The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-29
A CHARMING SPOT
I'm which TO While Away a
s Summer. T.

PHEASANT REGoLLEcTIoN OF ONE or
NORTH CARoLINA's MOST FAvORHD
SUMNER RESORTS.
The average newspaper man" can
but occasionally get away from hs
desk and duties for nm "outing;" l&t
summer the writer was fortunae
enough to obtain brief vacation, afd
the question Where shall / go? vas
speedily settled in favor Of the grand
mountain scenery Of Western Moth
Carolina. We found Warm Springs
a delusion; Ashevillc was SO dusty
that we speedily fled from it Ind
finally halted at Waynesville hot
loveliest city Of the plain, but qbiet
little village in Haywood coubty,
nesting amid the most magnificent
mountain scenery to be fund any-
where in the Atlantic States.
Scarcely halfa mile from the village
is to be found the attraction Of Hay.
wood county-the White Sulphur
Springs, and in the commodious and
attractive hotel which mine host Tin.
berlake maintains at this favorite
summer resort we found that rest and
recreation which we had vainly sought
elsewhere.
One might as well attempt to paint
the lily as to hope to describe the
feelings which enter into and take
possession Of ones mind as he or she
untiringly gazes at the mountain
scenery so close at hand or watches
the ftfully changing shadows Of pass.
ing clouds upon mountain side and
peak. We look and look, aimlessly
perhaps, but still we gaze, and there
never comes feeling ofsatiety. Nor
sit to be wondered at. More ex.
perienced travellers than we do not
hesitate to pronounce this immediate
section the Switzerland Of America,
an American lady, Miss Greenfield
loyal as can be, and who came to
Haywood White Sulphur Springs
direct from Switzerland says: I'm all
Of Switzerland there is not one scene
like this" We honor the lady's en-
thusiasm and believe her judgment
impartial.
This immediate yicinage may well
be termed the "Land of the sky
Haywood White sulpur Springs are
Six Hundred feet higher than Ashe.
vile; Fourteen Hundred feet higher
than Warm Springs and Twenty-Five
Hundred feet higher than Tide.water!
No malaria here! No heat No dust!
Nc sand flies! No mosquitoes or gnats.
The seeker after these things must 20
elsewhere. But if the visitor desires
deliciously pure mountain air, sur.
charged with ozone, and every in
spiration Of which seems like a new
lease of life, 60 to the Haywood White
Sulphur Springs. Ifyou want trout
fishing, il is close at hand; il you are
fond Of shooting, there is an abund-
ance Of game, and Wild Medford can
recount to you Qf you can draw him
QUIT his thrilling "bar," and panther
stories. II you desire TO test the
medicinal virtues Of some spring some.
rhere remember that the Haywood
White Sulphur Springs possess IN.
usual curative properties. "The water
is very limpid and cold, and though
strongly impregnated with white
sulphur, It is light, and one soon be.
comes positively fond Of it'-so says
Rev. Mr.. Marshall, rector Of Christ
Church, Raleigh-for our part we
don't "hanker' after sulphur in any
form. There are enough other at.
fractions about the Springs for US,
without the water.
The hotel accommodations, too, are
so superior TO those Of most summer
resorts. There is the main building
and a number Of cosy cottages, and in
front Of the hotel Is a beautiful blue.
grass lawn, ten acres in extent; in the
rear are fifty acres Of clover and
timothy. There are ample accommo.
dations for two hundred guests, and
these guests come from widely differ
emit parts Of the South and Southwest.
Some are old habitues--they could
hardly be forced 10 go elsewhere, and
from June TO November health and
pleasure seekers flock thither.
Harmless amusements are provid.
cd, ad Ebitum. There are lawn
tennis, croquet, bowling, pool, bill
lizards, concerts, music and dancing,
and during the season q first.class
orchestra lends lis attractions. A
dancing pavilion and skating rink d
now being constructed and will be
ready for use by the first Of July, and
the use Of this rink is free TO guests
Of the house From the hotel livery,
and al reasonable rates, can DO secur.
ed oil manner Of the best accommo'
dations-not old worn out horses
and antediluyian vehicles, but the
newest, freshest and best. Nor docs
one need a guide in order to explore
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