Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-06-14
Trip 10 tha Eig.T.ee Grove.

The B!g-Tree Grove Of CaIty,uIa con-
,ains about huuired Of those far-f4met
monster trees witch have arrived q. a 9 Cd
degree Of maturity, besides great Numbers
Of others Of the same species, 0. al sizes,
from the smallest sapling upwards There
are also other kinds Of trees inter'rersed
among them. The whole area occupied ty
the grove, is abou, fifty acres. The laud
is claimed by tie owners & the lio,e! aui
great care is Low taken to preserve tie
trees from the iarsges Of FIRE, which here
tofore has damaged many Of them, a. i
from the attacks Of NanlA!s, who, II pr
mitiei to % SO, would sooa destroy the
mos. impor,au, 0: them ty cutting them
and carrying Of specimens Of tsEk and
wood
SalIyiug out from the hotel 70 see the
wonders Of tie place, the visitor natura.-
ly frs, examines the enormou. stump OF
the tree, near the house, which was cut
down By s.crilegious hands few years
since. This was the one Sr-t seen BY
Dowd, the hunter, the original di.coverer
Of tie grove. The stump is now enclosed
within canvass walls, the top having been
smoo,hed Of like f1or, for dancing pur-
poses, ard is surrounded By arow Of seats.
Here the AlIeganian. gave q concert TO
fifty persons, all Of whom, with the per-
formers, occupied the stump a. the sane
time. Ga one 4th Of July, also, thirty
two persons (four setts) danced cotillion
upon it at ouce, without lnconvenience-
| STEPPED of the distance acros. it, and
found it to be ten good PAGES, although
the top is about six feet above the ground,
and the bark has been taken Of. The
stump is sound to the core. l, required
90 little ingenuity, as well as rersescring
labor, to fell this mon.,rous deuilon Of the
forest. Il could 90. be done with axes.
l, vas accomplished by boring series of
holes completely srouud it, from circum-
ference to centre, with ausers Of upwards
Of fifteen feet in length, made for the par
pose. But when the trunk had thus been
severed, SO plumb v.s the tree that i.
would no: fall After trying in vain va
rious expedieuts 10 toYple 1t over, a;
length a large tree Of another species,
standing near, was felled ogain.. it, but
still it stood 4 second resort Of this
kind finally succeeded, and the noble
monarch Of the woods yielded, and, bow
iug his head, fell prostra.e, with a crash
that reye,berated like athousand thuuders
among the mountains, aud shock the solid
ground ike az e.rihqrake-the huge
trunk breaking in several places Ike
pipes,em. Five men were engaged, tor
twenty FIVE days, in telling thi. tree. y
portion Of the trunk still remains near the
stump, and the top Of il, as i; lies horizon
tally, reaches above the cave, Of the house.
Il is ascended By figh; Of steps, twenty
six in number, and nearly !arpeuoicu,ar.
4 man looks Ike pigmy standing beside
II. st little distance, a double bowling
alley has been constructed on another por-
ton Of the trunk, which has been cut
down f,, tor the purpose.
Leaving the immediate nelghborhood
Of the hotel, the visitor is conducted next
through the adjoining grove BY path
tia, has been SO constructed as to take
him near all the remarkable members Of
the group. This is .'ihe grand tour The
trees have all received more or less ianci-
fll names, which are posted upon them,
either Inscribed ou tin plates or marble
tablets. Their heigh, and circumference
are also given. | have notspaee fer par
ticular description. Of each tree, aud will
therefore selec, few as specimens.
The Miners Cabin" is 500 feet high,