| Show singular phenomena rhen omena one of tile the most singular phenomena has occurred in our country the like of history bla fid has s na no 1 unless we except ahe astonishing doings afan of an earthquake about the aidule of dune june last the lake in the southwest part of williams township known as cedar lakey lake was observed to rise suddenly several feet above its banks at a time lime too when there had been but little rain and there are no important streams leading into it thus it occasioned conAdera con id erable ble bie at the time and no lit little inconvenience veni ence to persons who own conr land bod boe bordering ne ering on the lake the rise was so sudden sidden ahat sheep sheely hogs hogg and cattle were nearly overflowed ed by the progress of odthe the water The whole altitude odthe of the rdse rife was about seven and a half feet above low water mark the water remained almost stationary until the first of augut august when or a few days after it was observed to fall gradually gradual ry and upon the twelfth of the same month the waters had reached their ordinal level and the first day of september the they y had fallen ten wil feet below water mark exposi exposing W hundreds cf acres that had never been seen above the surface of the water at that point the lake now remains having maintained a stationary position for nearly tiree three months the most singular feature of or this phenomena has just itself and may give to scientific men a lution sI gg ulon uton t to ape the mystery while mr chariei chattel surveyor from II olden was engaged in running out ont the farm arm of mr et enfeld f eld eid on the north side ot of the lake he diedo vered that either himself or the use fori former gormer tift surveyor yar had madean enormous blunder lines overlapped and he lie could not tell who was in error ile he called upon mr henry warren our county surveyor and related to him his difficulty when they together repaired with their instruments and commenced at monuments on the south side of the lake and ended at the west of mr infields En fields farm finding a discrepancy similar to that discovered by mr din nin mr bir wa W upon making makina the best calculation he could finds thal that the lake five live miles from the east end lias has not only lessened its volume of water but it its banks have actually been drawn together over thirty seven rods at the middle it is nearly four miles wide and is a few rods owr seventeen milt si in length we are wiy uty satisfied with mr warrens skill in his profession and are willing to rely upon his judgment still the developments just made thade warrant us in desiring a more mors thorough investigation of the subject to the foundation of the mystery professor who is now in st lorm lorn I 1 has been written 40 on the abject and it is will make our village a call cail which perhaps may result in profit to himsel rind tind and to the community at large knox county courier courter tennessee t |
