The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-09-24

/ To riot IN an lnfurIate WhIripe9I anC
to rise soft as the feathers of a bird
and be touched by the sun to splen
dor. Only stones throw from the
shore, Eagle Rock has never been
touched by man, but on the tOpmost
crest an eagle hoverp with wrath
full mien over her young.
Standing lace towards the falls.
on the extreme left in Pulpit Rokc,
next, Prospect Point, Cedar, Wal
/ gamotto and Bells are a chain Of
islands across, the divided flow OF
the Snake coming between them.
Prospect Point. and Pulpit Rock
overlook Bridal Veil, one of the
prettlest of the smaller falls. The
former is Immediately in front of
the site on which Is built the new
hotel. This was built by a St.
Louis man, and is considered one of
the finest hotels in this western
country.) Lovers Leap affords one
of the finest views.
Facing it are lesser falls and the
unbroken trent Of the great one.
76O feet from shore and anbroken
because no rocks mar its contour,
and YET broken, for iC is no CLASSY
sheet of water that hurries over it
till the distance brings a shudder.
Looking a ghast, you cling to the
withered pine marking the spot
where the lovers fell seven hun
dred and fifty feet front Of a mad
dened, malignant torrent, devilish
in the delights it takes in sweeping
with u rush nothing but the eternal
rocks could withstand, torn and
tossed into billions Of sparkling
threads, with a constant play OF
prismatic hues, changing quicker
than thoughts, half enYeloped in its
Own midst, and then the wind cars
rying that away, leaving it unOb>
scured in sublImity, unmatched
and Undesirable.
How felt the Indian maiden when
with the arm of her trenzied lover |
about her, she begged his jealousy |
spare her? How her feet must have |
shrunk back from the edge, and her
heart been stone in her bosom, as
she telt the moist breath of death
III her face. Then he jumped and |
bore her along. Her scream was
in all than vast volumn of
sound. Her life went out in the
dread flights, and it mast have been
only duskY form which struck the
Oottoms of that watery abyss.
Such is the legend, and now it is
aid the maiden comes. when the
noon is bright, and crOuches upon
he rock, the breeze playing with
Ter long, black hair. But none may
lear her, for them, with a gesture
# despair, she leaps into space and
he vapOr swallows her up once
more.
A long, winding trail leads past
Natural Bridge and the Devils Flues
The latter are Gppertures reaching
own to the level of the stream be
Ow the falls. Their origin is mys-
cry. The trail is half hidden in
lxuriant shrubbery, for the shallow
oil is constantly drenched with {
pray. 1t is no place for the June
alt or blind. Each eye must be,
pen, each hand and root alert for {
olds, The scramble is for $50 {
set. A little more than an ordiRa- ?
: Tennessee hill. From below +,
lere is such a change in the peint {
f inspection that the treat is entire
? new. Some would like it better,
his looking up and seeing the water
earring over in feathery heaps along
hat great frOnt, and the waves it
reates lashing the shore, piling up
Iebris and hurrylng on. From here I
he opposite wall, black and trown-
ng is over a thousand feet sheer,
l thousand feet here, means more
han three thousand among the
The VRulted Dome is near by.
{ is made by the throwing togeth-
r OF huge rocks. It is a cOnical
hamb Der It's feet IN height, and
With an atmosphere cooling as the
raught from a fountain. From /
he top there is a steady sprinkle of /
Tater, q shower bath which, falling I
ear after year has worn a hollow
nOwn as Dians's Bath. Surely
goddess could court no place
aore charming. The water fills
his to overlooking. The fluid Is
early ice cold, drink it freely. It
Nectar. The sides of the cham
,er are wet and green with moss.
Iigh out of reach are brilliant fes-
oOns of flowers, growing from the
Ock. 1t is an ideal place to lunch,
n In itself a wonder. A look at i
he sun, warned US that in order to c
isit the rest, that we must not
AIRY, so we decided to recross the {
liver and go up to Twin Falls, |
he two sets of falls are three miles
part. A portion of the way. boat .
laY be used. and trail com pletes
he journey.
There is some good, honest per-
piratiOn attendant upon the row to
)lark's Point, beyond the Devils
)orral. The latter is an Enclosure
nth only one entrance.
Clark's Point is a huge fortress
1tting into the stream. It is a
urious place to be in, that long {
.efile, and not designed for a tho
The ride seems short.
he walk does not. An acute ear
elects that q suppressed roar comes E
,intly from above and below, The
raves of sound from Great Sho-
homes and from Upper Falls meet
nd mingle somewhere in the gorge. {
finally the falls were reached, and
landing above them, is recompense
nough for all the toll. And the
Jew along the canyon IN itself is
yorth q trip Of thousands of miles