The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-09

| oxen ABOUT 100 yards from the train while
woman, evidently the mother, dressed
In dirty calico dress with nothing to hold
1t at the waist, and face and neck burnt
a bright red by the sun in spite OF the tat
tered sunbonnet she wore, kissed tall
gawky girl OF about sixteen good-by, and
after the latter had gotten aboard the
train, buried her face in her hands and
wept finally squatting down on the ground
beside younger child who had accom-
panied her, and crying as ii her heart
would break. 1t was evidently final
separation, and your correspondent
could not help plying the poor creature
deeply, until informed by the conductor
that the daughter was only going forty
miles down the road, and then could not
refrain from laughing a little at thing APP.
| parently 80 ridiculous. And yet, Just
think what a distance, and what q terrible
means OF travel that must have seemed to
the poor mother, who for all her life
| probably had lived in the depths of the
| pine woods, unconscious OF the dongs and
the extent OF the great world outside
buried alive, you might say, ii what they
report OF these people be true. However,
there are some roads in Georgia and Ala
bama where such an exhibition OF grief
would not have been out OF place.
Yesterday evening your correspondent
received an invitation from large property
holder and citizen OF Gadsden To visit their
famous Black Greek, or Nochalula falls.
| upon Lookout mountain, two miles from
this place, an invitation which was ac-
cepted. The procession moved ut o'clock
in the morning. The air was 80 cool at
that hour that it was necessary 10 turn up
coat collars, but this soon wore of and the
freshness OF the atmosphere became quite
pleasant rs the buggy moved up the steep
road leading around the mountain side.
There were no soft wells OF mist drmbing
the crags and cliffs of the mountain. and
so a fine view from the top could be OBJ
tanned Of the town in the valley below, and
the green OF the long range OF mountains
encircling il stretching away into the blue
haze OF those far beyond Here it is that
the Land aud Improvement company OF
Gadsden Intend erecting fine hotel.
They have leased the falls, and the dummy
line now being constructed from the town
TO the mountain top, il is expected, will be
completed 10y October |. The road from
here winds downward toward the north side
OF the mountain. Presently YOU hear the
road OF the falls, and in a few moments
you come upon the ruins of old stone
houses. They are part OF the hotel
buildings which held the youth and beauty
and the aristocracy OF the south thirty
years ago, "bcfo' de wah, who came here
10 spend the summer when Gadsdcn was
but little hamlet OF few cabins depend
ing solely upon the Coosa for its transpor.
tation facilities, the nearest railroad being
Montgomery. You can hear the roar OF
the falls quite distinctly now, and a few
yards further they come into view. They
are about 800 yards away from the point
your horse is hitched, but you can step
out upon the point OF cliff aud get a fine
view OF them. Below YOU Is dizzy dis.
lance Of NJ least 100 feet 10 where the water
can be seen shining through the trees in
the gorge below. Black creek has lis source
thirty miles above the falls in Lookout
mountain, and after tumbllng over prrc-
ipicc ninety-cight feet in hight, passes
into the CoOsa river, five miles away. Al
this season OF the year the stream Il very
low, at the point Of the falls being only
four or five feet in width, and this morn.
ing IL was very muddy. The gorge, how
ever, is a very picturesque and romantic
piece Of scenery, both from above the falls
and the cavern behind IT, II is about 200
feet wide, with perpendicular walls from
sixty TO 100 feet high, extending for some
distance below the falls. The clin over
which the water leaps extends back nj an
angle Of about forty degrees for a distance
Of 100 feet in the form OF semi-crclc,
making quite cavern, which gives the
small volume OF water very respectable
roar. II is a very pretty view which one
gets also standing in this cavern, or natu-
raj amphithcater, behind the falls, Of the
sunlight falling aslant the trees, throwing
their shadows against the huge masses
Of rock In the gorge and the perpendicular
walls Of cliff on one side and the deep
shade cast by the other into the chasm.
As the gorge takes turn about 100 yards
below the falls this theatrical effect Is much
heightened, and II the visitor has any i'm.
agination he can use il 20 advantage. A
dancing pavilion in the cavern IN cOntcm-
plated by the company leasing the falls,
and Il will most likely make very pleas
ant place for dancing, as the place is, be.
sides It's picturesque features, very cool
even on the hottest days Of summer. The
people OF Gadsdcn all swear by the falls
Their first question 10 the stranger Is,
"llayc you seen the falls yet" Aud II he
has not they finally get linn out there aud
expect him 20 give way 90 n burst Of rap
iurc over the thing and iroih ut the mouth
and dance around In q spasm OF ccstaCy
NJ. Quad, Of the Detroit Free PrS0, aud
Myers, OF the Cincinnati Enquirer, spent
several days here n year or 10 ago. and dur
ing their stay visited these falls. Then
they said that the beauties and the gran
deur and the magnifcencc Of it were in
describablc. and straghtway proceeded 10
write such description OF them that IL "
remembered in Gadsden % this day. 30
YOU may imagine the disgust Of that Gads.
den man, who, after taking your CORES
pendent out 90 the falls aud allowing him
time 10 fll up 30 the neck with awe and
surprise NJ It's grandeur, received In answer
90 the question ~ 10 what lac thought Of IL,
that ho expected II was n pretty good sort
OF falls, only thoro wasn't water Of any
consequence, and what there was Of II was
muddy" Then both came away. A
silence Of few moments ensuod as the
buggy ratified over huge bouldcn, when
the following entertaining conversation
took place, entertaining from the fact that
II IL true, and rs showing the feeling some
OF the people have here about the falls.
Gadsdcn Man-Thcre was a gentleman
from Michigan down here about week
ago WHO didn't want 10 come mp here at
all, but kept ON insisting until finally he
consented, aud when he had seen the
wondrous beauties with which God had
endowed tie place and gazcd In rapture
and awe al the falls he says 10 me, saws lac.
well, I'm mighty thankful to you Tor In.
sls,ing upon bringing me mp here, because
! feel repaid already for my trip from