Show KMiiuioi irti Asm iiir A rnHr Illr n rIuOnrsttttstnail lentnnfIse ilsantIeenl Vssalc5a1l5 AsiikMLtii North Carolina July 4th 15th 1 To I he Poll We take pleasure in iubmltllng the ollowlng for publication In your alua lain paper ihlnkiiif it ttlll be both In truttha and GI Interest to your many mdcrs On the 9th ol April i 1 we i enternl the city ol Atheville N C for he pornoae of making A liouta to house canvas preaching the Gospel nnd warning the people In that city I ul wealth sad refinement to Him their hearts I Mid thou htslrenl the things ol this world rl and lit turmoil and lay up for them selvrttrenures I In heaven ant to Iwtir tar humble tatlmonlet iif llh truthul neon ol lIla cause wo repri lent ne Our labora were commoitreil lay call Ilg on the mayor Mr I W A Dlalr and the clatmaI polite Mr Carter both ol whom bade ut welcome to s their domains and attutnl us thaI we should lacer their support and protection thor InK our > oj turn here for which van heartIly thauketl them We next called un the editor of the two dally papers lbs Gmetle and the i linen I both ol f whom in I their next issue published lav iroble article about the Motruons and and announced our pretence In the city ami our ol Jed In being lute Our labors have been very pleasant indeed thus far and God hat prospetcd u Our object Is I to approach the people peo-ple In such a way at to awaken an Interest Inter-est In them In regard tan mir religion I hit Is dona by always carrying n cheer fat countenance and I being kind and charitable to all adapting oiirselvel and our conversations 1 < Ihe clrcum atance atanceTe Adicvillhni are the mcntloclible and rihned people we have met during our travels In alan oulh 01 about njear The city Is I probably the weallhtest and best kept place ol lu I sue iI the south Stualed as It It I In the midst of the mountains In Westetn North Carolina on the nifgedbniiksof 1 thcl rcnch Ilroad lahkeuoiee river it requires great labor nnd persevercnce Io beautliy It and were It not hoe nature latili jjiltt of healihlulneas comfort oath grandeur Ailvenlle never would have become the cosmoiiollton place of the toulh Tour late old Iaeahtiacnckes come Irons the nurh In Inlr 10 ovoid the inclemency of the northern cllmtt and from the south 10 bttk In the lemperatt and re reshing air ol mid tummer The iii jomv oflhehoiiset are built In acconnnod toutlK but probably the greater number of thinS find ac commodttKint at one or the other of the leaullful and spaciously hull liotelt ol which llattety iatk occupying an Imminence Immi-nence In tine henl ol I the city r and over ooklng the entire valleys jr1lcbl I largest laving a a capacity for several hundred uettt e Ai we und to the lUll ol this build hog ave turn our eye > lillIan east and they rest utKin the Otnily timbered Jiutu < mont whkliclotet the entire scenery owardt the ruing nun On Ihe norm he country li I very broken for miles and gradu illy the vision it lott In Ihe mountains toward Old Virginia Un the west the valley extends fur mile along the French b Broad river gradually becoming more mounttinoiii until the uneiintlled lindtcape end In the high mountain I tup 5 which blend with the atom sky In looking I lowaid the I south I the moit con pit I aOS obtclthat attracts the e0 ol tne victor U I the Vanderbilt mnlon 1111 dlrecly across the valov 40111 sour saitbuu from Ih cite IhandItIiae mountains gradually raise I until crowned by Mi PisRah O her loclt that tend excellent acconuiU lent to the tourist are ICuiilwoitli Inn Oakland Oak-land IIel liU Glen Ko k Oaks Swan iuno1 AtlMvtlle and one or two others each accommodating hundreds of guests Iheciryls dotted with smaller hotel onil I boarding liouiet In going lu the mansion from Ihe city van past Illlimore the neatest railroad station to the orld renowned I reaultnco Here it Ihe bcautliul ollico building of Mr Vanderbilt in which all bushustt relative to him in this tection It I transacted trans-acted We obtained our permit and lowed through the large IambI along time excellent iirltcways cf which there are many loin and all are as well kept as the aireeu in Iha heart of a business m tiop lit Alone the rod cosily plant grand flower thriibt and small ttee have tarn planted lor hundredi ol yard on t ich tide giving Die hole oily ot the movt nuiifut and pleasing aspects the liunan tyc coud wish to op play upon As tte approached the mOn building from than uht we viewed the lUplantde three hun ml feet wide and one hundred hun-dred lea lone with a magnificent fountain foun-tain inanunr Us centre exteiulinj I up the main entrance Oa alto right Is the sable and lively court In which tome bray horses are in constant readlnt it for Mr underbill and his unorcd I gunti On abs lefi it an nuteiaicebnwlIog crecn hh 13 ltae I main budding three 1 hundred feet i long built 01 amity sjmUtone shipped from Indiana oral diitlned to ttand for aRe represents an capon lure nf I over fjoooooo while on me grounds u cutive oi the drvewas over 000000 hl bon CI In viewing the whole standing Ii awe and udiiiiralion one m iy well ixclaim What lay not be done with mont I II coat < i tuition wiin one of thedtcora tort we learned I Iliat ome thewlndou curtmns have cost tJSioo each not for their reil but for tiuir hIstorIc value tome of i them lielng several hundred I jearsolJ Among our Irieiidt in the cit > ol Ashoville wo take pleauro In namln I Reverend H iIj 1 Chrcitvhuig lesion U the Central M I K Cliunh Mr lileele for live eaitpropiletorof Uatteiy Paik allow one ol o h ol Ihe most beautiful beau-tiful and wtll kept places 11 ala < ray Mr Juntblw Notion editor of the Daily Ojjute and i great many othtrt whom time and space will not eriiiit i us to mention Mr K A Maichkcr anil lam 1 ily with whom we are itatmg are un turpastedln kind onaan I teneronlt I and arpraert are that I God will ctcr pour out Illi blusingi upon them In allot all-ot their righteous desIres Such rEnds will long be remembvrid i hys every true man tthu conies in contact with them Our traders will racer ascend to GoJ In bthaliol the people who have bom no kind and geutrous liave shown ut suet filcndshlp hate met us In 1 braid minded manner and have been willlne to lake lilt advice I of Paul Prove I all IhliiLi and hold fait to tint which I f canal Uvi praying for the welfaie o r ion mil lirr people and all who arc I a hit I lie ti tIlt and endeavoring tom I I to-m t liltvt Janus we remain our ruhr t > I In Iho c IU 01 truth I KNliT K I Mat OIIAM liusiu K 1 luiKur |