The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-02
LOUISVILLE. Aprl q.

LOUISVILLE, April %.
Professor Cox AID his party left Wyan-
doJte cave yesterday afternoon for home
and stopped al Leavenworth for supper.
Here we were called upon by Mr. John #
Crecehus, editor OF the Levenworth Demo-
crat who had accompanied us to the cave
the day before, and TO whom we are indebt-
ed for many courtesies. The two scribes of
the party made call of honor on DIR. Hawn.
the tat man OF the pocket, but that eminent
disciple OF Esculapius was not in. twill be
remembered that the Rev. Harding. of the
Herald, once wrote up the cave and immor-
talized the doctor by connecting his name
with Fat Mans Misery. After supper at
Ourbacker's hotel we took the steamer
Morning Star for this CITY. In the
wharf boat Professor Jordan saw a
string OF ish hanging against the
wall, and noticing one with a gothic tail he
pronounced it rdra GUis and forthwith
ADDED IL 10 his collections. On the steamer
1.-THE party divided into twos'' and selected
state rooms for the night The sleeping COM
panlon of the professor of natural history was
Professor Bell, and these men of science
soon retired to room No. 81 with their BAG
gage and collections. Soon after the profess
sor with the ringing name had resigned him.
sell to the arms of Morpheus, he was
awakened by noise made by many sounds
The bats purred, the fox barked, but the fish
lay still and uttered not sound. The voices
OF the bats and of the fox were music 20
their owner and heightened his slumbers
but not so to his brother professor. He
turned on his bed, now on one side and
then on the other, and anon on
his back, seeking rest and sleep.
but the chattering of the 'varmints'
drove the sleepy god away At last ex-
hausted nature succumbed and the troubled
professor fell into semi-unconsciousness
But his rest was troubled and OF short dura-
ton. Nightmare seized hold of him, and
be imagined himself in Noah's ark fighting
bats and throttling foxes. The bats tapped
their skinny arms in his face and, driven to
desperation, he seized the fox by the throat
with one hand, and with the other grasped
convulsively the fish with the gothic tail.
Regaining consciousness he discovered that
instead of being in Noah's ark he was in a
state room OF the steamer Morning Star, and
that the bats he was fighting were singing a
lullaby while their master slept, and the fox
he was strangling was adding his treble
notes TO the song. Disguised with the Or
chestra he left his berth and sought repose
in another place.
Our trip which is nearly ended, has been a
pleasant one. 1t was undertaken for recre-
alton and In the interests of science. and has
not been without good results. Professor
Cox originated and planned it, and planned
1T well. BY the courtesy of the Jefferson
vile, Madison and Indianapolis railroad
company and OF the Louisville, Evansville
and Henderson mail company the party was
furnished with free transportation. and to
the officers of these companies it desires to
tender its acknowledgements. The clerk Of
or the steamer Morning Star, Mr.. Lloyd
Whitlow, was particularly kind and obliging,
and his many courtesies will be long re-
membered by the party.