The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-03-25
" EaWbOnes" Elaeidatss The Mystery !!
STARTLING VOLCANIC FACTS.
THE CUssEDNEss OF NEWSPAPER HU-
AGANFTY.
Man rHE vOLoAr1o REGIONS, March 10.

NKAH THE YoLcAEIO REGIONS March Is.
I'LL qaoot in the Mountains r.
- Old Bald-y'' Preparing to Es-uct !
-VoIcano Smoke Fire 1.-THE
Earth Qssdkingi-Things Tottting!''
| To the Editor Of the Morristown Gazette:
! heard all this, and I could not
stand it. Ihad never seen volcano,
so / mounted my horse and put out
for . old Bald" The news got worse
the farther went. AS approach
ed the mountain / met the natives
a gettin'-men, women, children and
dogs. They begged me to turn back,
and sung, IS Turn, sinner, turn" and
1 think some of them prayed for me.
It beat old Mrs. Wards saloon at
Greeneyille. To get out of the fuss
| pushed on. struck a leading
spur Of old Bald, and rode up. up
as far as / could ride. Then / dis
mounted, hitched my horse and walk
ed on. Where the spur joined the
main mountain my way was Obstruc-
ted by perpendicular rocks. / could
see smoke from the top, but / could
not hear the rumbling. / climbed
up and around the mountain to avoid
the rocks. After proceeding for
some time, / began to hear the rumb-
ling. II appeared to be below me,
and farther around the mountain.
got on high point, from which there
was commanding view below. The
rambling from this point was terri
BILE and unaccountable. Just here /
saw sight that astonished me more
than if the earth had yawned at my
feet. saw a wagon, with four mules.
driven furiously around the side of
the mountain. 1t had on it an old
fashioned wagon-bed, and from the
noise, there was few loose rocks in
it. How the thing held together,
bouncing about over the rocks, is un-
accountable. 1t went few hundred
yards, and turned round. 1t stopped
about ten minutes as if to rest the
mules, then, here it came again. The
road Of it could be called road,)
was about four hundred yards long.
1t would turn and rest the mules at
each end. saw it make several trips.
Then took drink from my flask,
and scrambled down to this Devils
Turnpike. 1 placed myself by the
side of the road, TO wait for the wag-
on. In a few minutes here it came.
The driver did not see me until he
was within fifty steps of me. He ap
peared astonished, stood up in his
stirrups, the was riding one of the
mules,) and tried to bluff me by yell
ing out:
Get out of the way, you id
fool!''
AS soon as he spoke I knew him.
1t was George Skies. He used to
live over in Buncombe when Madison
was part of Buncombe. / picked
up a couple of rocks and placed my
self in the middle of the road. Then
he stopped and went for him. Said
| /, +" George, if you don't want to be
lifted from that mule with one OF
these dornicks, talk fast"
Talk what?'' said he.
:. Volcano ~ said l.
" Now look here, Sawbones." Cue
always called me Sawbones,) "you
know that am poor man. / am
paid by the editors to do this"
'But how about the smoke and
! fire =
He said one of his boys was or
top and with sticks and wet leaves
he kept up a smoke. At night they
t built fire.
How about the blow out?'
: Here George laughed outright. Ht
/. said the natives were very skittisl
5 when they heard the rumbling, but
| when . the blow OUT came, they in
continently toddledI He had buried
: a keg of powder about eight fee
/; deep, inserted tin tube in the key
t tramped in the dirt, lit a slow mattel
0 and then she blew outl
: They say they hear this rumblin:
!. to Old Fort?''
: 90, yes They hear it there The,
r will hear 1T in New York soon, tn
e news is spreading mighty fast ! Saw
5 bones, for God sake give me all th
), tobacco you have about you-g
t home to your family and keep you
S mouth Shut
h did come home to my family
The old quilt saw me coming and RAJ
to meet me. The first word was '.vOl
r canor' / told her the volcano wa
It all right, but that the cussedness o
:, human nature was breaking my heart
; and that If she didn't get in the hous
L and make me a strong cup of coffee
there would be volcano right there
d She went-not being stFOng-lnind
3 ed crusader, she consequently doe
S what ask her TO do.
e If you are in the volcano" bus
g ness you can suppress this. l d
!; not want to injure any mans bus
l. ness and this volcano-earthqnak
b news is mighty exciting reading.
o SAwBoNEs.