Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-06-14

gradually. 1t has an opening IN Tue
trunk 40 feet high and Il feet wide.
"The Three Grace.," beautiful specimens:
all grow from the same root, very straight
and perfect, 300 fee, high ard having no
limb within 200 feet Of the ground.
"Ths O!d Bachelor" is forloru object,
80 fee, i'll circumference, aud 800 feet IL
height, with ye,y rough ba,k aud "ioT-
bidding appearance" "The HeFmiet'
stands a.oue, $40 feet high. remarkably
s.raigLt and symmetrical, and - feet il
circ umfereuce. "Hereules" is most
striking object. L, is three hundred a"d
ff,g }:e. in height, and one hEndrcd Gad
seeea 10 c.rcumlereuce, or more than
thirty tr2 f.et through !. Ii is the largest
peIiec, standing tree iu the grove. 1t has
been carefully estimated that it would
make screH hgadrcl ana t.reH,yfrs hgH-
spHa feet Of lumber, or enough to load q
large ship |, leaus SO tia; the tap Is
ab5u, 40 feet Gu: Of tie peIpeud.cu.aE,
aud heuce, i. should have been called
The Leaning Tower What an euoF-
nous Leigb, mus: be supported BY the
butt, as the tree stands 1t seems 10 te
perfectly sound aud vigorous. There are
The lIusbani aud Wife" s,Gaiiag near
together, and Additionally inclined t.
wards each utLeG-"The O.d Maid, stiff
ani prim, with cap-lIks mass Of foliage
near the t5P-"Gen. Scoit'-"Gen. Jack
sol''-"TheEug.re Sta;e'-"Nctmoat,'
IL, s., all very remarkable.
"The Family Group consisted Of the
Father, Mother, aui i,wcnty-iouy CLii!rca; ];
tu; the Father WAS blown down many
years ago. The fallen trunk Is lI0 feet
in circumference, and the wLo.e ,:ee ug-.
have teen fur Lu.ireian} .y.fty fefhJt.
There are 30 feet Of tie length r.u.-.--
ing, aud At thc pin, where the to3y vas
broken i, is A. feet il ciIcumiereLcc, L
i hollow, and nigh; furnish I1om atI.-
rcLt.y % quarter a regiment. Visitors
make their egTeSs through hole IN the
SIDE except ladies' with hoops and as
they emcrge they furnish lulicGous l.
iustrAii-u c. the way people sometimes
''cseeP Ou, ot kng,-AJ.e," orIec-le iTom
false .i;.yu. Hat Tie PROSTATE trunk
Is embodied III the earth, aui there i, 4
never filling pol II water standing 10 it
E; ole PJiI,, iei By living spring The
Mother 10 the group Is stately dame,
80 feet in circuuItereucs sLi 3-l fee: 10
height. The Children are all Of age, be-
You'd question, all large slouga 10 SPEAK
fyr themselves.
The mast melancholy object in tic
grove is the dead trunk Of Luge tree,
still s,audiug, frou which the bark Was
striped, few years ago, By speculatcrs.
to be carried to the Atlantic States and
Europe, for exhibition tu. it was To-
sing venture, as nobody would believe il.
to be from single tree. The whole was
pronounced a "hunbug," OF "Yaukee
,rick,' and large portion Of tie heavy
expense Incurred was dead loss. Sta
gipgs were erected around the trunk,
which still stand, and the bark was re-
moved in sections to the beish. Of l-0
feet The bark WAS nesr.y two fee: thick
in places Its circumference being 90
feet, and 32I feet in height, this was the
mother Of the forest, but, alas she j:
dead.
l will only speak Of oue more, "The
Horseback Ride" Thi. is the fallen
trunk Of an old tree, which is hollow, bu,
with a perfectly sound she'll. Through
this, rode on horseback, distance Of { )
feet, without difficulty, and saw others Do
the same The horse was of ordinary
height, belonging to g visitor. This give.
perhaps the most impressive idea Of the
vast size of these enormou. natural won.
der. c. 5. Is.
LLwIsBURG, Pa, May, 1861.