Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

angle OF about As degrees and We saw the
very stretch OF canal over which tho .sfist''
Of the party was floating two years ago,
when TO the interrogaiive TO lady sitting
close by, as to guess as to the height Of
that point of mountain, she said about
one hundred and fifty feet" A gentleman.
who has since been in Colorado and en-
joyed walk in the ssGarden of the ods-
in that cline, and pronounced it about as
appropriate as if Macedonia were denomi-
mated the Resort OF Angels, heard the
guess. and said be would volunteer guess
also, which be did, and it was one thou
sand feet. Better guessing is on record
than that. The lady's was the better By
large odds, but they can never know the
beauty of the scenery from the point, of
the height at which they guessed until they
have stood on it and looked down. To be
candid, il Is true, the Doctor and the writer
cannot give the height to the very foot.
having had no Instruments for measuring,
but we both guessed 400 feet +; there was
an agreement on that number If major
i;y settles question, it is settled. Two
against one is majority, and two against
two divided is majority. So We hold
clear majority against the $50 feet and the
lco1 feet gnesses. That is the kind of
majority the Doctor would prefer to have
polled for him as County Treasurer. How
ever, if he will permit, we wili guess, and
if our guess win prove itself inaccurate it
cannot be helped, that after the polls have
been closed on the evening of election day
the Treasurer's nane viii be Stambaugh.
We looked down to the clump of pines
that fringe the entrance to the " Resort of
Angeis"-what merry scenes have there
been enacted in days gone by. Looking
little farther north, the old tumbls-down
saw-niill stands clearly outlined against the
opposite wood. IL was once the centre of
busy life for Macedonia, and its clang ana
shuttle was bread TO more than one family
in the gap.
The gorge has no inhabitaDt now. Alice,
the fortune-teling woman, is no more. Rig
by is not there. The Doctor tried to locate
the site of their habitation from our posi-
ton, but failed. As We gazcd down into
the deep quiet place the thoughts OF dread
full intrigue that woman played there, and
the tragical issue that followed it. ca me up
unpicasantly and suggested line from
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critical mood:
''Ohi the uilcs and guiles that women lead,
Dissembled with an outward show.o
But before they could be further ex-
pressed the Doctor joined in with hearty
voice, "Herc, here are lots of chestnuts
under our very noses and we do not see
them," and he was gathering them, and
muttoring something that ran like this:
ssEve, by eating, led poor Adam
Out OF Eden and astray."
Perhaps he did not say that; it may have
been the retreating thoughts of our mind,
eDgenderet by reflection on the tragedy
enacted years ago in the gorge below.
e Our eyes had feasted on the scenery until
they were satisfied, and the chestnuts had
no attraction at that hour Of the day, and
our minds naturally recurred to tine pud-
ding stones or pieces of congiomerate rocS
none had been seen since We len the foot
hills, or first terrace of the mountain, and
that confirmed the opinion that what had
been met below, must all have been washed
ou' of the gap, and have come out Of
formation back OF he first range. There
are 10 more traces of the eonglOmerate on
tie top Of the first mountain than there are
traces of California geld.
After traversing the top OF the first range
westward a half mile we turned north, di-
rectIy for the :. middle RIDGE" which was
reached at O'Clock, and there, sure enough,
in great profusion were the rocks we had
climbed to see; but with the short time at
our disposal it was impossible to determine
the rocks ssdip" We hoped to ind it reg
ularly stratiiied somewhere ON our way
down the gap, but rain came on and night
followed SO rapidly that when We reached the
deep cuts il WAS 50 dark that We could not
distinguish a conglomerdte from common
mountain sand stone. Is it possible that a
narrow strip of the coal formation there
escaped the destruction that swept over this
country Who is the Geologist for this
county under the new survey that is now
makingi
On our way down re came by newly
built bear-trsp, close by stream and gum
tree. We guessed it TO be Tyson's, the
greatest bear hunter in central Pennsyl-
rania.
The pudding stone or conglomerate is in
Shade mountain stratifed. The dip of it
we purpose learning on some other occa-
sion. The Doctor is skeptical as to the be-
lief in the finding of stone coal in connection
with the congiomerate there.
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