The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-08
For the Farmer and Mechanic.
A Kite for kittreil--Another Nor
thern Mi n who Didn't Find a
Fools Errand' in Dixie.
KITTRELLs, \. c., March .

hITTRELLS, y. u, NarcH =
The village of Kittrells, which is be
coming such famous resort for North
ern invalids, sportsmen, and pleasure
seekers, is In the new county OF Vance,
on the Raleigh & Gaston K. X. The
mineral springs aud buildings, once so
celebrated as summer resort, are about
a half mile distano from the village, and
are used as a female school, conducted
by Prof. Barnes, former y of Toisnot.
(N. B.-We have heretofore printed
the card of Rev Mr.. Barnes. Parents
wishing to educate their children out o1
town, for the summer, could board at
Kittrells and send the little ones to him.
Ed. F. 4 NJ.
Our greatest attraction now Is ouI
large and elegant hotel, owned and
managed by Col. w. f. Davis, Of Bos-
ton, and 1t is conce led by every one who
has been so fortunate as to stop here,
to be the best country hotel in the
United States. 1t presents beautiful
appearance with its 600 feet of piazzas
all enclosed in glass, within which are
long rows of tropical plants and flowers
growing and in full bloom all winter
long. Passengers on the cars trequent~
ly take it to be an immense green house.
A party of young gentlemen from Raj
eigh few summers ago were attending
a bali down at the Springs, and return
ing late at night after the hotel was
closed, could not find the door, and after
wandering around the hotel times in
their Intellectual efforts to gain an en-
trance, thus accosted a citizen on the
street: Say, stranger, will you please
be so kind as to show us the door to
this ID shoU case And while its
outward appearance is SO beautiful and
attractive, when you enter its spacious
dining room, parlors, billiard rooms,
&C., all furnished In the most elegant
style, you imagine yourself in some
large city instead of the little village OF
Kittrells. Col. Davis has also erected
large ball, with stage, scenery, &c,
for private theatrical. which are fire.
quently held by his guests for their own
amusement. And by the way, some Of
the acting of these amateurs would do
credit to professionals in the large
cities
The hotel is filled during the winter
ard spring months with visitors from
nearly all of the large cities North.
Some amuse themselves In hunting.
and bring dogs costing them from 500
to 5000 each, and guns equally as ex
pensive; while large majority of them
come to enjoy our mild and healthy
climate. They nearly all come com
planning OF sleepless nights and no ap-
petite, but after landing here you never
hear any more complaint; which they
say is owing to good feeding and eli
mate. And there must be some truth
in the feeding part, as some OF them
pay as high as 800 per week for suit
of corner rooms Of course to cater for
such class of people, Col. Davis has to
have the best of Northern cooks, and
gets all of his meats, &C., from the
Northern cities, paying the highest
prices and getting the very best on the
market | have frequently heard gen
tlemen from Boston and New York say
that they get no better fare in the high
est priced Northern hotels and that
the homc-like comforts of the Davis
house are found nowhere else.
1t is Interesting to see how these
Northern people amuse themselves.
On warm, sunny day, you will see our
roads and woods full of them some IN
wagons, some on horse back, while a
large majority of them are taking
tramp on foot. All generally return
loaded down with what are curiosities
to them cotton stalks, branches of hol
ley, cedar, pine, knotty walking canes,
&c. There are many others who being
too sick to venture out, amuse them
selves by promenading the long plazzas.
taking what they call the elegant and
healthful Southern sun bath, getting
the benefit of the sun while the glass
protects them from cold air without
They mingle very little with our peo-
pie, thinking probably that we still en-
tertain an unkindly feeling for them.
Those on their Grst visit South seem
generally anxious to get into conversa-
ton with our people, to talk cotton,
darkey, &c. | was amused the other
day at party of them who seeing some
bales of cotton on the street, asked IT
we we're not afraid the negroes would
steal it at night and carry it off to sell
II showed that their heads are level on
the darkey, in one respect, at any rate.
They are always liberal, and give
freely CO our Ii ldSC VIC dlC
largely Indebted to Northern visitors
here for the churches we have. | re-
member some ten years since two gen
tlemen were here from Boston whom
| mad taken out cunning, giving them
very fine sport. The lumber for our
little church was then lying at the depot
about to be sold for debt Of $40
which was due on delivery, and We could
not raise it. SO |, as one Of the build
ing committee, had arranged to go,
on certain day, some distance in the
country to try to borrow it. The morn
ing was to go, they insisted should
90 with them out cunning. | told them
that it was impossible, but would not
give them my reason. They looked
up Col. Davis and found out from him
why could not go. They raised the
money at once, paid the bill, sent for
me and giving me the receipt, told me
to hurry on my cunning suit, as | now
had no excuse. Those kind gentlemen
have been coming here every winter
since, and have shown their liberality to
some of our citizens in much more
manner than the above.
Others have since been equally as liberal
to our churches.