. The Southern States. g unusual,and it may be said, without exaggera-tion, almost phenomenal in number,\ariety and loveliness. There are fullytwenty-five of them. As novel and at-tractive a one as there is among tliem isa manufactured lake, called F^ast Lake,on the Georgia Railroad four and a-halfmiles from the city, covering forty-oneacres, a crystal sheet of water furnishedby cool springs, rippling merrily toe\ery breeze, sparkling in the sunshine,bordered by a fine broad drive, and withcommodious bathing-houses and rowboats, that form an irresistible summerdelight in the warm days. A newel
. The Southern States. g unusual,and it may be said, without exaggera-tion, almost phenomenal in number,\ariety and loveliness. There are fullytwenty-five of them. As novel and at-tractive a one as there is among tliem isa manufactured lake, called F^ast Lake,on the Georgia Railroad four and a-halfmiles from the city, covering forty-oneacres, a crystal sheet of water furnishedby cool springs, rippling merrily toe\ery breeze, sparkling in the sunshine,bordered by a fine broad drive, and withcommodious bathing-houses and rowboats, that form an irresistible summerdelight in the warm days. A newelectric line carries the people to thecharming resort. It may be observedin passing that the old town of Decatur,which has a reflected glory from Atlanta,narrowly missed being a metropolis justas Williamsport in Western Marylandhad the consideration of no less a personthan George Washington as the capitalof the United States. It is also relatedin this connection that the statesmen 33- ATLANTA: THE GATE CITY OF THE SOUTH. THE EijriTABLE BLILDING who flourished at Milledgeville in themiddle of the century deHberately pre-vented the main hue of the Central Rail-way from approaching that isolated place,and forever barred it from becoming, aswas quite probable, the Southern ter-minus of the Western & Atlantic Lineinstead of Atlanta. Only the other day, Atlanta, aftermuch coquetting, absorbed the WestEnd, a beautiful suburb, and the nextcensus will show the result in increasedpopulation. Sooner or later, what arenow suburbs will be parts of the city,and at no very remote period it may bethat Decatur will apply for corporateadmission. The most conspicuous object visibleas one nears Atlanta is the new capitol,which is almost a reproduction in mina-ture of the splendid edifice at Washing-ton. This beautiful structure, admirablyadapted for its purpose, is built of ooliticlimestone from Indiana, with interioradornment of Georgia marble. AsGeorgia has an immense deposit ofsuperior marble qu
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