The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-07-05
JOBS HOLE.


I Is"s. As Ha,fy'd bsao,saf.
7 Tie Su,quehannA river !. remafkabl, for il.
numerous deeIs. Gne o! the nost noted D. Job,
Hole. Thi, remarkable natural curiosity coin.
msnee, at the foot u Grey Rock Fall. .hor; de.
tanee shove Cono~ingo Bridge. ami end, At the
.laiee rock below the bridge. where the stream
nefses into Amos Pals. and gos. nadiy yiichin.
over the rocks towards the head e McboWci,
Island. Thi. strange submerged chasm h si;aa-
ted the Hartford side of the fvef the deep. boz,
I the shore on the ,ide. and ou the easi slie
they run parallel Atth the shore. The hole j.
about mile long and fanges from = - Too Yard
ia width. when the riter !. high the wa;er iashs,
through this chaEne uith uild fury. aud the ,pifs
IT, use fisrf phtass, draN large log under The
uzief g. reapteaf btiow. But shea the uaicr
/ los the deep, may be ,ieueI in al Their di,uaa!
/ gloom. The water lsoks black hundred. & small
uhirifeois are AiuAys IN motion over the entire
deers. and the wAteF IN constant state q shul.
;ion the black surface j. dotted uith aeeks q
vhite foam and the place hooks like a at boiling
eaultrun. The depth % this strange submerged
! ehAsm is very great. and many parts q u ha,
\ never been sounded. Not long ago gentleman
succeeded ia finding bottom at one point lie bad
heavy 'oundibg lead and found bottom =; the
depth of six hundred feet Other pArts q the hole
are deeper. The sails Of the eAaidran appear 20
be PsrPeadieslaF roes, the ssTiscs = -ksrL ~T-
/ pear 20 BE- smooth. The ~All, both the east
and vest side appear simiiaF. A. the aead g the
| deeps there - cove called Betty Cove. The
Delaware indians were terribly afraid q this place
AMI wosld No, approach It. They called the place
the wisuAm oi Evil >rirts and iuiiy believed ,hA;
/ the place "a bad one.
When the rivsf j. los the greater PART % the
stream - drawn through this strange channel
Jobs Hole u certainly a natural curiosity of 10
mean pretensions.
fHE NAY THE HoLE EECEIVEu IT. NAEE-a fEAuI-
rtoNAEl LrsENp.
About iSO years aso a snAn lived .; Jobs Hole.
I lie vas from MEssachu.st;. aud his name VA. Job
JeEkias lie wss lafg. and powerful man aud
uas intensely wicked. lie bad woman 60 secj
house fcf him uhos. name ~. Be;ty Muilgan.-
Betty uAs uf a higher class. a. she measured feet
/ 10 height. she uas Jobs counterpart fof wicked
and we'll attel for hi, companion in guilt.
job hal committed fearia crime IA his native
state ani had 90 run 90 save his WORTHLESS life
I lie made b. wAy o. the bead water of the sac.
qaeh.nnA where be bought canoe WITH some
'iares. and being an excellent waterman. he de
scendei the river % job. Hole without accident.
When he arrived 81 the decps the place pleased
him. and he .oon built himself cabin. In short
/ time afisr he met With Betty and they agreed %
stay together and help each other TO do what might
in their way. Job said that the place pleased
him. a. the deeps were handy g. hide thing in
/ lie had plenty q money. the fruits q his crime
Game aud ash we're rlentiiui. and he an ex.
pert in cunning aud fishing. Iii. cabin soon be-
came known. and the Wild. reckless fellow. Of the
Job opened groegery he obtained his whisky
from distlieFy on the east side of the river he
called his tavern the college" and gave the name
Of the evil one teacher. The place ~as hard
one the reckless fellows that visited there would
often spend whole nights in their drunken rcvels.
A lnckle-s pciilcr 90 enter the College
/ one night bat was never seen afteT~aFis. Job in
/ his Wild blasphemy would curse tod although he
neither believed in tod nor devil. one night In
Jane there ~As 4 Wild frolie a, the College. Job
and his drunken companions eufs:ng. swearing.
! drinking whisky and singing immoral song. the
full moon was shining brightly on the wicked
| scene. When a; midnight. hideaus being which
none of the drunken jewellers could describe. en-.
tered the College and with terrific yell be seisei
Job and carried him 10 the hank of the river and
thrsw him half way over the desps a. II he had
been play ball. and then With . wiid laugh he
shouted. "Job's Hole and Jobs Hole vas
echoed back from the desps by thousand voices.
Bright lambent flames flashed ever the hole aud
then all va. still. Job va. reue. bat the hole had
received a name which wiil last for ages.
BETTY being frightened out of her senses. and
erared with whisky. ran 20 the cove and jumped
/ in the deeps and sent away With Job 60 a place
| where they win never want Gre. Neither Job nor
Betty we're ever found: but the cove 10 known 10
this day by the name Of "Bsiiy's Cove"
AZ the commencement Of the tragic scene Jim
foard. Of the jewellers. erawlei into the river
hin and watched the proceedings. lie said that
after Job and Betty had been Opposed o. the ter
r.sls monster sgain approached the College and
entered and brought tsn gallon keg Of whisky
into the yard. lie gave Wild demenaic yell. and
raising tie keg 10 his head he drank the whole
| ten gallons; then ainging the empty keg away.
he raised the wand aud struck the cabin. when u
was instantly In sheet of flames: then he appear
I'd 10 ay away through the air, utisFing Psals y,