Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-09-12
Nafsral CuriOsities in Kentucky

correspondent in the mountains OF Ken.
lucky gives an account of Il natural bridge
! which may rival the famous NatllraF Bridge
OF VirginiI. Iii Carter county, hs' SAYS.
There Is great curiosity called the .Nstu-
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attracted By strange and sublime SCENERY Il
spans q stream called Little Carry. wl,ieb
tails into Little Sandy River This bi i.i.ss. 4
two hundred aud nineteen feet la tie Sb.,i.
one hundred aud liinety-six feet high, twelve
feet wide, and five Fl ct thick in the middle
and thirty feet at the end, being arclled un-
tlerneaih and level on top One hun
dred feet below it there is cascade Will, n
fall Of seventy-liye feet, and-two miles dis
tant there Is another cascade with fall OF
two hundred feet. The sides of the rayine
are so rugged that, were it not for Il Eatural
stairway. person OH the top Of the bridge
wishing to gets.lntler 1t wonid have to walk
two miles. 1t is interesting to compare the
dimensions OF this bridge to those of The eel
ebratcd Natural Brilge Of Virginia, which is
ninety FEET in The span, eighty feet wide, fifty
feet thick and two hundred and twenty feet
high.
''fhe bridge is not the only natural won
der OF the neighboslood In its vicinity are
two streams known as Big Stinky and Little
Stlnky which emerge from tile ground good
sized streams, aud after a couise of about
two miles again disappear. There is also an
artesian well which formerly threw up a jet
about four feet high, OF The size of 4 COM
mon barrelI; but,....haying been obstructed
by stones and trunks of trees thrown into it
by persons desirous Of finding out it. depths,
It now only plays to- the height Of one foot
above the level of the pDoi. Some years ago.
In the month of August, the writer encouil-
tered an enormous Elttlesnake crossing tile
road near the bridge. In length he Just
reached acrnss the road and in thickness he
seemed to measure in the middle Of the BODY
about as much as an ordinary churn. tied
ny horse, got some good rocks, and tried |
ny best on him; but my volley only caused |
llm to make the woods ring with lis rattles. I
20, not liking the look Of his eye, mounted
ny horse and made a flank movement, leav-
ng my hero in possession of the field. told
u old citizen what had seen. He said
Signs Of that snake have been found there
Or twenty years. suppose he lived in one
I the large caves around the BRIDGE
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Pars letter records the demolitliion Of a
oted resort, called s.Thc Flying Lol,se,n y the
ast OF It's kind in Paris. Vagabonds of all
orts found an asylum here. Four sous was
be price Of q nights logging in a large room,
straw mattress, large tub in the centre
,r ablutions, and the clrcumambient air to
~ with, but neither chair table nor towel,
ome fragments Of looking-glass were stuck
the walls, but which could not gloss the
uman form divine. The beds were ,i1 rows,
ld fastened to the walls. Tie locataires
ere received from p. m. to IA. M; after
lat one more sous was charged; at 10 a. m.
&c hotel must be cleared. Sixty persons .
ere received i night. i
Boston Is alarmed switsfa suspicion of s.ba-
I farmingo in Charleston. An establish /
ent has been found there from which cons 4
number Of applicants for the
trial OF children. Inquiry on the premises
suited in very little satisfaction, but. says !,
Boston paper: It was pretty well proved !
at many helpless babies were obtained s
,n the Boston hospitals and systematically :,
nrderea. by aggressive on passive policy,
e sx ense being paid u file meantime BIZ T 8
Z parents III
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II II reported That the hostile IssdIans have d
left San Pete, and part OF tho troops are g
turning. b