The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-11-20
Echoes.

IN tne vicinity OF farls thero exists an
ocho which not only repeats the same word
six times in rapid succession, but has the
trick of changing tho letter S to V, which
has given rise to q very pleasant Joke
Call out Statan The echo instaulv ro.
plies, Vatcn (Get thee hence y Tho ro.
ply undoubtedly proceeds from tho ehos,
o. somo old sinner, who, compelled to do
eternal ponance in that spot, is moved to
this adjuration every timo ho hears the
name of bis tormentor.
A saucy echo haunts the Rhine cliffs at
Oberwosel. Ask him who is the buroo.
master Of Obervesel, and you got for an
answer, Ese Esel is tho German for ass
and the burgo-master is highly sensible of
tho implied insult. More than once ho has
ordered the echo to bold its tongue; but the
saucy mocker is not liable to imprisonment.
and laughs at the attempted application of
the gag law.
Echoes leve to hauot caverns and grottos
There is large cavern in Finland, in which
tho cries of an animal thrown into 1t in.
increases in volume and multiply to such q
fearful extent that men of the strongest
nerves have turned pale to hear them. Th,
peasantry believe the cavern to DO one oil
tho principal gateways to u place not men
tionablo to 'ears polite" Other grottos arc
the residences of good and happy ochoes
that live in harmony with the great spirit OF
nature. One of these is the celebrated cave
OF Fingal. The vast proportions and beau
titul details OF tho cavern charm the dc.
Lighted eye, while tho ear is enraptured by
sweet strains of enchanted music which con-
tlnually fill the air. The crystal sounds of
nrmberless waterfalls the breathngs of tho
winds, mngling with tho cadence of the
mu'titudinous waves striking against tho
sonorous columns of basalt, make strange
and ravishing harmony.
The interest of the following story of an
'ndiscreet echo verges on the trugic 1t is
said to havo occurred in tho cathedral OF
Girgenti, in Sicily. Thoro is one point il
tho cathedral where tho slightest whispe,
uttered IN certain confessional, two hun
dred and fifty feet distant, could be heard
as distinctly as If It had boon spoken aloud
close to tho listonor's ear. Ono morning a
handsome young lady, elegantly attirod, on.
tered tho fatal confessional. At the same
instant gentleman entered thu cathedral,
and by chance took his station on the very
spot which stood in connection with the
confessional. lie was the lady's husband |!
She began with the common. places of con
fesson. She was too fond of balls, theatres.
dress was unchar,tablo towards tho fail.
ings of her female friends, etc. Tho hus.
band smiled, but, over curious, continued
to listen. The fair penitent had something
more serious on her mind. She confessed
it between two delicate sghs The hus-
band trembled, and mechanically put his
hand on his forehead. Leaving the cathe.
dral, he waited for his wife at the door, so.
luting her when she appeared with a vio.
lent blow. The incident caused a deal of
scandal in Girgonti, and tho unlucky con-
fessional was moved to a place where there
was less danger of creating domestic dis
cord
There is well known echo In the Ba
varan Highlands that is very wonderful.
Standing by little lake with woods on one
sido and cliffs 5000 feet high on tho other.
tho report of a pocket. pistol is first returned
faint and low from tho wooded side and dies
away. In second more it is heard gath
ering along the cliffs on the othor side. like
gradual roll of thunder, increasing in vol
ume until it breaks over your head in a
doafenDg crash louder than tho broadside
of a shp-of the line.