The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-03-12
yIslt 70 the ThOmpsOn 70. cave.

A correspondent OF tho Bellevue 0assfs. thus
describes a visa TO tho almost unknown and un.
explored cave in Thompson Tp, In this county
Ep. QaErrrr; II WIS nv good fortune, q few
days since, TO be awalsened before breakfast, by
a FREUD, who came with an invite to visit tho
almost unknown cave, near the line Of tho old
railroad, a hiif mile from Flalrvck.
Aftor sundry and divers preparat,ons and per.
spirations we dnally startsd, srnied aud equipped
With lantern, differ ent pieces Of broken eandies
in our coat tall pockets, aud opll Of twibe, be-
sides half doaen matches, aud q small grad.
stone 20 sharpen our teeth and t't'hnger nails 70
Arriving, We found tho n,oaih OF the cave to be
funnel shaped, gradually narrowing until It euds
in q small hole Just enough TO admit y person Of
ANAL circumference half the slfe of good
Iuc g ster. 80
We nov lighted the candles, (remoting them
from our pockets hrst, Of coursel which made tho
darkness quite percoptible. II scemed as though
we could grasp u by handfulls. Proceeding
slowly along, unwinding our ball OF twine M the
same time, dfty feet from the mouth OF the cave
we came TO the sulphur springs, the water OF
which, as the name indicates Ia strongly impreg'
mated. One can smell u something less than o
m lgdistant. snd the Yulphur hapgs on the rocks
above the springi large Quantities. Going down
still further We dropped the ball Of twine and II
rolled into q creviee, We had = delightful ram.
bic after al the risk OF 6feaSing our neeks, 6y
blundered ava stumbled to the bottom, wAero
We fouud NJ row Stream, about ave fees. wlAs.
almost expseied " zee ChAron eppcsr hut be
was profably Saay At souie other braneR % De
Styx, II IS impossible TO measure tho depth Of
tho stream, ~ the bottom 10 only slanting com
Unuation of the cave. My companion ran a long
pole aome hnoeu feet into the water without
touching bottom, The water Is clear as crystal.
The bottom Of the cave II q large chBmbcr, hny
feet long, twenty wide, and ten high. In some
PLACES great rocks overhung the path, apparent.
ly lust roady 10 fail. Ia one spot saw rock
like young mountain shaped like an arch, and
only held in It's place by small stone, which II
scented breath would remove, A one point
wnere a large Cat rock Ind falien in the water,
forming an island, my companion made his way,
and | followed closely. We wrote our names
with a piecs Of chalk on the other side OF the
stream, among number Of others 20 fortune and
hime unknown As was wearied, we sat down
aud howled several patriotic songs. The words
echoed aud re-echoed through the chambers, as
The cave is two hundred and twenty.o feet
from the top to tho bottom, 10 n slanting drcc-
ton, and about n hundred and my In A perpen.
diculhr one. A cup Left at the spring was found
completely encasc1 with sulphur, Going down
IL like walking down tho side OF steep hill GOV.
cred with sharp stones. ~
Crawling out Of the hole on my return was by
no meauF al easy matter. IL seemed Rt one pc.
riod a. though shonld need the services OF our
worthy undertaken, but rs my will was not made,
and have no prpperty,l concluded 10 live alitue
longer. -
This stream Of underground water is supposed
to come out at Cole Creek, TOR the purpose OF
turning paper mill situated there, IL was very
charming to DO on term hrma once more, and ~
We heatd ttir convent bells chiming in the dis.
tnncc, we returned homo with ponste Joy to
dinner. soutsdLts.