Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-04-22
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nm IN BJTCKS COUNTY.

r'f oT mnears that the celebrated and
D !. Il 'EFl 'iEWFolf Rocks on Buckingham
'nfe ore inhabited by hermit, who
aniap' ,t i has been his residence for
b lil'' f,rtv wears. On the morning
th3n m ~ u, colored man named William
h'l 9'y, : m,s passing along in the vicinity
Inl'a .. o,rt of the mountain in which the
th' FIs Ia,,ted and hearing strange noise
thing of tin-ware, or, to use his
0ls L. like the dragging of a kettle by
s"~ he became alarmed and ran to
laLn, .rt Of the mountain to obtain the
au Paf af another colored man to go back
l'n; hn and make some explorations.
n screwcd up their courage to the
aa7 no;pt the two men armed with
'-ns vent back to the part of the rocks
'9-i ahieb the strange sound emanated,
s.r sr m,king considerable explorations
1i', %aot 70 abandon the enterprise when
.,,J '. to ;hem that making a noise
S'I !. brns the stranger to sight. They
y ,bamselycs in position supposed to
.br location from which the sounds
.-, .--,snated and commenced boring the
' ~;tb = crow-bar. This soon had the
\ 'f bringing a voice from some hiding
II which asked, who is it and what do
r.pty They proceeded to the cleft
!, rack and, after diligent search, sue
Il in finding an entrance to a large
H. Or cavern in which was human
Upon being asked to come out
,,f,ed to do 50 and denied the obtru-
4. ,lmittance, threatening to put balls
All them both if they attempted to
They left, and having obtaincdrein-
E@msuts returned again to the rocks with
rtsafion Of bringing the hermit from
Idipg place. Finding himself over
|,,r,I he yielded and came from his
H. 1t proved to be a person named
sr Larsc. who was born and raised III
/ ,Iiacent valley, but has been seen only
,.ply for many years. He stated that
|J been an inhabitant Of this cave for
T. than forty years, and had purchased
.srhes and fool at villages several miles
H.. His beard was long, and the fur
p of his cell consisted of few boards,
eayes or straw and some rude vessels
holding water and cooking his meals.
aid that old residents Of the valley have
alnr years frequently discovered smoke
as from the Wolf Rocks, but as no
aas known to inhabit them, it was sup
III to be fog, or occasioued by some op-
! illasion for whicl the most scientific
: we're never able to make any sat;sfac-
/ explanation. The man, Large, it is
!. hbors under u strange hallucination
mind. and has not occupied the cell more
o aLal as long as he thinks he has. Even
la the last % years he has frequently
q zen in the neighborhood weeks at a
d end then would disappear for a long
aaaonc in the valley knowing his where
a-, 1t is now supposed that the Wolf
rs, have been his retreat at those times
SO hr wished to be secluded from the
t'> chosen spot was one of the most
arcSque and romantic OH the mountain,
commanded a fill view of the val'cv
j 1t Is lost in the distant hills uf New
,cy. The entrance to it was Of diff
access, and when once safely penetrated
g the landlord full view of all that
gong On among the young aud ardent
.os Of the place lie has seen vast
ot b'llm" and "cooing' among the
7- t1lls who conaregate there on Sun
afternoon TO advance matrimonial mat
and he also can tell IA charming story
4 some respectable young men who
E been on Sabbath days, regaling their
Al and physical constitutions by card
mg and other species of gambling.
ar hermit is related to number Of the
st and mo>tFc=pcctablc families in Buck
lam Valley, was born and raised on the
now occupied by Mr.. Samuel +. Broad
t. and has a brother, Joseph :. Large,
living, enc of the most distinguished
coTalian Ministers in the West.
lIhe Washington States, democratic
?, says that it is currently rumored in
feets and in public places that two hun
thousand dollars has been subscribed to
Lecompton through the House.
ora'ag Drum Beat and EreHing Prayer
'Hgs.-A gentleman from Ohio lately sta
That by adding his personal observations
lose OF friend, he could say, that from
'ha city, Nebraska, to Washington, there
line Of prayer-meetings along the whole
20 Of the road so that whenever a Chris.
traveller stepped to spend the evening, he
q md a crowded prayer-meeting across
enbre breadth Of our vast Republic.
'"'s Ds'ngs.-On Wednesday night OF
week. Dir. Chales Lehler, committed sui
al Mount Joy, Lancaster co., Pa, by
wing out his brains. Mr.. Lehler was un,
Tue influence Of liquor at the time; his
naa been very dissipated one, and he
'''' Times was attacked by the mGnia.G-
T. lie was a German, farmer by occu,
,'1' ioF many qualities he enjoyed the cs-
= u his neighbors, and exhibited more
: csmmon degree of intelligence. lie