The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-25
STEVENS DISCOVERS
/ GARDEN OF EDEN
virginis's Roanoke Correspondents In
Search Of weil-Earncd Rest
Locates Very Spot.
TROUT FISHING DE LUzE
virginia Mineral Springs In Craig
County the Original Happiness Fac
tory--IAstcn to This Story OF Sat-
isfacfion.
Nv A. L STEVENS.

Probably what is the least kn.'wn,
of all the many resorts and idlins
places which dot the State of Viz
ginia, yet, which IL better known.
would prove perhaps the most att
tracs.ve for it's natural ADVANTAGES
is Virginia Mineral Springs in Craig
County, three miles from Newcastle,
the county seat of what Is probably
one of the most prosperous counties
in :he "Oid Dominion"
On the estate of what was the old
Ripley farms, famed for its mineraf
springs, has sprung up modern
hotcl. thoroughly equipped In every
particular, located on an ideal spot
Situated on knoll, commodous
three-story structure, capable of COM
fortably housing $50 people, stands
the hotel with electric lights, wide
halls, hot and cold water. and every
thing about Il smelly from its new
ness and freshness.
A virginian representative was
recommended TO this haven of rest
for its promise of good fishing"
The good fishing. worlds of II and the
fish, too, are here, bass in Craig
Creek in abundance, and speckled
beauties ana the rainbow in Bar
bour's Creek. These two are quite
the prettiess mountain streams that
coulc be imagined. On Craig. small
row-boats are used, and its winding
beauties unfold just around eiery
bead. If you start for row. always
you want to row just little further
on to around, the next bend. Along
the banks, wild flowers are grow
ing in great profusion. and later on
in July no prettier sight could well
he imagined than this stream, lined
- - fv. fall hfnnrN
Home OF Mountain Trout.
over on Barbour's Creek which Is
rarely fished, except by, the natives.
is the typical home Of mountain
trout. The stream is fed by numer-
Gus springs along its route and the
trout all day long are leaping up and
down its ripping waters.
The whistle OF Bob White" at
shutdown harks a man back to the
hunting season. for on this estate
Bob White and the white crested,
game fellows mate are calling back
and forth In all directions. The lure
of the field with Parker" gun aad
a good dog IS strong in any one with
red blood.
Stretching away from the east side
of the hotel proper are fields ankle
dcsp in grazing for the hotels Jer-
seys. to the South Is the truck patch
and the farm from the gardening
of which the hotels table Is supplied
with fresh vegetables. and the Jer-
seys furnish the milk. West OF the
house Is a fine oak grove that would
have driven a locator for an old-fash-
toned camp meeting will with delight.
and as a spot for real political
gathering of the "Old-Time" sort,
barbecue attachments, could not be
surpassed Under the massive oaks
| is a childrcl:'s para iise for play
ground.
For That Tired Feeling"
Are you sick. run down. i'll mind
or body, as the writer happened TO
be, overworked, and a feeling of
| what's the use of it all anyway try
week at this ideal rest-spot and II
you are here for three lays and you
can honestly say 1t was lost time. /
guarantee through the Virginian to
paw your expenses.
The yirginian's representative II in
no way interested in boosting this
place The Virginian itself has alb
solutcly nothing at stale beyond tell
ing the tired man whers the Almighty
himself has provided spot where
one may temporarily, at least. rest
from his labors. and where the weary
may be at rest"
Mineral Waters Par Excellence.
The mineral waters here are amonc
the most curative OF any of the many
and widely advertised mineral springs
of all the world. They are four in
number of different medicinal pro-
| perties, all grouped under one COW
ering.
| II you cannot eat these waters will
make the sound of a dinner bell
sound like the harmonies OF List
II you have trouble to sleep, three
days here will make snow-white
bel. such as is given you, feel like
''flowery beds of ease" whatever that
is; but you will sleep and you will
be ready to sleep at the slightest
| provocation and without special in
ducement Have you children? There
| is no end tc the playhouses and
hooks, built for fairy houses and
gromes castles for the ''kiddies'' to
explore There are bath houses with
mineral bathc, the beneficial effects
of which cannot be exemerated for
the little ones.
Easy to Reach.
Virginia Mineral is SO accessible,
one hundred yards it is from the de-
pot, on the New Castle branch of the
Chesapeake and Ohio, which runs
from Eagle ROCK. that Rfcnmono
people, and those of Eastern Vir-
ginia Underwater, seeking an ideal spot
for a Weekend in the mountains, can
reach here without the slightest dit
ficulty.
A trout supper Of speckled beau
ties and a nights sleep, away from
any possibility OF flies and. mosque
toes is certainly worth while during
the hot period. and a trip to this spot
will have made you bless the day you
were a reader of this newspaper.