Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-19

Greek. The institution is in it's second |
year only, and numbers 100 students, and
deserves success.
Whilst in Central Kentucky your cor
respondent visited Mammoth Cave. But
as cave is home institution in Augusta
l Will not bore your readers with descrip-
ton. Imagine Weyerss cave nlagnifed
about ten times, with a large and deep
river running through it. and you will
have very good idea of Mammoth Cave,
the world wonder of Kentucky. However,
there is an incident connected with nv
visit there, which [ can never recur to
without painful reflections. We were
shown
PETRIFIED GIRL,
which had been discovered a few months
ago in an unexplored recess of the Grand
avenue, three miles, believe from the en-
trance to the cave. Every vestige of
Clothing has long since disappeared, but
the form remains almost perfect, though
it will crum3le if roughly handled. One
foot and one hand are gone, but the eye
lashes are distinctly seen pressed by their
stoDey lids, while the feet are drawn up,
and the body bent forward with the chin
resting on the hand in an
ATTITUDE OF PAIN AND EXHAUSTION.
The girl, for she does not appear to have
been over Is years old, must have struggled
from some exploring party and been
strangely lost, or have wandered heedleSSly
into the place. or been taken there by some
human fiend and left to perish. But con-
lecture is idle. No one now knows who it
is, how or when she was consigned to her
Lying grave. However or whatsoever she
came there she must have wandered. poor
thing! shrieking and wailing through
those interminable caverns; fleeing from
the sound of the black, rushing river;
startled at the echoes of her own voice;
shrinking and crouching in terror when
the loathsome bat would brush across her
face; grouping and stumbling through the
damp darkness of a never ending night, till
despairing, famished, bruised, and stricken
with mortal terror, the poor creature
LAID DOWN ON THE ROCKS AND DIED,
and as years, perhaps centuries, rolled by
was transformed into stone.
Leaving Mammoth Cave we sped along
that great Louisville and Nashville Road
at a fearful rate. This is called the fast
road of the West" Impressed with what
[ had heard of their fast time, l took my
seat with some uneasiness, and after we
got fairly under way commenced count
ing the fence stakes. [ was surprised to
find got along so well at that, and when
the conductor came along; 3ked him if this
was his best speed. "Yes-about," said
lie. sWhy, [ can count the fence stakes
out there, said I. 'sAren' you mistaken? =
says tile captain. "No look: one, two,
three-but what is that marked on the
stakes?" The conductor kindly explained
that those were the mile posts was count
ing, and | agreed he was Our corresdon-
| dent evidently knows the story of Anna
nias.-ED. VIM
MAKING GOOD TINE.
Louisville is the prettiest city of the
West. 1t ought to be called the City of
| Homes. For miles upon miles of their
| beautiful streets, you see only handsome
| private residences, every one having pref
| trees are every where. AS a consequence,
| tho drainage is difficult, it is one Of the
| prettiest towns out here.
| made another short visit to Cincinnati
since wrote you spent Sabbath. Went
| to the theater to hear Rev. Henry D.
| Moore, the sensation preacher. The house
was crowded from pit to gallery with a
devout, we'll behaved congregation. AS
| the preacher walked upon the stage, a
| band of 20 clarionetts, violins and flutes
struck up
A BEAUTIFUL OPERATE AIR.
opened my eyes and "thinl1s to myself, -
| joined in singing Nearer my God to thee''
and did it we'll. A rather remarkable pray
Ell followed. Among the noticeable petit
tions was one ''for the dead, those who
wished they were dead, and those who
wished they had never been born" ellis
loving kindness" was then sung and the
preacher launched out upon broad and
dangerous sea of discussion, which [ fear
will wreck the hopes of many who under
take to follow him. He preached morali-
ty and ioerality, making charity and lib
erality saving grace, sometimes visibly
touching the hearts of his audience, but
very frequently exciting audible
LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE.
My attention. however. as well as that
of some young ladies near me was much
distracted by the presence upon the stage
Of two unusual pulpit appendages, being
nothing less than two pretty, half-made,
female statues, life size, which were
placed few steps in rear of the preacher.
The design of statuary was good, but the
design of the preacher in bringing them into
his pulpit, could not penetrate nor could
the young ladies near me. [ could talk to
you all night, but with these few lines,
/ ours truly, BOTETOURT.