Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-05-12
TINE DAUGHTER ElopeD
while Tie Mother and Writer Danced len.
~ lind Polka.

AAo~usAA"S SOuusAy Vi Oiu v N$t utA are
still some signs Of the popular inns that
grsced the turnpike roadsides in the
days Of the long ago. A few OF those
home-like obstetrics are still open to
the public, but the majority passed
away with the passing Of the old Con-
cord stages, and with the changes that
have come With the great iron horse
and the sumptaous dining cars that fol-
low In his track.
The very aames OF those wayside inns
were suggestive of comfort and rest.
There we're: 1.-THE Travellers Rest y
'The Blue Ridge Home for Travellers, .
Home for the Weary" "Here We
Rest and Enjoy Life,n and others of
kindred names on the great sign boards
suspended ut the gates. In most cases
the large, imposing and airy frame
buildings, with their clean and we'll
kept grounds we're as suggestive of rest
and comfort MS the names on the boards
at the gates.
In the summer Of 49,, decided up
on vacation in the mountains of the
grand Old Commonwealth. A good time.
recreation and killing of days and
nights until the university should open
it's fall term were my only aim and OBJ
ject as remember them now. My start
ing point from the railroad was Lynch
burg towards Lexington and over the
Amherst hills.
That charming June morning l rode
with the driver Of crowded Concord
stage, drawn by three pairs of we'll
matched horses as spirited and proud
AS If they were travelling on the smooth
and well-beaten pike TO the air of mar
tial music 1t was grand morning for
such ride. The Peaks of Otter and
the lesser peaks OF the Blue Ridge look
ed more sublime than / had even seen
them. Thousands of fat cattle broused
in the valleys and along the mountain
streams and the cheerful looking coun-
try homes and thrifty appearing farms
all mutely said "Here, at least, life is
worth living.n
My driver was genial fellow and rs
communicative as he was genial and
good natured. He knew every turn in
the road and oversight worth seeing.
And more than that, he was an adept
at interviewing. He never carried any
passengers over his line without ascert-
shining where they were from, where
they were going and the nature of busi-
nenss that had taken them from home.
When had told him OF my aim and
object he quickly replied: ~ know the
very place for you, young man. the hest
In the mountains. 1t is the hotel, ..Here
We Rest and Enjoy Life" about IS
miles up this road, we will reach it ut
ii o'clock And when he saw | was
curious to know more of the place, he
added: 1T is kept by one OF the most
elegant old Virginia gentlemen you
ever saw. Everything about his place
is in elegance and he will make you
more than comfortable, he will make
you at home in twenty minutes, and
more than that his wife is the most
loveable and motherly OF women, and
he has two charming daughters just
passing their teens, the bellies of this
mountain country, who will capture you
the first day, heart and hand, if you are
not already bound by vows not to be
broken. On such an errand as YOU are
going you will have the best time you
ever had in your life" Then | said
PUT me off at Here We Rest and En-.
JOY Life, that is the place am seek.
ing"
Promptly at two minutes to / / o'clock
the driver blew his stage horn that the
proprietor might know that guests
were coming and at III o'clock [ was
put Of bag and baggage for an indeii-
mite stay at this summer resort with SO
many comforts and charming attrac-
tions as claimed by the good natured
driver. The proprietor welcomed me
most Hospitality. He said to negro
boy porter: Take this young gentle
man to room l6 and IL he don't like /,
give him any room on the floor. see
that he has fresh water ice water, and
everything he wants. Clean him oil
dust, shine his shoes and then report al
the Office il he is in want OF anything
else" followed the porter and readily
accepted room u. It's furnishings were
elegant and | was satisfied.
When the porter boy Jack had served
me to all wanted and ! was dressing
to go down to the shady verandah To
catch the cool breezes Of the noon hour
he griDningly said: ''You is certainly
come at de right time sur, vas sur,
zackly ut de right time" "Why SOP
| asked, amused ut the broad grin tina,
spread across his face from ear TO ear
''Kase. SUR" said he, there's gwine to
be a weddin In dis house tonight, va.
sur, two un'm. and you's here to see n