The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-03-07

] Taking. . marrow path ~ crossed
through some dense underwood, and oil
ut once | s.ood on the bauks oi the, Va.
ku1la, Spring. here was : lbasiD ii We. !.
ter obs -huudred yards in diameter, u.
most circular. the bushes were ahnost
growing 10 the waters I'd g, and bowlng
their heads under the surface. stepped
into sk.f and usLed of. Some I'm
ssense 6.kes anrac,ed my at,-n,ion. aud
sei1ed = spear 10 strike Them. The
boa,man laughed, aud asked lne how iar
below the snriscs supposed they wsrel !
l asssw~sed ab0ul four i~et. He assured
sne that they were 4, lrast twenty tron
me-. and Il was 80 The. water IS Of the
nA.sa l.Arys Gus ifanaparstscy. ! drop.
ped an ordinary pm IN sse Halrr, forty
ie-t deep, aud saw i,s sead wrh perfect
d,s,,nc,uess, as !, lay on The bouom. As
We approached the center. | noticed a
jagged, yrayish limestone rock be.,eath
Us, pierced with Ecies: through the Sc
hoes ONE SCENE 10 10 k into uufathon,a-
BE depths. The boat moved slowly on,
and Low we hung trembling over the
edge Of the sunken cliff, and far below II
lay cark. yawnlng, unfa,homabl- nbysss
From its gorge comes pourlng forth with
Immense velocity, living r,ver.
Pashlns on Just beyond its mouth,
dropped ten-cent pIece into the water
whicn is the.e one hundred aud ninety
lee, IN depth. aud clearly saw it shining
on the bottom THIS seems iucred ble
| think the water possessed magniiying
power. am confiien, that the piece
could no. BE- so distinctly seen from a
tower one hundred and ninety feet high.
We rowed on towards the north side
aud suddenly we perceived in the waite
the fish which were darling hiher and
thlther, the long flexible roots, and the
ride luxuriant grasses OH the bottom, all
arrayed in the most beautiful pris,natie
hues. The gentle swell occasloned by the
boat gave to the whole an undulatlne
motion. A dea,h.like stiffness re,gned
around. and a more fairy like scene
never beheld 'h "@ &sa"@
so great is the quantity Of water poured
forth, that 1t forms a river of Ilselt suffi.
cien,ly large to float hatboa,s laden with
cotton The painter who lives here, ha:
thus transported his cotton to St Marks
Near the the fountain. we saw some o
the remains OF a mastodon which hac
been taken from il. The triangular bone
below the kuee measured six inches on
each side. Almost the entire skeleton
had been sent to Barnum's Museum.
The Indian name Of the fountain i.
beautifully significant. Wakulla meau.
The Mystery" 1t is stated that the
Spanish discoveries sp: ang into it. will
almost frantic joy, supposing they hat
found the long-sought Fonts Ju, en,u,ls
or Fountain of Youth, which should ie
luvrnate ,he.n after exhaus,ing marches
and battles.
Mistakes ofike Types. Here ire ;
few examples Of ludlcrous blunders occa
stoned by the omission of single le,le
IA word.
curing the Mexican war, one of tn
newspapers hurrlediy announced an i'm
por,an, item OF news from Mckee. iha
G.u. Pillow aud thlrty-se, Gu OF his me
had been lost ia boftl,.
| Some other paper informed the public
not ug ago, That a man in a brow
sur,out sas yesterday brough, before iii
police court on Charge oil having stolen
small or from latys work bag. Th
stolen property was found IN lis is
coat pocket.
"A rat says another paper, deceniln
the river. came IN contact with steam
boat. and SD serious was the injury /
the boat, / tai great exefllons were ne.
essary TO save u
An Englisa paper once stated, ",ha
the Russian ten. Rackinofkowky wa
iopni dead with long uord in h
laeuih.
| 1, was, perhaps, the same paper tha
IN giving MI acc un, OF battle tetwee
the Poles aud Rus ians, SAID that til
con;iict va. d., adial. and the enemy wer
repu,sed win gree, iaughte,.
| Agam-A geu,lenan was yesterda
brought up to answer charge oi has'n
eaten Stage driver, for demanding b
tare.
A, the late Fourth of July dinner
the town OF Charleston. none Of the pou