The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-17
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tue u>r'I wjay,e1 ou u trip 10
u!...a y. ...u.~.v 80 y Uatu.U ~. b..
;arolina. Those of the party wore
Icssrs. Forest B. Ponder, Waver-
l.. Hunt, Misses Leota Ponder,
,glan Hunt, Ambor Hunt, Kato
lnyfeld and Il servant. We wore
ut ten days and l am sure mono of
9 can recall ten days Of our life
bat havo flown by so swiftly, or
toro so replete with pleasure and
nlarity. For a truth, each one
an say,
Unhc cdcd flew the hours,
HOW noisclcSSly falls the foot Of Time,
hat trcads only on ilowcrS.' i
70 givo a detailed account Of our
rip would bo an irksome task, so
IN abbreviated description will suf-
ice. or course on such n trip rs
/ his each ono lcft his, or her little
cares in the background, and wont
out to enjoy everything that came
their way, from the purcst spring
water, "irom the spring that flowed
through tho meadow across the
road" up to tho awe.lnspiring
handiwork OF God. The city Of
Ashcville was our objective point,
and on our way we visited the prct-
~ and heallhful little towns of
lIcndersonviIle, Fletcher, Arden
and Bucna Vista. Friday was
spent in and around Asheville and
Biltmoro. All the placos of inter.
est in Ashcvillc were visited. We
did not tail to SEQ the elegant Bat
terry Park hotel grounds, conserva-
tory, and many other places worthy
Of our attention. Whom we were
tired of the hustle and confusion of
the city, wo wont out several miles
on the electric ca, up the lovely
French Broad to Rivcrvicw and
| Bingham Heights. When all wero
satisfied with the inviting scenes
around, we returned to the city
and went out on car to the lovely
resort, Lo o.kont Mountain. Here
we spent an hour or two, partaking
Of most delightful dinner, and
going over the beautiful grounds.
We then bid adlou to all the charms
OF that beautiful place, returned
to Ashovlll", and went out to BiIt.
More, whore we spent sOmo time
admlrlng that lovely little place.
Whom all were entirely satisfied
with the days sight, seeing, We re-
turned to Bucna Vista on tho even
ing train, tired, Of course, but sat
istied at being So, for the sake of
the days pleasure. The day fol-
lowing we turned homer ard. We
came through the beautiful French
Broad country, udmirins the cIc-
CANT lnn0s, fino herds of cattle
grazing in the meadows, and the
lovely country homes Of the pros
porous farmers. We passed through
Brevard, ard some few miles from
there stopped, and were shown the
Rock Brook dairy farm, owned and
conducted by wealthy gentleman.
air, Clark, whose elegant home
ovorlookS the French Broad.
There were twenty milch COWS, one
of them weighing 1870 pounds, aud
another, lI9O. The sight Of these
enormous cattle faded into inslg-
nificancc when wo were shown into
the stall in which Kirk stayed.
lie was shipped there from Penn
sylvanla, at the cost Of $500. His
weight is 1890 pounds, and his
length 10 feet. Wo we're amazed
and delighted at the interesting
visit to tho dairy. Our next visit
of interest was to the Conneste co
Falls, whero all gazed, spell bound
at the toamlng, roaring, seething
water, as it was hurled ovor the
rocks to fall many feet below and
then peacefully flow out, as in the
song of tho brook, "To joln the
brimming river" After scoing the
. Conneste Falls, we went to that
once famous old place, Buck For.
est, and spont an afternoon and
6 night. Whilo there we won't to tn,
,, Falls, some two miles away. II
Il anything, they surpass the Comes
|, tee. The watcr icll from a hug
IS rock many, many feet high, an,
O wont foaming and roaring like unt.
-. n miniature Ningurn. TO s,anG
and gaze at tins beautiful spnci
u men OF Nature one felt almos,
d forced to voice his sentiment in
Y. the patriotic words of Scott.
~ nrrathrS there the man with soul SO dead
Who never 10 himself hath Said
q This IL my own. my native land ."
70 tear ourselves away from
th"s" inspiring scenes VAS not al
rs easy task but we remembered oul
ten days limit was growing nearer
H. and must be homcwnrd bound. 50
tho next morning we were on on,
~ way to Cmsar $ Head, whore W,
g stopped and admired and wonderc,
s. till all were satisfied, and then
ii were again on our way, having see,
., aud enjoyed enough to satiato tn,
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