Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-06-16
A visit Miaere, HiII.',
To tie Editors ofthe Chronicle:

To tie Editors Of the Chronicle
At precisely five minutes past II n.
we stepped aboard the cars in the
Knoxville Depot. A two hours ride
through the rich and beautiful valleys
of the Holston, New Market and
Messy Creek brought us into the
growing capital of Hamblen county.
Morristown is "a fine, old-fashioned
village of some 1000 inhabitants; in
some respects it reminds one of those
two popular pictures known as Wide
Awake" and Fast Asleep" Wide
awake as regards its schools, which
are now just closing, and probably
among the best in The State. Fast
asleep as to its internal improven ents
streets and sidewalks. MOrristown
is blessed with wide awake editor,
essaying to stir up his sleepy patrons
to advance with the age in which they
live, dog law, or no dog law. AT the
Court house we saw wide awake"
lawyers fleeing their stupid clients;
down town we saw some wide awake
boys deeply interesting few dull and
lazy men with "A game of marbles.
Last, but not least, we met with that
wide awake merchant Joseph Brown,
who furnished Us with a real wide
awake horse, and we started for the
celebrated health-restoring Mineral
Hill.
About shutdown we arrived at
Mineral Hill House. and were most
cordially received by one of the pro-
prietors-Mr. VIM. Smith, late of the
Franklin House, Knoxville, who, with
his accomplished lady and daughter,
made US feel truly at home,
THE SPRINGS.
Nowhere on this continent is there
a more perfect sanltarlum. The God
of Nature has put down his "seveI L
Waived Labratory," and within ra-
dius of fifty yards there are seven OF
the finest mineral springs in the world,
inviting the afflicted ones of the earth
to come and drink-not of medicinal
waters prepared by the fallible and
erriDg hand of mau-but of the health
restoring streams made and mixed by
the hand of the Great Physician III
! Natures own laboratory.
In the Scriptures "seven" is the
number that denotes completeness
perfection--so here at the foot of this
grand old hill, nature declares by
these seven medicinal fountains to all
whatever the disease; ability to cleanse
and heal.
And as Elisha stood in the door Of
his tent and said 10 Naaman go wash
" seven" times in Jordan and thou
shalt be cleansed of thy leprosy SC
the Prophet William is ever found
standing upon the broad varands
saying to all that have diseases o
blood or skin, Rheumatism, Scrofula
Dyspepsia, &C., &C., " go drink of oui
seven springs and ye shall b'
THE SITUATION
. of this celebrated resort for health anC
pleasure is most enchanting-to th,
North Clinch Mountain lifts he
, majectic brow to the very clouds
: while to the south the beautiful anC
> fertile Bean Station Valley, makes thu
; scenery varied and attractive. Just +
! the right, aud rear of the main build
ings, there is a most beautifully wood
/ ed hill, to which you lift up your eye
and behold the House of the Lord,
where divine service is held on eacl
T Lords day. Messrs. Brown, Carrige
and Smith, proprietors' have all tn
accommodation for health or pleasur
that the most fastidious may desire
and are willing to make happy all VIII
, may visit them, and we heartily re
commend every suffering and disease
body, as well as pleasure loving hear
/, to address them at Bean Station, Grain
ger county, Tennessee. s.
lima IN 1871