement' Of tho State University, in Athens,
1t was always gaia season in AMI around
C'arksvlic. Rounds Of dinner nor,is. Jo,c;,r
parties and excursion parties were the order of
'"' "'E' oh'il JACK Frost warned Tho pleasure
sucker ana tho invalid ihat he hight return to
ms nitlarial home. Bnt lHum .frui: may how 10
inscribed upon the walls Of Clarksyllc. Tho
fortunes of war have swept away tho wealth Of
| lis people, while that grim messenger who visit.
with as cquG! certainty tho mansion of tho rich
as Inc novel Of the poor, has removed from tho
scene most Of those vino were then the most
| conspicuous actors.
| I!ark@'!i!c now, although Il can 81 i'll boast Of
| us goo" hotels pure wa,r, AID bracing atinos-
paere, IS dIearr, dilap,GateI looking village.
Visitors, however, sill como avl strive to am,so
themselves, while Ike good peoplo nurse The il
fusion that The Diue Ridge Railroad will some
day be completed, when the North Eastern will
tap 1t at Clayton, and Ihe rich production of the
| west Will flow III upon them, anu "tsu: 10
monde conc hither to spend their money, en-
Joy Tie scenery, lis healing waters and its TOM
peratc climate. How many stations and vii.
laGes and cities $50 ca.lcd) have sprung up un.
der this Illusion, yet what drcary world Of
ours would this be, if its people were not allowed
| to build Gd HtHuW their chvicaue ci espayHc.-
Let us leave Clarksvie for awhile, 10 seek
amidst lis surroundings something more attrac-
tive TO the pleasure seeker.
| "fi'e oi Twelve miles ;i!rouch an uniutcr.
eS''hS region, brings you TO the Falls of ..Toc.
| Goa. Inc strcin (Which is q small onel c,oI
ahl clear as crystal, winds its way tlrouy,, n
series Of gorges and mountain srurs u,,i, :,
makes lis fnal leap over perpcn,culor ,r.ci.
picc OF $50 feet height. beautiful nictrro
>'o water Is converted into spray before it
''"'n'S INC rocks below, and the sunshine. as
| pays through The silvery mist spnkles
| "ish the lines OF The rainbow. The hillside,
arc coming their gorgeous Auiumnal t;nts.
rampant Wild vines are climbing over sLrub,,erv
anu c'iif, many tinted flowers peep Out tbro,oL
the green lattice, the little birds are tyino b;,sr
and thither in wild excitement and aIr, ,,si b,,.,-
ing their thioats 10 add to the harmony of ,ba
picture. The whole scene is one Of cncbant;,n
oead'y ana II Toccoa means beautiful in Tho
ihui"h "iaiect, no ono can doubt but tho .Rea
Man appreciated the spot.
If-spy one could spend hour in this en-
chanted dell and so away uncouvinccd of tho
appropriateness Of the sensimspt Pity him
L-ss-s"Vo- PecI0re.
TALCLAu.
n riic OF sa:no fifteen miles over rough
Country, now AM then relieved by burst Of
good scenery, will bring you TO tic Falls Of Ia
iu!ah. Pareniletcally, i. may be as well to in
form the reader that i'll this region the distance
between two points is not always a right line,
ana that there is peculiar eccen,rci,y in
measuring distances, 50 that the nearer YOU
approach place, tho distance sho,;ens By an
inverse rato--hencc you need not be surprised,
When asking how far il is TO q place. 70 learn
mat t!ie mics iun back v ard. Eul il is nm In.