The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-26

In leaving New OK CITY iO1 NtSSaI =
Head you cross the Cortlandt Stress
ferry and take the first right hand road
Caesars Head is SO called because o.
peculiar shaped rock at the summit OF
the mountain which bears striking te-
to nothing that has ever been
seen before in the history of the world.
either sacred or profane.
Strictly speaking, il is hardly noun |
tain, but rather an inclined plane ter
minating abruptly in precipice 1900
feet high, from which one may see the |
state of South Carolina and objects as
small as Governor Tillman.
Objects more than 200 miles apart may
be seen distinctly by means OF the I'M
draped eye.
At Caesars Head there is clean and
commodious hotel with a capacity OF
200 guests. know of no more delight
full place to remain in during the hot
weeks of July and August. 1t is not an
exciting life, but it is healing, soothing
and elevating. 1t is very rare that one
finds a spot so nearly ideal, even IN this
ideal mountain 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 sum
mer hotels They contain protoxlde OF
iron, chlorine, magnesia, silicic acid and
plain American water.
There is q daily mail at this hotel,
hired help and pack of cards. The
thermometer never rises above 10 degs.,
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 man
tie In the cheek of the invalid. The
distance from Greenville is twenty
eight miles; from Hendersonville, twen-
ty-six miles; from Fletcher station on
the r. & D. R. R., thirty-two miles;
from Europe, $3.50 miles via Ashev1lle'
An easy way to go is to wire Hen
} Jacksonville for team and take the
, Richmond and Danville road to that
point, having the team ready and pro-
yided with large lunch. Diseases OF
| the lungs, throat and nervous system
, promptly relieved.
: ! took my own team and added a
phaeton attached to saddle horse, but
would not advise this course for others,
3 The team is designed more for ornamen-
| tai driving down the mall at Ticktown,
? and after thirty miles up mountain
t road these glossy steeds have not life
: enough to even stab feebly at fly with
/ their defor1ned tails. Also the saddle
o horse Dandy loped in the phaeton
8 good deal of the way and tried to follow
Q a pack of hounds at Buck forest. Moth
z ing can be less dignified than q saddle
horse hitched to a phaeton riding &c
Il hounds or seeking to follow the bound
ing coon up a sourwood tree.
q We started from Fletcher armed witt
map made from memory by DIR
d Fletcher. Our course was mainly south
a along the course OF the French Broae
river toward its head. We crossed Mut
!. creek. a sullen torrent which looked
some like the Chicago water supply, ant
a nassed on through the musical woods
q Our road was fringed with flowers ant
\ berries, the berry season being cont1nu
~ ous from May to September Thel
It fruits of other kinds are plenty every
8, where.
Va Later on we passed mission school
" in the door of which sat big, plain DO.
n. with large, comprehensive bare feet
e. He greeted us pleasantly with his thum
on his nose, making some mystic sig
r. which we could not understand. Pos
{. sibly it was o sign of distress and mean
"a that he needed a handkerchief Schoo
"a was taken ND at the time and we got
I'd Whit of knowledge as we passed tn
8, door.
% We soon reached the French Broa
et river. and followed its banks closely fo
"a three hours. 1t is majestic river wit
!, Al 81, rNf hnal1flfrl tree
oe and a solemn and dignified carriage ths
rs wins the respect and esteem OF the Ok
d, holder.
ur Farming is INDUCED in along this va
lev by those who can afford it, and
ed not harmful practice so long as on
|, | does not neglect his family to do It.
in never allow my farming here in Mort
Carolina to interfere with my club lift
AS soon as see that agriculture is sc
ting too much of hold on me go
= New York, where 1 engage board al
try to think of something else.
:: At Calhoun we paused for refres
ur ments and allowed the horses to re
as 81 hours Calhoun is a quiet haI
Is let consisting of house and bar
of The house contains store also, al
CHI in this store almost everything fro
les a thrashing machine to the little mai
moth pill for tired feeling may be o
t. tanned. As we started gayly away '
. learned that we had fourteen miles y
a.: ahead of us of mountain road Wi
IL which we were not familiar. Soon aft
"a this we began to inquire about the rou
IS, and distance. We got great deal
ls- information, such as it was. The psalI
"a list said in his haste that all men we
1rs liars. II he would travel in the mou
Try tains here he could take all summer
les the statement and make tyPewritt
ed copy of it also.
ith The road from Calhoun is said to
sIy very wild and beautiful. We travers
ur- the most of it after dark and in t
,er midst of a terrific mountain storm, so
oss struck me at the time as rather monot
Fas nous and "hit a-raining." Half the tn
we one would have to pause and say, IN
70 Speaker, where was l atf
lch Those who have never Travelled by dl
am gence up the Jones Gap road IN t
me darkness and terror incident to mou
~, III tain tempest and with no knowledge
&c. the road, while on the left bottomle
ty. canyon sends up never ending thund
from a white and angry torrent CO
3 cealed somewhere In its bosom. "
agree with me that, clothed in outil
va va aannels which have caught the gold
~, sunset coloring of the red clay and be
,a1 soakad with the gummiest OF nv
len, Eearchinr for the right way, yet pro
use 10 wander into BY and forbidden pat
ted or salAOver brink or chasgns u Il q 8
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