Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-07-29
A SOUTHERN TOUR.
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oar roate home Was over the Est Ten
nessee. Virginia a Georgia Air Line 10 Ro-
.poke and then on The Shenandoah Valley
r. n. 10 Hagerstown and Baltimore. We
.peu, one nigh, At Natural Bridge, Viz
ginlA. and noted the wonders OF this naio-
raj arch. by faith Ne saw the name which
washington carved upon TIE rocks, AM
noted the place where tradition says
young man scaled the elln, which fact was
made immortal by Is record In oar early
reading books. Natural Bridge lies two
and half miles from the 5. V. X, r. sta
ton. Stages run 10 every train. The
property now belongs 10 Col II. c. Par
sons, who purchased II In 1851. The pro
prletor i Boston man. who has soukht
this retired spot A. a quiet home FOR him
self aud family There i Zoe hotel with
ample accommodation Ani excellent At
tendance. close - The bridge. No fees are
charged a. any polui about this natural
wonder The bridge was known a. early
a. 1859. In l15l 70 was granted % Thomas
jefferson by King George iII % consii-
Grafton OF The sun % Twenty Shill.ugs OF
good ani lawful MONEY" Probably no
other single spot. unless 10 be Niagara,
has drawn 80 many distinguished visitors.
and OF none other has 30 much ben wilt
Ten ~ promlnen, ant world Fam a writer's.
IN little book des fipilvc 10 this place,
W nnf ~rtrsct- from the f'linsing au.
thor Marquis De- ChssicliuN i-sn- So
Thoms- jefferson. 1920 william Car.
uthers. ~ o witnessed Pipsr'. featof climb
Ing the cUf. from Eakirri.rier NfFl-.ae
lsss. Rev Drs. Andres ani james R.ci.
i,l5. Harriet MsrtIntsu l,i, l,frgfiuc
Proux. lsl-. Porte Cnyon iu I'm 70
i.s9. Charles Daley wsroer an noe
golng O. compete wiih chi. array NJ talent.
In describing thc bridge o. l.worth I'ur-
ncy 10 Nlrginin fur thc parp1sr of srrr'i.ng
an boar beneath This msirs'Ic arr1 Col
Parsons VA. k'nl enough % act a. guide
Zoe our party AMI pointed oui - most ai-
vantarrou. positions anl attractive tiess.
Near by q. large cave. from which che
Couf,,icraic. scrhrci uItrc in thc.r cNtrcm-
ltlcs. Aurlng ths rebellion. IN che es,uIng.
the falls ant bril- i-r we're Illuminated with
/ b1uarc. rui torches. mtklug wonderful
.csue CO. Parsons IA. hlIlt lam across
abe STREAM which Cow. toSn q share cd q
ari uoirr me bridge. hy which hr ls co..
Ab'ci to .tnr, quite qasut.iy of wstfr.
when ihs Ium.niilon l. ~ fs h.ishi a
/ gsis d. oprrei auf a i1frraf COMO. rlIf.
log over co. clr aii.og greatly tl thr
wllincss irl eranirur Df the srr1e Col
Parsons provided carriages f'r olr party
ari gave usa drive through h'spark From
ne observatory w. has Coz t'rs of thr
hca1t.fl' surronui.rg country. preceding
a. vafle.i o. .tniscap. a. mas h. 500 fr'n
Par. of Brtaj ilII Ae,ra ql.ri nIgtts
/ ret. w. tlpk ru cary start Or thr rsfrrHs
of Lgray. We ard,cl a. ilriy station 40
noon. ami Immediately passed. through q
beagrfl iavn o. Llrty inu Th.s is ole
of ihe m1.i tasteful ani bonn .Htc hn's'.
imsrIaan'r have never mes 20 lac
ciscwhcr, iilsu.ai clean anl wei krpi
ia cvefy particular A excellent iiunef
was served. Immediately aNef which we
took carriage. for the wpaierfai caseru.,
which Vii yci br A. famous - Nailra.
Bridge These two natural cuf.'s.i.es
tsys o. come. RI. thrir hcsatI-, become
better kn1wn Ample accommodates
can be found AZ both pisces aud a week
may bc proaab'y spent A. each We wer,
euter,A.nei AZ Laray by the proprietor of
the hoisl who al.o keep, a aac hoase Al
/ Roanoke
The ca,eFus a. Lafay were discovered
BY Mr. j. A Campbell. who with one Or
two companions bad parchasei he tract
90 land covering them. from th- Stale.
Through some legal technically. tle sale
Wa declared void. ani the i'sco,crcr 10
The cave. Instead o, bslng nov its Owner.
acts a. guide ani general manager of
Others rholga the caseras we've d.s'
covered .a l,-.. thc.f fame has uow Pei.
cone 80 great that fnccu Thousand pr.
sons visited them iu issl a house has
been bai,i over thc entrance 90 che cavern
% which a 80 OF steps Leads. Electric
llsht. make thc oli.f.sh.ouei candle o..
electors almost needless. bur they mlghI
prove convenient 10 the electric wires
should become disconnected The cave
j. saIi O. rxieui from three O. Eve niles
underground. one chamber Is of sufficient
size % take .n Trinity Church 10 New
York. stcspie ani all The peculiar a..
traction la these caveru. 8. found .u ihe
natural mineral formations called stalac'
t'tcs. which al, formed ~ water pefco.
laiing through m.acrai substances above,
AMI congcai.ng drop ~ drop ant sialag-
mites, which are formed from below up,
BY droppings from The sialact.ies. Thi-
substance Is composed largely OF ilme and
l. hard a. stone some very elegant col
umus ADD masses of this formation assume
peculiar shapes. ami are named, such a.
the fsh market. the vegetable garden. and
the Ike. while prominent columns are
named amer Washlngton aud other distln'
gu.shed pcrs0ns There are numerous
large chambers To- the cave such a, the ball
room. where several marriages have taken
place. Pluto. chasm, etc Nothing less
than a view eau give an idea Of The grand
eur and beauty Of this cave, and ! shall not
weary my patient readers with weik a.
tempt
IRON Laray Ne passed 70 Hsgersiown,
Maryland, where We found the meanesi,
drtiest hotel aud the poorest fare on The
route. Spending one night 10 this nth,
We FASTENED on TO BALTIMORE where We
found the steamer ID. II. Miller waiting Tor
Us. Right glad We were 10 sail back home
under the Captain who had safely brought
Us out 10 the storm. One day was spent
In Norfolk, loading garden truck aud other
freight We brought four thousand crates
OF strawberries from Norfolk to Boston
and sin thousand packages Of other pro