Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-07-24

men all being strictly temperate men,
both from habit and inclination, it is
a pleasure to them to know of place
entirely free from Bachanalian influ-
ences which they can recommend to
their friends.
The popularity of Monteagle is in
creasing with each successive season,
and there are more visitors there now
than at this time of any former year.
1t is place where the hot summer
months can be spent both pleasantly
and proftably. In addition to the
health giving influences Of the pure
mountain air and water, visitors can
also drink copious draughts at the
fountain of knowledge. A high moral
and intellectual tone pervades the
place not found at other summer re-
sorts.
The ride up the mountainroad from
Cowan is in itself worth visit to
Monteagle. The grade in places is as
great as one hundred and eighty feet
to the mile, and so rapidly does the
train rise above the beautiful valley
below, that seems almostlike climb
ing into the clouds. From various
points along the line lovely views of
the rich green carpeted valley, dotted
over with picturesque villages and
farm houses, .open up to the delighted
and enraptured vision Of the be-
holder.
There are many pleasant features
connected with Monteagle we could
dwell upon at length, but our space
forbids. We advise all our friends
who wish to get way from the busy
cares of every day life for a few days
or weeks to 60 to Monteagle. Avisit
there will well repay anyone for the
time and money spent.
On Thursday the Press Association
went to Tracy City, and viewed there
, the great coal and coke industries OF
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail
road Company. Some idea of the
magnitude of this enterprise may be
had from the figures of their produc.
ton. Fourteen hundred tons of coal
are mined daily, of this, five hundred
tons are shipped and nine hundred
, tons are converted into coke. They
have over five hundred coke ovens
, in operation, and it takes four long
= freight trains daily to move cut the
: coal and coke. The entire crowd o.
newspaper representatives, about
eighty innumber, madea trip through
one of the coal mines, which is work
ed by free labor. Later in the day {
party of about fifteen went through
f one of the mines being worked
: by convicts. The pleasantest feature
f of this days entertainment was thu
: visit to the stockade, and the superb
: dinner spread for us there. The din
. ner was feast fit for a king, and thu
: scramble of two miles through tn,
f coal mines served as a fine appetizer
e Mr.. James Bowron, the general man
4 ager of the T. G. /. g. r. r. Co., Capt
S Cain, and Mr.. Patton, deputy wardel
, andsuperintendent of the branch pris
;. on, together with their assistants
4 made warm friends of the newspape
5 men for their many kindnesses an,
a courtesies. we visited every depart
n ment of the prison, and were agreea
$ bly, Suppressed at the perfect system 0
g order and cleanliness. Everythin
e which can be consistently done for tn
y comfort and welfare of the convicts
d done. We conversed freely with
+ number of the convicts, and they a
d spoke in the highest terms of Deput
y Warden Cain, and Superintendent
: Patton, as well as all their assistants
r Both the State and convicts are fol
$ tunate in having such officials, for W
IS never met more pleasant and genif
e gentlemen.
5. All of the party returned to Mon
If eagle for supper, and most of ther
/, joined in moonlight excursion thu
% night to Forest Point, one of tn
d many beautiful views. There wei
n about three hundred people in tn
y excursion, a great bonfire was bui
lie on the Point, and two or three houl
e. were spent in having a "high oil
y time"
ID On Friday some twenty-five repr
C. sentatives of the press visited tt
ic iron furnaces at South Pittsburg, an
Is were again the guests of the 7. G..
IS & R. r. Co. Mr.. Bowron, the gene
he al manager, was in charge of the pa
IT. ty that day, as on Thursday, and d
De everything in his power to make Il