The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-06-06
About the Volcano.

The fiddle of the Bald Mountain has
been solved at laat. The terrified in
habitantd of that region may now return
home ami once sleep without dreaming
of volcaiiocs belchiag out red hot lava
upon them. They need not fear the
sudden coming of the day of judgment
The thing is all explained. There IS
no Volcano or coming OF the day OF
judgmene in the matter at all !; nor is
the actioh of electricity, as some philoso
pliers wotld have us believe No. by
any meats. Sawbones, (who seems to
be doctor Judging from his name, possibly
n lawyer,b has found out all about it.
He lives in the vicinity and has got to
the bottom Of the whole thing. With
some reluctance we give the readers Of
the Hcald his conclusion. Here it is
in his own language Mover mind the
first words, his subject demands strong
expressions
NEAR THE VOLCANIC REGIoNs,--
March l9,-'H-]l ahoat in the noun
tains old Badly preparing to
Erupt !-Fploano Smoke Fire =
The Garth quaking Things trotting J.
hear all this. and 1 could not stand 1t /:
have never seen volcano, SO l noun
ted my horse and put out for % Id Bald
The news got worse the farther went
AS approached tho mountain met the
natives gettin' men women, children
and dogs They begged me to turn back
and sung, Turn, sinner, turn and l
think some Of them prayed for me 1t
beat old Mrs Wards saloon at Green
vile 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 l dismouuted, hitcaed my horse
and walked on Where the spur Joined
the main mountain, my way was obstruc
ted by perpendicular rocks could see
smoke from the Top, but l could not hear
the rumblipgs climbed mp and around
the mountain to avoid the rocks After,
proceediasS for some time, 1
heaT SsiTg & Fl -aPpgsl
below me and father around the noun
tain got ca high punt, from VIII ich
there was Il commanding view below
The rumbliag from the point was terrible
"A ,f.,|, La T., I
sight that ;lstonished me more than if
the earth had yawncd ut my feet s.w
Il wagon with TOUR mules, driven furiou,
ly around the side of the mountain 1t
had ca it an old fashioned wagon bed.
from the noise, there was few loose
rocks in it How the thing held together
bouncing about over the rocks is unac
countable 1t went few hundred yards,
and turned round 1t stopped about ten
minutes rs if to rest the mules then
here it came again The road Gf it
could be called road was about 400
years long 1t woul i turn and rest the
mules at each end | saw it make sever
al trips Then 1 took drink from nv
aask, and scrambled down to this Devil S
turnpike [ placed myself by the side
of the road, to wait for the wagon In
few minutes here it came The driver
did not see me, until he was within fifty
steps of me He appeared astonished,
stood up in his stirrups Che WAS riding
one of the mules) and tried to bluff me
by yelling out:
Get out of the way you d ID fool =
AS soon as he spoke l knew him 1t
was George Skies He used to live over
in Bnncombe when Madison was part
of Buncombe picked up "a couple of
rocks and placed myself in the middle o f
the road Then he stopped and l went
for him Said |, George, ifyou don't
want to bo lifted from that mule with
one of the dornicks, talk fast
Talk what 2? said he
Volcano = said |
Now look here, Sawbonos, Che always
called mo SAwbones,) you know that |
am poor man / am paid by the cdl
tors to do this
But how about the smoke and fire 2