The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-08-23

tury is out, be the scene of great growth
and prosperity. A study of map condi.
tions, streams, railroad facilities and
soils will demonstrate this.
This section comprises what is known
as the Piedmont region, adjacent to and
lying along the Blue Ridge range, which
overlooks il, and the James River coun
try, watered by the James and its tribu.
taries.
Either region seems to posses all that
is required for the health, comfort and
sustenance of mankind, and do not be-
lieve that the attractions have been at
all over stated by the Virpinians who
have reason to he proud of their state.
am not aware that the butterflies of
fashion who frequent Old Point care
for these things, but to myself the op-
portunities for material developement
were subjects of greater concern. It
was not to me great wonder that John
Smith sailed up the James river and
founded jamestown, but was, and is a
matter of surprise, that this fair region
30 favored by nature had not, having
once held, confined to hold, the seat of
empire. What will finally be the out.
come can not be known. But, there are
indications that Northern capital will
come to the aid of the New South, which
sees its opportunities and is energetic
with new life, and that Virginia will
be very much talked of in the coming
years. F. F. V. now stands for east
Flying virginian (see @. & O R R. ad-
vertisements), and Roanoke is now a
city of thirty thousand people instinct
with vigorous life, instead of simply
being place only known as giving
title to "John Randolph, of Roanoke"
@. II. COLLINS.
P. s. In going over from Norfolk to
Virginia Beach, noted resort on the
Atlantic Coast, much to our disgust, we
found the train taken possession of by
crowd of excursionists who were going
out to spend the day at the beach. The
ueual lunch baskets--beer bottles-cig.
ars-tough men-frowsy women and
squalling children were on hand. Train
was crowded and more cars added until
the little engine had all it could do to
pull the caravan. 1t was fac simile of
the cheap excursion found everywhere.
AS we had paid for our tickets without
knowing this mob was to be on hand
and as we were on the train we had to
60 on. There were several shot. boxes"
as the train men called them and we
stuck in swampy place in forlorn
looking pine woods which made me
think ofthe tales OF the "Dismal Swamp"
where according to Tom Moore certain
disconsolate maiden
"All night long by her freely lamp
Paddles her light canoe"
After time, however, we arrived
with wilted collarsand generally used
up condition at the Beach and leaving
the excursionists in possession of the
Pavilion to spread their lunches-open
their bottles and start their games we
went up to the Princess Anne Hotel, a
delightful place, and soon under the
bracing air of the Atlantic forgot the
horrors OF our first trip over the Norfolk,
Atlantic and Albemarle road. The
Beach is the finest on the Atlantic coast
hard and 6rm-the hotel superb in
its appointments and We spent day
there of great satisfaction, but my son
George will not soon forget the ride in
the crowded train with sweltering
mob through the pine woods where not
q breath of air stirred and where with q
shot box" we were stalled with every
reason to believe would have to remain,
and have for company at night, the leg
endary maiden Of the Dismal Swamp.
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