The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

and is probably more accessible than
any other point. And a beautiful city
ii is, six miles square 1t is rapidly
becoming an educational centre. Here
we find the Greensboro Female Col
lege, the Brockman Music School and
the State Normal and Industrial
School. You can see these to the right
About six hundred young ladies ere
now boarding pupils in this little city
There is a million-dollar steel and iron
plant but this is not i'm sight. Only
two miles from Greensboro we pass
the Van Lindley nurseries, famous
throughout the entire South. Only q
short distance to the right is Guilford
College, the Quaker School" where
they are demonstrating that co-educa-
ton Of the sexes is the best method
We are now going exactly southwest
and pass i'm quick succession High
Point with its schools and factories,
Townsville and the Baptist Orphan
age Asylum, and Lexington, the lead
ing resort for Northern sportsmen
Very soon we cross the Nadlin river
and enter the quaint old town of Sal
isbury We have been riding over the
trunk line Of the Southern Railway
from Washington to Atlanta, but now
we change to the Western North Car
Dina Railroad, which was built by the
State at an enormous expense from
Salisbury to Paint Rock on the Ten
uessee line. Mai. j. w. Wilson, now r.
r. Commissioner, surveyed this road
and it is said to be second to no piece
of railroad construction i'm the world.
We are now going a little north Of
west passing through several small
places, and in an hours time we reach
Statesvillle We are now among the
red hills-the children of the stately
mountains to be seen in the distance.
Very soon after passing Statesville,
we cross the Catawba river. In less
than an hour we run through Cataw-
ha Clarement, Newton, Conover and
Hickory. There are fine schools at all
these places Prof. S. p. Hatton, of
Hagerstown, Md, has leased the col
lege at Claremont and we expect him
to be with us. At Newton, Mai. Fin
ger, whom all our teachers know, viii
get on. He lives here. BE sure to look
at the Hickory Inn on the left 1t is
quite popular resort.
About ten miles further is Connolly
Springs, where you can get maxi
mum of rest and health at a minimum
cost. They will entertain our teachers
and friends at a dollar a day il you
wish to stop there on your return. We
are now among the half-grown noun
tains and in sight Of Morganton. If
we had time to stop here and visit the
Western Hospital for the Insane and
the State Institution for the Deaf it
would be exceedingly interesting. The
Hospital is one Of the best appointed
in the world 1t is nearly a mile and
a half around the main building. You
viii see it to the left, just after pass
ing the town, and just beyond is the
State Institution for the Deaf where
Prof Goodwin will take the next
train with a class of the deaf pupils,
going to Asheville to show us how
they teach the deaf to talk and sing.
They are taught to use their eyes for
ears, so that by looking at your mouth
they can tell what you are saying. We
are now making straightfor the noun
tains. due west. We glide through
Glen Alpine, Bridgewater, Marion and
Old Fort until we stop at Round Knob
and get off the train onto the fourth
story of the hotel right at the foot Of
the great Blue Ridge. Now for seen
cry Such as man could never have
imagined Magnificent inspiring and