Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-22
OUR SUMMERLANDS.
COMFORT NEAR HOME.

THE DELIGHTS or THE NEaR-Br-BARNEsTILI
AS A sUNNERING PLACE.
Special Correspondents Of THE EvESISe STAR.
GAINESVILLE. ND. August Is. 1881.
wonder that this pretty little place. with It's
views reminding one of Switzerland. Its lovely
walks,-its people who have made here a new
Acadia,-shoud be SO little known. Imagine
village street, SAP aquarterof a mile In length
SO far as its houses are concerned but stretching
away. a beautiful country road towards the dis
tant mountains. The bowery street Is so narrow
that the jewellers in its houses talk across TO
each other concerning the news Of the day. I'm
about the same tone as that in which they would
speak 10 one sitting in the same room.
These Acadians. who look out from their front
windows on SO much social. cordial. easy life,
look from their back windows on miles aud
miles OF rolling country highlands. lowlands,
valleys and blue distant mountains with always
CONSCIOUSNESS of the river flowing between.
For ourselves, who are colonlZng In the village,
there being no sleeping room for us I'm the hotel
We look ont from the back of our large old
fashioned, comfortable house upon our august
neighbor. the Sugar Loaf Mountain smiling or
frowning down upon us always and changing his
moods with the weather.
Up by the new church, i'm n grove which
they call THE Episcopal Woods - the
view Is said TO embrace fifty miles of hill and
dale and mountain. Che Catoctin and the Rlue
Ridge.) On " Stove-ppe Lane" we get view
the summit of old Sugar Loaf would repay one
for trip here. Wake when We will. i'm the morn
ing. here. we are conscious of the pleasant chat
OF nelghbors, who appear to be talking under
our windows, but who. in reality. are sitting on
their own broad piaZZas. and We come 10 our
own conclusions that the sun must have risen
at least four or five hours ago because all
Barnesylle has breakfasted and finished its DAYS
housework, and everybody lis ready for neigh
boriy hospitality. After we dilatory Washing
tonians have breakfasted people begin to saw
Good afternoon" Good evening" Speaking
OF breakfast, every one who has ever sat at the
takje of the Cedar Grove House will be sure to
wish to return again. Such wilderness and pu-
rity and freshness about everything Such cook
ing, Such orderl The warm-hearted hostess never
seeming To be disturbed by any demands upon her
reasonable or unreasonable. is never troubled by
late arrivals, early departures or extra meals.
The Aouse is filed now by party of Washing
tonians, who have been fortunate enough to dis
cover this little out-of-the-way and altogether
lovely spot. and who add To its interest by their
own graceful and charming manners. There Is
another hotel-also full-whose genial proprie-
tor seems to take the trouble of keeping IL SIM
ply for his own pleasure-he being the possessor
of houses and lands
Sunday here looks like a gala day-peopIe
come from far and near. (as We have five
churches. in wagons in buggies on horseback
men, women and children. The little ones ride
on the same horse behind their fathers while the
mothers and the maidens doff their riding skirts
at the church door. One need not shut ones
eyes To dream that he or she is living one hun
dred years ago; but on Sunday evening when
people promenade the village street, and we see
the light and floating draperies so gracefully
worn. we are brought back TO the knowledge
that ii is really 1881!
No one is poor here. No one Is I'm a hurry.
No one is worried about business matters. No
merchant is anxious that one should buy any
thing i'm his store. No woman feels il a hard
ship to do her own work. 1t is a little city OF
brothers and sisters. All the children are
known and beloved by the whole community.
All lovers of fresh breezy air. of beautiful
mountain scenery. of the sound OF low pleasant
voices. of old fashioned houses with their old
fashioned welcomes and courtesies. ought to
! come to GAINESVILLE and join the guests who sit
on the piazza and at the table of the Cedar
! Grove House.