Telegram-herald., 1888-12-16
TEN ON A TOWN.
r.nLlos RecoIisct ions OF Sister Cities
IN Uncle sam . Sprsa1ing DOMAIN
The Ravens Slight Not
.As the Grow Flies

"As Inc (fo~ FfSs
A <r-at blud-somsIhiaz nlany persons
20 constantly making IA thls queer "ofie
4 our,-a beautiful ollff. risIng high above
an. ta.ny ti.fs OF a rssisllsss rlyer-a river
-hoss majestic. yellow bosom, bearing lns
n,scv product u broad acres, rises and iAlls
a. iss o~a sweet vii on its WsY 70 the ssA-
yhs bluf is handsome park With grass
xeo~n salks, where lAnxuid- eyed southern
beauties silh bloodhOunds or coilies Al their
heels Idle away sweet October aours IN the
warm sunshins- Farther along toe oluf
hs stony streets OF the town the Old AristO-
er.uc city Of the South before sumpIer fell
There ia ths streets l0ll ths lazy negroes
chewing great STICKS Of sugar cane. The
trav.lar looks ia vain up and down ne IN
dolsns thoroughfarss for al h0tei-and,
although there are 1900 Inhabitants in the
city, snsrs - 90 inn at which one may take
his ssss. You can dad quarters AZ Mrs.
Browns Ars Johason's or Mrs. Dsmorest's
boarding houss. Back on quiet, shady
streets .ss TIC 0id-tlms mansions set within
beautiful. bat 4l-kept little parks, where
rossrs are blooming IA Wild. irregular ex-
travagAncs--but II the fsocs abOnt the
grounds has fallen down from ut. It laws
khsr.--the orasr : TOO much OF gentle
mao 70 pick It up himself, and he Is too
poor to pay q niger for the work. A
nttss narrow gauge railway runs in and out
Of town once dzy from the State Capital.
100 miles away. bat the general languOr OF
ths eumats seems to effect even the locomo-
tivss. and they run but slowly. The only
other route in or out OF the town Is by the
mighty Mississippi And his Is Naschez.
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A long. comfortable vsrandsh running
the vaols length Of a magnificent hotel set
upon al eminence TO the top OF which wind
gravel walks and oriveway4 The yellow
November sunshine falling in golden glory
upoa the purple peaks that stretch Awsy
scores OF niles. Mount Pisgaa rising
5000 feet into tho ambient air. the
most nOta6ls object in the great
ua.aral picture that hangs between
the Blue and the Cum berlznd noun
ssins Pen cannot picture. nor pencil linn
the beauties of the scene-so vast. 50 grand,
hand. and 40 words Of mine can describe
the effects Of the lite-givinz air. There is
bot one other view ike it on this continent
and that IS Ia the far West where Colorado
Springs sits in awe OF TIA awful Rockies.
Down the bill from the Battery Park Hotel
rests the little town. With its Court House
in the center Of small square. The ball
f,-f . -
political rostrum and the temple OF the
drama. As the night shadows fall the
quail pipes upon the hillsidss and in the
valleys The moon bursts into view round
and full from over the peaks. snd the bay
ing Of the hounds OF the hills tells that The
fox chase il on This Is Ashsville North
Carolina. the Iovelisst. purest brightest
spot in al the Southland
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A sss of mud on side hill-red. nasty
Georgia mud-s huge cotton press tum-
bIs-down dotsi-s couple Of rickety news
paper osscss-s long. rambling brick
building wiih several wooden structures
snd q rolling csmpus-uo sign Of life and
that is the Afhsus of The south. the Uni
vsrSitY Of Georgia. where Bob Tooubs and
Ben. Hill and other fiery lights received
Ehsir education. You Won't hngsr long A.
Athens. Ca
Ts = still November but bright ao~srs
.rs blooming in little gsrdeus Oh either
sids Of long street fringed With low.
struggling blocks. At the bead Of toe street
stand. a pretsnti tioas building about which
very little = written or said considering
thar within "a wslls vas bsid ths frst
nesting looking torsra secession -ssquss-
trstion. they called IL This Is Columbis,
ths csDitsl Of South Csrolius Within
the building srs the great mace sni sword
sF stats sens BY King GeorEs OF Englsnd
n ~ lsst Governor Of The Territory.
Th.--. 90. framed in cheap bit Of wslnnt.
h.nx- he original document Of Secession
I pulled it down snd spelled through tha
scrsrIiuE sutosrsphs-aow yellow VITA
ar.
Oafr ssw drous of inx sni from them
f-w-d -svs-s - Blood Only q fsw strokes
Of ths pen srd rties ~ers burned sud
.l,ir- ssnk 20 risa 20 mora AMI In Ncrsh-
., houssholds we're vsesnf casirs snd
br.ssn bears. ard sn6er ne pa4rn- toes
.nd fbs pines thousands and thousands
Es burissh
TAs sssfsrn rc-uers ~ ths great store
C.-itoi huii6i1g siilL ard always 81 sesr
th. marks ~ Sherrsns shels ftts
u,r frorn shs nsla entrances stands = bssuti-
fuI monument - she C7nfesersfs dead.
copied tbs lnscripissn wnse trs Secretary
~ stsbs. - sr-Cou feasrsts Co.nnei stccf
81 srs srld s,s stoves al ne ~sr Let us
rpss - chi-eiei INES vthcut preii iudice.
i~s - r.rnsrsbsT that the Soussern soldier
hsd ulnshsr. = We. ssfsr sveefheart
les us rsu,suser MSS ~ sn1r as rss fgat-
ing for ne right
~Tnis ncn1u s1f -erresrstrs - ne-1o~v -
sr.~s ~ho F-1a q, - >usfascfsf 81 ther ntlth
sAha - .As ss.ensnzz o. a ar &sas-s. ona-