The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-05-08
Another Kentucky Wonder.

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Another Kentucky Wonder.
A Correspondent of the Taylors-
vile (Ky.) Index gives the follow
ing account of a natural bridge up
in the mountains which in some OF
it's proportions, at least, exceeds in
curious interest the celebrated Vir-
ginian geological conformation OF
the same nature.
InCarter county, KY. there is a
great curiosity called the "Natural
Bridge" which we'll repays a visit
TO those attracted by strange and
sublime scenery. 1t spans a stream
called Little Carry,which falls into
Little Sandy river. This bridge is
219 feet in the span, 1876 feet high,
IL feet wide and B feet thick tn the
middle and 80 feet at the ends, be-
ing arched underneath an d level
on the top. One hundred feet be-
low it there is a cascade with a fall
of 70 feet, and two miles distant
there is another cascade with fall
of 200 feet. From the bottom OF
the ravine a spruce pine has gone
up to the height of four feet above
the bridge, making its entire size
200 feet. The sides of the ravine
are so rugged that. were it not for
a natural stairway, person on the
top of the bridge wishing to get
under it would have to walk two
miles. It is interesting to compare
the dimensions of this bridge with
those of the celebrated Natural
Bridge OF Virginia, which is ninety
feet in the span, eighty feet wide.
fifty feet thick and two hundred
and twenty feet high. The bridge
is not the only natural wonder OF
the neighborhood. In its vicinity
are two streams known as Big Sin
key and Little Sinkey, which
emerge from the ground good-sized
streams, and after a course ofabout
two miles again disappear. There
is also an artesian we'll which for
merly threw up a jet about foul
feet high. of the size of a common
barrel; but, having been obstructed
by stones and trunks of trees
thrown into it by persons DESTROYS
} of finding out it's depths, it now on
~ plays to the height of q foo
above the level Of the pool. Som
years ago, in the month of August
the writer encountered an epor
, nous rattlesnake crossing the roa'
Z near the bridge. In length he jus
Q reached across the road, and il
9 thickness he seemed to measure i
: the middle of the body about a
d much as an ordinary churn. I tie
d my horse, got some good rocks an
j. tried my best on him; but my 70
ley only caused him to make th
woods ring with his rattles. So, ne
!, liking the look of his eye. I noun,
ed my horse and made a flank NOV
ment, leaving my hero in posse
sion of the field. I told an old ci
;, izen what l had seen. He said
y "Signs of that snake have bee
" found there for twenty years."
l. suppose he lived in one of the lar:
& caves around the bridge.
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10 a We ask the attention of o q
ID readers to the following from h
10 Cincinnati Times and Chronicle:
,e There are beginning to be decid
,e symptoms that the heart of Color
g. Forney is not quite right iowa
ID President Grant as a candidate
u denomination. The Press bolts t
:. nomination of Hartnaft for Governt
-. demands a new election of delega,
Ie to the national convention, and
Ii. clares in favor of complete ann
lis ty," deprecating the action of
lis oolored peoples convention at N
L. Orleans, with a constituency of So
tie 600 voters" emphatically disappr
lat ing Of universal amnesty. It is
NJ great importance to the Republic.
'' to carry Pennsylvania in October
y. well as in November, and should {
;ed onel Forney join hands with McCl
lev and Curtin, with prospective Sc
CIV torship as the prize to be won, i
icy easy to predict what will happ
no There is no profit in feigning bli
ord ness to the situation.