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20 nopOLIrAa AsmEVILLE
a Lavetv CITY Of th" snuth-at1nsd
Peopis--rhe uaEu GccBt Vanderbilt
Mansion.
AsnEviLLE. North Carolina.
July 4ih, 1890

iOllOWlnH iOr puDuCauOn W Noul Nalu"-
bic paper, thinking it will be both in
structvc aud Of interest to your many
readers. On the 7gth OF April, 1896, We
entered the city OF Ashcville, N. c, for
the purpose OF making house to house
canvass; preaching the Gospel and
warning the people In that city VI wealth
and refinement TO turn their hearts and
thoughts from the things OF this world
and rs turmoil, and lay mp for them.
selves treasures IN heaven. and to hear
our humble testimonies Of the truthful
ness Of the cause we Represent
Our labor5 we're commenced by call.
ing ON the mayor. Mr.. W. "A. Blair aud
the ch.tiol police, Mr. Carter both OF
whom babe us welcome 10 their
domains, and assured Us that we should
have their support and protection dur
ing our .oI Iurn here, for which We
heartily thanked them We next called
ON the editors Of the two daily papers,
the Gazette and the citizen, both OF
whom, DO their next issue published law.
orblg articles abou, the MOrmons and
and announced our presence IN the city
and our %. ilct i1 being here.
or llbor have been very pleasant
indeed, thus Tar, and God has pfo5pctcd
O.. Our obicc, l. To approach the pco.
pie n such way as to awaken an inter
est IN them In regard % our religion.
This Is done by always carrying a cheer.
Gal countcnancc and being Kind aud
charitable to 40, adapting Ourselves
aud our CONVEX 3ali0ns to the cifcum'
stances.
The Ashcviliians arc the mos, sociablc
and refined people We have met during
our travels IN the south Of about year.
The city Is probably the wcalthicst and
best kept place Of lbs size In the south.
Situated as Il Is IN the midst OF the
mountains In Western North Carolina
on the rugged banks Of the French Broad
lTahkesso,tel river, It requires great
labor and perseverance 10 beautiy u,
aud were u not lor natures lavish gifts
OF hcalhlulness. comfort and grandeur.
Ashevllc never would have become the
cosmopolitan place Of the south Tour
Bt aud hcalth~cckeB come from the
north IN winter to avoid the inclemcncy
OF the northern climes, aud from the
south to bask In the tcmpefats and re.
! lrcshing air OF mid summer
The majority Of the houses are built
! TO accommodate tourists, but probably
the greater number Of these find ac'
Communications at one or the other Of the
beautiful and spaciJusly bull, hotels, OF
which Battery Park, occupying an limit
ncnec in the heart OF the city and over
looking the entire valleys, Is the largest,
having a capacity for several hundred
guests.
As we ascend to the top OF this build.
Ing We turn our eye, 20 the east and they
| rest upon the dcn,gly timDcrcd Beau
mont which closes the entire scenery
towards the rising sun On the nofln
| the couutry b. very broken Tor miles,
/ and gradually the vision S lost ~ the
mountains toward "Old Virginia On
/ the west the valley extends Tor miles
along the French Broad river, gradually
! becoming more mountainous, until the
unuquallgd landscape ends IN the high
mountain tops which blend with the
| azure sky. 10 looking toward the south
/ the most conspicuous object that attracts
/ the eve Of tue visitor b. the Vanderbilt
mansion, situated directly across the
valley about lgur miles from the city.
Beyond 10 the mountains gradually raise
/ until crowned by M isgah. . her
hotels that lgnd excellent accom- da ions
| to the tours, are k.uAwofth Ion, OAK
land Heights, Glen Ross, OAKS Swan
| nau1a, Asheyilla and one ur Two others,
| each accommodating hundreds uiEuesls.
! The city h dotted with smaller hotels
ana boarding houses
In going 10 the mansion from the city
We pass Fillmore, the nearest railroad
station TO the world renowned residence.
/ Here 5 the beautiful office building OF
NJ Vanderbilt. iu which all lusings,
relative to him ln this section Is trans
acted We obtained our permit and
passed through the large portal along
tine excellent uuEgwaysf Oi which there
are many mi c aud all are as well kcpl
a. thc streets iu the heart Of business
metropolis Along the roads costly
plants, grass, flowers, shrubs aud smal
trees have been planted Tor hundreds o
yards on Cgeh side, giving the whole
ON of the most beautiful and pleasing
aspects the human eye could wish tt
play upon.
As We approached the main building
from the east VIC viewed the Esplanldt
. three hundred ieet wide and one hun
bred lglt long, with a magnificent loun
; tain mlrsng is centre, extending W
the main entrance Ga the right Is III,
: sable and livery court in which som,
. forty horses are Ia constant Teadlnt IS fol
Mr.. Vanderbilt and hi, honored guests
; on the lci, BIS an notwithstanding green
The main building, three hundred feel
long, built oil gray sandstone shippeJ
from Indiana, and destined to stand io
p ages, represents an cNpeu iturc Of owe
5000. 900, while ON the grounds, eK
elusive q. the driveways, over s. ,ooo,og
has been cap ndgd.
Do viewing the whole, standing in aw,
and admiration, one may well cxclaiu
"Whll may not De done with money!
ia conversation VITA one Of the dgc0ra
q tors we learned that some OF the window
curtains have cost s25,Dol each, not io
I their real but for War historic value
some OF them being several hundrc,
years old
g Among our friends In the city o
AsheyiIlc, We take pleasure IN nam'n
2 Reverend II, 4 ChraiyheF, pastor o
the Central NJ, f., Church, NJ. Steele
for five years proprietor OF Battery Park
{ and now owner OF on. OF the most beau
q tilul and wOll Kept places ia the city. Mr.
luuu.k Norton, editor ~ the Dal
: Glz-ttr, and great many Others whom
. time and space will not permit us Il
] mention. Nj X. A. Maschkcr and fam
| ilyi with whom we are staying, are uu
= surpassed in kindness ana generosity
. and r prayers are that God will eve
pour ont His blessings upon them iu al
b OF their righteous desires, Such friend
q viii long be remembered By every tru
. man who comes 10 contact with them