The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-10
correspondence Of the Democrat

ToocoA CRY. Ga. August 2 1872.
For the benefit OF soiournets In tho sunny
N.Y. who may yet be wavering uncertain III
I'm summer fittings hither and thither opt
haee lines regarding the Georgia mountah
.nd m little known to our peonle COMPARE
fvely To the beaten tracks OF the great Virginia
anRe. ~r.5.=.5.
first Tmust state we were tourists. perhaps
g.o,tr., o,rsa1vaa eyperimenting when We lelt
aw f,rlanna IN that breathess Sunday alter
s.on az .tuIv. Yet how gladly we caught the
E,.,tInpa III fresh air coming over the tep1d
.stars and long grasses before reaching Bay
4 Grouia where We parted with our weli-be-
ssad ones. swept by Mississippi City with
solemn remembrance Of last September ana
.saehed the heights OF Biloxi. sighted the light
" the Pascagoula and entered Mobile,
Nayt morning we were In Montgomery, and
mare amid an atmosphere refreshed by rains
ander a eouded sky, We passed through the
AN lands OF the Alabama State. Cotton, cotton
growing everywhere and never too much cot
nm that great power OF the world whlcn we
act from our careless hands. bursting red and
white blossoms In long rows up and down hills
IA over levels. We 60 on. Still the same in
F Georgia, only TX the last State like step from
ma sublime to the ridiculous, patches OF sweet
. However, sweet potatoes are good for food and
| yary pretty and green to the sight when grow
/ Ing.
The Piedmont Air Line officers are the most
fcotrteous of men and attentive I'VE mark Mr.
Plum ours, o. peeiallyl. Still we grumble 1T
ali tourists do. We complain that the Pull
! man Palace herths should be furnished with
linen curtains ana window blinds. The wooden
damask surroundings are terribly hot to the
fouch even, and we pant within the closed glass
| windows.
Also we Raspef for breath one hour and Z
hall waiting In the ladies' car II the depot q
Atlanta for the train TO start. How the world
layshes time. ns II y We're, 80 eternity. On.
|# hour and half lost every day OF ones shor
ifel We were depressed ut the theory. anc
4 famed ourselves 10 reality a,
y Yet again ws are In motion and revive: An
those beautiful hills beyond Atlanta! we pu,
" nI,r heads out of the ladies' car and gaze npoL
them aryePps th + our Wsb 9s,
We might sit securely on the top q M ns ran
and take 10 the scenery continuously Hill aso
dent and dimple and leyal-broken and wild
We whirlsd along. Stone Mountain TO the right
s and three solemn, stately monuments OF TN
blue Ridge uplifting ia the dim distances II
\ mountains rise before our eyes. Deeper defle
y ana higher hills and lottier level risings NEE
" The air grows cool and pleasant: it isagail
Il, eyentide. We have passed GAINESVILLE. the Hol
Il land Strings and other nice looking places 81
d the route We have been delighted over 70
beautiful and chaDgeful scene. put now We Re
ii our shawls from the strap and take up on
4 saehels. Toccoa City - reached.
Here the proprietor OF tho Davenport Hous
receives us. He enters us upon nib nospllall
ties few hundred yards from the station
where we are given comfortable sleeping apart
= ments, and excellent fare In large Cunningham
filed with hungry guests. 4,
~ We are tourists, but We will rest mere, We say
i The fare Is excellent and plentiful. ChickenS
mutton, beef, bread. milk, honey, lce.every
then one does not carry Victor Or Moreau alon
Il In ones pocket when touring. We can boar
81 here satisfactorily for $40 month. family 9
four occupying one large room get tnelr boar
for SEQ q month and everything Iound. LoFei
n surrounding country and cool fresh air ID Ire
III for all. n Eot, -
miles off n beautiful spot. where Undlne mlgt
be delighted to baihe in exquisite seeiuslon.
"a A stream Of people arriving by each train AZ
HI daily passing through to the Tallulah rails ~
I'll hotel fifteen miles further on, This last Resin
Il place ts considered more recherche and deslri
4 Bile for longer stay.
Doubtless these same Tallulah Falls In a fe
& Years will be made more accessibiy by branc
railroad the concourse OF visitors necessitatln
such Il convenience. As 1T Is now every nvail'
Bic vehicle is called into play to convey the Wis
tors back and forth.
tensely as the beautiful rocks OF this land
massiya boulders bedded among the trees 9
the hill sides. hurled agati st the preciplce
topping over the waterfalls. laved by the loan
Ing waters In the streHms-Tocks. rocks, massl'
or beautiful and yet that never once nave Dee
written upon or spoken about among the q
fractions Of the scenery.
" Only q little more than twenty-four honf
ride from New Orleans! Do you come to W
Goa and Judge for yourself. v. ". w.
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