The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-01-30
o ultetin.
coNNEcrrcur's BIG ROCK
what 10 AmrmSd 10 be thr Largest
NoUlter la the WOrlO fa

NORWICH, ionn., i'm. IS --James Gate
: Percivai f. misinl geoia4ipai survey o
Conneesicst, nofd a arge boider, d'teel
! feet qu re, on the line Uf Lnchfsld an
. ts'hsn, .and another M !ch larger on bi!l
: riose north OF Ga,beq. Thsse huge stems
: IN The western part Of the state contsinst
much Limestone. and the hrd settlers or ct
I'd .irse kIln- for tnr.iGg It into lime. DR.
PerciVal also discovered deep grooves ID
! the rocky tides and proirutn. lodges o.
/, Lntpenta'ion mountain and tLe Usngrs
iiill OF Ale iden ihs BE- inferred were made
by the Usage Of mighty boulders az tht }
were borro OF ward by the .resi,,less pow
or OF the Glluisal current. Other detached
rocss o. giant fize bay. been found in yari,
on. portions o. the ststc, blti. Has not IN.
III recently that tho attention Ct scientific
men was ca'eh to the king ofthcm all the
largest single boa der in the world. Tbis
colossal stone, which has been an oil ject Of
local 10 erest AMI curiosity since the II st
settlement OF the country, Is known A.
"sbehcgan X Oh" 1t Hes on the very
crest OF the eastern s'ope OF > rounded
Knoll In the eastern part Of The town OF
Montvile,- in New. London country, ard
10 srks:Ihe. point..t which place tho Ma, :
mono hills Lresk aw y on the rouh into
smco,h valleys Of swelling foothills and de-
,asbed spurs.
TO this great boulder geooel,t ard an.
other scientinc man came short me Ego,
and after making estimates Of It, dimen.
slons ard snaly seS Of i,s competition, went
away declaring II 10 be the lsIgesi single
rock. on scientific record. No general de.
ripiion Of the sons, however, has thus
lar been made: pub tc, Thoughts report On
II 10 now In the bsnds OF o professor In
Yale College. The peculiar Indian nauS
suehegap, given to the rock, was tina. Of
warrior OF the Mohegar Tribe, who ives
found by the iirst white settlers Of eastern
Connecticut, LtfGngwel, Lathrope, and
their followers, living under the shelter OF
Its eastern side.
Early one frosty winter morning visited
the boulder. Branching from the Norwich
anu Ne" Lon"oo 'H'hp'ss' ate" nih
soutb Of tho former city, the lonely Mont
wife road winds obligusly to tho south
west, through tengled ihicbeis, for ne aIly
mne' 10 LEO s"u'ii'' Oh Ss"'ih'g nio.
Then II makes sp abrupt decent ito mar.
row sslley. Through the centre Of tbc
tH'Oo''hl nioun'''h '"shih ohhs>
''N'nne' ''c' "s w" % pioheh 'ees''
foluNmS ire course o' ths 'ori GU iof
hss'IS rliip, ,brocyb opsb nfhdoTs end
fa''oss VI eeeh'! "co''ahV'' we ",oo'ps
ei-f't Town paw suooshis emefSesE'oan
opeh' alh'osS ,c'ca'oi FAsy' 10 the eenber
" ~n'en IL III o!d'Ifn'ohco' "hIt-palni'
nron,ie,,r. weather tronysd and g,,,rlr
bearded, stapdg lsrehesde3 Is the .sncW
winter SUNSHINE and tLarss e,lriously at the
str.rs.rs. To the toutbVe,t The y,si,stir
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tho srmm;. Mr u R,her. the own, Of
tho farm in Tho yal v b..p,,t lsr,e stone
se,,,s con .,r,s,ed -, loose 4, bsthat have
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