Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-08-28
At the Springs.

TATE SPRINGS, Aug. 2G, 1872.
The favorite resort of the afflicted continues to
be crowded with visitors. Every available space
seems to be filed, yet like the omnibus or street
car, there is always room for zone more" The
number ofVisitors is perhaps larger now than at
any previous time during the season, and the
cry is, "still they come" Scarcely stage comes
in that does not contain a fresh guest We see
the lame, the halt and the blind, all coming here
to test the health-givng property Of these waters
which have attained a celebrity second to no
springs in the land. Just this evening, gentle
man from Holmes county, Mississippi, came in,
who has been here once before during the sea-
son, but who left a few weeks ago for the far
famed springs in various parts of Virginia. AT
ter having tested the most celebrated, he returns
to Tates,, saying he has not experienced so
much relief anywhere as here. l believe he la
bors under the afiiction of liver disease of long
standing. He was here in the early part of the
season, and says he derived great benefit from
the use of the water. Scarcely one who gives 1t
fair trial fails to relate the same experience:
Among the late arrivals here Is Judge wat
son, late Confederate States Senator from M IS
sissippi also late of the Baltimore 'Crow-eating"
Convention. He is a man of fine ability and
pleasant companion, and is said to be one of
the ablest lawyers in his State. He plays at
ten pins equally as SUCCESSFUL dS
he practices law, and although Sin the sere
and yellow leaf" seems so relish it as we'll as
those of fewer years.
Gen. Robertson, of fernando, in the same
State, 81 years of age, is also here. He enjoys
game of euchre as if all the fires of youth
were not yet dead. He is a native East Tennes-
seean, and has been member of the Tennessee
Senate. He also served in the Constitutional
Convention of 1884. His mind is vigorous, and
judging from his physical appearance, his lease
Of life has not near expired yet.
This is emphatically a resort for invallds and
health-seekers but to-day the pleasure-seekers
also took turn" Early in the forenoon
bevy of rosy looking country and village lassies
made their appearance, looking the very picture
of health and fun. They were accompanied by
as many young gents, who seemed to believe
that it is not good for man Tor woman either to
be alone Uncle Henry was dispatched for the
fiddler, and by night fall a gay crowd had as,
sembled. A number of ladies appeared IN ball
room costume, and soon the gay dance commence
ed, and notwithstanding the thermometer rang
ed in the neighborhood of 500, continued until
the "wee sma hours" The dance finally col
lapsed through sheer physical exhaustion. 1t
was in some respects peculiar hop.
Politics are scarcely ever mentioned here, but
one enthusiastic disciple of Greeley varied the
monotony of life here q day or two ago by TAX
ing the Vote. He has, perhaps, before now, laid
the result before Uncle Horace, as certain evil
dence of his election, and is booked for fourth
class postofflce.
The guests are beginning to talk about leav
ing but white frost will bind many here, we
predict.
Another supply of Get The Behind Me, Sa-