Year: 1879

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the center of solid rock, its shaf5s


being very like that of bushel meas


ure and about as large. The sides OF


this basin or hole are perfectly smooth,


having the appearance of having been


polished by the hand of man. Its depth


is not known. The people who reside


in the immediate vicinity say it is with


out bottom. How this may be we are


not prepared to state, but true it is that


an iron wedge and 300 feet of cord
failed to reach it. The water is of a


dark-blue color and boils up with great
force-so great that it spouts up sew
eral inches above its proper confines.


And not only does it boil up with i'm
mense force, but it whirls around with
tremendous velocity, something after
the fashion of whirlwind.


The gentleman who describes it SAYS
that he dipped an ordinary tin dipper
into the spring for the purpose of pre-
curing some of the water for a closer
examination of its qualities, and that
the moment the dipper touched the
water ii was wrenched from his grasp


as though it had been struck from his
hand by a stroke of lightning, and
AhNOOhS AiO oJlLCS IldJ his IGlJ


very much as if it had been suddenly
paralyzed. In endeavoring to regain
the dipper, which did not sink more
than six inches below the surface, but
which kept whirling round and round
so fast that it was almost impossible to
see it, he placed his hand into the water.
de says that the sensations he expert
enced at the instant his fingers touched
the water were singularly strange,
causing him to think that thousands of
needles had pierced his body at one
time. But he didn't succeed in getting
the dipper out. He tried time and
again to wrench it from its fastenings,
but the greedy waters seemed loath to
give up their strange captive, to which
they clung with more than vice-like
grasp. Giving up all hope of rescuing
the dipper with his hands, the gentle
man bethought himself of an empty
flask which he carried in his compan-
ion. With this he again attempted to
lift some water from the spring, and
was rewarded with success, not, how
ever, without considerable effort, for
it required his entire strength TO pre-
vent the angry waters from snatching
the flask from his hands. Pouring a
single drop of the strange fluid in the
palm of his left hand he examined it
minutely with magnifying glass with
the most satisfactory results. He
states that the drop of water closely
resembles a flake of snow viewed
with the same instrument. He exam
ined several other drops, and, strange to
say, each presented a marked differ
ence in appearance. The first assumed
the shape of a star, the second that of
crescent, the third dagger, the fourth
comet, and so on. After concluding
his examination, the gentlemen resolved
to further test the qualities of the water
by tasting it. Letting a single drop
fall on his tongue, he was surprised
and delighted to find that it sparkled
like the best brand of imported cham
pagne. He then concluded to swallow
q portion, which he did with the most
delightful effect. He says the moment
the water began descending his throat
he enjoyed the most pleasant sensation
of his life. 1t seemed. indeed, as if he
were truly slipping the nectar of the
gods. The draught seemed to divide
itself into a million parts the moment
1t passed his throat, portion passing
with the speed of lightning along every
vein of his body. So delightful was
the effect that he forgot for the time
where he was, and uttered peal after
peal of the widest possible laughter.
He AYERS that the sensation of squeez-
ing a pretty girl is no comparison to
the ecstatic Joy which he derived from
one drauUht of this wafer


Owing to the peculiar effects which
the water has on the human system,
the gentlemen before leaving the place
christened the spot 1.-The Electric
Spring" He claims that this name is
peculiarly appropriate, for there is no
doubt but that the water is heavily
charged with electricity. He will en-
deavor next summer to form a COM
pany for the purpose of merging the
place into a summer resort, as it is be-
lieved that the waters of the spring
will cure any and all ills that flesh is
heir to. to.-NaShUiIEe (Tenn.) Banner.