The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-25

primeval man, consisting of mounds canals
and fortified stronSholds, arc cavernous
depths, within which rivers flow from the
mountains to the great DR. ain of the contin-
ent. Fourteen miles southeast of Bowling
Green, n.y., Is Il cavern more extraordinary
and wonderful than Mammoth Cave. Not
Har away, ON stone at the entraee to the
latter, tho wonder OF u &country-bumpkiu is
inscribed m words once quoted in the Sen
ate 1.-THE United States:
The Mammoth cave, what n srot!
In summer colo, and winter hot
Andrew jackson h |! and thunder.
The entrance to tho more mysterious Phi is
on the tIonto II pcIpendtcular height, Ina Sr
almost Inaccessible by vines, brunb! and
and dcnscly growing forest trees. Tran.
mels enter prakes Creek just above the
etraDg" aperture to unknown drpths and
lmpenctIuHc darkness below. This adv.
tun IA t'i feet long aud four feet wide, and
Tue chh". snems to yawH, and it's great
mouth "a hafTthIc 10 coutumplatc
Rud" people in the viciuity call it "II,l'.
Hole "r IL" "Indian's Pit" Froui the
naeasurei'as nhyss there iseuCs ccagel, r as
the lapse t hpnrs and days and yoara. IA
Volum" - INST o. cold, clear, frosty
mornings !! itsrs IN spiral culumus Tar
apoV" u" ireo tops, aud, whitenrd aa it
ascendS ard cleaning in the eunli.ht,
IL hoats away and is lost III the cIouds At
some unknown period in the worlds his-
tory mother earth breathed heavily, and
Il
9ronnd h,. c;,; on ~ "ut''t ""u SnlooVh "s II
of air ard Call,,,. hI i ~ us
nfted up and rubbed by other stone q, cover
Tue hillside and have rolled from the cav
ern'e mouth into the valley below. People
dwelling near by tell that in fall and win
the c.ynrn 90 80, oie"lnlhBs iFoia
bIasts s,rnonio "iuIn warner than sharp
Wnile IN SIMMER the misty vapor from
Wlthin IA cooler than the exterior atmos
E. d.. ".a , '"'noihiess PIT grows wider in
innn;n,o, H'''' an" nothlng llVlnRo or
Not th'' g. ''" '""C nhS 'ht"it" ever f"nnd exit |
great storra ho,,., ka"I, ,,o "'T yer "'"'o "neh
SeDth nf 10 T". ,n Il '"''," 'h'o mo ""iuI
vnHsa; ,'',o "'S'e"S"" LfeFH'. Ii such
aL;. """'"e'S HHu encountered any |
sO1nJ ' '''e ~ ~" entrance I'll"
I,ornn ~, :. '"''t ""N' ""'H eHlrlJ |
S;r.nn,, go """F'"N 'h"Stfong steady
Tie ,n,,,r.,.i. i.,,. g.. w
- - " ~ '9Si"h hA'h from childhood to
aee' Ihat ia" soild e"ith must he forever
;, ",o "'iirhlh our l"rt As surely and
~ ~tLn"N"pH az 'ho cum and stars aud blue
,.,hau oGuise n"">" our h'aHs' ls rud"ly shaken
tSH.So Snon o',' e'"tos III u" prcs"nce of such
u Str""'" h"lI"whess and emptiness As
Cnls. very much tue same SENSATIONS are
g go oItou wren StAhulhG at the pits mouth
~ "ne "a" '"I'hquaKe SNAKES land and sea
Ma Iha' me" anu women shudder.
oort. Hen, h"' '"hS ago II WAS sought to as
weioht Do, ot,aoLI wy ""e"'' neF1FS
Iso9 ImSigu1 & wa" attached t" " strong cord, the {
onS aoaH NSn' u""h, down, down, trll the line
,,ooaiPtiu hau measured the gc"atrst
pUsslole uepth' ont no sound came back to
tell ' OF r 5ne ond OF unutterable holio"ness DO
~ 0uao;, 4" %tlsht' when Withdraw, was
ohn JnsUa',', nhd oy IN" moisture on its surface
IoDch"d ,,,i, ,',S ~ lls descent nnd "scen. IT {
IT. I,,.,. n"'!''1S w oN' mist ana dar k"esS,
,,con very ""I''Wh"'S OF life nad it's evan e
oIUenC o%nsi w. "suFIS al" ale" illustrated IN
Z ontr,I go '"CI, uncovered every where in
- tn|l nn" irnhess"". Tie river, down y
r. wev ~ ,T ~ "o Mamm"'h Cave II It linda Q
20 why !" ~ ~l"' green he!dS and Fu' shine, le Y
loH"r o 81. le'"6""td above as the stream nc;cd Il
o., 90 us 'i 'rh nSu"S below the rnrth's sur il
"1S' anG Tough tae great cavern has been h
hose " v,, ,"G,H" ia miles nom 1ts entrance, is