Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-04
From TarheeIlana.

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best known and most talented physi
clans to come to Asheville, he said
There you can sit outside the housr
every day in the year and breathe tn,
ozone that restores health and strength
to the invalid"
As l write this morning the thick
falling snow nearly obscures the build
ings On the other side of a 75-foo
street from view; .'the beautiful" lie
six inches deep on the dead level; the
mercury went down last night to four
teen degrees below freezing-point, an6
wintrier sky never greeted the gaz,
of Southeast Missourian since frs
he budded, blossomed, and produced
fruit of his kind. Perhaps, however
we should have provided ourselves
with furs and feet-warmers.
Yet we were more provident in oul
Quitting than was at least onn party
they tell of. He came here for the
winter with only full supply of sum
mer clothing-duck suits, sunshade:
and busters: to the advantage of the
Asheville clothing stores, whose pro
prietors better understand the ins and
outs of the climate which pertains tc
this Skyland resort. There is great
deal of sunshine here, but it is pointed
off and emphasized by as true billiards
as ever inflicted pains and penaltie:
upon our own beloved Valley of AR.
cadia.
We have visited Biltmore, the IA
nous Vanderbilt chateau-that is, we
got within hailing distance thereof. to
good, strong voice. There we were
shut off, and had to take in its beau
ties from afar. Time was when visi-
t0rs were permitted to approach to the
very portals of the castle; but one day
lady visitor was surprised in the act
of trying to detach with a hatchet one
of the carved ornaments beautifying q
marble pillar upon which a good many
hundred dollars had been expended.
She wanted to carry home with her a
souvenir whose genuineness would be
ever susceptible to proof and carry
conviction to the hearts of the Doubt
ing Thomases who afflict the serenity
Of the travelled story-teller. 10 my
mind the act delicately conveyed-or
ought to have conveyed-a most &C
ceptable compliment to the understand
ing of Mr.. Vanderbilt. Suppose some
lady were to go to my premises in
Ironton and take shingle off the roof
or pull a paling from the fence, to
sacredly treasure it as a remembrance
of the editor of the only Democratic
paper in Iron countyP Would 1 '.kick, -
wax wroth, and set guards about the
precincts? 1t seems to me something
is due from us celebrated people to
our admirers. But Mr.. Vanderbilt,
who is yet a young man, and therefore
more subject to impulse, refused to
look at it from this 'spint of view" and
all the world suffers the consequence,
had intended writing up the property
in my own lucid and effective manner,
this week, embodying lot of data not
vet in print, but three-days' siege OF
jumping tooth-ache has knocked out
nv calculations. Therefore, the REG
IsTER readers must content themselves
with a secondhand treatment of the
subject. taken from the New York
-Four Hundred, which l am allowed to
COPY by reason of having been recently
made member of that ancient, ex-
elusive and honorable order: When
the president of bank can be taken
in by the bogus check racket, which
of us can call himself safe? Speed the
day that brings home and safety!
..Biltmore estate comprises over
100, 900 acres, including Pisgah and
The Rat, and young Vanderbilt may
drive fifty miles without crossing his
tracks or boundary lines. The en-
trance proper is private railway sta
ton, sBiltmore, where Mr.. Vanderbilt
has emulated Sir George Pullman with
a model little city, entirely builded by
himself, with depot, general Offices,
church, school and homes for his
workingmen. A drive of FIVE miles up
the mountain over a gently winding,
creamy avenue, shown in my illustra-
tions-so graded in the ascent that a
horse NAV trot or pace the entire dis
tauce. or a cycler climb it without the
least exhaustion-brings the visitor to
BIltmore Manor in the SKY, and very
like what Paradise must be, it seems.
| The reader may see for himsel: what
the exterior and surroundings of Bilt.
| more house are, but only relatives
and guests are admitted to the palace.
Young Lord George is not in the least
piyeu to the vulgarity of vanity, and
the morbldly curious public is kept al
the respectful distance by astute seuti
nels and servants. as becomes the dig
nity of a chateau. Much is known o.
Biltmore's interior, however, through
/ Olib-tongued guests and servants. Its
main appointments are the stately Ii
brary, the tapestry room, the banquen
hall or music room, with q grand or
| -, ond orchestra loft the winter gar