Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-28
THE MARLB0R0UGlIS.
THEIR eRAces SEEING THE SIGHTS
AT CUMBERLAND GAP.
eCudjo's Cave" and Its suceessor--N
A sable Guide--The Duchess and the
water--A New Story.


aid writing from Cumberland Gap. came
over the mountains and passed through
this gap" 10 explore the virgin forest
TO the West there has been consuming
curiosity amoung the mountaineers In
this part Of the world TO see what a real
English "dewk" looked like. DR..
Walker named thepass Cumberland Gap
after the Duke OF Cumberland. and went
on his way rejoicing. Some folks say he
and the "Dewk were ohums some that
they fought chickens together, some that
he thought the "Dewk" the greatest
EnRlishman alive. and some that he was
iand-poor, as they say out here, and was
numbered with so much rock and dirt
that coming by discovery into possession
Of whole new mountain range OF his
own he called il Cumberland anG forgot
all about it,
The general desire TO see an English
"Dewk has at last been gratihed. The
Duke OF Marlborough. with his Ameri-
can Duchess, after being the guests OF
Mr.. Abram =. Hewitt at Bingvood, ran
down with their host TO Louisville and
thence came here into this region. The
Cumberland Gspers wouldn't be sur
prised now TO see the Prince OF Wales
como. They didn't believe there was
such thing as real live "Dewk until
the railroad brought him here with his
Duchess, and now they are prepared for
anything.
THE DUKES INTENTIONS.
The Duke and his party stayed at tho
Efiddesboro' Hotel While there was
general disappointment that his Grace
was not larger. fiercer man, with more
hair and coronet on his head and an
ample robe OF ermine dangling from his
shoulders, there is no doubt that he was
q welcome guest Groups OF excited ma
iives gathered in the shrubbery beneath
his windows, and their surmises as TO the
why and wherefore of his coming were
about rs follows;
The "Dewk" intended TO invest
$1,000. 900 Of his wifo's money in a
country-seat and game park he was 60
ing to build big hotel ; he was going to
put on his robes and lay the corner stone
of the Dillvyn Springs Casino; he was
the first patient OF the Cumberland Gap
Companv's international sanitarium the
Duchess had come 10 drink the waters /;
his Grace was out for little quail-shoot-
ing, &c.
The Duke had slept unconscious OF the
agitation he had excited. He rose early,
and the view from his window included
o glorious view Of the Gap, the Pinnacle,
arugged peak towering far above 1t to
the left an expanse Of unbroken forest
arrayed in its glorious autumn dyes and
two members OF the Howard and Turner
families in lively but dignitied alter
cation as to which OF them should offer
The courtesies of his aged buggy to take
the "Dewk" over to "CudJo's Cave -
and Cumberland Gap.
Everybody who ever gees to The Gap
Is expected 10 have read j. t. Trov-
BRIDGES novel and 10 manifest desire
to see Guido and 90 down in his cave. OF
course the real Guido died msny, many
years ago, but there is always. 1t seems.
O volublo, good natured darby named
Guido 10 be had as a guide for the ask
ing. and even unsolicited. A copy of
"Cudjo's Cave had been placed on the
Dukes bedroom table, and he hadn't
gotten his foot on the hotel veranda after
break fast before the locum tenens, Cud-
10. OF Cumberland Gap, was on hand,
with his old "holey" black hat in his
hand and broad smile on his face. He
was considerably disappointed '.fo' sho "
when he heard the distinguished visitors
would drive to Cumberland Gap later IN
the day and that he would have to wait
until then 10 show them the cave.
TWO CIVILIZATIONS.
Two old civilizations and new one
confront the visitor here. English capi-
talis.s, new men, have built town OF
NIlddlesboro' to the west of the pass, in
Bell county, KY, and made it nm En-
plish settlement, new, spick and span,
full Of life, development great foundres
and shops and handsome modern resi-
denceR Around it in the Kentucky
hills. 10 the east In worn-out Virginia
and to the south in mountainous Tonnes
see. are tho hneal descendants OF the
Enqlishmen who came down from Vir'
ginia $50 years ago and settled here II
the wilderness, where herds of buffalo
made the traffic across the Gap, and il
was az easy TO flush an Indian as coyey
of quail.
The new Englishmen are well fed
well dressed, and energetic. The ole
Englishmen, who have been american
and lived here for four or five genera
tions. are poor, lily nourished anC
clothed, gsunt, loose-iointed, and delib
crate. But they are puuctilious to de
gree and generous, and bear IN thei
straight, well-deGned features, high
curly hair, and blush gray eyes unmis
takeable signs of the origin so clearly in
dicated by their very English names
such as Percival, Turner, Howard, am
even Churchill.
The first Duke OF Marlborough was
plain Churchill, and the present Duk
encountered here "a Churchill who ma
have come down from the same origins
stock.
But the two men didn't claim kin
The Duchess portly beauty and modisl
attire protected her lege from a gref
many Invitations TO drink jugs OF Boul
bon, as well as gourds of mineralwatel
from at least O dozen springs, each n
puted to have its own merits. Thes
mineral springs-limestone, freeston'
sulphur, iron. and chalybeate-are a.
tuslly plentiful along the drive over
Harrowgate, through the Cumberland
Gap Park Grounds and along the ma
pificent site where the hotel and sanits
rum, in which 80 many London doctor
are interested. is now being ereote,
One aged representative OF the Perciya
family, whose vine and fgtree hay
been blessed with twonty-three OILY
branches, was dissuaded with great diff
Guilty from offering 10 escort his Grace
party TO one particular spring. fro
which he vowed he had been drinku
all his life.
THE NEW CAVE.
The Marlborough party were drivC
eastward four miles over tho new ros
on the side OF the mountain into Rs
~ L. Ill.