The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-15

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spairing, she sought and gained re.
lief in death, by throwing herself
recklessly over the dreadful prccipice,
and falling with the beautiful limo.
cent water, now known as "Conness.
tee" falls, into the dark, dangerous
depths below. Is not such constancy
admirable, Mr.. Editor? and exem.
plary too for the boys and girls Of
to-day, inasmuch rs the majority of
them arc SO fearfully inconstant, yet
we would not have them suffer such
lamcntable results rs did poor Con-
ncstcc. Excuse me, kind Mr.. Ed
ltor, IL exhaust your patience, but
Just little more, and I'll begin to
close this rambling epistlc.
Last week | enjoyed an excursion
to Caesars Head. This you know
is famous peak Of the Blue Ridge
mountain just over the line in s. G.
From here, it is twelve miles distant
in the direction Of 0m' "mountain
city"--Greenville. The day we went
was fine, till towards its close. The
early morning, however, was foggy
rs usual. You know till about eight
o'clock every morning this valley is
wrapped in an immense cloud OF
mist, making it very damp and render.
ing the nearest objects invisible. But
as the fog cleared away, (though in
stead Of falling to our regret it rose
and re knew to expect rain in the
aitcrnoon) pair Of merry tar heels,
a pharmaccutist and merchant,
with the finest buggics and fastest
horses in town were seen climbing
the Wandering ascent which leads
directly to my uncle's beautiful gothic
domicilc. These tar heels taking up
their fcmals crosses, (Mattie Ice and
Annie May) were soon going on
their way up the mountain, rejoicing
(0. The day was beautiful, Twas in.
deed "swcet day so cool so calm,
80 bright" The scenery along the
road was fine to say tho least and
was greatly enhanced by ferns, wild
flowers and limpid rills--naturc's
lovcliest decorations. There were
numerous springs by the roadside.
from whose icy waters we were frc-
4ucntly refreshed by our handsome
little pharmaceutist. We reached
our destination at one p. H., and az
ter some promiscuOus strolling and
viewing we sat down and partook,
with 4 decided relish of Matte Lees
light bread, chicken and cake, which
with our gallant merchants Sardincs,
pickles and confcctioncrics proved
indeed Il most enjoyable rcpast.
The refuse our pharmaccutist found
sport in throwing from his lofty
perch, into the valley Immediately
below calling it "brcad cast upon
the watcrs,,' but he was mistaken. rs
it fell in the tree tops. The views
on Caesars Head are grandcr and
more extensive than those in his
MroM. hope to describe them to
you, when | began this Mr.. Editor,
but their sublimity makes me so pain
fully conscious of my incompctcncy
and insignifcancc, that the mere at
tempt to describe them, finds me
dumb. But you must know some
thing Of this apparently limitlcss
panorama Of beauty and GRANDEUR.
can you not come and behold it for
yourself ? Most certainly you would
feel compensated for your long,
weary journey. You would find
nice large hotel on the Head; it has
but few permanent boardcrs, nun.
crous transient ones, however. We
visited the hotel spring, and what q
delightful place it is. The crystal
waters tricklc gently and musically
from a large m0ss.covcred cmbank-
mcnt, into circular rock basin; flow
ing thence down the muontain, they
soon mingle with the waters Of our
own Saluda and eventually with
those Of the Atlantic Ocean. After
refreshing ourselves with this cx.
ccllcnt Caesars Ueud qOuter, loung-
ing on the cool green sward around
the spring, gathering various little
mcmcntocs VIC badc adicu to this
lovely place and began our return
home.
We soon reached the N. and S. G..
line. 1t is marked by tall graceful
poplar and near it is n small di.
lapidated building. 1t is occupied
by six sanctmonious looking men
who would remind you at once Of the
solemn old monks of St Bernard.
One Of them ! am told, some
years since was Grccnville's Legis.
laturc man. am told that they
take advantage Of the location Of
their home in way that renders an
arrest an almost impossible in case
it please them to commit any on'cnsc.
If a \. G. sheriff attempts the arrest,
they flee from the threshold of their
y. =. door, and vice versa. Cross
in" tn" line we went onward; sud-
dcnly it began laundering and soon
we were in the midst Of storm. Our
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