Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-07-23
CEDAR BLUFF
SUNDAY SCHOOL
And EpWOrth League
Picnic.
Connmunicated.l

Communicated.
Sixteen miles west of Tazewell, on
the n. Il w. railroad you will find
Cedar Bluff. Where the Clinch
River seems to have forced it's way
through the limestone hedges of
kent's Ridge, aud after many n
whirl and waterfall it flows peace.
fully and quietly along on It's bright
shining way to join tho father of
waters ere its entrance into the Mex.
ican Gulf. Just below the fall of
the river we find the quaint old
town of Indian, with the modern
Sobriquet Of Cedar Bluff. Only n few
hundred yards to the northward and
flowing in nearly the same direction,
we find another smaller water course
bearing the ever legendary name of
Indian. Near the lower end of the
town these two join. Just to the
westward we in1 still another
stream Of water flowing from the
north, and silently commingling its
waters with those of the others, the
mingled waters OF the three pass slew
ly westward through tho near by
town of Richlands and thence pass
ing FROM sight. These waters ever
growing al d enlarging are the head
waters of the great Tennessee River
One half mile above the confluence
OF the three streams, on the middle
creek. the lower of the three, the
narrow bottoms of the creek widen
out aud u natural bottom or meadow
of about so acres is formed, nearly
level, only slightly undulating. A
scattering growth of trees making
the necessary shade, this spot be-
comes the paradise of the Picnicers.
Aud here, on fair summer dav,
July 18th, gathered the good people
of Cedar Bluff and vicinity-from
the hillside, from the valley, from
village, they come; singly, in pairs,
III troops, until there were, perhaps
300 people on the grounds. And
now the enjoyment aud fun began.
The many Picknicers quickly resol.
we'd themselves into groups, each
taking part in the amusement or
game he or she might prefer.
Many playing croquet, some check
ers, some tennis, some crokinole,
while pant moved farther away and
amused themselves in the manly aud
ever present game of baseball. Per.
haps two score of the younger peo-
pie had gathered in the shade of
some poplars and under the aus.
pices of the genial hostess of the
Blue Sulphur Inn were enioyine
themselves in many a juvenile game.
and surely no ole knows better how
to entertain others in the hotel or at
the picnic than the pleasant hostess
of our hotel. "Then golden hours
on angels wings" flew DER us, and it
seemed but q short time till the fore
noon had passed away. And, we
gathered around long row of table
covers spread upon the grass and
covered in vast and rich profusion
with the most delicious viands-
everything Of the season was here
spread IN neat and tasteful array.
and the appetite of the most fastidi-
GUS epicure would have been salts.
fed with the good things so luciously
prepared. After gastronomic feast
which kings might envy the games
and amusements were resumed. and
Joy was unconfned, many Of the
older ones forgetting their years and
infrlnities, took part with the young
revelers. One brother (J. II. Gil.
lespie) forgelful of his three score
years and ten, moved around the
blg ring as gayly and gracefully as
his more youthful companions. A
laughable incident was when our
assessor seeming to lose memory of
the fifty long winters that had
spiinkled his locks with gray, and
more than once his ample proper.
tions came very closely in contact
with mother earth, to the intense
amusement of his more agile play
fellows.
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