Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-06
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This is one of the loveliest of places
for one of quiet tastes, who can get
along without much excitement. Al
though the season known as autumn
has set in, not tint of it can be seen
on the sides of the beautiful and YER
dure-clad hills which surround this
ancient yet smiling village of the
plain" Last week | took little trip
down to Knoxville, Maryyille, Mont
vale Springs, etc., but found Mont
vale almost deserted after rather gay
season and the other places very quiet.
Mr.. r. Vance, Mr.. Sam Coward, DR..
Samfeld, Mr. VIM. Hamlin, and their
families, and Major J. G. Maccabe
were in Knoxville. Several Mem
phians are at Sevierville and quite a
colony at Strawberry Plains. "The
woods are full of them" At Messy
Creek | heard of Samuel Jack and
family, Mrs. Mary Butler, Mrs. A. f.
bod and family, DR.. Cairnes and fam
lily, Miss Ellen Steadman, Thomas
Wexford and family, and others. Mai
j. j. Murphy and daughters have gone
to Cleveland, in lower East Tennessee.
We are all pretty we'll naturalized
up here, and it is said that some Mem
phis citizens voted at the last election,
and all voted right. Time passes
pleasantly, considering the situation
at home, which enforces prolonged
absence from business, friends and a
place that is dearer than ever in her
misfortunes and emblems of mourning
and distress. There is such a thing
as getting almost accustomed to every
thing-even exile. And then we can
look up so many new sources of amuse-
ment, instruction and pleasure. The
days here do not seem half so long as
when we first came.
The Devils Nose mountain in this
vicinity seems to have come into
greater prominence than ever of late
Memphians are not to be intimidated
by real or imaginary accounts of the
toll and difficulties of an escort to the
top. A party composed both of Mem.
phis and Rogersville people went up a
few days ago. Among the number
were Mrs. VIM. Kerr and her daughter
Miss Maggie, Mr.. Will Carr, Mr.. Joe
P. Carey, wife and Miss Lizzie Davids
Mrs. G. P. M. Turner and daughter
Miss Pearl Kouns, Mr.. George Wash.
ington, Mr.. j. NJ. Milligan, Mr.. John
Hasson, Mr.. Stanley Powell, Mr.
Melville Malindy and Miss NettiC
Powell. The guide of the excursion
was Mr.. N. /. Powell, the popular
landlord of the Powell House. One
lady in the crowd did not object tC
making it known that she is something
over forty years old and weighs 19(
pounds. Notwithstanding such draw.
backs she was the first lady to reach
the extreme end of the Nose. The
feat requires wonderful endurance and
pluck to accomplish it, and car
scarcely be appreciated by any one
who has not been there. The ridge is
about two miles long, and the end
which probably gave it its name,
bears a striking resemblance to the hu.
man nose. 1t consists of a projection
Of solid rock, which for ages has with
stood summers heat and winter,
storms and yet remains grand, graceful,
and marvellous as a monument of ma.
lures power and awe-inspiring mys
teries, The sides Of the mountain anC
the ends appear almost perpendicular
from the top. The extensive view i;
said to commandap portion of fyeStates
Valley, hill and dale, and mountain.
dotted land, and these with farms
and houses stretch out in endless sue
cession until the towering cedar clad
mountains seem to merge into the
clouds, where vision fails from very
distance. On the top and sides of thi,
singular formation are immense piles
of rocks, which from their shape, sit,
uation and size seem to be the work o.
giant hands. For instance, on the toI
of an immense rock of smooth sides
and even form there is small rock
and resting on this there is tremen.
dous boulder, which at first sight one
might imagine a child could push off
Yet it is perfectly balanced and has
doubtless been in its position longer
period than the mind of man can
grasp. On the top of the mountain
there is to all intents and purposes 6
solid wall of rock ten feet high, run.
ming a considerable distance as straight
, as if it had been built to line. These
things suggest human hands, yet from
their mighty proportions must be the
work Of some great upheaval of ma.
ture which at best is but a name fol
an effect whose cause is the Supreme
Ruler of the Universe. A party o.
geologists who lately passed through
here visited the Nose, and admitted
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