The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-23
BIowinG Rock.

High up among the Blue Ridge Noun
tains of North Carolina, five thousand feet
above sea level is the summer resort of
Blowing Rock. And thither come the
health seeker from the north and the in
habtant of many heat-stricken southern
city, to drink the pure, sparkling water
and breathe an air that stimulates like
wine.
The only mode of reaching this Sky Land
from the east is by a twenty-mile stage
ride from Lenoir. This town itself has an
altitude of one thousand two hundred
feet, and the traveller from Savannah and
Jacksonville buttons his coat against the
cool morning breeze as he steps from the
hotel Veranda into the waiting wagonette.
And what a ride It isl The frequent sum-
mer rains have kept the grass and leaves
the hue of emerald, but the golden rod and
cardinal flower by the roadside, and the
scarlet foliage of a gum tree or the grace
full festoons of a Virginia creeper admon-
ish the traveller that autumn comes early
in these nights.
The road winds among the hills for six
or seven miles and then strikes the Yad-
kin river, and follows it to the cool, bub-
bling spring which is its source. The seem
cry grows more wild and rugged as we
climb; so dense is the underground which
springs from the black mould that we
wonder how the squirrels, which are
frisking about, have the temerity to ven
ture into such tangle. The horses strug-
gle up the ascent, and, turning a sharp
angle in the road. the whole world, as 1t
were, lies below us. We look sheer down
into the tree tops which skirt the Johns
river and then out into the sweeping lines
of the Blue Ridge as they rise range upon
range, and seem to melt into the blue of
the sky. is this the top?" NO Miss.
this amt nothin'. We do a mighty sight
mo- climbin befo' we git thar" And so
t-.srs Ind frsnr
OFF to the south and west rise Table
Rock, Hawks Bill, Kings Mountain
Mitchelrs Peak, and. towering above them
all, the Grand Father, its top the profile
of an old mans face. II the start from
Lenoir has been made in the afternoon,
the air grows chilly before the summit Is
reached, and search is made among the
luggage for shawls and rugs. AS day de-
cllnes, the sun seems to pause a moment
on a distant peak, flooding all the sur
rounding mountains with violet light, and
then sinks to rest. The darkness falls
quickly. You are tired now and close your
eyes a moment. but some one breaks in
upon your reverie with an exclamation OF
wonder. You look up to find the world
flooded with moonlight. II rests like
halo over the mountains, and tips every
fern and halsam-bough with silver. We
climb on, a mile perhaps, amid this glory,
when the tired horses, admonished by
voice and whip, break into a brisk run,
and the hotel, all aglow with the ruddy
light OF open wood fires, stands Hospitality
before us. and our journey Is ended.
The days OF dreamy laziness which fol-
low are indescrlbably luxurious. One may
go to bed az and sleep around the clock
with the deep, healthful siumber OF
baby. The faded appetite Is quickened IN
that clear air until one asks unblushlngly
for n second helping of soup, and then goes
on down through the bill OF fare 20 the
very last item with never vision OF indi-
gestion.
Blowing Rock Is pre-emlnently cosmo-
politan. There the summer girl may dress
and dance and ride and hirt to the very
fullness OF her hearts desire. or she may
let her fnery lay hidden I'm the depths OF
her trunk and go tramplng about in thick
shoes and short skirts from sunrise until
dark. lt Is beautiful TO watch the inva-
Ids color come stealing back, and the
poor little slckly children grow round
limbed and brown in the bracing atmos-
phere Verify, this IL natures great san
itarium, where that good Old mother takes
her tired children into her lap and sOothes
their tangled nerves. where the doctors
are never In evidence. and the medicines
always delightful.
This point is reached by +. G. & r. and
Carolina and Northwestern railroads. For
particulars call on or address W. A. Fair.
+. G. a p. Railroad Office, Bun and Bry-
an streets.-ad.