. Rural resorts and summer retreats along the line of the Cumberland valley railroad, including picnic parks and pleasure places . tropical growth, deepen into cypressshades, or light up in the glimmering rays of the sun. Atone place thin-l)ranched larches spread their boughs like aweb of gossamef before the trees of deeper hue, and producean effect that is wild and weird in the extreme. The rarebeauties of this place have been partially exposed to view,and it promises to liecome as notable as any one scene atfar-famed Watkins; and what greater l^eauties there arein the deeper depths no one ye
. Rural resorts and summer retreats along the line of the Cumberland valley railroad, including picnic parks and pleasure places . tropical growth, deepen into cypressshades, or light up in the glimmering rays of the sun. Atone place thin-l)ranched larches spread their boughs like aweb of gossamef before the trees of deeper hue, and producean effect that is wild and weird in the extreme. The rarebeauties of this place have been partially exposed to view,and it promises to liecome as notable as any one scene atfar-famed Watkins; and what greater l^eauties there arein the deeper depths no one yet knows. For the fissure inthe rocks forms a romantic glen, through which foamingwater leaps and tumbles over moss-covered stones all theway down the ravine to the principal grounds Col. Wiest-ling has prepared for his town-sick guests. A path hasbeen opened all- along this laughing brook up to theNarrows, and the walk is so easy and so full of pleasinginterest that a delicate lady will traverse it without weari-ness. But apart from this, the park and pleasure grounds atMont Alto exceed anything we know of in the State. The. 34 Park proper fitted up with all the appliances of a gym-nasium. And what is more pleasing still, there are delight-ful rambles by limpid streams to numerous springs, withrustic bridges and seats at every desirable point, so that noone need be weary or thirsty. The springs are almost without number. The IndianSpring, w^th its legend of the red mans adventures, and itsmore recent interest as being near the spot where Cook, oneof John Browns men, was arrested; the Twin Springs, theCold Spring, the Pearl of Park, whose water is as cold asice, and whose name well describes its character, and manyothers that can not be named, all contribute to the wonder-ful beauty of the place, and to the comfort of the visitor. It is easy to see that the grounds at Mont Alto may beenlarged indefinitely. Already they are made up of somany charming little walks and sequeste
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