Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-10-15
DURABILITY OF rnBERINA NErsrArE.

DU RABll.lll OF lInBER ~ WET STATE
o. ihe dnfa3ll'N o umbcr IN Wei Sale lhr piirs 81
Me bridge bnIli ~ NE Eupetm ImJa ACROSS The nln
h'e are mr. example. oa' ii thtse plies taken up
and tund 20 he prthrd u The deph al rhfee a,rer.
81 an inca hui The rest al the wold was ar different
lcu lis odInatv STAIR though II has been driven ,uote
tnan sINietu cen ufles.
The Lilies under the I.oudan bldse have been driven
ao@l M years. and itum Mr. Bann's obs. vnllans IN
iNib " did nj appear thal they materially decay
3D. u lSI9 hry mrte sui ,tuly tonnd Ia support tle
massive sapersincfnrr i, they ate ehrfg al elm
la digging away the toIndatou al Old savoy Palace
lfhd'n, "hieh MAS billt 61O years ago thu whnIe al
TIE plrs consisting al oak. eln. beach. aud elesnul
"stf 'od Ia stare ot pert Il slundnass As also was
The Fl1hkluI Which covered the pill head
FMS palagfaph IS Iaken from M T. ,al,h paper The
redar s"anl> =" CaPr May all 'rds even ninre remark
"'e rt'ols 81 The durability III timber IN a wei slate
On the nor.h side al Mauurr Rivcr Creck. The mead
""s aud cedar s"amPs, as Lar up The las land are
hdaed cedats To an lucknow drph. In 1871 Of } an
attempt VAS made To sHk wtI curb nrlr Dennis [ rex
Landing, but aittt rncouujefng mich d iii ally N cut
'nt lhoh2h nn1brf u logs. the workncn acte At last
''n2rri To give Up tie aitenpt ny finding the depth
OF - lrel compact mass al ced ~ hos.
4 $ cansau business near Dennis { frek ia .n,ne
ccd4r shingles" nis Is done hy prnln, thu sol, mud
ct The s"ampS with pehs r me purpose Of discovering
huitd 'fdat uhbtt, aud whel nL IS lunnd the mud
Is eitaied "H, HE Log cut uP proper lcnglhs wlh
'u' one handitd SAY and ihrsr lengths split up into
slngies and cair'd out q the swamp ready tor SALE
us KIND u, "uh 2 YES constant employment Ia a lIf1e
number III hands The lttes found are r,m four Ia f.
TN ga meters they lie m every possible posilun and
sHhe at them seen have been furlrd lot many cento
rfs linus sAanPs oi tees winch have ofnun 10
pfea aye. aud which lave been drray.ns century afe
inhd standing m The place IN Which they new htl,
lHr hunks O." very aged cedafs are lyinp hu la IL IN
DER men foos Que Ot lht Inslants Is thus drctb,d
10 us IN y annsrnp from DR. Bctsey oi Drnns Creek
VIM mas himself "ml0cd' many thunslnd cedar shlnnes
and Is 10" engaged IN The husl rs.
nave - ny mind a cedar some two and half feet
over, Under large cedar suar, SIN teel in damelrr-
pm counting TIE annual graNlas Ut the sunni E,nnd
mere were thirly nj trn lnt. 81 thai there were
Iue3 in HE thfer ierl iran The centre 10 the outside III
'htH'e lhe STEM must thus have h. n lOS0 ycaf.
10 growing. Joal appearance thu tfrt 10 wlrcli II be
Ine'n has en- dead iaf centuries Tor after sfn,up IN
'rse meadows decays down IN The wei hpfe is no more
10y -h'oe al raSi thai Is Perep'h". Nav we have
i"co years f The rtnRth ut the ifce under IT, f Inns
"as have glown and fallen hrlpfr the tree Ia winch the
s4 belonged srru,srd We are thus carried back lar
iHe I'm d perhaps 2OO) years ii winch 800 are de
iemi. ed, beyond qesn by The erun til Of the tees
ne Otlltf opinion Is than these tee> have gradually
hH through The soft mud at The swamps AT qf h,ynn
|uaihrd htt growth and talIfn Maay, howtve,, have
ocaSeu !" their erect postlu or The sAainps are a,
OF sh'nps standing as 'hy grew
Uhlh snort distance OF the mouth ul Dennis re,k
"no a9' lhffe nlles from any grow mo tmber can be
S'fi ~ loN water, IA the nd Ut Tie STEAM numerous
''ii did Ine siunPS, s>'ul SIX irt below the surface
"' Inc meadow, with the bark sui adherlng Ia s,ne
"hth ht mud is rmtsed. As one passes up the creek
II" "'ltS Tie sumps approach the surface and near
1 edse u The 1--we swamp, they become very numerous
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