The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1858-11-04

inferior position in the dell, and actually
Craze with their clean straight shafts inc
edges Of tho table rocks above ohe
thing in this connection struck US os 0
genuine curiosity. A venerable old VINE
rooted in the platform at the foot Of inc
cliffs, leaps up, naked and unsupported
and as it were, by a single bound, to one
OF the tables overhead, and there flourish
cs among the green boughs of trees the
whole ofils lower part swinging 'fee some
fifteen feet from the wall, an immense
black cable. How it ever accomplished,
such a feat there is no visible means OF
Judging. In all probability it cIomb up
by a tree, which, having served as a iaa'
der to its ambitious neighbor, has since
persisted root and branch, leaving not a
yestige behind. Another curiosity IS an
enormous rock, in general appearance not
unlike a huge cathedral. which has sided
off from the main wall, and now stands
erect some twenty feet lower in the dell,
bearing on its top and sides a vigorous
growth Of trees, shrubs ana mosscs'-
But there would be no end Of our letter,
If we were 70 describe all the wonders Of
this weird place. We would rotheftake
room TO say, that not far from our present
ouorters thcrc i, another spot, resembling
the above in some Of its features, but II
possible more singular and beautiful 1t
Is a round well on the side Of the noun
tain. some 30 feet i1diamcrer and about
60 feet deem, From the bottom, witch a
breach in a small section Of the wall en-.
oblcs one TO reach, we look up at the
curb Of rock projecting some ten feet in.
ward, and the trees as usual growing TO
the very edges, and weaving their branch
es into an exquisite light and green
Ncckcrcd roof. A little spring near the
ton leaps p~IayuIIy from point to point
downward along the side, until lost in
some dark MASSAGE Underground. The
GOODNESS Of this retreat, on a fiery day
in AUGUST, is doIiciousIy refreshing.
TO complete our catalogue Of won
ders, Scwancc, we are happy to inform
the reader, is not without the means Of
making n considerable noise in the
world, As if to show her intention,
that fine aories Of this region should be
bIozoncd abroad, Nature has bounti'uI.
" provided it with "A H"mpsl Of her
own handjwork, an instrument the IKE
Of which we have never before met "''n
in lae course Of our travels 1t is Il
tube in a rock, not more than ci@Hl IN
clcs long, through which an ADEPT ~
horn.bIowjDg can make h%Inl>o'! ne"Fa
for three or four miles we IHeI our
skill upon it, but not with ANY Halter
ing success, A !ad IN 'Hc com p"oy'
however, elected a fo'' E''S a." '"o
most respectable Descriptions something
between the JIoro OF a s'"5o',ol" ".'
the whistle Of a locomotive a cavern
in the ncighboThood OF '''S "o""c''
constructed IN two S'o[lcS' I'p upper
a Inc airy I""''' anu ''e '0"
II leading downward d !" yo'l'
o a very co'd SPI'hE' HHu'"S ''''VS"'
ns retreat to those VINO nave ~'c'"o"
e" themselves ny Joa,c'ouS en"I'S az,
om.bIowlng', WIN theso S""1P'cS o'
Natures ifcaks' we take d reluctant
cave Of Sc"ance an' us maf'r'S-"
we assure the feo'CF' worthy o.
more enthusiastic praise l"an we nave
bestowed upon it, and destined, II we
,ro not mistaken, to be not only an ed
Icalional, but a grand social gathering