Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-09-07
PEDAG0GUES A.F00T
Find SOlaCe in Weary Miles By
Christening the Natural Ex-
hibitS.

STANLEY Tenn, Sept 3.-(Spec-
ial.)--As the people OF Sequachee Val.
ley haven't heard from or seen any
thing OF US for some time we thought we
would describe an exploration arp that
we took Saturday last.
As our school month was up Friday,
we took TO our hoofs, and started for
the clerk OF the school board who lives
at Kelley's Ferry, about eight miles
down the river. We started $3.50 o'clock
and after travelling over rocks, chunks,
sticks and logs down tho banks of
Tennessee River we arrived at the
pleasant home of the clerk, Martin
Hartman, at whose residence we found
Miss Bertha Tailor, the school man at
Kelly Ferry School very busy at work
at the sewing machine. After having
some jolly talk with her for about Is
minutes we were presented with our
warrants, which we were greatly pleas
ed to get into our rusty paws.
After bidding her good day, we noun
ted our hoofs and started back to Stan
ley. We got about one and half miles
up the mighty stream, we noticed
pipe discharging some bright, clear
water into large barrel and upon in
vestigating the place we found that a
few feet above the pipe was large
rock with water dripping from over the
top Of, and at the base were lots of
small holes ia the ground, and on
punching and gouging around we found
that beneath the surface it seemed to
be hollow. We found several curios,
from which VIZ gave this place the
name of the Stanley Curiosity Cave.
After naming this spring and discuss
ing other subjects of of interest, we
again mounted out hoofs and hoofed on
up the river. Going about IL miles
further we found another spring whose
bright and fresh water was falling over
a wooden trough. The fall of the wa
ter was about eighteen inches, then
running down few inches, it gather
ed in beautiful square pool, with a
natural outlet 1t made its way rapid
ly across large fat rock distance of
about IL feet After falling off that
rock onto another rough topped fellow,
it formed itself into several little pools
OF banana shape, AS 1t was close to
the island which bears the name of
Savannah, We called tbs Spring Banana
Savannah Spring:
After mounting our hoofs again we
plodded on up the road and travelled
about two miles further and came to a
very beautiful little brook that came
dashing and splashing down the side of
the mountain, filling the air with the
sweetest of music, While standing
and gazing at the beautiful little stream
we decided that we could not afford to
! pass it without giving it name also,
and on seeing a coonskin hanging mp
near by we called it the Coon Skin Rap
ids
The next place we came to was a
rough dry branch that had just lots of
large rocks in its bed, also some feur or
five fine white oak trees, and we gave
it the name of Timber Rock. AS it was
getting late in the afternoon we didn't
tarry long at this place, and so we kept
on hoofng it up the road.
The next attraction we came to was a
tremendous large rock on the left side
of the road. 1t looked as though it had
been there for several weeks, so we
stopped and dedicated this rock with q
song entitled Brock of Ages"
We made our way on up the road til
we came to the home Of Mr. McNabb
where we parted, going to our pleasun
boarding houses. AS we bad don,
} without nything to eat we were some
} somewhat hungry, but found plenty 0
b good grub as usual, and ate plenty az
usual .in short time afterwards WI
buried Our tired bodies in soft beds 0
geese hair, and slept good night
: sleep. ALVIN A. SPEARS,
JOHN r. ROBERTSON