The Grenada sentinel., 1912-07-26
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM TEACHER.
Miss Matte AIdridge Describes a Trip
to AsheviIIe. n. G. Visits the
Great Vanderbilt Estate.

The Sentinel is glad of the opportu-
nifty of publishing the letter which fol-
lows, from the pen of Miss Maggie AL |
bridge of Hardy. who is to be one of
Grensda 9ns sdacaerH dur;nJ chancsry Clerk
Aldridge has been at knoxvlIIe rak,Ig |
special teachers course and only a
few days ago was member of an ex-
cursion party that made trip to Ash
vile, N. c., where she had an opportu-
nifty to see the great Vanderbilt estate,
upon which there is a residence that
cost $3,000,O00 The letter was not in
tended for publication and is only part
of one she wrote to her mother. 1t is
interesting reading:
'Now, about my Asheville, North
Carolina, trip. We left here at O.
clock and got to Asheville at II, by my
watch, but IL there, Eastern time.
| There were the most beautiful falls
ever saw on the road. We crossed the
Tennessee river twice and the French
Broad seven times. l SAID on my card
twas $50 miles; it is only l30 We had
a special train. There were 203 of us;
had three coaches. Sixty-fve miles of
our trip was on the banks of the river,
French Broad-sometimes only two or
three feet, and the most was only 80
feet from it. The river was not deep,
as we could see it running over rocks,
and the rapids were beautiful. Then
several dams-the water flowing over
them was lovely. Of course the river
wound IN and out among the towering
mountains, and we followed the course
of the river. l have said Isn't that
beautiful till it fails to express my
meaning.
When we got off the train there were
five street cars, marked Special, into
which we were hurried. We went first
in one direction, then another, till we
had seen every nook in the city. We
got out at Riverside Park for five min
utes. Seems as if nearly every home
in Asheville is made of stuccoed stone
that is what it is called. Then they
carried US within few hundred yards
of the station-Biltmore. There we
got our passes to go into the grounds
When we got off the street car, there
! were at least fifty carriages waiting for
j US. We got dandy looking new sur
, rey with soft seats, and had the grand
; est looking black horses you ever saw
). looked like coach horses and shone like
SIlk. sat Will Luc uIlNtI, lie Wds
:. dressed in brown, with a derby.
through the gate by giving the guarC
: over the gate, and it looked like mic,
little stone home. Then we drove thr,
the grandest places l ever saw; I.meal
trees and shrubbery. Most of it wa
brought from Europe and set out. On
whole hillside was covered with rhoio
dendron--the pink and white mixed
The driveway was about $500 ft. an
80 ft. wide, and of stone. The owne
has seventy-five miles of those roads 0
his place which contains $4,000 acres
Some of the land he bought twent
years ago for 75c per acre, but c
course he has spent many dollar {
it since. The driver told US the name
of all the flowers and shrubs. The Jal
anese rose was new thing to me; hf
red balls just like tomatoes, with thrt
or four leaves on the end and the
were red
Over by the road was pond vii
rock all around. He said that w
where they got all the rock to build
repair the rs miles of road.
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