The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

connection with the Lodge, thus making
the place one of a specially attraclNe
nature for mountain parties. Inc Wv
from this Lodge, which IS on the eau ellS
summit OF the mountain, Is the llios' -.
tensiye it being an isolated peak oL any
mountain point Of vantage III >Vi'H
Carolina, probably in the ehllFe Al
pheny cham. The magnificent cnal4c
for Of this view cannot be described ~
rrlndeurs and sublmity can only DC Iel.
and fully appreciated by loohils 0u'
Tairtield Inn is beautifully situated on
tbe shores of LAKE. Fairfield. ~ -
modern house in every respect WIN -
cellent water supply, good paIhS' ~
trio lights, etc. 1t has VIDE, spacious
porches and commodious puollc roolls'
while beautiful grounds and PARKS oe
Fgatful boating and bathing, serpehtlIlG
drives and shady walks, about anu
around the lake, make TINS an ldeal li"o'
for health or pleasure seekers.
The estate connected with the hoCei
contains about twenty-siX thousallu
,1rps If is well-st0ckcd with various
kinds of game and is under cafeiui P"
troll. There are seyenty-hye nlleS ~
river and brook fishing. Brook trout
here have been taken weighing TWO
pounds The only restrictions hlaue az
IN hunting and fishing are such as reSu-
late any well ordered game preselNe'
me large and carefully cultivated farms
and the numerous apple and peach vi
chards of the company supply the HOUSES
with a great variety of fresh YeSeIaule9
and fruits. On the extensive pasture
lands of the company Craze nllner"u9
Hocks of sheep and herds OF catue, Tue
latter being selected with view TO LlelI
excellence for the dairy, which supplies
fresh milk and cream in abundance AZ
all times !
Many miles Of roads have been graded
around the margins OF the lakes ana over
the property with a due regard for views
which cannot well be surpassed Tor Deau-
ty and grandeur. Within radius OF ten
miles Of Sapphire there are nifty water
falls. all of them being easily acceSslDie.
The height of these falls ranges from
fifty to three hundred and seventy IeeI'
Vyhiteside Mountain, which has the
highest perpendicular face east OIL the
Nississinni-a wall two miles III length
and eighteen hundred feet sheer ufup
is one of the grandest mountains IN
a..
al from either house This, with the
cliffs Of Bald Rock, Chimney Top, lIau-
rel Knob and Green Mountain, gives
to the Toxaway country a picturesque
ness peculiarly its own. There are u
hundred other attractions, combined WlUh
those enumerated, which make TINS one
of the most notable mountain resorts III
the world.
TO the forester, botaniSt and geologlst'
this country about Sapphire is a yelta-
BILE storehouse of wonders. Here IS
truly the forest primeyal. In the spring
and early summer hundreds of bright
colored flowers light up the old woods;
here rhododendrons grow to height or
thirty feet. the air is fragrant with per-
fume. and, amid these old hills are
treasures of wealth yet to be uncovered.
The globe offers no greater natural SAM
tarium than here, where every breath,
charged with ozone, develops pounds OF
energy and where all the conditions for
perfect health exist in the highest degree.
1t is the ideal resort for hay fever Suf-
ferers. the disease yielding in a mar
velously bref period to the benefcent in
huences of the mild equable temperature
and dry atmospheric conditions. The
springs, furnishing the hotels with
water are absolutely pure. On the very
hottest day in summer the THERMOMETERS
has never registered above 81 degrees,
while a record of the temperature kept
at Sapphire for the past four years
shows it to be an average Of 90 degrees
for the entire summer.
Visitors from the North and East can
reach Sapphire coming via Asheyille and
Hendersonvilie, n. c., to Breyard, y. {.
From the South and Southwest via
Spartanburg, S. c., and Hendersonville
to Brevard A good graded road has
been built from Walhalla, S. c., and yisi-
tors fro mthe South can make the drive
from that point. A number of good
liveTies at Breyard or Walhalla, furnish
teams with good carriages or hacks,
making the drive one of extreme pleas
ure. The present drive is an exception
ally good country road. A graded turn
pike is now being constructed between
Brevard and Sapphire that will shorten
the distance and open up several points
of interest, among which are the ToXa-
way Fails, the High Falls of Horsepas-
ture River, the Drift Falls, the High
Falls ON the Horsepasture, Round Tor
Mountain, and the Narrows. Seven miles
o. this road is already completed and
open for travel.
Sapphire Inn is open for the enter
tainment of guests all the year round
The Logde, was opened ON May 10
Fairfield Inn opened for 1899 on june 10
For further information address Mama
ger Of Hotels, Sapphire, North Carolina
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