The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-05
For the E.rmer and Mechanic
WARM SPRINGS, n. c., Aug. 81.

Again duU again. since reaching the
Land of The Sky. from the low grounds
OF Goldsboro. | have intended To SEND
you dots oil travel; but who is so
busy, or rather who so averse to effort.
as they who have nothing to do? With
my late routine OF l6 or Is hours house
keeping, teaching and writing. | had
actually more leisure han is found in
oui present life If busy idleness. Com
ing up the middle of July. as we neared
and passed Hickory the freshening gales
were o welcome after the sultry day
and night of exhaustion in those horrid
.sleepers"-and when in the observa-
car nearing Asheville, with it's
sweet, pure air, limpid streams, and
glorious hIlls-the heart cannot fail to
eXclaim
"None in the world like thee,
On, there are none! And If there were
My heart desires them not"
Receiving weekly account firm Ash
vile, we were yet totally unprepared for
the clty-llke hustle, of depot and streets.
with which we were COMPOUNDED after
one or two years absence. We were
simply astonished at the rapid growth.
and Tin a business point Of view the
great Improvement of the - hill'd
city, New streets, houses, stores.
hotels, %thronging vehicles, many of the
latter dashing equipages, with servants
ivery-while thousands of summer
tourists render the sometime Quiet
streets a perfect Broadway. There can
be no reasonable doubt but that Ashe-
Vile with its many advantages, its glo-
rlous climate, Twelve years ago. on one
10Th OF November. we had for dinner
green meas and navy Ir;O l. No,oo. G.
our Asheville rocky garden, with North
ern exposure and when we exclaimed
with surprise Where on earth d d YOU
get them. JENNY" the response was
!" Otuntee1s. mistress, de peas fell
where | gait cred 'em in spring. and
sprung up again and de taters lest
staid In de sround.'O WELT to go back.
with its climate, its unsurpassed seem
cry. its fruits and vegetables. cattle FUR
nishing meat, milk. cheese and butter.
and railroads arrived, coming and to
come-if her people prove to be masters
of the situation, developing energy suf-
fcient to utilize all these wonderful gifts
of a beneticent Father-this world will
scarcely offer to its denizens "A more ex-
quisite paradise than Asheville can be
m ide. Two f1eeting weeks. surrounded
by old friends and neighbors. and
then, to the place of our destination
the warm baths. to boil out, if possible.
the aches and pains incident to malarial
climate, or perhaps, more properly
speaking. to the burden of advancing
years. These baths work wonderful
cures. My visit to the pool is at 5 a.
M. then a delicious morning nap, pre-
paratory to a big breakfast of oat meal.
brown cakes with maple sirop oval
ker y, iced milk. &c. &c. Then. an
hour on 1.-The corner S ,fa," surrounded
by charming, pleasant. common-sensi-
cal ladies', from all these dis-United
States or on the long piazza. as an
humble ~appendaye to Paul the Aged.
enjoying the varied topics ~discoursed or
or discussed by the lords of creation :
after which an hour or two at this
pleasant window inhaling invigorating
Freezes. while engaged in reading, writ
ING or s%titchery. Of the outdoor ram
bles. equinal excursions, round-dances,
&c, this deponent Sayeth not. debarced
rom the first w by physical inability
and wondering that the youngest and
gayest resort for ''p%leasure''-a feverish
questionable pleasure to say the least.
when there are at this charming resort so
many sources of pure. innocent. health
giving enjoyment. Alas for the pa
rents who sanction such coarse and
vulgar amusements for the teachers.
who court popularity, and pander to
vice. by aiding, abetting, and endorsing
that which the late Pope of Rome de-
nOunced as mortal sin - and the On
fessional of his church, as well as the
police records of nations. speak OF as the
gate to the pit" most humerously
threnged! Protestant parents, espe-
ciallv Presbyterian parents. should veil
their faces in shame.
[ must advert to the unusually bright
and precocious little people of the
crowd-one of them certainly the most
unique child | ever s&w-beautitul as q
fairy dream-pure as a snowflake; ii Is
difficult when meeting the axe of his
luminous ewes; admiring the exquisite
" moulded features, the pure complex
ion. the fiossy. golden curls. it is diff
cult for even the strongest adherent 10
the shorter C~atechlsm' to associate
the ideas of total depravity and original
sin. with such external loveliness. But
when the little fellow opens his rosebud
mouth il gives forth no uncertain sound.
but the ring of the old Adam" is fully
recognized in his original ~utterances.
Self-willed AMI determined as the veriest
lord of creation. amenable only to bis
" sweet will, is little William, aged 3,
son of DIR. Capeheart, The owner, L am
told. of broad acres, Improved Breeds"
&c. &C., but sure L am that this lovely
child is the best stock he can exhibit.
A wonderful talent he appears to have
for music-will chirp in perfect time to
the ladies' accOmpaniments-and Will
| sta.t out like a flash into the middle OF
the floor on hearing a familiar tune, and
| dance like a fay, utterly unconscious oil
| the edmirlng eyes of throngs of stran-
GERS. all of whom would in vain SOLICIT
him so to exhibit. One very warm day,
while with all his tiny strong will, he
was resisting being dressed for dinner,
! he exclaimed. ..Oh. mamma, do let me
| 90 barefoot all overt" The poetry of
lite. such children are, how difficult it Is
to keep from unduly pettlng and spoil
ing them.
But so much time has been given to
little Willie as to leave little for dis
cussing the stately DANES and young
| damsels of our company. which is we'll
perhaps, for it might appear invldlous to
name a few among so many. Pre-eml-
uent for retaining her freshness OF man
ner, spirits and appearance. IS your tar
townsman, Mrs. X. 5. Tucker, who,
perhaps, won't thank me for saying that
/ remember her years ago rs little
Florence Perkins, and to-day 1t Is dill
cult to believe that she is not merely
the elder sister of her beautiful daugh-