The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-10-13
0VEl THE sH ANDOAHl
RAIL Ro Id
Into The GmlfAleEl lil VsIIeYesI
MEADOWS RICH AND YALE rs
FERTIEE-K, LAND OF FRUIT
FULNEsS AND fI.ENTK.
HISTORIC 5 . F1EEpss.

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HISTORIC BATTlE F1ELDs.a,
1 Humbolt, in the midst Of tropical
splendors. found time b keenly regret
the lowly lierEpan meade rs Of his father
land. and f61t til lI aSey from It,
his heart inaens der Under
the glowing tzopical aky he ds tain to
eonfnG his glanees 70 the earth; and the
earth. scorehed and ca he'd By the sun,
was nothing better thar i sandy waste.
The remembrance Of q fresh green turf
of the German land eai baeklupon the
travellers mind with resifable force.
For the smallest flower hat grew before
hIsown door, he would hive given all
the magical wealth of the forests of
Guiana.
And So & s. witt le,nea-
dow i reaches etcrnal
yoisth, ar At least yearly
vefdant turf 1T gives promise 10 the soul,
and tells it that we cannot die.
The broad expanse between the Blue
Ridge or South Mountain, and the front
rank of the AIIeghaniAn ranges, called
the North Mountain hiom CaTliafAt Pa,
down to Hagerstown, Nd, or so much of
this expanse as lies in Pennsylvania and
MARYLAND is called the Cumberland VAL
ley and its principle stream isl the Con
edegWinit It rs through this charming
valley at this season of the year are the
words of the poet SO suggestive
"oh for the golden days-the days beyond re-
calling"
This valley in some respects resembling
the valley ofthe Nantahala is part of the
Land OF promise. 1t is fertile, inviting,
picturesque. 1t brings the traveller the
sweetest repose, in miles of deep rich
foliage, productive fields, in acres of in
telligent cultivation, woods and hedges
and in the distant blue and graceful
mountains. From the car windows can
be seen wagons, and farm hands in the
fields expressing the movement of the
year.
Indeed from no train on all the iron
highways of Pennsylvania can the sea-
sons be SO well watched as here. Beyond
the fields are always mountains, the
North and South chains. There is
something tempting in the outlines of
these everlasting hllls-the tempting
invitation to climb them and view what
is beyond. 1t is the same feeling that
animated the man who first, from the
plain of the Pampas, saw the sublime
crest of the Cordilleras touching heaven,
and had but one desire-to discover what
lay beyond the barrier. Vasco Nunez
de Balboa, the companion of Pizarro,
enjoyed the intoxication of the first
glance, but only from the hills of PAN
anna. So sings Keats =
"or, like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes
He stared at the Pacific, and all his men
Looked at each other with a wild surmise,
Silent, upon peak in Darien.'
This road-the Shenandoah, is in some
respects like our own Western North
Carolina Rail Road and offers to the
travelling tourists almost the same charm
ing scenery, although not quite as wild
or rugged as the scenery of Western
North Carolina.
The scene along the Shenandoah VAL
ley ls one of agricultural thrift and pro5-
peritr which it would be FAsrd to parallel.
Nowhere is there bit of waste land, no.
where mean farm or miserable shanty.
Everywhere industry and cultivation
and general content. No worse shadows
lie upon it than those the drifting clouds
throw picturesquely down, and the winds
as quickly snatch away.
Now why all this prosperity.
Because the road has advertised its
special advantages and made known to
the world aG large the advantages and
resources of this section. This is what
our North Carolina roads must do to
make the section a prosperous and invit-
ing one.
If North Carolina had more such
brainy, far-seeing and public spirited
men like Col. A. B. Andrews and Julian
S. Carr, she would not be far behind
other commonwealths in material wealth
and advancement. Western North Car
olina owes debt of gratitude to Col.
Andrews which can meyer be paid. His
work is living moment toa live man.
GETTYsBURG.
The line over which the tourist reaches
Gettysburg is one which bringsinto view,
every moment, the dainIest Yis.as, the
choicest mosaics, of inland scenery,
The picture of Gettysburg off 10 the
distance as you gradually approach it is
one of choice beauty, as you near the
theatre of wars greatest battle panor-.
oma of beauty bursts upon the eye-for
it is here above all places that nature has
shown all of her gifts in proportion.
Before you, around you everywhere, is
the most exquisite view in all Pennsyl-
vania-a horizon fifty miles away in eV-
cry direction. It is one of those rare
views, sometimes obtained by the trav-
elers, that are so beautiful that they
linger over the choicest gems in the
collection of memory.
As 1 stood on Round Sap'' where
Pickett's division made its memorable
charge-the grandest charge in the late
civil war-I could not help but recall the
manly daring of our boys who wore the
grey-and the fearless words of Pickett
TO Genl Longstreet ST shall go forward
Sir" Through grape and canister, shot
and shell was this charge made. History
will record it the boldes5 and most fear
less of the late war.
To-day the crashing cannon thrills
have faded from the air, the sword lies
harmless in its scabbard, the tents are
tenantless and an air of peace and pros
perity prevails the scene around, and it
is incomparably beautiful, so beautiful
indeed, that 70 wcr5s, no painting, no
photograph can present more than very
faint idea of its wondrous charm.
Everywhere, in every nook and corner,
has the Shenandoah Rail Road advertis-
ed the great attractions along its line of
road, Gettysburg in particular, as well as
many other charming places.
Let the Richmond and Danyille Rail
Road 60 and do likewise
Guy Gym.