The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

looked at his tally stick" and found thar
ly->:N. il'S TWO or three employees S;i!I
they Gn'l Killed as nAlv mere. \ watch
fu( eye Is ne .'><ury when z pii-rim -,',
":i "!. !; r";td or trail. Tin" ::1"Nniu;"r''r>
SHY that as 4 Il?lt' r;>;tirSnHl;;> IS very
peace able: 50 n''r}l 50 that when H.
1hl.A> rrr>!'l docs rn; SEQ h:n me- !,,>
quiet and Goes not coil and rattle. The
raN1"r> wear extremely thick irHtn
l":rs'ciN-> OVER heavy Stockings. Deadly
rs IS the poison Of these snakes. few E"u-
pie '\ir from it: Surprisingly few are
TI1"" IH1 T:~<T ,h n*!a" ,I N'n
North Carolina is far larger and in CON
sequence NOR" deadly. owing to the
greater size of the fHn-> and poison bags
1''" ,i">; DANGEROUS because the most
vlrl"nS snake in the eastern part Of tn"
STATE is hr black water nl",ra>in. or COZ
1nnmuulh. called by the natives tho
.'swamp lion,' because III his >;ivaSrn'>>
These snakes attack men.
?hr real "hjrr'lle point OF the Pilgrim
ace is Pi>.:nh Peak. Th" Thompson
>;.;:i! is taken for its top, and it is Il long
ninr-nlr tramp. This is the S:vrp"<!
hnriu>e tn" most direct "i ai| the trails
The immense trees Of the Pink Beds are
replaced on the long mountain crest Ivy
uWarIt'l trees. very quaint in effect. with
blue grass beneath them. It is Il natural
park in miniature. The trail leads along
the crest to piS%al Lodge. This is Il
N'ASlrl'plerr OF Nualntnr>>. all o! logs amt
Sl"nr Its front balcony projects over Il
thlSm almost sheer for 1000 feet From
this most picturesque standpoint Mr.
\nnI"rliltS guests shoot at clay pig
cons or glass balls and experts get three
or i"nr. shots. The tulnit ure is all Of
mountain woods. The dining hall is Il
separate building. OF the same leg con-
S'rH'ii "n; and its walls are nearly 'nv-
cred with the dressed skins of the wild
cat, fox. deer. skunk. etc. There are
more than 200 skins. those Of the Wild
cat pretlumnatiny. These animals vera
all shot or trapped in Pisyah forest
There are also immense eagles prrchru
on the beams.
Noblcst View America Affords.
1t is two miles from this lodge to the
summit Of piS%;lh. All the way there is
4! view which embraces scores Of miles.
There is u trail to the top. which is very
barely room for four ponies and half il
dozen people on foot. 1t is $500 feet
above sea level, and SO vast is the height
that it seems to the pilgrims thai they
are ON top of a tower. TO the cas-, ward
Is l>lltnorr house. han=iny lii the middle
"lStahrr like -Ala' l'lin' : palace. snowy
WHITE and vast, and quite near it is tree
rmboWtrrd .A>htvillr. twelve miles away
inllr counties corner on this peak. To
the >uutllWard there is the unbrokrn
mass of ni>Sah forest: to the east the
great and fertile valley Of the French
Broad. Vet further eastward the cpul-
touching wall of he Blue Ridge rises
shutting out the world hryonh TO thu,
westward j. pilr. mountain upon NOUN
tain. and in that Lirrr1ion the view is
finally bounded by the Great Smokes.
which tower like Il vrritublr wall of Il
world. Within the sweep Of !, glance is
the examination Of the great Appalachian
SYSTEM There is no less than - peaks,
with an attitude Of more than COCO feet
these being III the Smoky. the Rai>;,m
and the Black ranges. Mount Mitchell
i'll the Black. dominates them all. with
IT'S q. II t''t Of altitude. In its entirety
the view Is one of the very nuhltSt which
America affords. It is well worth the
.'pllGrilna"r t" PiS%ah. - Correspondence
III Forest AMI Stream.