The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-08-29
IN THE CLOUDS.
Interesting Notes From North Carolina
Paradise.

Interesting Notes From North Carolina
Paradise
BLOWING Rock, N. G., Aug. %. -
Blowing Rock ! A very few years
ago this spot was known only to few
as summer resort to-day it is almost
a household word throughout North
Carolina. Why is this /? Well, North
Carolinians are not, as rule, given to
straight-laced convenlionality; when
they go off for rest and pleasure they
seek it in an easy going fashion. Ashe
vile and its contiguous resorts soon
became more or less crowded and
fashionable; and then hunt was
made for spot higher than Asheville,
more remote from the railroads and
their hustle and stir, place where
people could find the most br# cling air,
] the grandest mountain scenery. They
found all this at Blowing Rock. Four
thousand feet above the sea, LOO
feet above Ashevi!le, untouched by
any contagious disease, Blowing Rock
has grown from a single boarding
house a half dozen years ago, into
growing little town with two large
hotels, dozen boarding houses and
cottages, several stores, with a tele-
graph line and daily mail each way.
Between three and four hundred peo-
pie find rest and enjoyment here every
summer. They make frequent excur-
sions on horseback over unusually
good mountain roads, to Grandfather
and Roam Mountains, and to the
famous Cranberry Iron Mines. The
Watauga and Linville rivers afford
better trout fishing than you can find
mer resort. The fishing to be obtained
near here can only be excelled by
spots remote aud inaccessible.
How do you get to Blowing Rock !?
The Chester and Lenoir narrow-gauge
and the Western N. G. R. r. intersect
at Hickory /; at this point you take
the narrow gauge road to Lenoir, a
distance Of twenty miles; and from
Lenoir to Blowing Rock, a distance of
twenty-five miles, you travel in
stage over one of the best turnpike
roads in the mountains. You are
now on top of the Blue Ridge, in the
north western part of the State, and
within "a days ride OF either the Vir-
ginia or Tennessee line.
How cool is it at Blowing Rock !?
Well, winter clothes are often neces-
sary.-The lawn dress is at discount
with TIE ladies. The average tenn
perature during the present month
was 68; the highest point reached
during the month was "a. Is that
bracing tnough
This writer finds pleasant quarters
at the old and well-known Watauga
Hotel. tits owned by Messrs. Finley
& Corpening, who give it t. cir per-
sonal supervision during the summer.
! In CO.. Lewis D. Williams, of Char
/; 'otte, an experienced hotel man, the
i Watauga finds as efficient and accom-
modating hotel clerk as any hotel
need wish. The Colonel keeps his eye
ON everything especially on the
young ladies. The passing years have
not taken from his gallantry one jot
or one title. In him the young men
find friend and counsellor, and the
older men an agreeable companion.
| When I say that the servants are
attentive and the fare excellent, do
not indulge in glittering generalities.
You will find nothing fancy, but good
and Wholesome food, well cooked and
faultlessly served; fresh, cool butter
and milk, buckwheat cakes and maple
81 rup-but why say more? The
levers of the dance indulge in Ger
man three times week, band of
music being provided, while cards,
billiards, ETC., find their devotees. The
livery stables provide horses at very
reasonable rates.
The following is the list of guests
now registered at the Watauga
From Charleston, S. c.: Mrs. w.
A. Courtenay, Misses Edith and Julia
Courtenay, St. John Courtenay, Mrs.
T. P. Lockwood, Mrs. VIM Thomas,
Miss Evelyn Thomas, Ed. Thomas.
From Walterboro, s. c.: Mrs. A. G..
Shaffer and son, Miss E. T. Terry.
From Columbia, s. c.: Prof. E. l..
Patton, Mrs. Patton, E. L. Patton Jr.
From Darlington, S. c.: Miss v. E.
Williamson, Miss Kate Williamson,
j. w. Furgerson. From Chester, S.
c.: Capt. j. L. Agurs and wife, Misses
Mamie and Wayne Agurs, Miss An
ME Hardin. From Birmingham, Ala:
z. N. Corpening and wife, L. H. Cor
pening. From Tuskege, Ala: Miss
M. T. Smith, Miss Kate Bowen. From
Wilkesboro: r. N. Hackett. T. B.
Finley, H. L. Green. From Salisbury:
j. B. Council. Morganton: Mrs. s.
D. Dunnovant, Dewitt Dunnovan,,
Mrs. B. S. Gather, B. s. Gather, Jr.
Charlotte: j. 81. Carson and wife,
Mrs. S. E. Piper and son. Northamp,
ton county: Mrs. M. ". Ransom,
Miss Esther Ransom, Geo. Ransom.
Salem III. w. Fries. Winston II.
r. Starbuck. Smithville: Miss Matte
IPOu. Durham: Rev. j. L. White and
family, Mre. S. E. Watts and family.
Fayetteville: S. G. McCaiI. Green's
boro: Frank Barrett. A. w. L.
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