Connecticut western news., 1874-07-31
SelIeck Hill Ahead.-We alluded in a

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 Sugar Hill, which was considered by com
 petent judges as being ahead of anything in
 that line. But Mir. Landon must stand
 back for the present and let Mr. Charles
 Selleck, of Selleck Hill, speak. He showed
 us an egg which weighed five and a half
 end to end. nine inches; short circumfer
 ence seven and half inches. Who will
 exhibit larger one?
 Berkshire Preachers Meeting.-The
 Berkshire preachers meeting met Monday
 and Tuesday of this week at the M. B.
 Church in Burlington. On Monday a gen.
 eral business meeting in the afternoon ;
 preaching in the evening. The sermon was
 delivered by Rev. M. D. Jump of Williams
 town, from Zee. 6: IA. Subject The
 superficial in religion It was full of good
 thoughts, and was listened to with interest. 1
 Tuesday morning Rev. J. H. Lane of Ca
 naan occupied the chair The devotional
 exercises were conducted by Rev. w. w.
 Seaver of Lee, after which the sermon and
 subject was discussed, several of the preach
 CTS taking part.
 At 10 A. M. Rev. w. B. Osgood read an essay on Memory, which was very inter-
 esting. A report was then made by the
 committee appointed at previous meeting
 relating to union meeting of preachers in
 Western Massachusetts, including part of
 the Troy, Rhinebeck and Springfield dis
 tricts The report was received and a com mittee appointed to arrange for time, place and programme of such meeting. The re-
 port of pastors and their Sabbath work , was then taken up. Revs Clymer, ,Seaver,
 Sumner, Gallancy and Osgood reported,
 during which the tin e for adjournment for dinner came.
 In the afternoon the report of pastors was continued until P. M. Revs. Bryant
 Hall. Kay, Hoyt, Heath and Townsend re :, ported. Rev. Townsend being called to the chair, the question Ought women to be li v censed to preach, was discussed. Revs.
 Lane and Wright, affirmative Rcvs. Ford
 and Hoyt, negative. The discussion contin-
 ued until after the hour for adjournment. e In the evening temperance meeting e was held. Address by Rev. w. c. Smith of S Falls Village, who spoke at some length r. and with much interest on the necessary r means for the successful carrying forward t of the temperance reform. Rev. Clymer of a Pittsfeld spoke on Prohibition vs. License it Law. He made some striking comparisons e showing the importance and superiority of y prohibition over all license laws, leaving as o he said some seed thoughts for their consid- :, eration. The meeting was pleasant and s profitable, and during all the services there ,r was good attendance of the people. IT REPORTER. e Cesar's Head, South Carolina C view from Cesar's Head flashes as suddenly O on the eye as lightning through the clouds. 1T Without dreaming of the height, we have g already mounted to over 40OO feet on a 'r good turnpike, to where stand the rock and
 the hotel. But dense woods had yelled ev- n erythlng around, and we ouly heard the dash of the water as the roadside. There :, was no intimation of the beyond. When 0+ C@sar's Head arose in sight we halted and v, came down from the carriage to look over the rock that gives it name. It is 900 ! feet perpendicular. On the side opposite ], the road many feet below, is singular i'm - age of human head, every feature stand ,e ing in bold relief, vividly recalling the eel .s ebrated profile of the White Mountains and =. equally distinct. But the face and the rock 1o vanish from sight and memory as we stand ,o bewildered on the precipice. Is this wa
 ter or land 1? is the question that confuse: |, the brain. We are in the midst of ocean a like grandeur. A long, wide valley lies be TO low, studded with forest trees fresh as May o- of seemingly equal size, over an expanst m like the great sea, away to where rise th' fit magnificent mountains of the Blue Ridge ,v range over range, like girde on the hori ,r zon-either broken into splinters or gather oe ing themselves into masses, the highes od peaks east of the Mississippi.
 9, All at once there darted flashes of light ad ming, chain-lightning, kindling the noun be tain points into flames, while below rail tb fell in torrents. In some spots it was com ,t paratively clear, darker or lighter. as tn nr overcharged clouds relieved themselves il .- showers. On Cesar's Head it was clea to and dry without sunshine. For momen vo only the sun streamed oyer the wild land pr scape and then came the great warning o o, the elements Thin, feecy clouds joine oo to those black as night flew from point t. ,se point with quick forked lightning. Thur ill der rolled, peal upon peal, with startlin lv reverberations like the booming of cannon ,r shaking the earth to it's foundatians. ,i- Csesar's Head is in South Carolina, Green
 vile county, on it's extreme northern bound
 ary. It has long been a celebrated summe - resort for Southerners, and the elevatio ust and grandeur of the scenery, as we'll as tn he curious features in the rock, continue to a m, tract the tourist. The hotel being near tn E. rock, within short walk, enables the invs ,n- lid to enjoy It at pleasure. Here sufferer la from hay fever gain relief vainly sought o the other heights. There are well beaten patt n- 300 feet below to the very base of the rocf ica The seemingly carved head is named fror Dr. Caesar, black man, and is source nd ceaseless conjecture. Is it a Jusus nG turt ise or is it the work of giant race whose hi md tory has been lost through the centuries? as The ascent on the South Carolina sid der from Greenville is quite different frol ose ours. Indeed, there is mystery in sa- which has more than once misled the tra' rec eler It is a noted place called The Wind be- where the road is forced to w1nd nearly for circle on account of the steepness. 7 in gentleman escorting to Cesar's Head lac ,ith whom he was soon to marry, allowed u
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