Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-06-03

just DSlOfO tIlee anu US lOIcNcT lOo
to thee, say quickly"
"If 1 am to say quickly, then Bill
ly," said Miss Jemima almost con
vulsed with laughter, 81 say get vi
from there and don't make goose
of yourself, you are moi any moro
going to jump into that pit than
am, you are too big coward foI
that"
"Fare thee well, cruel GIRL" said
the General, "I go to my DEATH
And with that he gave jump and
landed about ten feet below her In
a pile of straw. One little thing the
General hadn't counted upon now
took place; Miss Jemima having q
good deal of nerve and courage cool
ly went to the dark brink and hold
ing her tallow dip over the pit es'
pied the General, safe and sound, In
his straw pile, and instead of shrieks
and Mysteries, as the General had
fOndly hoped for, when he should
return with pretty little story oI
his marvellous escape, the young
lady burst into peals of laughter
which drew the others of the party
to the spot, and all beheld the Gen
erals discontinue.
He got out amid shouts of laugh
ter a sadder and wiser man, ac-
knowledging, that,
The best laid plans
OF mice and men gang aft-aglae.
Near this spot is a rough and rugg-
ed mountain of rock, called Rocky
Mountain. Many huge boulders are
here seen together, while further in
is Il cave about u mile long, named
The DEVILS Den, because it is so
much easier to get in than out.
We come now to the New Rocky
Mountain, the grandest thing in
the cave. 1t is composed of such
large masses of stone that lalies
rarely visit it, and is best shown by
sending a guide to the top Of it with
a large torch. 1t is fifty feet high
above the level of the creek, which
has its source in the base of this
mountain, and is over hundred
feet deep. and very difficult of ac-
cess. The exploring party had to
pull a canoe over the mountain to
get it into the head-waters.
Spray Hall comes next in order,
and is about 20 feet at base, running
10 a double cone at the top. Out of
the top of one of these cones just 40
feet high, is small spray which
falling about % feet strikes a rock,
and is beaten into spray. From
this hall was taken beautiful and
perfect specimen of sea coral, now
i'm possession of the Southwestern
Presbyterian University. There
are many other caverns, all novel
and beautiful, but rarely visited ex-
cept by the enthusiastic lovers of the
curious side of nature, one of these,
the Bottomless Pit, has never been
explored, no one being found with
nerve enough to try it. 1t is of inn
mense depth, between perpendicu-
lar masses of limestone with a
stream at the bottom.
This entire cave, with its numer-
Gus smaller ones, has never been
but it takes twelve hours
10 fully explore 1t, SO says Mr.. Rice.
After we had seen many of its beau
ties and were fully satisfied of its
we came out, and dined
in regular gypsy style, in the mouth
Of the cave. We We're joined in
this by two nice young men, who
at first we took to be struggling
but soon found TO be the
son and nephew of our kind host.
Much laughter was created thereby,
but we made most ample apology
by spreading out our dinner.
All in all we spent a delightful
day, and came home in the after
noon, determined to use all endeav-
Ors to make "Dunbar's of ours"
if possible. Let the people
Of Montgomery go in crowds this
Summer, and make il a fashionable
Summer resort, we need just such
spot in the heated term, and if we
only had cottages or hotels, would,
without doubt. have them well
filed all season. Let us, therefore,
do what we can to make it a hab-
liable place. EVA.