Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-09-20
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Singular Discovery ia EeEa1sCssoc-EE-e
that Never E-cTE:cfucl Chilli


ness
Ice that never neIts las been found, il
is stated, in a cave in Perry county, tenn,
on the farm Oh Mayor }. /. Webb, Sl.eritI,
&c. y party found tie cave by accident,
on one q the swelteIinE days q LASS Aug
ust, and it may b2 Imagined that ohey We're
delf2Lia:i-for We suEi,$a that sJieh st0-
ries ar,, i.,5l 80 l,Ili.a ti1 result Of lot
weather Is Of Gi1taiii..nIa f4cts. .tttar
proceeding some seven! five feet INTO lie
cave, letter tells US, ";hey Uenel.l t . tn ir
establishment, the u!,i" interior Of lie
cave ttstaon,:.! with lie most beautiful
staidgnlitvs ihr eye ii lt.n ever Dvllei.i.
Holding up their lt5iIts, tua3 Sad :tp0n
the beautiful sight with pleased astonis!I-
ment, au;I upon nearer approach they
found the staIa3mites to resemble tn. hard
est, dearest ice and Ia he Geld as the touch
of the ice-kin1 himself. Becoming 11y this
time chilled Though with tie. coldiess Of
the place, e-tc,! Of tie gentlemen broke Oft
a lump OF this strange !, O!.t.a,'. enb started
to return. Before reaching tie ii: .;ith Of
the cavern, their hands were so chilled
they could scarcely hold tie strange SUD
stance, and upon reaching the outer air
they laid it down upon the "r0uuu. tI.i;lk-
ing it would soon acquire tie tt,,tn2ratItIe
of the atmosphere. After resting fifteen OF
twenty minutes, they started for Mr.
Webb's res uouca, each carrying, as best
he might, his lamp Of r0Ci> ~, Il = know
of no other name by which to call it.
Arriving at the house, they placed The
crystal Oh table ana waited patieutly to
see if it would melt, or even torn warmer
After waiting some half hour and finding
that It still retained IFS former GOODNESS. one
of the party suggested that they should Try
it in 3 pitcher Of water. This was done,
and 10 tt4eiT iIitjnite aS!Onioiiment the glass
pitcher Ill which T. WAS PLACED was covered
on the outside with moisture similar to that
produced by ice. Not being vet satisfied.
they concluded to drink OF its contents, and
the question now was as to who should
give tie first trial. Mr.. Wilson at length
said as he was the youngest and conse-
quently the stOutest, he would try ii. and
he thereupon drank q hearty draucEt, and
declared it equal to the best ice water The
other two gentlemen a'sO drank Of the
water, and Mr.. BrasheaT assured tie wri-
ter OF this that il Was equal to the lest ice
water. AT dinner they tried it in milk, and
it soon made Mrs. Webb'5 excellent blttel-
milk as cold almost "a ice itself. IT pro
duced the same effect upon tie batter as
ice, and still retained its original 1rigidity.
A number of persons have since visited
this wonderful cave and carried Of por-
tons OF this rock, which they are using for
all the purposes of ice, and it sustains no
diminutioi9 IN bull@ OF loss of GOODNESS.
Strange and improbable IS al this may
seem, yet it can be certified to by Numbers
of our best citizens. DR.. Black is using it
in his practice. Thomas French and Col.
Waggoner, hotel keepers in Linden, used
It in their hotels during count week, to the
establishment Of their guests. Specimens
will be sent to our State g6OlOgiGt fOr an
alysation. II any doubts the above plain
statement OF simple facts, they are referred
to Hon. ~. n. Brashear, Hon G. II. Nix
on, John 4. Pitts, Major John L. Webb,
Joseph Wilson, Thomas French, Ca,.tain
Easley, professor in the academy, and a
number Of others of the most reliable men
in our county,