West-Jersey pioneer., 1879-06-26
For the w. j. PIONEER.
DELAWARE WATER GAP.

In COMPANY with a fellow townsman, a
wide awake. good natured, genial compan-
ion, we started, few days since, for the
Delaw are Water Gap, Niagara Falls and
Watkins Glen. Reaching Philadelphia, a
pleasant ride of ninety-five miles over the
Belvidere Division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, brought us to the beautiful town
of Belvidere, the county seat of Warren.
This usually quiet place has been recently
greatly stirred and agitated by the arrest,
trial, conviction and sentence to a term OF
service in the State Prison, of number of
county officials, for conspiracy to defraud
the County, Most Of these men had been
number of years in office, had the conf
dence of the people, and were supposed to
be above suspicion.
Al the depot. we were greeteo Dy nev. ".
.. vancieve, VINO sooh conuucCeu US TO the
NJ. y. parsonage, where, reinforced py ms
estimaoie wne, we pareook OF pouhtiiuI
TepasI, III "aiting ior US. Mf anu MIS-.
Vancieve' as IN brldgeton, nave strong
noiu pon tne aHec.ions oi 'le people whom
they now serve' ana II they shoulo suddenly
appear ~ tnis cicy, many ooo,s Wouiu open
W lcceIvo .nen, anu many n"nuS 10 ex-
oenueo 70 welcome 'nein. GU.
Aitor leaonins anunn" oiunA, 'he
scenery M aong ens l,sei geoano poe, oaallnlhg
~ 10 :.i' sataISa me h,,as.oaas sau, uo.'
sou Will ~. oa.' Vao.oi
lar away un.l aos. ~ .no so'uoi ''u'eu '''is's
VI Sno u.sya"V ~ ~. H. h";a., h., ,,,;oh
anu ~ tha pa9s,,;,,,a y s;de GU af .'alli sh
100 go @S " .. w ct IT., % ~ ~ sno
49,, ,,ar, 81
na.aln, "o.o 81 oaso' ~ oenoiu.
';,ns 20 1uS fu"na tha a. Nov tba s.n1 sensn e,sm.
.nnoa n.n.'. ~ w IT. h;un sn 80 soonoiy
cS "s ota;rs ~ p.aaant,s, az ~ - ans, e,'s
..nso,,as s,,ado,,l,, hnr,,o into tha IL a. nn
Waa. 49,; ,h;oh tn,rars ,,s;ast;oon.. aam y.
a;,h. b,ndrad eoat aho,a tha r;ve,. ana e..
.as., h.nd.od faat ohova ia s,,a+a. ." ~,
49, 49, .;nh+ nc COO frst the rnda Harl, 81
NJ. U1 -, W4o;x 80 I' - ~ .,a r,raaaos -
"a" ~ No.. Tor,,,,an,, Rat,voen thaso
~;a.,+. Iii .ha ,tIa ',.,,,o,.s of tha H.
su s,n,r,, ,r,n5;ne, tbronnb ~ nstar;o,'.
cnt Lose than o,5sand feet wide for tha
5;st.,,c IF q milo This ;s wondsrf,'I i
cot a faw n,;nntes ofI Glow trovel ovar =
rn.d as sscroolred as . ram,s horn ), and Won
oh tho K;ttat;nnv House wbere va, arc
Kindly graated hy tbe nrhane nronr;etors
and served viii, GOOD meal From tb :
hroad n;azza lookino Sontb. the Northern
and IF this rem.rkahle Can lies At our faat
for we are now more than two hundred feet
ahovo Tho r;uar As Won loolr on tho hear.
tif1,1 or m winding thrOUUh the INV
shoaaI .. +ha caat Of tho r,.;ast;c n,ond
o,.o..,,ed roonnto;ns vour mind wanderS
U bacr into ~ the great unknown mast and
wonders ~ how those nonntains. once evident.
,v ~ ',n;ted were ecu cnt in twain bv the river -
i,;d the strean, vorl.;no throyoh long oao.
ior;oa1 ,,or;oJs ar,,,,ai,1y ,vaar a,yay tbo
stsata ,yb;nb t oncs f;lIad tb;s n,;gbtv ch.smS
a., Ma - h,,,ro,, tic NV here.tb than mn.
I'll the their foundat;ons m 3estroyed tbey fell
Win = ea.rfni crasb9 ~ was tbe ,nonnta in
cut IN two hv = snhl;ma convnIsion which
shooI +ls oont;nent dn,ir, the Tra. a dante
aaeso - sRrood;no r. over these onestions one
iosas b;mself in tho fog of nnsat;sfactorv
snecniat;ons ~ @ Finally In view of the ouai.
;tv of tho rocks which form, tho s;das of the
cSasm and of the evidences written in GEO.
loo;cal charactsrs IN the faca Of the soiI of
the former existence of a vast lake above
the Can. he sagelv concludes. that probably
nature wrought the wonder violently, but