The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-19

Stone, ,Mountnin, where tho chief dis.
turbanOo was located, havo inter.
viewed the inhabitants Of tho lone
'buts reichcd oil the mountain side,
eli OF whom bad beard and felt tho
sh' ekhIof the enttl,1nakc.--in tact We
feel very t,av, led, aud superior to
Our neighLo;s, bsiug tho first
party from Flat R'ck TO visit tho
spot. We"ct out ." Tuesday morn.
ing Aug. 4th, three ladies' aud two
geutlome,, and droSc about ten mil.s
th'ough all ugly crun;ry, r there
oe s.ch elots i'll tLis ,alth:y Para
disc. Then VIC reached tho "ltocdy
Tatch,' n it,le stroam Of CRY stal
Ct: rn"ss, md frvm there the scenery
Q 'ut!nuaily increased ln.,.Leuuty.
The wndi' & road was bounded on
one side by deep gorge whero tho
Recdy Patch, which We crossed olcv.
o. ''ms, darhed itself wildly over
1t" heud IF rocks, sometimes in full
sight, son.etiu os lost in The elo M
of tho dense fo. est of hcmlock ri, es.
but still m"kirg it's preseu Q known
hy the n,ueic.l tumult IF its waters.
Rsr't.nIl! VI. lid farewell to such
o lovely c rahion, add crossed The
" I lIoh B.vad which then tovk
iln' Place. Here the rv.u wound
rouL u the foot VI arrccipitous muun.
tin, which rose on the left, au.l. fur
bolow on tho right the river rovred
anu tossed its lunm uvur The huvs
t"ul-c1s th"t fulnou its b>d. 1t
WAS all "ewe someH place, aud f,lt
safer on my htlle mountain nv
th0n shoald have done in tho tray.
cling wagon "h cl contained ,be
rest # the pAl:j. Beyond tLo river,
lcaH alter p.,k reared Is If against
the sky, oa> h tnsn b. ingi"gn wilder
or moro pic.ured9uo one in view.
Beetiing cliffs and sheer prccip,ce,
OF rock gr,H grilLer AID mJu l.e.
q Amt, until tLo acme uf rraLd,ur
Nas r.acLoI iu 'Chimuey rIp' al
Lnhroken wall uf rock ono tn .usanl
foct high OIL Une SIDE Of which is
good imitalio" Vi chimney, cYwl
and NIL. 1t is Two huudied and
sev,n'y feet high, sta,ds cut clear
from the mCuutain side and has never
Teen scaled. y little to the riy!t
is another p,ccipice Line hundr. d
feet in height, over which le. ps
cleaning Cascade plung,pg my s,cri-
ousl y into tic trees after three hun
dred feet. 1t is 80 dis,a.t that only
good eyes Can distinguish tho motion
of the water. 10 Others it uppea 8
silver ribbon bound over the pur.
PIE rock. Opposite Chimney Top is
q SIMILAR mountain, not quite 50
gu nd, end minus tho chimuey, but
together they are magnificent spco-
saole ID they stand frownipg at each
Other, the glput gateway of the Cup.
For now We are through tie Cap
and arrive at the "Chlmney Rock
II otel." From the elaborate man.
ners of the host, and tho many apollo
gies for not being able to offer us
''Charlestoh" accommodations, we
perceive that be. con.iders bis estab.
l'shment hot superior to the Fifth
Avenue. We were courtcously as.
sisted up stairs, "Dot Charleston
stairs (Which. we granted) and
treated to some music "uot Charles.
ton music" Git was granted also.)
Would that Juur correspondent could
have Led the pen of Mast and
sketcLed for you the hrce o. formers
on violin, piano and bal jo. Words
avail no Ling nut not forget to
M ntion that We visited the wonder-
ful "Puols" that anc. evening, three
{ irc1lar basins in mountaiu torrent
wo' by the ntt1iti,n of ageS, and
8 il to be bottomless. The next
morning We set out for tho highest
peak Of Bald Mountain, called there
''Harris view" otherwise known ae
Pinnacle Of Hickory Nut Gap" I
thought had done some mountain
climbing IN my life, and seen some
steep pla. Q but l WIS mistaken. 1t
10 fortunate that we begun the day
with sufficient supply Of clergy and
enthusiam. The ascent occupied four
hours. We drove In the wagon for
the first hour over tho widest track,
called. in compliment road. 1t was
chi. fly distinguished from the sur.
rounding wood by having more stones
and stumps. Steadily up wo went.
l have ncv,r driven over 80 steep
a place. 1t was difficult to find place
level IN ,ugh to rest tho horses. Then
We left the wagon, md erasp,l our
all eustooks, the guide preceding US
with a small basket Of refreshm ments,
and an old man che ering us on our
way with the remark thut "bfter
piece We would strike the hills |"
Brav.ly we toiled for a quarter of
mile, Hand thon as we threw our.
SO YES painting on huge lichcn.co..
cred rock, the guide ANNOUNCED that