Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-07
ANOTHER LETTER FROM THE
SOUTH.


riding, and promises better now farther
north. Before leaving | want to men,
ton among the many advantages of this
place for invalids. seeking Il warmer
cline, is the fact that one of the most dis
tinguished and excellent physicians of
America. DIR. \. y. Tally, resides here
the year around and the benefit of his
experience in all diseases. especially those
of the lungs. can be had and at very rea-
sonable rates. The hotels. too, are very
good for the South. | have stopped at
Wrights Hotel. which is said to set the
best table. 1t is certainly very good.
Board from SIS to S2l week.
SALISBURY. y. G..
Wednesday evening, April 2G. lSSG.
We left Columbia at two yesterday,
reached here at o'clock. stopping at
Charlotte for supper. | was with Il Bos-
tom gentleman. Mr.. Cum>ton of the firm
of IIallct Il Cumstom. piano makers. and
very genial gentleman. In the morn
ing took my last ride with Marion
Marion. it will be remembered. is mare
We went on the Lexington road, cross
inc the Congarec. which is formed by the
junction of the Saluda and Broad rivers.
Just above Columbia, and lower down. in
conjunction with the Catawba or Wat
cree. forms the Santee. The Congaree
now is a shallow. but broad stream.
never navigable as far rs this bridge, but
1.,tt
within four miles. or 300 miles from the
ocean. The country beyond it was a
pretty one to ride through. Oak trees of
many varieties abound. The haw sends
up its sprightly branches. and the myr-
tie keeps it company.
This morning is couded. think there
will be rain among the mountains. Sal
isbury is an old place of some $500 in
habitants. 1t looks like an old German
town. | believe North Carolina to a
great extent was settled by Germans.
The depot is a IA little to one side of the
village The principal business street of
the town looks like the bed of river.
Signs of the North have thickened very
much since leaving Columbia. We no
ticed yesterday several well-fenced pas
lures with cows in them: the grass in
them quite respectable. Here the grass
and clover grow rank by the roadside.
and some of the lawns are very thickly
matted. Dandeions have gone to seed.
There are elms which appear to have
emi%rated from Connecticut. and stately
looking apple trees. \ robin cooked his
head to one side and said that he knew
me.
A>HEvILLE. Friday morning. April 80.
at last write from Asheville. Il place
that for many years have wished to Wis
it. | am seeing it under rather unfavor-
able circumstances. for the weather is
stormy. can see that the place is of
the North Carolina type rather than the
South. Its streets are narrow and with
out order; the buildings for the most
part low and without beauty. The side
walks are abominable, being the most
primitive kind of stone pavement The
roads are muddy and the immediate Vi
entity of the place embarrassing. The
clouds have yet prevented my getting
distant views.
1t has rained nearly all the time since
left Salisbury. For near a hundred
miles the country was an inviting one.
divided between cultivated and wood
two exquisite glimpseS of valleys as we
neared the mountains: but the weather
prevented full views of them. The
climbing of the mountains by the rail
road is an amusing piece of labor. 1t
zigzagS its way up. twisting around it.
self, and picks its way along. occasionally
burrowing under a mountain. until final
~ it energies AT the top. Its descent to
Asheville is gradual. There are many
romantic scenes whilst we are ascending.
but am disappointed in the forest. 1t
doesn't compare with ours upon the
Green Mountains. 1t is of ,pragglv
nature, uneven height, and lacks all the
wonderful finish. power and beauty of a
northern forest. | speak of only what
have seen. but an Ohio man that | have
been talking with tells me this is the case
all through this region as far as he has
observed, and says il is owing to the
quality of the soil. shortly after leav-
ing the summit we entered Il farming
valley that continued all the way to
Asheville. At one point the soil changed
from the red clay to dark, but after
wards changed back, and here at Ashe-
vile we have again the usual Southern
red clay with its popularity of small and
larger ravines. washed out by the rains. !
We see many fine apple trees as we come
along and some meadows of grass and |
lover that will compare favorably with |
any.
The first station after crossing the Blue
Ridge is Black Moutain. This is out sew
rial miles from the height of the cross
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