Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

ILLUSION OF A NEW ITALY OR A
NEW GREECE - LEwISBURG AND
VICINITY-FEMALE INSTITUTE
LEE MILITARY ACADEMY.
From the arkansas Democrat of
August 10th, we copy the following
interesting letter written from the
Hot Springs by Miss L. r. Messen-
ger, distinguished correspondent
and Southern author, who spent tho
summer here with her friend, Mrs.
II. II. Bell.-EDIToR.l
Many of your readers and friends
throughout the south, especially the
patriots, may feel interested in some
Jotting from the beautiful spring re-
gion OF Virginia and West Virginia.
II admiration be one form of affec-
ton, If enthusiasm means Good
with u.s." then ono is pardoned for
the delight he feels in this his native
heath. Only yesterday | took nv
elegant dinner i'm the handsome din
ing-car of the IF. F. W" train on
the Chesapeake & Ohio railway, en-
route the famous Hot Springs and
other resorts Of Virginia.
After the enjoyment of the east
ern cities and what they can afford
OF art and civilization (including a
visit to the great new congressional
library at Washington the visitor
will doubly appreciate the pictur.
esque scenery in this Switzerland of
America. One of the finest drives
I've ever had was my trip of nine
miles from Lewisburg to the White
Sulphur.
The traveller will laud the enter
prise and audacity of courage or ge-
MUS that has sent the Chesapeake &
Ohio railroad through this glorious
country, and opened the green gates
Of the mountains to a paradise of
beauty and health. The Chesapeake
q Ohio coursing far into the western
States, covers the finest region of
West and old Virginia, as some one
has said, the birthplace and cradle
OF statesmen, the land of romance
and war, the school of chivalry, the
richest field for historical research.
as fair land as has been bequeathed
by the Creator to man. Indeed. lust
beyond those misty sapphire, dia.
mona walls the eye can be cheated
into the illusion that a new Italy, a
new Greece, is there to delight and
lit the new race to higher glory
than that of any past record. Here
the tourist will find himself about
eight hours from Washington, twelve
from Cincinnati and fourteen from
New York City. His luxurious cars
Will leave him at one of the best re-
SORTS or Virginia. And from the
superb hotels, from grottoes. glen
and mountain, he will feel that uno
painter, no poet, no musician, no
naturalist, will ever drain the cup
OF beauty, which is continually
overfiowing," and the lover of ma
ture will thank God that one CUP of
life Is not to be drained.
AT the handsome Hotel Intermont
at Covington, Va, where the road
branches to the Hot Springs, found
some Little Rock people-Mrs. Geo,
E Dodge, Mrs. Osborne and Mrs.
walker, her daughter, with her
lovely children. The house is well
filled already with guests from the
south and west.
The Virginia Bar Association is
still In session here, but closes its meet.
lngs to-day with grand BANQUET
This has added largely to the crowds
that nock to this superb resort, test
ing the hotels and cottages to their
iuiiest capacity. / verify believe
our Arkansas folks think IL aImcst
treason to see or talk of Hot SPRINGS
outside Of their own State. But adj
miratiOn and love for all good places
and people enlarge the human heart.
increasing by what it feeds on.
People make no mistake or failure
coming here.
Ronceverte, where the traveller
pauses to take his coach for Lewis.
burg, is a pleasant little enterprisinp
town of churches, homes, and much
production of lumber. Millions of
feet Of fine timber Is shipped con-
stantly to Baltimore, Philadelphia la
and Washington. But Lewisburg
boasts its hundred years of ancestry
and of good. It's ancient stone
church, (Presbyterian) clean, gray
and mellow with sainted memories,
Invites one to its sacred shrine with
as much warmth and hospitality as
In Its young and vigorous prime
Last summer the Synod met here to
celebrate its centenary. There is q