Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-27
A ABEAUTIFUL RESORT.
Pleasures and Advantages of a Resi-
dence at Morgantown, N. C.
ITS GRAND MOUNTAIN SCENERY,
Fertile Soil, Balmy Breezes and Hospitable
Citizens.
A SPOT WHERE LIFE Is NoTA STRUGGLE
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CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPATcH.1
MoRGANTowN, N. c., April 25.-Mor-
gantown, which was named for General
Morgan, of Revolutionary fame, is one of
the oldest as we'll as the most beautiful
towns in the Piedmont section" of West
North Carolina. 1t is on the railroad of
that name, and can be reached by journey
of Is hours in comfortable Pullman cars
from Washington, D. c., via the Richmond
and Danville Railroad, the West North
Carolina Railroad being part of that sys-
TEN.
Burke county, ,ofwhich Morgantown is the
county seat, is one of the Oldest North Caro-
lima counties. and at one time comprised
nearly all of the western part of the State.
1t was here that the aristocrat of the East
used to spend his summers among the beau
tiful mountain scenery, catching the wary
trout and exploiting the mountain wilderness
in search of new scene, gathering botanical
and mineral specimens. and, above all, recu-
perating the health which low attitudes and
the enervating climate of the East often i'm
pair.
Morgantowl has a population of about
], 300 people, 900 white and 400 colored, and
is ], 200 feet above the sea level, situated in
a horseshoe of the mountains. From the
bluffs of the Catawba river can be seen all
the prominent mountains of the Blue range
as well as those of the Black and Brusy
ranges. Looking to the north is High
Brighton, and letting the eye follow south
around and down the crescent comes Grand
father Chestnut Knob, Hawks Beak, Table
Rock, The Chimneys, LinvIlle and Mitch
ell, the highest mountain east of the Rock
les, until the south mountains, which take
an easterly course, strike the view. Then
you can see Prout's and Kaylor's Knobs,
the two highest mountains in this range.
The whole view forms
A BEwITCHING PANORAMA
of mountain scenery which bewilders the
senses and makes one wonder at the silent
majesty of this great creation and the might
mess OF the hand that created it. At sun
set the kaleidoscope change of color and the
play of light and shadow is dream picture
that brush and palette can never depict.
The heath of this community is the boast
Of all the residents, and all visitors Of few
weeks remark the fine climate, cloudless
skies and invigorating atmosphere. A
been the exception. We are SO thoroughly
protected from rough weather by the noun
tain ranges that it may snow and blow
''great guns" to the north and west of US,
and the only knowledge we may have of it
is by seeing the mountains clothed in white,
and gGstening in the morning sun like
huge bracelet of kohinoors.
We have had two SHOWS this winter, one
before Christmas and one since, either of
which remained on the ground long enough
to satisfy our curiosity as to how it looked
and felt.
If you look at an United States, isother-
NAL or hygeia map you will find Burke
county one of the several spots marked in
white, which means non-consumptive
region. Indeed, I believe it is on record
that no pulmonary complaints originate
here, and would willingly name an appli-
cation and bv their consent some of our citi-
zens who came here in the last stages of con-
sumption and are now enjoying good health
| with the prospect of many DAYS of happi-
ness before them. The State Insane Asylum,
located on beautiful site to the south of
the town, attributes the general good health
of the inmates as well as its freedom from
epidemlcs to
CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES.
In the no frost belt which runs south of
Morgantown, the fruit crop has never failed
and an injurious frost has never been known.
| There have been severally theories advanced
by local writers on this subject, but as yet
| it has not been satisfactorily explained.
The people are intelligent and hospitable,
and number some of the oldest families in
the old North State. There are many who
trace their ancestry back to colonial times,
and several descendants of the signers of
the "Meeklenburg" Declaration Of Inde-
pendence are living here. Ancestry and
Intelligence are the open sesames TO social
recognition. 1.-THE rank is but the guineas,
stamp does not apply to this community,
and more especially to the colored portion
of it, in more senses than one.
Land is plenty and cheap crops are
easily raised. The old expression, "Tickled
with hoe and laughing with harvest, %
must have been originally said of this soil,
the farmers, or rather gentlemen who plant,
paying little attention to such rules as are
| thought necessary to- successful farming in
the North. Fertilization, deep plowing and
rotation of crops is the exception rather
than the rule. Our vegetation is from a
month to six weeks earlier than yours.
Strawberry festivals (the delight of the
Northern girD are nearly over here when
yours commence. Peach trees are now in
lull O1OOuu, anu IIlc Iesb1Nc SuCkoI luEulSu6s
| sport for the piscatorialIy inclined.
HAPPY LAND.
Everyone seems happy here, white and
black, simply contented with Irving. There
| is no visible struggle for existence. Food
| of all kinds is abundant and within the
reach of the poorest. Altogether, it is the
best poor mans country on the face of this
broad earth.
We have good schools, both public and
| private; churches Of Protestant denomina-
tions only; no saloons, and more orderly
and quiet town cannot be found anywhere
| Our hotel accommodations are excellent, but
perfectly devoid of style. Cleanliness, good
cooking and great variety of food,
especially vegetables of all kinds and game
in season, with the most willing and polite
attendance of our colored friend and brother
! Joined with salubrious climate, enhanced
with beautiful scenery, makes Morgantown a
most desirable place of resort for anyone,
and particularly for the confirmed invalid
or as resting place for the overworked
brain of busy man. N. B. DILwoRTH.