Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-25

hall. Another ball given the same evening
was the Momus, given at the French Opera
House. Momus is supposed to be a cousin
of the king. Both were full dress affairs and
laces and diamonds seemed to be at dis
count
After spending few days here we
started on our homeward trip, with not any
thing of note our return until we We're
on board of the Mary Morgan on our return
to Savannah. While in the Cumberland
about thirty miles north of Fernandina we
collided with the steamer Tom Collier. The
stem OF the Collier was knocked out and a
hole cut in her wheelhouse by the force of
the collision. The Morgan had hole cut in
her port side above the water line, but
not disabled. The fog was very dense at the
time. As soon it was learned that the
Collier was disabled Captain Truett
and transferred the passengers to
his own boat and carried them to Brunswick,
the destination of the Collier, and the latter
was beached. The Morgan's voyage was not
interrupted by the collision aud she made the
run to Savannah in safety
After spending day in Savannah we pur
chased tickets for New York via the Shenan-
doah valley route, taking the Georgia Cen
tral. We stop at a station called Herndon
to visit some friends and relatives and see a
little of planters life and while here through
the kinfsness OF Doctor Jones sons we are
treated to d moonlight fox hunt, a favorite
amusement in the South There were five
of us and eight hounds, which when they
opened on the trail sounded to our inexpe-
rienced ears if there were nearer eight
hundred. We started at eight in the eve
ming and were successful in capturing six
Reynards about three in the morning. We
stayed here three days and our friends made
it very pleasant for US, and let me say right
mere that anyone visiting the South will find
that the hospitality of the southern people is
fully equal to and far exceeds all that has
been said of it. We know whereof
speak.
The next place of interest which we isit
are the Caverns of Luray situated il Virginia
about six hours ride from Roanoke We ar
rived there at five "a. IN. and as there were
not any guides to be found at that hour we
took some refreshments and had very good
nap before we started to view this wonderful
work Of nature. Arriving at the cayerns We
procured guide and proceeded into the
bowels of the earth. The different figures
which l will give you little idea of are
formed by the drifting of water through the
limestone rock and are very correct images
of what they are called We now enter the
mouth of the cavern and descend sixty
feet from the grand entrance. 1t is eighty
feet long and twenty feet high. Here we
find Washington column There cones the
-four garden, the Siamese Twins, the Amphi-
theatre and the National Bridge, fifteen feet
high; the Fish Market which is very correct
inn tation of a fish rack, with the fish already
dressed; next the Crystal Spring and Skele-
ton Gorge, so named because here lie bones
which Prof. Marsh of Yale says are the bones
of an Indian boy Next see the Swiss
Cottage roof, the Imperial Spring, eight feet
deep, and here we see the image of Ben But
Ter with one eye partially closed as natural
as life.
And now looking toward the ceiling we
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dentist, an immense tooth some three feet
in length and size in proportion. A palmet-
to tree next takes our attention, and break
fast bacon which on placing the light III
proper position shows streaks of fat and lean;
the Indian wigwarn, the Druid Monument,
Frozen Fountain, Diana Bath Room, and the
Curriers' shop with sides of leather hanging
as if just left by the workmen,
are all very perfect Next comes
Jumbo, the camel and wet blankets: said
blankets are hanging from the vale together
with very natural ham. There are a great
many columns called by different. names,
but we will not stay to mention all, the hol-
low column, one hundred feet in circum-
ference, being the largest of any, The castles
on the Rhine, Boxing Glove, Leaning Tower
of Pisa, and Angel Wing and Fallen Column
computed by measurement to weigh one
hundred and seventy tons, are great curiosi-
ties, and that everything may be represented
we have here organ and chimes from
which the guides produced some very good
music, and this is also natural stone like the
rest. Here find what represents
-potatoes as if just dug from the hill, IA glove
and giant hall, the bird column with one
bird upon it, bass drum natural. dome at
Washington, the lion at rest, sheets of stone
thirty feet long SO thin you can look through
them. We now at the entrance to the
Ball Room, which Is two hundred and sixty
feet under the ground. the ceiling of which
is sixty feet high. There, the guide informs
us, have been performed no less than four
marriages. We now pass on to see Egyptian
mumlGies and Mahomet's coffin suspended i'll
mitl-air. Cinderella seems TO he Just leaving
The ball room with her dres trailing after
aud the slipper as if she had Just dropped it
off, ladys riding whip, ceme
te1y with head and foot stones,
CYPRUS knees, the birds nest.
with one egs; in it where there had been
three. The other two have been taken away
by someone And here we see Collins grot-
to, named after Herald reporter who wrote
very fine description OF this place and was
afterwards lost in the Greeley expedition.
The diamond which is seen in the solid rock
equals almost the Cleveland gem in its bril-
liancy. And now come to what anyone
would suppose ut first sight to be the winter
quarters of Barnums menagerie, for here you
see apparently twelve large elephants stand
ing in their stalls. These are few of the
wonderful things to be seen III this wonder
ful place.
st six in the evening We take
cars for Hagerstown, where stayed
until : O'Clock the next morning, when we
took the " estern Maryland railroad for Bal
timore, and during this part of our trip we
saw some of the most magnificent scenery it
has ever been our good fortune to witness.
We arrived in Baltimore at lilo ard took
the 1910 for Washington, stopping here just
long enough to visit the public buildings and
call on our worthy President. We took the
lightning express for New York and arrived
home Wednesday, the 11th of March, very
much pleased with our journey. I.