The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-04-09

that it was gathered while plant; or
k5ou may roll it about the end of your
stick so as to form hollow cylinder
Sometimes it draws out into delicate
stringy points of fringe, making, with
itB glossy blackness, very pretty cabi-
net object.
SCENES.
Meanwhile, favored by the greater
slope of one side, the lava had flowed
past us, seeming kindly to leave, as my
friend remarked, place where we might
sit and view the spectacle. Now great
fern would suddenly FIRE up, and send
out showers of sparks; now a tree would
stand wrapped in flames, in vain resist
ing its fate, soon falling upon the bosom
of the fatal flood ; now new flow was
seen descending over the first, in the
rivers bed its front was like wall of
molten iron, and as it advanced its heat
consumed the foliage on either hand
This we knew would drive us from our
place, and we withdrew to find spot
where we might catch a little sleep,
without danger of being cut off by the
ires
AT 8 4. M. it was near US, and we
rose to watch it. Made some capital
toast by it for breakfast. We had had
hopes from the first that during our visit
it would reach the precipice, or as we
call them here by the native name pail,
and We we're not disappointed. About
an hour before day the fiery stream be-
gan to pour over, and we went below to
view more brilliant exhibition of ma
ture than we had ever before been priv
ileged to see.
CASCADE OF FIRE.
Without cascade of fire the scene
would have been no mean one for a
painter-a precipice of twenty-five or
thirty feet. at the bottom of wild. dark,
wooden amphitheatre quiet pool at
its base, rocky foreground, and full
though setting moon behind. You may
imagine it. To these were added the
magnificent effects of the fre-fall, as if
the vent of some capacious furnace had
been opened. The red stream poured
over it at first continuous, then, as the
lower parts acquired greater velocity,
breaking and dropping upon the rocks
bolow, whence it ran down, curled and
wrinkled, by steep slope into the pool,
Kissing and exploding and sending up
cloud of steam, which now delicately
vcilcd the fall and softly relieved its
splendor, as a beauty is made more
charming by an open veil, now blown
aside by gentle air.
The pictures were not complete with
out the dark woods, which stretched fam
like from either side the central figure,
the fre-fall, to which they were, from
the deep shadow in which they stood, as
settings Of jet to carbuncle.
We thought to enjoy warm bath in
the edge of the pool-too late! The
water was too hot to be entered. Day
light was now on US, and we made an
exploration as far up stream on the main
body as enabled US to see the general
field of the flow A walk over hot lava
is at first startling to a stranger, and
my companion would draw back but
very little experience will enable you
without reluctance to. walk over hot,
hard crust, which exposes in all its
chinks a red-h hot mass beneath. There
is nothing tredcherous in the crust, and
with little caution there is no danger.
No accidents, I believe, have ever hap
pened thereby. Again we profanely
used the domain of the fierce Pele for
stove, by which we cooked tin of oys-
ters in good style, and started to return.
Found the fre-fall almost concealed
by the steam-clouds which arose from
the pool of water at its base, now boil
ing furiously. After we had left it
miles behind US, VIC could still see the
white column ascending, until the water
was consumed.
1 might tell you much more-perhaps
will continue IN other lett tcrs-of our
volcanic sights, and would, if I could,
send you some specimens of the flow,
which, from having run so far and de-
posted all its dross, is of brilliant
character.
Hawaii just now is full of wonders.
God has touched the hills and they
smoke the mountains flow down, at his
presence; the earth is removed, and the
mountains are cast into the midst of the
sea. L. McC.
rs The other day young lady ask
ed green (D young clerk ola dry goods
store if he had some HOSE.
Yes" said he, some very pretty
little garden hose, which are first-rate
for squirting"
Oh, pshawl'' said tho maiden, 1
mean stockings for ladies'"