Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-06-14
A 40 MILE CIRCUIT.
Arcadia and BlOOmlngdale,

The Editor of the News and Mr.. j.
NJ. Barker put in last Thursday on a fly
into Sullivan. June Is the month of
bloom and glory for this country, and
smiling the morning air at an carly hour,
we sprang into that refuge Of tourists, n
buggy-craCked our new whip, and on
any other than such Bristol roads as rem
der tolerable travel m impossibllity, we
should have made time. AS soon rs we
had worried out Of Washington we saw
the Sullivan new road law being put in
to practical operation. Those who had
hold Of axe and pillow and shovel and
pick declared (and one Of those n preach
or and one Of the best men In SULLIVAN
declared they did not like the new road
law. But Barker and did like IL, and
predict that MS soon us the first hard
pull is over they viii like IT,, There are
roads being worked now that have not
felt pick or shovel for many day.
While mcandcrlng over the dclcctable
roads that render Scott akin TO Bristol,
we broke n spring and--thcrc we were,
until a lady, Mrs, Audlcy Anderson
came along. We did not know what TO
do. She did, and from mysterious
box she drew forth the very piece Of
cord that was needed, and Mr.. Anderson
and Mr.. VIM. A. Doocy wrapped our
spring until Il dcncd 30 more miles Of
bad road. ALP. NJ. we had reached
that TO me- new ground which has been
by Prof. Joseph II. kctron honorcd with
the location Of Kingsley Seminary, one
of the very best high schools that ever
did or soon will adom and benefit Sulli-
van county. On u gentle Southern slope
almost concealed I'm u muirhlc,- grove
of onks the traveller can barely catch
CLEANS Of the mow-whitc fences and
the new buildings, the latter some fourth
Of mile distant. within Csc Building
| am told rrof kotron has thcuppliauccs
of llrst-class school that Is doing more
for our young people than any collcgcin
this country ll,s worl, Is proof positive.
As we paused and took In tho eastern
aud southern view thnt mustut all limcs
inspire with To- grandeur and aublmity
his pupils. could hut pity Those who
dwell IN those dull plains that lack I'LL
and foliNgcd and cecarpcd horizon before
us. Edcns Ridge marks IT, outline Of
fcsloons on the Southern aky and below
them shouc q bit Of agricultural glory
not inferior to such a. stirred the SOUL
and inspired the song of Rob'L jums,--
Prof. kclron lacks ono thing, May hc
seek It and then be rs happy as hc has
made others.
A low mlnulcs ride ahead and we were
ut Bloomlngulc, the home of Mr. John
j. Leslie, and the spot where the red
flames a few nights before tapped upAud
condensed In ashes the earthly goods Of
u, Il. Moore. Fortunately he had apol-
Icy Of Al 200 In one Of The companies for
which Mr.. I, &. Fowler is agent. with
Mr.. Lcslc's corn Our horses lhrod better
Than they drew, but with an experience
Of broakdoWns That graduated ~ IN the
art of converting harness into surplus
thongs aud into taps that did the work
of iron, we turned about nnd returned.
We dared not slight llountyillc. Who
wouldY It haspaint, ambition and pluck.
Above an II has Gideon Cate and Bob
Eancs. wanted 10 stop with Cate but
barker said that would get Us intoa Cate.
CORY concerning certain sick oncs he
had ut home, and on we spun, the whccls
beneath a.. We passed Bob Eanct 90
dark Bul fcllgulrU aallrd on Bot,