The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-21


SO nearly ideal, even in this ideal noun
tain country of the Blue Ridge.
Very little crime is found here at Caesars
Head and malaria cannot exist. Mineral
springs occur here, as they are apt to
do within few yards of all summer hotels.
They contain protoxide of iron, chlorine,
magnesia, siiicic acid and plain American
water.
There is a daily mail at this hotel, hired
help and a pack of cards. The Their
mometer never rises above 70 degrees, and
did not even during the terrible heat of
July this year.
The respiratory organs seem to take
new interest in their job here, and the
sluggish blood may be observed to mantle
in the cheek of the invalid. The dis.
lance from Greenville is twenty-eight
miles: from Hendersonville. twenty
six miles; from Fletcher station, on
the r. & L. r. R., thirty-two miles;
An easy way to go is to wire Henderson
vile for a team and take the Richmond &
Danville road to that point. having the
team ready and provided with a large
lunch. Diseases of the lungs. throat and
nervous system promptly relieved.
l took my own team and added a phaeton
attached to a saddle horse. but would not
advise this course for others. The team
is designed more for ornamental
driving down the mall at Ticktown,
and after thirty miles up mountain
road these glossy steeds have not life
enough to even stab teebiy at tiy with
THEFT deformed tails. Also the saddle
horse Dandy loped in the phaeton a
good deal of the way and tried to follow a
pack OF hounds at Buck Forest. Nothing
can be less dignifed than saddle horse
hitched to phaeton riding to hounds or
- f1ll- hi
sourwood tree.
We started from Fletcher armed With
map made from memory by DR..
Fletcher. Our course was mainly south,
along the course of the French Broad
river towards its head. We crossed Mud
creek, sullen torrent which looked
some like the Chicago water supply. and
passed on through the musical woods.
Our road was fringed with flowers and
berries the berry season being continuous
from May to September. Then fruits of
other kinds are plenty everywhere.
Later on We passed mission school, in
the door of which sat big, plain boy with
large. comprehensive bare feet. He
greeted us pleasantly with his thumb on
his nose. making some mystic sign which
we could not understand. Possibly it was
q sign of distress and meant that he needed
handkerchief. School was taken up at
the time and we got Whit of knowledge
as We passed che door.
We soon reached the French Broad
river, and followed its banks closely for
three hours. 1t is a majestic river with
an ornamental fringe of beautiful trees
and solemn and dignited carriage that
wins the respect and esteem of the be-
holder.
Farming is INDUCED in along this VAL
ley by those who can afford it, and is not a
harmful practice so long as one
does not neglect his family to do ii.
never allow my farming here in North
Carolina to interfere with my club life.
As soon as | see that agriculture is get
ting too much of hold on me / go to
New York, where engage board and try
to think of something else.
At Calhoun We paused for refreshments
and allowed the horses to rest three and
one-haif hours. Calhoun is a quiet ham,
let consisting of house and barn. The
house contains store also. and in this
store almost everything from a thresh-
ing machine TO the little mammoth
pill for tired feeling may be OBJ
tanned. AS We started gayly away we
learned that We had fourteen miles vet
ahead of US of mountain road with which
we were not familiar. Soon after this We
began 10 inquire about the route and dis
lance. We got great deal of information.
such as it was. The Psalrnist said in his
haste that all men were liars. II he would
travel in the mountains here he could take
all summer for the statement and make a
typewriter copy OF Il also.
The road from Calhoun is said TO be
very wild and beautiful. We trayersed
the most of it after dark and in the midst
of a terrific mountain storm. so it struck
me at the time as rather monotonous and
Init a-raining" Halt the time one would
have TO pause and say, "Mr. Speaker,
where was | afg"
Those who have never Travelled by dill
Jones ir,f ha a.
ness and terror incident TO a mountain