Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-03
COAL CREEK ITEMS.
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C"AL CREEK, TENN., Oct 30 70
10 the Editors Of the Chronicle.
{ wish to rny to the world that va
are here, aud however peut up hy our
geographical p"Huou, vs. will bc beard
( from.
ourii .i"ci'N, Though not yet having
emerged lrrm - embryonic state, Is,
Notwithstanding, not mlt ppopled
by farir-, Dos 3, solid, tangible reality
r. Infancy na. been liiilp inrriugpd
upon aud dwHrird, perhaps, 10y It's Oe.
Ing Kept little Qua Ia the weather, yet
tt has only Injured, hardened it for a
vigorous growth into manhnod.
But 70 be less iiguraiiye, Coal Creek
- ~ work with prospects fialteriug
for at least healthy employmenD for
some tim" Ia rome. The material is
here ia abundance, aud to " hat eXteut
| II rather. beyond the ken Of mortal to
determiue; and u our ueighbprs prefer
To shiver aud smoke over their green
pines and huckeye logs, Be-, ,u the
luxury OF "a bituminous coal fire, do not
blame Coal Greet The business here
Is conducted under systcm of man.
sgcmeut creditRble in high degree.
This 81 itself peaks well for il. future.
And must say Of the managers. and
also uf thrir rubnrdinatts, that whilst
n "A
exceedingly kind, courteous and oblig-
ing.
IA body, the inhabitants are kind,
and people msnIfestly endowed with
many generous impulses-generally
ready to lend helping hand in the
hour of need. This favored locality,
comparatively 10 little really known.
holds within itself Numerous and
varied Inducements az a pleasant go
iourn, to either the invalid seeking
health-the curious, or the scientific
explorer. The growth fthe place has
doubtless been retarded by want of
proper facilities of egress, lin which
are fOuud numerous causes counter To
its progress) "Still the world moves
on, aud 70 does Coal Creek. And
notwithstanding,
"a pebble in the streamlst sosnt
Has turned the course of many river,
And dew drops on tho baby plant
Has warped the giant oak forever"
Yet the day is not far distant, lin all
human probability, when the little
city of the Cumberland will burst nsun-
der these shackles, and channels OF
exit will be offered her by an Apr, ci-
ating world, until they form an ana
| logue TO the semidise of well spoked
wheel. Mineral waters are varied aud
abundant, and the mountain springs,
unsurpassed (probably) on the conti-
nent.
The Messrs. Wiley, McEwen & Co
seem to have world of wealth around
them, waiting only TO be devel-
oped. Such is meugre out
line, in materialized view
of this locality. But the picture ia
barren, incomplete. Over and around
| this hangs u halo Of euchautment.
surroundings tit only as an abode for
creatures more ethereal than are re-
| quisite for building up towns. In my
rambles it has been my good fortune
to get occasional glimpseS OF views
| that filled me with admiration and
wonder, and ] would have considered
| language TO circumscribed to have
| given TO y fellow. creature q full ex-
preston of what felt. But then as
have since found, / had only s+nn a
margin of the picture.
| In company with one of the propri>
etors of the works, entelligent and en-
eTgelic, we started out one lovely Sab
bath morning for the apex OF the
Cumberland, he acting az Ciserone.
II seemed "a gala day in natures do
main, all creation smiling around ua.
Old Dame had put on one her most
magnificent aud lovely robes, and in
it's arrangements had exhausted,
should think, the catalogue of colors
) terrestrial, The ascent was about five
miles, with beauties budding forth
throughout its whole extent; but the
end is not yet. Nor was the picture
complete until we reached the top,
long tOiled for. But now the pen IL
to- lame, and must ask the gentle
sentimental ones to draw OH their brill
liant imaginations. The gran
hCut 10 W DhDtIt Nv
me, at least, and as / doubt
the efficiency, even of artistic skill, to
carry it to you, you will never see 1t
unless you visit this point. There lies
at your feet-"in a nut shell'-as it
were, the beautiful "Switzerland" of
the Western Continent, so near, yet SO
far, seemingly so near that the tocsin
sounded from the war-path OF the red
man, as he trod this lofty summit,
would reach its remotest border, "a
beautiful, undulating plain, and those
charming fluctuations, relieved ever
aud anon by evidences Of it's occupan-
cy by a thriving and energetic people;
whilst in the dim distance may be
seen the sombre countenance of the
cold mother of States" alternately
frowniBg or smiling upon her
daughters, as they may please or dis
please her. These scenes, such pictures
the daily feast OF the sang-digger,
who lOoketh afar OF where the
whangadoodle mourneth,n etc, seeing
nOthing-will ever remain untasted by
millions, pent up by ciTcumscribed
visions, and languishing for such life
giving pabulum. Whilst standing on
this point, behold there glides through
the painless space, far beneath you,
clouds, charged with the blackness OF