The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-18

Semptance 10 the beak of the hawk.
and behind it is Caesars Head
To the front of you at one bend
of the road and eighteen miles away
rises Old Mount Mitchell, king Of the
nils, and ClngInan'S Dome. heir an
parent and only a hundred feet lower
in rank.
Now in the late afternoon. the
colony of Little Switzerland is reach
ca. On the spacious front noreh Of
the Inn one stops and turns re- face
me open book of nature lying open
! between him and Linviffe- mountain T
| scores or the most beautiful little |
| hills nestle here in the valley, and un
from their Wood-crowned sum n1its |
sweeps a breeze as fresh and coo, as
that which blows under the October |
moon.
Nearly a score Of handsome little |
cottages crown the crest of this hill.
overlooked by Clarksen's knob. The
inhabitants of the camp are largely |
Charlotte people. and a good quota
of these are judges and lawyers. |
These nave all inhabited other noun
tain chimes but they are unanimously
IinsiStent that they have found earth's
E~favorite resting place. Wei. 1T would
b a hard strain on the imagination
to try and think of how the world
could nave been more admirably con-
structed for health and happiness
than right here.
Camp As-You-Iike-U."
Sunday evening and supper over
and W young men mutually suggest
q little tramp in the twilight. The
newcomer does not know where he is
going but his companion methodicalIy
urges forward INC the ozone lends i'm
petus to every step. Hank, what is
that sound of merry voices coming up
4 out of the glen. Down a steep little
trail in the gorge and here is found a
camp of twenty-five girls. living close
to nature, under the care of Miss
Marie Dwight, Of Columbia, S. c..
Camp As-You-Like-It' is the title
suggestive of an unrestrained good
time. One glance at the unique and
comfortable dining room, with cabin
: and reading room attached; the little
: tents pitched just above in tn thick
? est of the chestnut, r~hOdOdendrOn,
laurel and galax with an almost ice
$ cold spring flowing from the heart
of the hill, satisfies the visitor hat
: the name is most appropriate. In
! boomers and with their camping out
lit in the lightest form, these girls SO
for long hikes through the mountains
S spending sometimes two and three
e days and nights away on the hill
sides, sleeping beside h cold noun
tain stream where they have plunged
e to battle, or upon the summit of ole
e Grandfather or some other peak, with
an oil cloth covered blanked wrapped
q arOun them for protection. One
young lady said she had already
walked 175 miles in regular hikes
and was then preparing to go on {
three-day tramp over on Table Rock
l. She expected to make over three hun
IT dred miles before her return home IL
y September. Every one of the young
d ladies were enthusiastic in prOnounc
e ing their experience as the most de
1t Iightful thing in their lives. "Hous'
h parties are not in the same class a
l. this" is they way they all expressed
is it. Tramping is not the only exercis
I'd they have. Before their mOrnin'
lie plunge, they all go through a round Q
Is cali. -henics, usually lead by Mis-
s. Lunpkin, of Columbia. Most Of tn
I'd young ladies are from Columbla
D. Charleston, Aiken and other Palmet
n to points. This fall when they retur
lie TO college hey expect to realize heav
We lily on the resources Of health the
n have been storing away this summer
They won't be disappointed either.
en- The Order OF Tranlps.
er The majority of those who go
to this delightful spot of rest and recrea
On ton Immediately enroll in the r.
in q. t., which in plain english NEAR
n the Free and Independent Order G
ne TrampS. At present Rev. }. l.. Mile
of Greensboro, seems to be master {
ut ceremonies in this part OF the organ
Il cation. which includes a majority G
tn those who have ever had the smell {
at the mountain woods in their noStrll
n \ Tri., to Crabtree Falls.
IT. To Crabtree Falls, a fine walk
ee five miles with little hard climbing.
one of the first places the newly IN
tiated are led to. For the most pa
he there is a good road leading throug
mt richards and blackberry patches :,
q kind of blackberries that grow IN TT
90 unrest air in the world and nave sue
Of a tempting taste that all travele1
ed. are halted. Here and there Is a HIT
las spring by the side OF the road. WI
he water Of almost icy cOidneS ouooii
les out Of the very nea'' y, - -
Aowar fern. moss, and rock seems
he have actuativ Satneteu -.
ills all. Then comes 80" 80