Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-06
nENDERSONEILLE GIVEN BIG
BOOST By VIRGINIA PAPER.

country as a result of pleased visitors
t4I this section ,one of the most recent
aid interesting appearing in the Mon
roe Waterman of Union, West Va.
from the pen of L.-M Johnston. ThS
following vivid description from an
article covering two and half Goa
rmns will doubtless be of interest
1t is that piece of terraqueous for
nation in and directly around the
beautiful and thriving little city OF
HendersonyilIe that appeals to me,
as student of nature, and prompts
re to inform all nature lovers that
l:ele nature may be found in her most
natural mood. Especially, dear
friends, l wish to tell you OF Crystal
Spring, Americas most beautiful spot,
because one may secure the most mag
nificent and grandest views of all from
this point.
Crystal Springs about one mile anl
a quarter distant from Henderson,
willie. The Springs are accessible by
la street car line or by a macadam
Edriye- way. The latter, however. is
more popular than the former, because
the average tourist is pecunious AMI
consequently partial to motoring. =
Upon entering the Swiss railway
cars one is carried to-the summit of
Mt. Echo. The car line is constructed
an angle of 40 per cent, but absolute
safety is insured to all it's passengers
ty the emergency cables, making mis-
hap or accident impossible. On the
top of this mountain there is a look
out tower. Your first impression,
when in the observation tower, is that
of Gagged bird just recently freed
You know not in which direction to
view first and wonder if forgiveness
will ever be yours for remaining in
the valley of the shadow of ignorance
fer lifetime. You behold a vision
II superb beauty. There's feelins
Givine that overcomes yon and fires |
your soul with vitality, ambition, orig
.nality and determination. You won |
'er if you have been bodily taken ur
as was Enoch Of old, and placed ia |
Father Abraham's bosom, there to
view for moment our earthly habi-
tation, created by the Almighty's hand,
in the furtherance of the divine plan
and ponder if heaven could be fash
Toned after a more glorious pattern.
1t makes man feel close to God anu
realize that life is worth living afts
ali.
Here before him is a panorama O.
exquisite grandeur Away on in the
distance stands Mt. Mitchell, tall a
stately the highest point east of the
Rockies, monument excelling by far
ali human attempts at construction,
dWarfing the mighty handiwork of the
Ptolomies of Egypt, who have succeed
ed in battling modern engineering by
heir accomplishments On the left W II
have the Black MountainoRange ar
Chimney Rock faces us on the right
These mountains surely must have
been thrown up. out of the ea1tn
bowels at some prehistoric age, for |,
the wrath Of the elements from time
Immemorial has worn the sharp peaks
down and rounded the huge granitc /,
ooulders which meet ones glance at ,
every hand, depositfng rich and fe,
tile subsoil In the broad valleys at oul
'cet.
On the hillside spring bubbles on ;
yonder cliff the rhododendron is |.
bursting forth In all its beauty of bril-
liantly colored blooms. The laurel
runs dot every where and Old Sol
when breaking through the early
mists makes every dripping
leaf glisten and sparkle as if bathet!
IN crystal. There the waterfall is
it's spring song, while the
speckled trout and black bass are ,
spawning in the shelter OF some kline
rock, meath the foam and surface
water. Above, birds of every kind
ire twittering and building, for soon
twill be mating time and baby mus 7
nave nest. II
Then on the beautiful rounded 8
slopes the great wheat fields are yell
owing, and the fruits are ripening
nto every hue; the red on the apple, 6
he pink on the peach, the blush on
he apricot and the royal purple
-~-7n the plum. A whole valley
;urned into 3 crazy quilt of riotous =
,olors by the thousand varieties Of Z
embryo lastly maturing for a rich q
.arvest. This glorious valley, with T
is meadows of green, its woodlands, :
is brooklets, springs of nectar to l. :
5xieate. gods, its fruits and ripening v
,rops, its flowers colored in all shades
# the rainbow, and the invigorating b
;ool, pure and delicious mountain at
nosphere-tell me, kind readers, If