Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-07-12
Virginia Summer RcaorLs

Virginia Summer Rcaorls.
while Northern residents have theirs Sar-
atoga, Newport, Long Branch and Conev
Island, 1t should not be forgotten that Vir.
glnla, the Old Dominion, possesses the most
wonderful Springs and Summer resorts in
America. These places arc famed for
thclr beauties and medicinal virtues and
nave for long years been known to the world
is second to none. The main difficulty at
tending their development has been the diff.
iiculty in getting there
lhls trouble has fortunately been all done
away with now by the Virginia Midland
Hallway, which starts from Alexandria on
poslte Washington ID. C., and runs south
west down into North Carolina and makes
sure connections with all the leading rail-
roads in the South. forming in fact the main
trunk line for all Southern and South Wes
tern travel. The officers of this road are
all gentlemen Of experience in the work and
are alive to the lccdS of the ,lay i'm thor
ouShly developing The South. The officers
arc us follows: -,
Hon. Jno. :. Harbour. President; Col. r.
NJ. Il: Ialcott, General Manager; Pcyton
randolph, Assistant General Manager: w.
Nj. ;. Dunn. Engineer and Superintendent:
a. Pope, General Passenger Agent: M.
Slaughter, Assistant General Passenger
Agent.
The Virginia Midland offers lariIities and
advantages which it may Justly claim rs
peculiarly lis OWN, and no other road can
hope now Or hereafter to obtain more than
an imperfect share. In the first place. it
connects Immediately with the twin systems
OF railways which pour their united streams
into The national capital In the second
place, it affords 10 these streams IL channel
OF distribution extending throughout the
South and Southwest, which, alike for its
directness and its geographical advantages,
cannot be surpassed, if, indeed, it can be
cqllalcd. Thirdly, for the tourist the in
valid, the artist, the student of history, the
business man and the intending settler, it Of
1ers a route on which the monotony of coast
travel is simply impossible-a route full of
natural beauty, ever changing but never
Weaiylhg IN Its variety; Il route through
corn and wheat fields, through pastures and
beside mountains, over famous fields Of
battle, in sight of historic homesteads.
through healthtul upland villages, seats of
learning and manufacturing cities and,
lastly, owing to its midland position, itgiycs
to the traveller, Of whatever character,
health-sceker or pleasure hunter, a choice,
to the right hand or the left. as his fancy or
his need may dictate, of the whole wide
range of resorts, seaside inland and noun
tain, for which the Old Dominion has long
been, and will long continue to be, celc-
bratcd.
I'VE will not stop to describe or name all
the historical places or incdel IS which come
to view or mind as we ride over this in road
its fine coaches and bchindits magnificent To-
comotlves, but in passing will call special at
tcntion to three of its counties which are
known as Rappahannock, Madison and
Green and sometimes called the Switzerland
Of Virginia.
SO lofty, broken, wild and beautiful arc
the SUBMITS Of the Blue Ridge, as seen from
the cosy villages and quiet highways of Ran
pahannock, that the county has Justly won
the name of the Switzerland of Virginia.
In Madison and Green the scenery, if not so
wild, is still lovely and in the former coun-
ty there is Il valley so sweet, so secluded and
so fertile us fully to justify comparison with
the vale of happiness in which "Rasselas"
dwelt. TO those who not only do not mind
horseback exercise or taveling by private
conveyance or stage, but really enjoy it and
to those also who are never so much charm
cd as. when away from the beaten track of
travel, they encounter good fare and clean
bed, we heartily commend these interior
and little known counties ofVirginia. Madi-
son and Greene arc best reached from Cor
louisville, the former junction ofthc Midland
with the Chesapeake 4 Ohio road Kappa
hammock is accessible by stage from the town
of Culpeper; but the route from Front Roy
al by private conveyance is over II shorter
and better road, and through more inter-
esting country; the grazing farms of many
herdsman, and the scenery combining their
attractions, to iascinate and detain the trav-
eler. Board at hotels, some which are sur
prisingly good, and at private houses both
in the country and in the quaint, pretty vii
lagos. may be had Oh reasonable terms, and
the traveller will oitentimes find delightful
society amo ong the Summer boarders from
cities of Maryland and Virginia.
The beauties of the country traversed
and the advantages given by the Midland
Railway in reaching all the celebrated local
tiles are such that our want of space com
pels us to defer until another time more
| full description n-Kinqs County. " y. Gdz.