Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-01
Err an Lyons Springs.
WEARS VALLEY, july

WEARS VALLEY, July ~.
Mr.. EDITOR: Your readers have,
doubtleas. often heard Of Lyous'
Springs as u summer resort. But no
one who has not actually visited the
place can have any conception Of it's
rare attractiveness and beauty. Stu
ated as it is in the very heart of the
mountains, where are held to view
paintings Of the widest and most
thrilling mountain scenery, wrought
by the hand of Divinity himself One
feels that he is blessed III bei0g
at The spot which orce ~as
the great Creators lingering rlacs, and
that these magnificent scenes with
which we are environed are but tbe
material mou{dings Of His musings
over the sublime, the lovely aud the
beautiful. Such, indeed, must be the
scenes before him who clearly discrrus
when he CLOCKS up through Nature to
Natures God"
The springs are situated on noun.
| tain three or four thousand feet above
the sea level, and from this mountain
rises on the northeast Rich Mountain,
sometimes also called Cove mountain,
i which is more than three miles from
| its base TO the highest point.
| On the southwest is ROuDd-tOp. two
| miles from base to summit. Ia a
| southern and easterly direction are to
| be seen the lofty forms Of "Old Smoky
| Range" towering up in the near dis,
! iarCe. With such natural surround
| iDgs, coupled with the destinations of
| the many beautiful and accom- plish, d
young ladies' who are now at this
| place, it is utterly impossible fr one
10 Keep the dull cares of earth from
'Foding their tents like the Arab
And as silently steal away"
Neither is this place lacking in inter
| est to the man of science. TO the
geologist, who delights in tracing out
| the history of our globe through the
endless variety of lis rocks and The
| IMPRESSIONS upon them, these NOUN
| taius are indeed a sonrce of great
pleasure. Even the miDeralogist may
| here find many kinds of iron, copper
and other ores that might b0untifullY
repay him for his Investigations And
10 the botaDist, who is not content
with gazing upon these lovely views.
bnt proceeds to anslyZe it in is com
pOnent parts, We would say that vege-
tatiOn here is as varied as ia any IF
! the mountains of East Tennessee.
The amusements here have thus far
taken to rambling in the mountains
rather than other amusements.
On the 2lst crowd of twenty two
assembled together 10 begin the ascent
of Roundiop. To be able to
climb this very steep noun
tain is considered one of The
greatest of pleasures. Those WHO
mafe The ascent were Misses Bette
McC4mmoD, Neva Shepherd, Annie
| iOrroW Messrs. J. A. Porter, Phcs.
Crookshanks and D. l. Ford, Of
Knoxville; Miss Lille Huffaker, Of
Rome, Ga Mis- Minnie Cham ber-
lain, of Chattanooga; Mr.. E. G. Huff
aker, of Emory aud Henry Coilfge {;
Misses Linnie Bryan, Nora Keener,
Willie Bryan, Jennie Brabson, J0die
Keener, Matte Rawlings, Messrs. J.
l. Randlea, J. B. Brabsnn. G. w.
Huffaker, T. A. Painter, w. D. Yet,
Eugene Witt and J. II. Pitner, Of this
! county. After much toll and many
pleasing incidents the summit
was attained, when one of the NJ st
attractive views yet eeen was spread
out to view. With good glass, Mary
| vile, Knoxville, Sevierville and their
surroundings can be distinctly seen
In all directions the parallel noun
tans and hills, running from the
northeast to the southwest, become