Daily Republican., 1882-08-22
eRFATYEAR FOR SNAKES.
~,vwINE HUNDRED HARD
TO BEAT IN THE
SNAKE LINE. ..|
...nordauce of tho RHPuBLIoAN.

D...,., Correspondence of the RnrunIIoAT'
PpTv p~Ocr1,AND, Del, Aug. 21.-Messrs.
.S.a Having seen great number
EaiVTlS1 EaIn1os in the public newspapers re-
pt stu0i,T' T., reference to some very large
penny, uhich have been interviewe'i
enaEeS axe this summer by many thorough
pullHSI lrloISIable correspondents, l thought
rent lt he of interest to many or your
mignVt 70 AZ state that there is no dou
feaaefsh shose W monstrous reptiles still ex.
Dou. I'M IN this section of the United
snng ~ ~ we'll as in the jungles of
WA s-ics, Along the Brandywine creek :
= m"ns toRer up In their primer
IpCkS g. in which they were thro wn
anLou nSan The great deluge that majesti-
Y NV MRVn Rsnatsd Noah's Ark, washed away
Ally nV% U,b from those majestic boulders,
gSt ,aft tbeir SUBMITS loftily towering
poyS u tVf the surrounding strata OF clay
w ssnd. In many of those massive
rG 0" there are great crevices and
CAs, asro formed by the rending asun-
v'tI ~ those massive monuments OF the
.,ion " On the memorable day on
sstt WI tSa CrucifxioD of Christ took
,tUI nOs oU v the rugged brow of Mount
EIVary, which is fully authenticated
% tSa Eyaugelists, who in their sa-
.S Wv wrjtip gs declare, "the rocks were
~ ~ "snnder, and darkness yelled the
nS .ho aarth." while the Son of
y y ~ was v suspended upon the Cross for
- " rSsSemption of fallen humanity.
tbs most skeptical man who will
" a stroll up the Brandywine, and
himself behold the great rents in
Ina massive granite boulders, ana
Y down into the chasm formed by the
tsrnption and upheaval, that have
NJ centuries ago taken place, there
M be a powerful, though mighty
sant all emf evidence, Of the truths of
great bible utterance, that at the
oi6xion "those gigantic rocks, rock.
n and fro as weaver's shuttle, and
"a rent in twain from top to bottom +,
nncb as TO the formation OF those
pbty crevices and caverns in the
'.sSntic rocks that form the picturesque
ksleidoScopic grandeur OF the lofty
Dmits at whose base gently meanders
historic Brandywine river, upon
IA oae banks one of the most bloody
lles of the American revolution was
Eht in defence of Constitutional
hercan liberty. About four miles
Ne the city of Wilmington, Is the
wing village Of Rockland, now the
Of the extensive papermanutactory
IeSsup & Moore. This property up to
time Of the purchase by the elder
JeSSup, had TOR long time been
property Of the Young family, and
ct that time fourishing manu-
bry Of cotton goods. The great
Of 1889 almost entirely destroyed
great works (for years) the Youngs
built at Rockland, and the firm
er recovered financially, from the
n disaster of this food.
b to this time, there was large ex-
z Of property owned by this firm,
Nn as 'Young's Forrest, extending
& the East side Of the Brandywine
Eht mile above RoCkland, up to
the celebrated Kennedy Rock, In
Dluded spot, then owned by Betsey
nedy, where, to this day, stands a
lsive rock, from the face Of which
ltB pure ard crystal stream Of
b and up some twenty feet above
base. From the almost perpendic-
side Of this great granite rock, for
ral months of the year, a stream of
b gushes forth with a sound to be
many yards distant, as it falls
the perpendicular sides of the
and mingles with the constant
Am that flows out from its base.
to the time when the Messrs.
ng suspended at Rockland, there
20 public road upon the Brandy
q (Sbove Rockland, and the only
to approach "Kennedy's Rock"
BY meandering windinRs through
lOreSt to this secluded spot, which
in that day, was visited by thous-
Of strangers who had gone thither
= the water gushing out Of a crew
p this mighty rock some twenty
above its eastern base. The forest
twas then called) extended up the
ioad from Kinks Ford (now Rock
to the Eagle Tavern, on the Uon.
Turnpike road, at what is DOW
mas for 30 years past been
, Fn as Talleyville.
, egeater portion of this tract was
ed with massive forest trees,
he timber had evidently never been
|. Doy The ruthless hand Of the axe
"A nnce the creation of this might Y
n another portion of the Forest
Il ng The Brandywine creek except
70 CSSlOnal plateau on the margin o
n resm, Of a few yards in length
4. reaath, enormous cliffs lowered
Al majestic grandeur to the clouds.
ow Cilns are composed of massive
M us OF granite, piled up and up by
Id . Aand, with enormous chasms,
al, lveras therein, evidently formed
AN Oanlc eruption in the early ages
d worlds history. From time i'm.
RAJ 1t has been stated, that
rsts oussnakes 10 habited the crevices
nd AVerns formed in those mighty
,n nils. At the base of one Of
sIN UlluS on small plateau, for q
ut past mas stood an old log house
nlA any years the abode of an old
named Sivel, after the death Of
"a Ola people, their daughter with
Hd Known as Chris. (Christopher
snt ~ thiS lonely and secluded spot,
90 t0is tGiisalng was scarcely ever seen by
s'lue world, except by some lone
vla Sa' who with his rod aud line
d ii 'Tu along the margin of tho
III quest Of the fnny tribe,
was an eccentric character, and
VOgne S. entirely familiar with
onS ,S anI plant that grew in the
spuS "uu ~. ne had remedy in one OF
iVd a. VI them, for every i'll that
m y the human family.
is y oa aSu over and over again clim-
SDus ,S-i milshty rocks, and peeped in
NJ VI iegVlces and caverns tasre. and
tsrnS ~ hungry fisherman has stood
pN1S ~ appalled, at Chris, when be
ilpiR tSe,lpt tSs. to desctibe the great
b Sps 'tSS tSo he had seen ba4k ng ia tht
lat z Iot.S o sops Of the cliffs, or lyine
reac 'Ors' OrsOn OF a cavern, or prutruding
,at H. ous bodies thirty or 40 feei
Pbp - S,ssia great crevices between the
,ltbSi rs,t Vnrls would tell the story
be y mnoh @ hoarnestness, aud declare
iUE M s Vehemence the truthful
old 2 'I' 10 story, that you could moi
betSs MAJ ~ convinced, that mighty
scb uiou dSue their dens in those cavernt