The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-04-01

The limestone abounds in very in
teresting fossils. The great biVal7a
shell, MegaZ0D5lts CGnadeusis, Is es-
pecially abundant, as are also large
univalve shells, all Of which can be
obtained to good advantage in the
cliffs near Ogle's distiIlery."
Just below this distiIlery, and yet
below the mouth Of Rocky Fork, at
its confluence with main Paint Greek,
is found the site Of the old Rapid
Forge, where the stream has worn its
channel through the same strata Of
limestone, andis known as the Rapids
Of Paint creek. Across the rapids is
thrown a fine wooden bridge Of two
spans Of 200 feet, resting upon a nat
ural abutment-a curiosity IN itself.
The difference IN the levels below
and above, show 19 feet fall, and the
distance hardly 500 yards. At the
center Of the mouth Of the Rocky
Fork is established the easternmost
corner Of Highland county, and q
line from this point a few degrees
west of south continues its eastern
boundary south over the Rapid Forge
mountain. A neat and substantial
iron bridge, constructed by the Can
ton (O.) Wrought Iron Bridge Co.,
spans the stream on the line Of the
Milford & Chillieothe Turnpike, and
around which nestles a cosy little
hamlet, having a copiOus supply Of
names. 'sThe Iron Bridge" F." 'sFhe
Point, "Rocky Fork, "Hope's
Store" "Rapid Forge" " being a few
Of them, besides the name Of the
postoffce, "Paint." A good hotel
adorns the place, offering aocommO-
datiou to the people who visit this at
tractive place Of resort, and all pat
rons Of every order are made to feel
comfortable; We speak whereof we
know.
A few hundred yards above this
we reach, on the left bank Of the
stream, as we ascend, the old distil-
lery, at the mouth Of a branch known
in earlier periods as Saw Mil Run,
now better known as DistiIlery
Branch. This branch has its source
to the eastward contrary to the
general system of natural drainage
in the vicinity, its general course is
from the east to the west, along the
foot Of Rapid Forge mountain, and
as the geological dip is eastward, and
having its source away up in the
Waverly sandstone that crowns the
summit, cuts its way through every
foot Of the whole geological fOrma-
ton of the mountain. Every line Of
junction delivers eopious springs
of water, each differing in character
from the rest, some feestone, some
sulphur, one Of which was the Mi
ami Deer Lick, celebrated in Indian
annals; others from the Huron
shales, with their peculiar salts and
sulphates Of iron and other mineral
peculiar to this formation. Near its
mouth, and on the distiIlery lot, we
have a spring az the line Of junction
Of an imperfect strata Of Oriskamy
sandstone with the Heidelberg and
other limestone, o7erlaid with Cham
plain drift, ali of which formations
are found highly charged with miner
ala spring quite chalybeate IN its
character. As the distillery is not
now in operation it would not be
worth while to stop, and if it was,
might not be safe to do SO, as they
say they made a very excellent arti-
Gle; so we viii satisfy ourselves
with a cooling draught Of this famous
water ahd feel its inyigorating effect
upon the whole glandUlar system,
beginning with the saivary glands.