Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-27
From Hsnders0n's Springs.

Mr.. EDITOR IF you will, permit
me to speak few words through
the columns of your widely-read
and valuable paper in regard to a
summer resort that is rapidly rising
in popularity. just five miles south
of Sevierville, bursting forth from
small mountain in crystal
stream, appears a little spring
and winds its way like a silvery
cord as it ripples down the rocky
pathway of its course till its waters
are lost in Walden's Greek.
Assembled there last night was a
motley crowd bent, some on pleas
ure, others on health, some to see,
others to be seen. Your correspond
ent arrived just as Vesper was col
Letting the struggling rays of the
setting sun and leading the Lord
of Day to repose. Taking a view
of the surroundings, he beheld in
the west, not far distant, the Chill
howee range, rearing itself on high,
seeming to disdain the earth at its
feet; in the south the Great Smoky
range, with its head towering above
creation, breathing the air of the
gods and seeming to defy the very
elements of nature. In the east
the eyes followed the blue cloud
capped English mountains farther
and farther, till distance checks the
view. On the north the little VAL
ley of Sewer, with sparkling
streams humming and splashing as
as they roll over rocky shoals; ther
smooth, silent deep and clear al
glass as they move along without &
murmur, lay spread out in emerald
fields and waving foliage. Present
ly Venus appears in brilliant attire
leading forth the pale anc
timid young moon and twilight
soft and sweet steals on. Stars one
after another emerge from the blue
ETHEREAL, flashing and glittering il
the azure canopy as SO many dia'
monds decorating the cerulean shrout
of sable night. But the lover of ma
ture is easily recalled from reveri'
by the sound of music, for, indeed
nature and music are closely related
the gentle murmur of the riyulet in
Inmates it, the splashing sound o
the river reveals it, the bowling
winds and swaying branches declar
it, and the laundering roar of tn
cataract confirms it. Soon the al
is filled with music, and we ente
the ballroom of the mammoth no
tel, thronged with happy AM
eager crowd. The young and tn
old, country lads and city lasses
high and low, rich and poor, al
alike, seem swayed by thes
veteran disciples of Apollo. Pres
emily the spirit of st. Vitus
that blessed patron of the dance
breathes a charm over the mass
and a general hustle ensues. Tn
gathering of boot-heels, mingle'
with the pit-a-pat of dainty fee
and the soul-stirring music produce
such tornado of applause tina
the demon of disease, thinking tn
world at an end, tucks his tail an,
"hees to the mountains Of Hepsa
dam, whore the lion roareth, am
the whangdoodle mourneth over hi
first born ah
At these, Henderson's Springs,
saw many Knoxvillians, Mem
phians, Mississippians, et. al., in
Guiding Judge Rose, and man,
other sage followers of Blackstone
Col. P. II. Toomey, of Knoxville
is experimenting, and right her
we will say he knows exactly no,
to please peoples palates prett.
perfectly, with proper preparation
of popular and plentiful portions o
produce and poultry. ,
PAPAW.
Sevierville, July %, 1879.
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