The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-13

hnlf dozen boys sitting on It's top. Tho width
of It's swing is not conspicuous. however. and
would not 10 seen across the field. 1t is per-
hnps three inches.
In order to swing at all It has to rcst on
point. OH II bed of solid stone. md. while this
point is rather blunt. it suilices TIC give it top
heavincss without impcrillrc its stability.
Its platform is n smooth cxpanso OF EneiSs:
such ms IS chnracterlstic OF the upper part OF
Manhattan Island and the hills Tor some dis
tance to tho north OF IL, i is annnrGnt to tho
stands on: ,ii9w. then; did it set there? It
Ii is Iart of tn" drift of tho vast glacier that
overwhelmed all of North America above us.
d IGn GnS a tSs oi ts ky
along its route and pairing: down what were
the nohnst mountains on the northern hall OF
mere highlands .. thousand feet or SO. This
glacier. caused by the intense cold OF n long
ssrs 9" Wnr TINT II sG on wees aS 4
Of its foot on the site II the New York City
Hall less than. hundred thousand yenrSS ago.
What kind Of a country it was around here
irving to find out. but it is almost certain that
there were men hero. ana il the supposed dis
glacial drift OF BROOKLYN count for anything
there We're mon mo-, far behind those Of the be-
ginning of the Christian era in Intelligence.
The earth and sand and llers that the leo
stream tore and wore from tn" mountains it
Island is the terminal morainr Of the glacier.
and the coast line. that is denoted in shallow
water for il, few miles out to sea. drops sud
denly into deep water ut tho point where the
ice came to an end.
Tie rocking stone may have como down
dncks or the almost ohliterated Lnurentans.
Il may have been b"dIcd IN tn. frozen mass
tas a"v Il he meae s 90
huge block that was ruhhcd along the rocks in
tn" resistcss march of the, glacier. The leo
1,nt. AL nd lint hAH n II nIn
smoqt tH he snoiss redestat that stand;
BY the elements and overland with vegetable
mould. SO TINT the old scratches Ike those
'o4na near Boston il the Hrit IT, and on tho
have disappeared. 1t is n firm ledge OF Gneiss.
thiny sprink!ed with garnet5. ono OF. two large
ones being imbcddc.d near the rocking stone.
Other evidences OF ice action are found in
Central Park, whore the lodges arc rounded
into sheep backs" Respectable hills may
In E;nrore the carving power OF tho ice has
been illustrated in many ways. One boulder
500 miles TO the northward The gooloEist
Dana mentions q European boulder. but does
sired, house, a stone ,mca,urins 40 by ~
100 feet. bradford. Mass. has ono Of l.25O
tons. These bould-rs crossed hills and noun
ness. and out OF the millions; Of them that have
been scattered over the land it Is perhaps not
surprising that few herr and there should
b" moved without upscttInE. Tho rocking
ston" near Pigeon Cove. Mass. IS ono of the
most dclicateiy adjusted in tho country. The
ono in tho Garden Of the Gods near Manituu.
Col. that looks like top spinning. is not
glacial product. but owes its shape and its
nalanco to the crumblnG away OF sandstone
that forms It's base.
There Is famous counterpart OF the Bronx
curiosity in Tr"recn DinaS. Cornwall. Eng
land. whore it is known as the logan stonc,'
or logging stone" \ British revenue officer
forced it from its base in the early part OF this
century in order to dispruNc local superst-
ton that It could never be moved except 10y
supernatural means. The Lieutenant used
CrUwDars. llo showed that II could DO upset.
to be sure. but tn" people Of tn" surrounding
country wero so angry nhout II that TIL" Lords
OF the Admiralty were constrained to advance
enough money r.. m APPARATUS. hlre men.
and have II set in place AGAIN. IL was be-
licvnd that children coad bc cured of certain
diseases by putting them on tn" logan stone
and rocking them. but after tho stone had
been tipped over tho charm was broken. and
has never been restored. Mason. in the old
tragedy OF "turactncua." refers TO the stone:
Behold Won huge
Ana nnhrwn sphere OF living adanaht,
Wh"n. poised by mage. rests ~ central weight
un yonaer pointed rOch. Firm ns II seems to stand.
II moves, oh.cquInu., to the gsn'i"st tonch
~ him whose breath l. pure buf TO traitor,
Though even giants prowrss nerved his arm.
II stands as liked a. sEOwdJn.
With respect to tho bowldOr In Bronx Park. 1t
does not seem necessary to have certificate
from Sunday school in order to move it. An
Alderman tipDeu it once.