Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-10-15
HAVE BEAUTIFUL HOMES
Mr. Davis and Mr.. EIkins Dwell
Side by Side at Elkins.
SUPERB PALACE ON The HILL
Something About The Residences Of The
Two Men Of West Virginia and
Their Wide Charities.
SUPERB PALACE ON The HILL
Their Wide Charities.

level OF the valley upon which il
situated the town of Elkins. stapd al.
most side bv side the magnificent
residences of Hon. Henry &. Davis
and Senator Stephen B. Elkins, the
former the democratic nominee for the
vice-presidency. the latter a tribute
OF the greatest body on earth. the
American senate.
Graceland, the home of the Hon.
Henry G.. Davis, is built Of light
sandst ne aud within stones throw
of Graceland arise the domes of Halle
hurst. the home CT Senator Elkins.
There is no separation between the
gounds of father-in-law and son.in.
law. Beautiful eroUnds they are.
with just enough of landscape art to
beautify that which art ever attempts
to initiate and ever fails-nature. A
well graded driveway winds through
the estates, while we'll graded walks
with rustic byway seats wind through
scenes of beauty.
Flowers grace the lawns with their
carpet of tendergreen sward. Rustic
summer houses add to the teauty of
the grounds. Nowhere in all the
beautiful mountain country Of West
Virginia could have been selected a
better SPOT in which to. erect summer
homes.
Two thousand feet above the level
of the sea, 100 feet above the valley,
which is surrounded by the spurs of
the great range of the AlleRany noun
tains it affords to the eve one of the
Qrandest and most sublime views ii is
possible to conceive.
Standing on the veranda of Grace.
land or of Halliehurst, below lies
the peaceful, thriving and we'll laid
out little city of Elkins, with it's popu-
latioD of some $500 people. lis fine
brick and stone business blocks, it's
comfortable homes set in handsome
lawns; while to the west and south
rise far above all Rich mountain.
across whose green sides the shadows
of the RAISING clouds fit so rapidly
that the beams of the suns bright rays
oDlv make it panoramic of an ever
moving picture, the beauty of which
would hold an artist spell bound.
Coming cut of the north and running
eastward till the semi-circle reaches
the west and south is the Cheat noun
Fain range. Just across the valley
rise its foot hills of lighter green.
with here and there touch of Grim
son and gold, which show that already
the winter of death is coming to the
beautiful face of nature, which will
soon glow with the hectic flush of fall !;
when the the crimson and gold, the
deep yellows, the red and the scarlet
will mingle with the browns. the
varied shades OF green of the pine, the
spruce and the hemlock, and make
that perfect an1 harmonious blend of
colors that fl he lover of nature, the
lover of the be tiful. the lover of the
artistic, with thrill of perfect de-
light, with a Keeling that must be
akin to that OF the saint when he PIC
lures the heaven of his beloved Mas
ter.
Above these foothills rise tier after
tier of ranges, growing less green
growing blue as they rise above each
other in their faint and undulatipg
lines until where, miles away, the
last line of blue blends with the dome
of heavens own azure so dim as to
be sarcely visible.
What is mole beautiful, erander or
more sublime than this look into the
very soul Of nature. the work of the
divine Creator spower. What makes a
man feel more like a dwarf, pigmy,
an insignificant creature, and what
| makes the divine seem greater and
more wonderful, and what of all else
| makes erring man feel his closeness ia
his Creator, for the man who lives
4 1AtcNNh w btt hthlb Va AdthA0 AfFSf
nearer TO the bosom of his God.
Standing at Graceland and looking
at this grand panoramic view of ma.
ture. listening to the patter of the feet
of grandchildren whose merry laugh,
ter and sports make Graceland ring
with happiness, one wonders what
| ever induced that grand old man,
whose high dome indicates his chris
tian charity. love of humanity anG
philanthropy. the wide center of his
head show ne the well developed
organs of nance and construction
while his asant blue eyes tell o.
his mild an emile nature, to run fol
what is il ty though not in tn,
eyes of the rid, an empty honor
though his Jitions be realized.
True, by bition the angels fell
then why aiize on man.
The christian charity so plainl,
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