The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-11-18

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STATE ayhen tho oasna,sor nor. asonm.
sittefb in the shade Of on ,I,nbro nao',s 's1,,
and writetb naraoranhs about the een;a, i5oSt
Roth these cpnd;s;nns are f,it;led hara no w.
have the umhra aao,s groves On, aafi;nm d'', w.
tLe hill ,vhara 70 80 hrdsas s.Ioas ~ ~
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| it has rested. Everybody will be glad to learn
| that this initlatory season has been successful
| in every respect that the guests leave with re-
anu .J S ~, az w iosoin neAt SUM
swamps of New JERSEY declared his intention
of tha ,uau NJ i-"' W /" ON VI ""uo every s'ep
Th;s s 10y. ;s ot o,dod vo+ h.
r, nio sooSon 10 noS onuou ye'' Ny any lneans.
of the lovely autumn weather which crowns
the year when the wooded hill-sides shall have
put on gold and crimson and russell. and these
pale-grcen prickly globes on the chestnuts
shall have scattered their satin-smooth fruit
Then the wise people who stay in the country.
and the wise people who have inst come viii
begin to enjoy free ,blthesome existence. i'm
possible when summer warmth makes any nm
nessary exertion distasteful. September is the
month in which to walk, to ramble. and some
times even to scramble. among these hills. And
as an obiectless walk is like the plav of Ham
let with the part of Hamlet left ont let us
assure you that an end in view land even
view at the end) will not fail pedestrians in
the Warm Springs Valley. The drive from
Covlngton traverses beautiful region. closed
in by the misty-blue line of distant RANGES
The jackson river flows along near this road
to the Healing. passing now a farm house with
its bright green fields and golden stacks-anon
plunging In wooded glens where SCARED cliffs
cushioned with brown moss. bend frowninr
crows over the shaded waters. and then AGAIN
out under the shining blue. SPARKLING with de-
Tight.
Here is the Falling Sprng where the rugced
line of cliff is yelled by series of silver. Rib
oon-like cascades. side by side. mingling their
airy spray, and vet distinct as the Slender col
umns of a portico.
Flag Rock is of easy access from the Warm
Springs Hotel. and eight miles from the Heal
ing Springs. The road winds up the noun
tain in curve after curve, each bend bringinp
you opposite the hotel buildings belowothe
cottages with drooping roofs and the sharn
spires of the two CHURCHES picture diminish
ing as you ascend. At last YOU stand upon an
irregular Cliff, like rocky headland projecting
INTO the blue waves of a misty sea. Far on
three sides spread the infinite mountains slope
beyond slope, range beyond range. with all
the VARYING shades which show in the solar
spectrum where the blue mingles with the
violet 1t seems as if these lines of undulating
nils so regular and SO far reaching. were up.
turned by the share of some gigantic plough.
driven by mighty hand with thunderous
roll over The turroWed face of the patient earth
1t is the most sublime prospect we ever saw
excepting that from the summit of Pixies
Peak, which it resembles on a less magnificent
scale You can almost look over from the
Aleghanies into the Rocky mountains p said
some one laughing. Ii such an absurd con
ception were possible; we strained our ewes
longingly, till vision was lost amid the hun
CRY blue" Some years ago, a certain lady of
devout and ritualistic tendencies visited the
Warm Springs and was much Impressed by the
beautiful prospect from Flag Rock. On the
principle that the earth is the Lords and the
fullnes thereof she erected large. white cross
upon the cliff, and consecratedi it with appropri
ate religious ceremonies. There it stood, CLEAN
ing and white, a landmark to all the Country
round. One season succeeded another, and the
donor of the cross passed out of memory, and
finally some irreyerent Young people picnicing
on the spot, built cairn OF champagne bottles
round the base and hung a CAV and Haunting
flag from it's broken arm. And scarcely had the
iconoclasts committed this daring deed. when
the old lady arrived, just as the parents pop in
at inopportune moments in society PLAYS She
raised and reconsecrated the polluted cross;
with new and impressive ceremonies. shook
the dust from her feet and left Next to come
along was a detachment of the United