The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-08-02

Fast Tennessee Is n natural cabl-
me-, of curiosities. an enigma TO the
student in geology. 1t is tomb OF
unwritten history and a ''NOrth
POLE invitation to scientific inyestl-
g,tiop. Near Erwin, in Unicoi
county. the Chucky River makes a
..u,i-circle or hOrse-shoe-bend, and
b.~c the river brushes two sides OF
q perpendicular cliff, one hundred
feet high and sixty feet thick, the
distance around the bend being seven
miles.
The natural tunnel and passage
cr the North Fork of New River
through Postum Mountain, Is
worthy of n "ten days journey.
The spray from off the cOnvulsed
waters as they leap madly into the
scpulchral grottO produces a stereo'
TYNE miniature rainbow pencllllns
around the mouth of this aquatic
tomb. and the wild honeysueklt
bows a farewell to each leapIne
wave.
The blowing cave at the base o
Cumberland Mountain, though pro
,rrding from a natural and a well
understood cause, has nevertheless
am unwrittcn history, and many ira
JffionaI legends are yet rife o
N...rs. Mullins and Swift, who, II
I.arue with his Satanic Majesty
once upon a time" "used to mole
oufue" and commit "quecr acts II
this "Haunted Hole, by which
name it is vet known in the neigh
L1rhood. In the same county is
suhterranean spring which dls
..r.a-res its waters semi-mOnthly IN
volumes large enough to run flour
iag mill: but there IL no man TO DC
found in that end of the "mora
.,,..,pe-patch" who has sufficient
rourare to reside near this evil pool
or drink its cool, clear waters.
OppOsite JacksborO, on the face OF
Cumberland Mountain, is the pet
rifcd revelation of prehistoric lady
of wonderful symmetry Of mould, and
tradition assures US that many years
a-3 the following hierOglyphlc eng
rna /, red letters, was printed on the
rock and could never be interpreted
bv the early settlers.
..Tss H;ss=E Sra=E One%=E Ist+ .
OsNLra#. MYC*# ALvEs-UN-
DERl"
Near the confluence of two small
streams i'm Sullivan county is to be
seen a phOsphorescent phenomenon
At certain seasons of the year, when
the weather is damp and warm sew
oral acres of ground present white
GLOW light at night which, was II
rof for the broken and billy country
r,uId be witnessed for miles. Some
have considered the luminous ap-
pelrance an electric light, others
have attributed it to the decomposi-
ton of aquatic vegetation and para
site speculation, whilst others at
tribute the cause to an accumulation
of animalculae capable of becoming
uhosphOresccnt spontaneously or by
friction.
Some of our grandmOthers yet
attach grave importance 10 1hlS uii
INTERPRETED bulletin.
Ancient mummies are found IN
Fast Tennessee caves, with sandals
Mortified on their feet. Timber in
6ur forests disclose wounds inflicted
near the heart with sharp edged
tools long before Columbus quit
wearing petticOatS.
Trianglcd shaped coins, OF I'M
known alloy, of the date of 1915,
are p'owCd up in our fields. Fossil
remains OF animals long since ex-
tin I are found petrified on our hill
sides. Dried brick, prepared OF
CLAW. and cut straw are unearthed
many feet below the surface OF the
earth. where they are supposed to
have remained for many centuries,
and if space aud time would permit,
I could multiply hundreds of other
natural curiOsities which have never
found their. way into print. which
are uesuliar alone to East Tennes-
see. Very respectfully,
FRANK LINDSEY.
JackstorO, July 8, 1882.