The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-08-06
CIOudIand Hotel.

TOP OF ROAM MOUNTAIN, n. q.
To The CoMET:-We reached here on the ev-
enlng of the 23d, little tired but in good order
and ready for fun. Although you live right in
Its sneighboThood, but few OF your readers have
any idea OF the beauty or extent of the view over
which the eye sweeps from the grounds of the
hotel We stand on top OF the middle peak, the
highest peak on the Roam. The great white
building can be seen over 100 miles from any di-
rectiOn and commands vast eXpanSe OF over
10000 square miles OF the most varied and pict-
ureSque scenery in any country in the world
the verltabe Switzerland OF America. There
are over 100 mountain tops in sight below, that
are more than 1000 feet high. The view reach
eS into seven different States. Sometimes the
view is gone and you look down into surging,
tossing mass of clouds with the lightning flash
ing through them, the thunder rolling and the
storm muttering a thousand feet below, while
the sun is shining brightly at the hotel and
mountain tops and we seem up here cut off from
all else, ''the world forgetting, OF the world for
got" There is nothing in this vale Of tears that
can equal in beauty the sunrise, or the cloud ef-
tects OF sunset as viewed from the western part
Of the hotel. Gen Wilder has purchased from
time to time until he now owns l3 square miles
Of mountain top and sides and controls the
hotel points and views OF the region round
about. He has inclosed a little patch about the
hotel with ten miles of fence The hotel, 456
feet long and AZ wide, three stories high and a
basement, stands out in prominent view, so that
no one Is in danger of getting unintentionally
lost II is built entirely Of baisam, fir and black
spruce containing over l,000 900 feet of lumber.
The water, cold as one cares to drink, is forced
| by steam pump from spring ITO feet below
the house The house Is filled TO overilowing,
with happy. contented guests. As fast as one
party goes, another comes, the coming ones
sometimes having to delay day or two at the
near completed hotel of Mrs. Elmendorf, at the
railroad station. We have as jolly home par
| vas any hotel ever gathered no extra dress
ing, no style, no press, just good solid comfort.
since We have been here we have had one Judge
! OF the United States Supreme Court; four State
supreme Judges, OF Arkansaw; one German
! Baron, and lesser lights innumerable and all
there without any extra addition of dignity or
foolishness, each one trying to act as member
OF one large family and endeavoring to have a
good time and are fully succeeding. There are
abundance of places for horseback rides and
walks and lots of pretty jolly girls TO GO
out with us. There are more cosey little hooks
charming trysting places and elegant locations
to talk sweetness aud love to eyes that look love
in return, than any other summer resort In the
| land, can afford. Delicate women who could
hardly walk to the near neighbors in the valley
below, think nothing here Of tramping three OF
four miles end back over mill ana hollow, rock
and tree trunk. We have had barrels OF fun
and SO have all the rest OF the people here We
have people from Carter to Shelby. Memphis
contributed jolly squad. A dozen or more
States North aud South, are represented, but
among them all we are keeping up the reputa
tion OF old Carter, q little hard work sometimes
Dut we Will do II II we wear out our boots an6
saddles, and ruin our teeth with the sweetness
our tongues discuss. Old Carter is not going Il
get left so long as we are here, and alive There
are flowers in abundance found blooming IL
the soft velvety turf, to be built into boquets
lovely MOSES and beautiful ferns for the fair
and above all, the weather is most lovely
While you are groaning among the CO.'S tn,
highest we have is 60 degrees and the lowest 5s
Come up and join us and add many years Il
your life and bushels of fun to your fepertory,
l.. II.