The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-11-20
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'"cs'' ihrcvn l".,ly, ard rising ur-
Nafd' n' ltdhrrd iect Til. .'lsicnls
? pass Is ,oe,tiabh. We ran neither 90
bc"rn'i' ""r a'oVnd IT, We are obliged
10 p''k o"t or~ari way cautiously and
'los'y. E'r'y step - - siady every
loot I'd advance IL q cenpa~si Por ,h.
r'oss are VT and si,ppe,y. They arr
fn'st-uced WITH yawuins chasm.. A
'n'ss'rp might cnd IN tho splash Of y
hru''d bod, deep down where tho sui.
len aairr> complain in tie DARK. /,
~"' pictarespne li i-l, 10 sec our rariy
'o,linc 10 hue over ,hr.c weary tockt,
| each surrounded BY his liul, space Of
, lamp light. S-ldom wa. a word .poken
Now and Then a loose rock wpuld si,p
'r"m is perch. sud after bounding iron,
cliit ~ c',h, With u succession Of harsh
grating t',ander., would tsnd its wet
grave III Tue current below. We began
nov 10 appreciate the greatness of our
undertaking. tbs excitement, of the
first three miles had csapcratcd; nn
enlarged nc'p,ion of ii, grandeur cr
The cavern supetalded lscl, to our sens,
ni wcarin,s+, and made us solemn and
mate. u wna il ons sense u Sabbath.
day. journey that solemn climbing OF
the Rocky Mountains = The sermon
preached by I'll" stones, ami ih- cum.
pact darkness. ard The iunerA! waters,
told IN The ~ur,l., btt with more than
the cItqncnc- Of Ma.,iilou. iha, Col
unl, i.,rcal
mtfurm v rlcrmo TO our tired feet.
which served as dn an,e room 10 vnfious
,lIc. chambers. each rutieus and pccu.
iia. These We lad not time 10 visit
The sermon bf tho rocl, did not de.
ter rs from violating the sanctuary In
which II va, preached. We bad come
'o 3eologi,e ns Will rs 10 adore, and had
brought our hamm n and ba.kc.s with
~, q, well ~ our hearts and cnrs. Wa
turned 'conutla.is in a twinkling, and
broke ID" IMAGES of the temple to which
but moment b,fre we were paving
dcvou' homage. We a,on-d dearly for
the .arrilcg-. White ". were wasting
The ii.nr Ia cool speculation over ih,
Gua'omv oi shattered sialactitr. the M.
cry water. bcuea,h US were gathering
for re,enge.
The irsccnt Of the R:cks Noun.
;aius "sa,n broush. rs alongside tho
Syx. by tins ,imc nc were thirsty
as n!.l KS tileI. Tho water was cool.
clear, auI inviting. Like Gideon's
picked :Aen OF Old, We Tapped Of i.
with the tongue, as dog lappoth,
putting the i'anl to the mouth.
Hove hurried rs onward, for rea-
sons Which we afterwards understood,
anl We snon reached the Winding
Way which, on several accounts, 10
the mos, singular locality in the cav.
cru. 1t is ior'Dcl by 4 narrow fs.
ure III tie spiI ll0c stone, and has .
smooth, dr. uudcrfoot. The sides
Of the i,,nro are thlckly and deeply
inlcntti. The i,.irn.s answer to
each other Ike tie teeth Of stec'.
tral, So That vnilc passing through it,
'a' Keeps dod6'ls IRON the night to
tle Ic!i, cco.c'rs>ly. There is no
visible roof to tie Winding Woy; but
q lamp. held oycr the head. disclo5cs
hc4c aud there a rocky wedge, caush.
IN the tceth Of tbs s,nlcndons ,ray.
and threatening t.in TO those beneath
\ si1ht os one Of these wedges, ap.
iparenty Just tottciinX to its fall.
quickruci our rtcls NTH romc,liuc
! hike a general shtidlcr. Beyond hi.
passage ,i,cre ii au inmcnsc circular
room, 50 l,fly, II Is s4il, that rock
ct has been thrown up without reach.
Ins rs ceiling. The cn,'ancc to this
rolunia vas 50 ncally filled wilh wa.
ter t'A, or guide though, i ,mlrn,
d.,.t 70 .ttom,t 9oin. invii."r. 1link.
M. donbtl, -, that s'nlcits onoh, u
be- f,ud of meditation !c babe ~ DO
seated ii circle, anl fo:bcar talking
lie tlcn cXtnsiI-hcd the LAMPS, ant
iof Gye eternal. yblccicss mi,utcs, We
wea, cntombcd in darkness 40 pro.
found iha. one of the party yeu'urci
the opinion iliat charcoal would make
white mark We we're six nlcs
from tlc sunshine, and 50 llcasan,
Nas the rcIi. .,h,in. Of the lamps, that
NC shoa cred blessings on the n.sn
whc invented Llcif"r MATCHES.
4 4, tbs point tlc c,jiins G ,hs
case Was quite los. aoi covered
viii att srapl, aud classic symLo:..
done it. lamp smo.c, which A!oyel
that nnier graduates h,d been hero
before us. AMI that 'hcir college feel!
ia,s had survived the drlicpi,ies Of
the way. Her, as .isryherc, tho
lc,tcrs Of TIC G5cck alhabet were
tr,iu! hard to snpae on, eaeh other,
il Ha4 hai9 to ten Winch carried tie
myh. TLc:c Greck clWac,ers
were y '0G.'l mys'crf 10 Howe
licY troubled Lima norc than geolo.
.y. Hc would haYc ,hciD repeated
,ncc ali again cogld ro,iev
hat lis lips were hr{r the While, q.
= 4 he Was tr,'in. 70 tis Item in his
nciGcry.
Our s.srs vcre turuci toward tho
iayh-l. Ne hai soon wrilgied
yFroa1l the Wiuaius Way, And