The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-10-17

MAMMoru CAVE. Ky, Sept
The wohlcrs II this 9real cave have
l., Ell 50 often desc, ibed, written about and
ptuoram~eh to- the world, that Que nj ia,
"s well nndrrtaRr to describe ~ n novel
~ the Fall, Of Niagara. We should re
member, however, that there is always u
new grucrH,iom growing up to whom
these pheunIu,ns Of nature are ns novel
aud interesting ~ Ihe rem nsccnces o.
tie Iu~er "i lUnd"n hr.t were 10 u..
ihr r.rvihma "t the cave which Was
eA!!l,rd IN our principal cities many
Yeas ago. gives one better view of II
Il.n eau be obtained from ALI artusl Wis
i from I'll" act that at lke time the
sketches We're made hy the artist, lie
care Was brilliantly lighted up There
are two routes ia the csve-the long route
10y Lake Lcrhe and the RIVER Siyx, rx
tending 20 tie Rocky Mountain, dis
tance OF nine miles and the short route,
leading 10 Gormaus Chamber au.l the
Star Chamber, n distance Of about four
miles
In going the LONG route you star, Mt
eight o'clock III Tie morning. and return
about seven IN the evening, dinner icing
sent into ihe cave for you. A party Is
generally made up oF some thirty or fnr
~ peTsous-lhe more the nerrier-- aiI AR
:ayed IN fancy costumes, the ladies being
dressed Ia h'oomer, with pants and very
short skirts, VI all coloIs aud the gentle
men generally in red flannel jackets. 1t
was very amusing TO witness some uf the
forms Of the ladies, Who colIapsing from
= fifteen hounced dress spread out TO
fearful circumference 10y All immense
hoop skirt, now dwind.ed down 10 the
size OF, and looked like, n varisga,ed wax
candle, while others resembled Greek and
Turkish pages not over ten and twelve
years old. OIheis again. Of naturer age
and ro,undity, resembled the fa; bov in
Pickwick--while few gracefully formed
and well proportioned represented Miner
Va and Diana.
Thus accoutred, tue party proceeded
10 the mouth Of the cave, about one hun
dred yards from the hoteI Here, at once.
you feel a rush Of cold air about 80 de
grees colder than that which you have
just left. Descending into the cave. the
guides now arm each one with 80 open
laptern holding n common oil lamp. At
the start, Nau, the negro guide, aud SAM,
the white guide-for we had lwo---point
gu, the OK cart tracks, and show you the
large vsts from whence they manuiaetur
I'd, during the war Of 1912, large guam
si,ies Of saItpetre.
Next is pointed out TO you the Giants
Coffin, and further on the Cathedral,
where some years ago Divine Service Was
held on Sundays, aud where, il is said, a
young lady, who had promised be, mama
never 10 marry certain biped Son the
face of the EARTH" was united 10 wedIock.
Now you pass along very low passages
10 the cave, and n steep descent Of rocks,
while Mutt shouts out cry OF warning,
"Heads |" Lookout r. DC. Ascending
an elevation OF rock again, you come to
very narrow path crossing through the
solid rock about three feet, evidently form.
ed by a current Of water ths passage
is Of some length aud 10 very low, you
being forced to stoop the whole route,
consequently il is called the FIAT and
Tall Mans Misery" II is nov q coutin.
usl descent and ascent passing ths bot.
tomless pitt and another, ~ Matt said
MAT must have, been an Isisbmsn),
"some fifty feet deeperp and. passing
fearful chasms YOU come to Lake Lsthe,