The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24

Ii may be that the many friends OF
the sojourners at this famous watering
place would like TO hear from them,
and to crafty that supposed desire, /
propose to give you som, items about
the place and the doings Of its visitors.
First then will say the place has
not so many attractions as Saratoga,
New Port, Green Brlar, White Sulphur
or White Cliff and some others | might
mention, but all will agree that for
good living one can excel IL. The
landlady Mrs. Willis knows how to
get up the eatables in a way that pleases
her guests. As to the curative proper
ties of the water there is no question
but they are equal to any in East Ten
nessee or Virginia. The Healing
Spring ne it is called is justly celebra-
ted as having restored sight to the
blind In diverse instances and cured
all manner Of sores, ulcers and wounds.
In the days when the Indians occupied
the country, IL was the Spring to which
they were accustomed TO bring their
wounded from the battle field to have
their wounds healed. Since the In
dians left, it has lost none Of It's virtues
and hundreds Of white men are now
living who can testify to the efficacy Of
its healing properties.
The amusements are quite limited,
consisting of croquet in the shade of
the mammouth beach and other trees Il
century old, cards at the round house,
dancing Mt night to the music of one
violin, and a stroll up the valley or
down the river Of an evening.
Who are here you ask? Well / do
not know all. Some are from Rome
and Macon Ca, a party from South
Carolina and from different parts of
the State. But coming down to partic-
ulars we have a party from Cleveland
that takes the perforated linen Off the
d|elapidated stumbling for fun and frol-
ic and general mischief.
1t is said they carried it on to such
an extent that they drove the old Col.
off this morning before he got his break
fast. The Col. by the by thought as
he had in his time beer a school master,
soldier in Mexico and finally an officer
in the late war, that he could control
this party. Three days suflced to con-
vince him of his utter inability to con-
troll a single II much less the whole
party. There are four of them and we
call them the "mCdOcs." Two of them
escaped from the guardianship of Mrs.
l.. on saturday and went to the river,
where finding a canoe they boarded it
and showed out for Il ride. They made
the old canoe fairly june along while
their merry laughter rang along the
yally. But directly they dashed on to
a rock and stuck fast. This was more
than they bargained for as with all
the pushing they could do they could
not get it off. There they stuck hard
AMI fast, and finally they had to pull
off shoes and stockings and wade out
while the little fishes nibbled at their
%toeses, causing them to splash around
quite lively. 1t is said TIE water was
oyer stocking deep. They got back all
right however looking as innocent as
doyos. We had a good rain last even
ing in the midst of which Hon. z. B.
Mayfeld and family and J.. II. Gaut
Esq. arrived about as wet a party as l
have seen for many q day.
BY and by l want to correct an arti-
Gle which appeared in the Banner
about them snakes. Bob is all wrong
about that, there were three snakes in
stead of two, and the lady who swept
them up killed two of them and would
have killed the other ifit had not taken
to the woods and got away. She did
not quit sweeping as Bob says but kept
on sweeping and killing snakes till size
finished the job, since which no more
snakes have made their appearance
about that camp. Tell the old Col. to
come back aud we will give him aquiet
place to sleep in the barn. 1t is beliey-
ed here that something was wrong
with the Old gentleman us he was gay
and sad by turns and was heard num-
mering, "would were a boy again"
No boubt he was pining oyer the
'joys that l have tasted" or INDUCING
in sad regret that the healing spring
would not restore his lost youth.
C~oNAsAUGA.
10, 70.