Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-10

appearance belongs to -,irs. Thomas e
Newark, Ohio, who also has friends n
your old city.
The main attraction ct this resort
is the waters of Orkney" whose rep
utation extends far and vide through
cut the land and has even gone forth
to other countries. The most famous
of all the springs is the Bear Wal
low" OF the hotel estate and about
500 feet from the building itself. The
waters of this spring rank with the
most noted waters Of the worldsanI
are considered by many as on a par
with those of the celebrated Carlsbad
Spring, in Germany. They are espe-
cially valuable in skin diseases and
those of the liver and kidneys. The
baths at the hotel are supplied from
this spring, which is we'll protected
by a concrete floor and low wall, sur
mounted by an open pavilion, recently
built by the proprietor, Mr.. H. c.
Carter. There are two other springs
on the open green above the hotel
near the cottages, which have their
special qualities, and the sulphur
spring, about two miles distant on the
road between Orkney Springs and NJ.
Jackson.
The view of the mountains as one
walks to this spring is perhaps the
most beautiful in the vicinity of Ork-
ney. There are a number of other
walks in the valley or along mountain
trails, besides drives to many interest
ing points, where splendid views of
mountain and valley cnchant the eye
and exalt the spirit. One of the finest
OF these is the drive to the "Lonc
Pine" on the top of North Mountain.
As you look over to West Virginia
there appears, as far as the eye can
reach, sea Of mountains-if such ar
expression can be Used-while east
ward is visible the range of the Massa-
nutten, and beyond this the higher
peaks OF the Blue Ridge, with the long
stretch OF fertile valley lands at yoUr
feet. Conspicuous in the direction OF
New Market is the battlefield, where
the cadets OF the Virginia Military
Institute made themselves immortal
during the Civil War.
A favorite time to take the "Lone
Pine" drive is when the moon is az
her full. The TRIP is made in the after
noon, and the tourists linger on the
mountain top until the rising mooa
over Massanutten greets, and then
bids adleu to the sun setting in its
glory behind the mountains of West
Virginia. This is a sight never to be
forgotten. But the crowded columns
OF the Gazette bid Us hasten on, al
hough we must not forget to mention
the walk to one Of the old mills near
the springs, called Barb's Mill, over
che hundred years old, of which every
piece OF machinery is made of wool
and the timbers and planks are fast
ened together with pins of the same
material. 1t is now falling into ruin.
although corn meal was ground there
some few years ago.
There has been a large and delight.
fu company of guests at Orkney this
summer, the hotel being filled to its
present capacity of $50 people, and
Mrs. hlmbalFs cottage filled to over
moving: Among friends who have en-
Ioyed the waters of Orkney" are the
Rev. DR.. J. J. Gravatt and the Rev
W. H. Burkhardt of Richmond, Va:
the Rev. J. J. Grapatt, jr., who has
lately accepted call to Trinity
Church. Staunton, Va, from Asccn-
sion Church, Frankfort, Ky; Miss
Constance Boush and Miss Fanny IIcr-
bert, Alexandria; Mrs. Powell Harr:-
son and her daughter. Mrs. Lind Of
Leesburg; Mrs. w. H. Taylor, Mo-
folk; Mrs. 3. Fl. Fowler, Mr.. and Mrs..
Lee Robinson, and Mrs. Marshall and
her daughter, Mrs. Edgar L. Dickcr-
son, of Washington, d. c.; Mrs. Grant
wife of Vice Admiral Grant, U. S. N;
Miss Maddux of Maryland, and Mrs
Thomas, with her friends. Mrs.
:herlon, Mars. Glover and Miss Buck
lngham, all of Newark, Ohio.
S. A. W.