The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-06-10
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JUDGE WHITE OUTDONE.

fdp'. SEQ. Asher. Of this city. Fakes
the tsag of Judge Whiae'> Vol.
rns Discovery OF Ihe Place from
Whence shi> Smoke Issue~-Scenes
and Gncidrmt~. Nc.
Las Fl iav C,p!. Geo Asher arrived in the
tjI 4 ,ri from the scene of Flofida's supposed
\ 'ttan+ For Years thi> smoke has been seen
Y thn I~anti> ot people and various efforts lave
j .eH II ads - rt.aca IT, notably among the mum.
E 'r hcilc Ja!g" 7 W. Waite of Tallahassee
Si',r l'ti 'n piS been riic iO The probable
nm>e Il ihi> >mvke seen on ANY calm, cloudless
& ~ y me- nave SAID that il Vas Il volcano
' nii' 'thcr~ c"uien-,ci that II oieinated iiom
h a Dr,' ~! SOM Seminole lndiAns thought to
b - IL Is ~rcti. n, and on al iltbitum
Ine t> party that Went out io explore this
gnn iad Ia tuIn back because tho lal grass
u ,SHy ianas aud dense underground prevented
II tther progress.
Iap' Asher was ii search at palmetto logs on
u e Au ilia riEtr Wien be deserted the smoke
" r"ui, from point in the distance Remcm-
sing hc many reports he had read about this
i is'ke ic determined Ia uuearih This mystery, if
> seillt. =" calling hi, crew jua,rher aud pick
fg up heir 'fIrs. ihe part, piifsned their way
il -m"i h'a'5 up the Ai.ca river Tbcy lrav-
u ID MP la, uy'r az cfctk, too It nrfily deserves
" name 81 'lEer, III miit-. After ascending
tr Ill it. nnuth inr about W,ntl-tvc or thirty
nj les hc Judge, BE- was brun- III io m ahrnnt
HI II hy t"cky oarrer ia rnnt. Up. invesii-
- ."n ." iunat jha' heic tlic :iyrT ended aud
" 8 ,pS underneath ga" ground
Secin. that tlr smoke became not,. distinct
1T Pas lDlal, ;tnu seemed Straight ahead h- had
til bot h inicd np lo The bank lnl he >prany
- '"'c, l+trninca, it possible, - pursue his in.
,tiga' obs loot
X h ,pran- on slotr b, .ave an exclamation
"i ttur'>' Scattered II various pYn,, were
h & +" h, '"Ne'in- IA ny tee thpve his mead.
I'm" s. ;ard o: IN F'oIth. Nj A.hcr lie.
81 t'ts ONE at thesr Ttc- ~ ifeug as itrue as
At ior'il ''iN dwelling. aui .ppucntiv ho!luw.
e Fanln@ much N..'C.. II -. fbt., il,.Ia ~
ht NJ I" fliniN appearance. an when struck
ID All li"n or steel instrument ocaiu ihou
- N~ %! ~1ik~. y mile al tM" further ua were
N'7a ntmrlouS I"ck, that were fo:nc into
10 td b s!nS ttel sides being smooth and beau.
ut ~ Iu!!~ncd. Nj. Asher Sbr.tn. npnu The
to - ofc "l these basins. As his foot came in
c.' .ii'i N,'h the llnty substance a hollow sound
',mi l'd from the rock Calling for a pole
nj II icing handed lin, n placed II in the
c'. ,fc cI The BASIN. What WIS his surprise. on
rt' "n- thv pdr :" i','. top may b. easily i'm
- SD v h0A he disC"Nttcl That The rock being
H." bow, N,s titled wish strong >ulphuric waller
I'l-h'' y l"'r "aN Though The bog sometimes
- t. 'H-f An"t~, again on hard ground for
- !. IL aicc li."n again scratched and bruised
~ Ia .rtfn,h and firlilin. mo>ouiiocs that
>r' tri - resent 'hi> intrusion on their dnmin-
in TIE Atile panty had Il hard time ot it, Pres
~ : fh'A ''Inc - Where ;he liver issued from
- battle-ground covert, AMI pursued II, wav on
VA p! IL '.i' ..I-appcar in The bowels ol the
,utt
f. \ hcl stat ,la, every few hundred ward,
t" - ro j. ""nll make their appearance. and
~ N ~ "ould issue white, uI,ly clouds that
W Ill h.c"nd LeAVcnWnrd seeming In il,,. dis
t"ia:', II be v"uIpe> Of smoke
VI A>hcl stated hat the water in these pools
" A. clear @, clysfll, ana filed with beautiful
\ IL IA fvlsf l ~ r. 1,
nj, ny The fish and attempted to drink some
@: He vHlcr- bHi il y very unpalaiable, nau-
!iir.e TO The smcll and 10 the laste.
Nj Asher spent several days wandering
a ''i,'ai lh'se poin>. aud lie SAYS that he never
b. = h"ughi there such place in Florida
& f:S covered several rocks thaf he presumed
"'lld my" acted very well for house, being
H'is aS larEe. hollow, aud Their walls p smooth
ga'~. IL appears 10 think il very strange
ht'.ls o~t n":>t"r rocks should be found in such
I"@ fi7i. ma;Shy eection, He s.;ys that these
oc<s are >cpaia'el by dist inct Of about two
Iundir i'-st. ,nd real their black grinv heads
- h: sven from level plain 81 marshv soil.
The: sIe no Indications ot there having been a
hi'l. .'1uc'' 'c>S 1ol,ano, IN his section. and
the ~'nok" 81 cloud seen often is simply the
vamf rising from these salphufc pools
VI. Asher dcScl lbe> the spcliOn rs abounding
III It ti kinds. from squirrels and birds 10
bear deer and wildcats. Will. Speaking of the
Saute N th, sec,i"n. Nh Asher stated that there
wa> a aln"ll> on ;ne Alcilla river occupied hv a
zen emf'~ flmjly surrounding which were
tweh'N hrsc caks. Huge limbs from these trees
h"j A''cn ,ern "n,. " 'h4 bears scarching for
accrnS. NJ Asher -iatcA that six men could
not brrnk s"nr "a The limbs that these bears
III, ke
Wa, a wonderful place Florida i anyway.
II Is discovery OF Nj. Asher is only among other
ul'c'ss IN the State where pcllial,,, the foot of
m ~ i3a> nryor been placed Hidden down in
Et tNt l.. ..f
found places Where The gods "t old sp"rtcd
J '"y fairy "fo,ro wherein Queen Nab could
n htve.sP0r'ei hci snowy drip"ry with pleasures
known. only in fairy lore
FLORIDA may be c!a>>ed rs lhr oldest Slate in
! le Cn'pn, hut She is ycl new. Every day gives
fresh 'rlir s'ious oi hci count. - store OF unde-
",l"ntd rc~;,uige-.
Who can I'll but Wha, Nh Asher has dscov-
rel the homes oi lhr tihlI~ yclops where
thl"dtibol.S were Manufactured 81 Etwn stone.
lnd vi ere llerculeS mdc love 10 his mistress
Whiie wheeling those mnnimo'h rocks from point
To po:E