American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-06-09

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Msssrs. EDffoRs. Last week / enjoy.
ed delightful tour through The HosEing
Yalley. which no stranger travelling this
region should neglect visiting, Il being one
OF the Inost'roma0tic regions on the globe
Where siEAnEass ss1@.aalis sEae 5oAaiiAs asoaBd.
.rs 70 ssnHsE, AaSs Pa,sgd aad thsiriesf fegna.
The giofioas seenerl Nheh Earope can't boast.
while nature and comfort and heath have paid eOsi.
Logan. on Hooking River in HocLing
County, is one Of the prohinent features
Of Ihs valley, having rapidly improved
within the past few years. showing manu-
factories equal TO those Of the E.st. es-
pecislly shingle machine, which finishes
seversl thousand per hour. Glorious from
an eminence TO look down upon msgnifi-
cent country.
Where logan, city nom Logan chief nsHied.
lsjustlkshs prototype, noble and famed.
The 'frisad Of ths Dhites," whom HlstOr ~ slows,
Meier "turnsd on Ala he'i,'to Zee from bis foes
a city whereREuPLE lafamous as host,
Aud, nerchnpt mos. shrewd, but as sgentlewan most.
Aud carry lis stoTy SSils carrying The nail
But the most stria ing and curious gem
! of tha. region is Tie Rock Hoise. owned
aud kept IS a suthmer resort by levi
FRIEND, Esq. who possesses 900 ac,es
around il. Comfortable and healthful in
deed TO be
Where FRtESp at N Rock. n ouse showsNatnre indeed
TO travellerscurious who such friend need,
Or Satan himself hold hisiaiamous ooar.. A' 'p'''
The Hotel is over the caVerns several
hundreds of feet above the common level.
having for the amusement OF sojourners a
nine pin ally, acircular railroad, worked
by horse power. aud other modes Of amuse
ment. The principal cavern was certain
" inhabited by the sbor,gines. the pro
prietor having ancient instruments found
in it. Tbereis amystery connected with
II. which will soon be solved. By sound
ing tits evident that there isavast apart
ment beneath the principal cavern, the en-
trance to which had been stopped for some
purpose BY large stones plainly brought
from distance by the ancients, who were
strong enough to oit they vera nine
feet in hight as proved by skeletons found
in the mounds. It. is supposed that that
closed cavern was used as cemetery and
thus left when the aborigines we've iorced
by some cause to leave the country. If
SO thousands Of skeletons. perhaps treas
ure and implements. will be found there,
throwing light on the history Of the mys.
terious nation who inhabited that region =
Instead Of removing the stones, Mr.. FRIENI
will make circular excavation FROM the
uppertothe lover cavern. Sonnet me this
summer visitors may witness the operation
and see the added &onders, Next Fourth
of July there viii be a lively lime there
As host LEVI FRIFND is unpqaalled in
poltsuess and accomodaliyps. Rock House
is distant from Circleville, 32 miles; from
Lancaster, 10; from Chillicothe. 22:, and
100 miles from Ciucinnsti. whose citizens
delightto visit it in the summer season.
After such a tour l could not avoid ex-
claiming:
Hurra for the Valley like Vale of Cashmere,
With charms doubly pleasing TO raise and TO cheer
To elevate souls to the glorious Supreme,
While looking through Nature with Joy most sublime.
That you and | may visit it with ladies'
who may increase our y by exclaiming
"How Lovsiy." is the wish Of
Your unwavering friend,
r. E. Ii LEvERrNG.