The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-21

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vile Chronicle says:
The first stop Of any interest was n
fardee's Point, about half the dlslanc,
up the george" The point is nothing
more than the summit Of a cliff or G
number Of cliffs, which rise perpcndicu.
larly from the edge Of the water, a dis.
lance of 300 feet. From the top of a
tree on the point floats the United
States flag, placed there by Gen. Pardec,
president of the narrow guage road Just
opposite, and from the road.bed rises
another cliff equally as high and straight,
looking as # the walls had been put up
by human hands. The scenery of the
gorge beggars description, but il is safe
to say there is nothing like it east of the
tocky mountains, and very few places
like it among the noted canyons Of the
Colorado. A rushing river with nu.
seal roar below, a narrow strip Of blue
sky above, and that sometimes shut out
by the overhanging cliffs, describes the
narrowness Of things in the neighbor-
hood Of Pardee's Point.
After passing through Crab Orchard
Valley and Elk Park, two beautiful and
fertile valleys, we reach Cranberry, the
last six miles Of the road passing
through at short intervals vein Of
magnetic ore which is used in some in.
stances for ballasting the road bed
On arriving at Cranberry the entire
party visited the mines and furnace of
the Cranberry Iron Company. Two
openings have been made in the noun.
tain Of iron, one nearly 1000 feet in
length and the other about 500. The
vein or stratum being worked is from 10
to 20 feet in thickness and has been pen-
etrated one hundred and thlrty-two feet,
or double the distance IN width of any
mine in the known world, and it is not
known how far back it extends.
At Knoxville the New England jour
nalists were met by the following men,
bers Of the Tennessee Press Associa
ton: President b A Enloe, Of the
jackson Tribune and Sun; ex-Presi-
dent W j Slater, of the Winchester
journal; Treasurer w A Wade, of the
Milan Exchange ; j B Gilbert, of the
Mckenzie News; W l. Kline, of the
Nashville Southern Miller; David Ray,
of the Shelbyville Gazette; Otto Fish.
er, of the Chattanooga Times John
Llttleton, of the Chattanooga Democrat,
and A f Baird, of the Nashville South
ern Lumberman.
Monday morning carriages were in
waiting at the hotels One citizen was
assigned to each carriage with three
guests, and ride taken throvsll the
principal streets, thence to the beautiful
farm of Col. Perez Dickinson, about two
miles away This is one of the finest
farms in all the South. Its lighthouses,
flower and vegetable gardens, handsome
drives; its droves of thoroughbred
short-horns and other blooded stock its
acres Of growing wheat and luxuriant
grasses brought many compliments to
Mr.. Dickinson.
AT 2 p. M. we all returned to tie
city, where splendid banquet was
awaiting us at the Hattie House. Ev-
erything was served in splendid style,
and it seemed US if there was every dish
known to the taste of mortal on the ia
BILE. The following toasts were offered
and responded to:
President of Banquet w Wallace.
Address of Wclcome-A j McWhir-
ter, on behalf of the State: w A Hen.
derson on behalf of the city.
Response, by Fl Diugley, Lewiston,
Maine.
Tennessee and Her Press. Response
B A Enloe, jackson, Tenn, Presi.
dent Tennessee Press Association.
New England, Stem of the National
Pumpkin. Response-Newton John
ston, Portsmouth, N. II.
The Ladies. Response-W j Slater,
Winchester, Tenn.
Knoxville, Metropolis of Tennessee.
Response-Jno j Littleton, Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn.
Chattanooga, a thriving village OF the
border. Response-Geo M. Drake,
Knoxville.
Oar Railroads. Response-F X HUI
ger, Knoxville
Our Manufactures. Responsibility
or w G Fulcher, Knoxville.
Our Milk and Honey. Response-C|
w Charlton, Knoxville.
We wish we had room for the various
speeches made, especially those of Col.
McWhirter, Col. Enloe, Mr.. F. l..
Dingley, Mr. Littleton, Col. Gibson,
Col. Henderson, and Geo. M. Drake.
Right here we "tip our hat" to the
Knoxville Tribune and Knoxville Chron-
icle for the very complimentary words
they used about our effort correspond to
the toast assigned us.
In conclusion we want to say that it
has been our fortune to visit almost ev-
cry prominent city in the United States,
f.,,, canada IN the border of Mexico.