Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-25

unpropitious occurrences. DO your
best and hope for the best. If Mr..
Arthur becomes President, let him be
Judged by what he does, and not by
what he has done or lett undone. be
is a strong Republican, of course, but
he is a better nan than some people
represent him to be.
Tennessee as IA Summer Stale.
Nashville Americana
While hundreds Of Tennesseans
visit Mount Washington and describe
the scenery and low temperature,
reaching the freezing point In mid
summer, one New Orleans reporter
has discovered a summer resort of
which Tennesseeans are almost en-
tirely ignorant, and a temperature
more delightful and more wholesome
at a higher elevation in our State.
| Why is it that we neglect u own
superior scenery, temperature and
elevationRny There is a public impress
sion that Mount Washington is the
highest mountain east of the Sierras.
Several peaks Of the Black, in North
Carolina, are higher; there are five or
six peaks in the southwestern part OF
the Alleghanies, in Tennessee, which
are higher, and the knob Of the grand
Roam mountain, in Carter county, is
higher than Mount Washington by
several feet. The Roam rises 63O6 feet
above the sea, while Mount Washing
ton is 6293 feet high.
The temperature of the Roam some
times, though rarely, reaches frost in
August. In general the tourist health
seeker does not experience the shock
in passing from the summer tempera-
ture of the plain to that of the noun
tain top which is felt on Mt. Washing
ton. There are miles of elevated
plain, grassy "balds," with here and
there the Canada. balsam fir, and, on
the Tennessee side, the loveliest of
views Of fields, villages, forest and
stream, hills and valleys, and the dis
tant peaks of the Cumberland and
Clinch, to the north the peaks of OF
ter, and eastward the Black noun
tains, the Blue ridge and the far east
ward Table ROck-such a view of
mountain piled on mountain and val
ley and mountain in chaotic success
sion as will hardly be seen elsewhere
in the East. There too, is sometimes
seen, and there alone, we believe, in
the Alleghanies, the Broken Noun.
tain spectre, or Brockenburg spec
tire, Of the Hartz mountains in
Germany. This noble mountain,
which with its n~eighbor and sur
rounding peaks, is not excelled any.
where for fine scenery and lovely
views. lies about fifty miles from the
East Tennessee & Virginia railway, in
Carter county, the State line running
along its summit. Twenty miles from
Greeneville is the cold spring with its
bald peak, rejoicing in the name of
the Big Butt, an elevated plain OF
several miles extent, a most delight
full resort of 5000 feet elevation, not
| equal to the Roam in grandeur, but
perhaps from its lower elevation
superior as a summer resort for health
and comfort. Between this and the
Roam is the Big Bald, a grassy cone,
dome-like in shape, affording bcauti-
full views at an elevation of $3.50 feet
above sea level. Between the Little
Tennessee and French Broad rivers
there are numerous peaks over $500
feet and at least a dozen higher than
Mount Washington, and scenery which
cannot be surpassed anywhere. .
Twenty-Five years ago we spent the
summers roughing it about the Roam,
Bald and Cold Spring Mountains, and
we can recommend these to the tour
list who wishes to rough it or to those
who will go in wagons and carriages
over very good mountain roads, from
JOnesboro to G~reeneville. the former
being the better point for leaving the
railroad for the Roam and Bald by
way of Greasy Cove. Now why is it
that these resorts are Neglected and
that Tennesseans are oven ignorant of
their existence? 1t is simply because
they are further out Of the world than
Mount Washington, to which they
are every way superior. The modern
tourist must hear the railway whistle,
receive his daily mail and enjoy tele-
graph communication with the world.
Summer resorts may be created in
Tennessee which will attract
tourists from all the South and
from a large portion of the West A
narrow gauge road from Greeneville to
the Cold Spring plateau would soon
convert the fertile lands of that blue
grass. bearing plain, with its forests Of
beech, wild cherry and sarvice into a
garden, and the site of a summer city
of villas and resort Of thousands Of
transient fugitives from summer heats
from the South, from Tennessee and a
large part of the Mississippi valley.
In default of judgment and enterprise,
which can always command capital,
we 90 thousands of miles for health,
cool air, pleasant social surroundings,
beautiful scenery and lovely views,
when these may all be had within the
borders Of Tennessee, if capital would
but see its opportunity. Nearly all
the cities of the West may be brought
to aeek health and a cool climate al
Tennessee resorts it they are properly
brought into the world and made &C.
oessible, with decent accommodation
and then brought to the attention o.
the public,
Mrs. Watson and Her Seven Sons