The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-14
ocAEfNfEEEIGENCE


A Pie-Hn.-oa Tuesday last in com
pahy with a number Of romantic compsn.
ions. we took a pleasure. excursion down the.
avolleyp for the pnEpuse Of Wishing eNat.
ural Suspension B~Fiage"Which has Of late
attracted the alteniicpo Of the Pnblic, Leas-
ing the city abeutsssep . clock In the morn
ing, we directed oog aeTy" stssas ia the d.
~rection oG Logan, and in due time, aftet
losing our way once er twice among the.in-,
dfscribable tort06us wlndings of the Hook
ing Hills, We srrisea safely st"ERanueps
Land" pphAtehed the "critters9 from the
vehicles. and proceeded forthwith, also, to
unHtch the elvers baskets, boxes jUSsi&c.'
and took up our msrchs On rorae for the Great
Natural suspensi6p Bridge, where, after a
short walk, we arrived safe, tug, rag, and
bobtaii.
This bridge ia perhaps one Of the great
est curiosities iq the. State. II lis sixty
yards span and .sdhetwelve feet wide, at an,
altitude of sixty feet, airdis most beautifully
ringed, with fern leaves. On one side Of
the bridge is q large cave capable Of hold
ling. three hundred persons-at the base OF
which is a large spvlng Of clear, though rath-
er warm water.. 1hisBsidge is in GoodhoPo
township, HOskiug county, and is some six
miles +EomLogan+
The iniRlsa5Ie Captain D. stoOdfu silent
awe and gave .unmislakablc evidence Of .
IL VT NA| = ~ - HNE q HH-Er.F p. d.
desire to express his eIeeiipgs.of delight in a
little speech!tan at the call of the "multi'
tude" he moaafed sosk and let offthe fol
lowing which, IN 'sLaer to hand it;"down
to posterity;;S We place in immortal 'tyPer
The Captain cleared hia throat aud snid'--
s,Ladies and Gjutlemen;-~The same sun
that's shinins on as 70. day once shined on
the eildedspires Of Rome and the +Acropolis
lof Athens, upon .thae Alehiginees and the
broad, smooth series, of the Massissippe;
but the Important time that was to have ar
riven. have ~arroVedj when we are TO see II
pour out its refalgentrays down on thatare
rock, which, In my. humble opinion, ladies
and rihllemen, is sgJsnder than the gildid
spires Of Rome, Aetoplis ofAthenss Alehig-
inees or the broad, smooth serfee Of the
Massissip pc, and Lsm.ex banded to centem-
plate that tho .~excruciRiing hour has ar
ruv when we are all,,ladies aud gintlemen
abem!-to--(them's my sentiments,
said W.--to repair-to the river and re-
FLEMISH our stomachs-and expand our hearts
by a bucket Of lemonade iced and sweeten-
ed. that we may retnEn TO this ere spot re.
freshed and invigorated, in time to behold q
"grand old sun set!AP
Here the Capt. seemed overwhelmed will
feeling, and had to sit down. But his glo
rious countenance spoke the words he
meant, and the intelligent audience, over
whelmed by his iaet words and the secre
spell Of his silent elaquence, burst-dowl
! the hill to the banss Of the river, wher'
all partook Of a celebration (colution) o
delicucies prepared By the ladies', A lem
onado (with o ay 10 t)soon revived the Cap
tain and put him in humor for speakingieu
; notwlshinS to see him'over tax his "feebl
, frame" wo prevailed on him to dcsist unit
after cur return to the great bridge. But OF
&, our return, finding il too early in the day t
| witness a ''grand old sun set" we conclude'
d, to hitch up the "critters" and pay a"lyini
o VISIT to Logan, which place wo reached .
e five O'Clock in the afternoon, when each lei
that the needle of theirsstotnachs pointed
,f one common centre--Borland's supper ia
G BILE. We then returned, without the Captuil
-leaying him behind drinking a lemonade
. with a "spike"in it. Thus ends one Gran
Dart. s - ht