The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-06-21
WHOLE No. 1908.

thasn is very great, and many parts of it
have never been sounded. Not long ago Il
gentleman succeeded in finding bottom ut
! onr point. He had a heavy Sounrling-lead
! which Touched bottom ut II dent,i OF six
! hundred feet. Other parts OF the Hole are
deeper. The walls of the rauldron appear
| to he perpendicular rock, the surface Of
| which seems to be smooth. The walls on
| both the east and west sides are probably of
similar structure. At the head of the
'teclS there is Il cove, called 9 Betty Cove"
| The Delaware Indians were terribly afraid
OF this place and would not approach it.
They called the place the Wigwam of Evil
Spirits. When the river is low the greater
part of the stream is drawn through this
strange channel. Jobs Hole is certainly Il
natnra! curiosity OF 10 mean pretentions
THE LEGEND OF JOBS HOLE
About one hundred and Fifty years ago a
man named Job Jenkins, who hailed from
Massachusetts, lived in Il cabin at Job.
Hole. jenkins was large, powerful man.
and WAS desperately wicked. He had y
woman to keep house for him whose name
was Betty Mulligan. Betty was of the
highest class, us She measured six feet in
height. She WAS Jobs counterpart for
wickelncSs, and was we'll fitted to he his
companion in guilt. Job had committed 4
fearful crime in his native State and had to
flee to save his worthless life. lie made his
way to the hcat!watcrs of the SuSuuehanna,
where lie bought Il canoe with some stores
and being an excellent Waterman he de
seconded the river TO Jobs Hole without ac
cidcnt. When he arrived at thr deers the
place pleased him, and he built himself =
cabin. In short time after he met with
Betty, and they agreed to stay together and
help each other to do what might come in
their way. Job said he liked the place IL
the de"ps We're handy to hide things in He
had plenty OF money, the fruits Of his
crime. Game and fish were plentiful, and
he wal an expert i'll capturing both. His
cabin soon became known. and the wild,
reckless fellows of the ncghborhood made
it their headquarters. job opened ii gr"g
gerry. He obtained his whisky from Il dis
tilicry ON tn east side of the river, and
called his tavern the College" giving the
name of the Evil One us teacher. The
place was II bad one the reckless fellows
that visited there would often spend whole
nights in their drunken revpls.
y lurkess pe,ldler was seen to enter the
College one night, but he was never seen
afterwards. Job and Betty hid him in the
,lecps. job in his wild blasphcmy would
curse God, although he neither believed i'll
God nor the devil. One night i'll June there
was Il wild frolic i'll the College. Job and
his drunken companions We're cursing,
swearing and singing immoral songs, the
pale moon shining brightly on the wicked
scene. At midnight Il hideous being,
which none of the drunken jewellers could
describe, entered the College, and with u
terrific yell seized .Io6 and carrying him 10
the bank of the river, threw him half way
across the deepS, as il he had bcen play
ball. Then with Il wild laugh he shouted,
Jobs Hole" aud ".Job's Hole was
echoed back from the deeps by Il thousand
unearthly voices. Bright lambent flames
flashed over the hole for Il few moments and
" Hole f." received name that will last for
ages Betty being frightened out of her
SENSES and erased with whisky, ran to the
cove and springing into the hole went away
with job to Il place where they will never
want for fire. Neither job nor Betty were
ever found but the cove is known to this
day by the name of :. Betty's Cove"
y few words more and Il am done. At
the commencement Of the tragic scene Jim
Foard, one of the jewellers, crawled into the
river hill and watched the proceedings. He
said that after job and Betty had been dis
posed of, the terrible being again approached
the College, and entering brought ten
gallon key of whisky into the yard. He
gave Il wild, ,icmoniac yell, and raising the
key to his head he drank the whole ten
gallons. Then ilinging the empty key away,
he raised mis- wand and struck the cabin,
when instantly it was i'll Il sheet of flame.
Then he appeared to fly away through the
AIR, uttering pcals of uncarthly laughter.