The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-29
Milestones Of the glacier.

Rut many OF the glacial traces ABOUT
New York are buried up by the son VIM
has been slowly forming over thrih a.i,o
the end Of the great Ice age. II, hoNeF't
ona fingers in his Waudeungs hereapo u'7
where the ground H. Deinb cle"I ga ava
bui ding he viii observe, dliloa. 80
where. where much soil ana earn ol at
Gravel are being dug out ana car tel 90
r. nle,r the rock surfaces IN pttpti d'iol
for blasting. that larger anu u.s. a.,
rounded rocks are iOund eiIDr"r'I ~ ,nd
gravel. They are usuaHy 700 iogi ~ M
awkward TN shape o. DE- u7elul ~ NY 80
sonrv even Of the foundations 81 bui1iilN9'
Many OF them are TOO large 20 oe s I'm
clled into the carts ana carried away "tiiin
the dirt and gravel. Ana SO vns n,,, ~
sees them rolled on on one Sldc' out vt
he wav. on the barred rock surfaces uhhi
these are freed from soil, Wnen my 49,
are hoisted mp and drasged Of - IIo omI
convenient dumplng-sronhu' "hoiN
as they say, Is being naae. .,,,o
If one looks a little closely AT 49,
despised powders he Will ma that H'h5
of Them are Of entirely dlleI'nt 'nat-
times they are rock called NAp, In. 49, ,,,.,
o,binh makes the Palisades. soi'ttlltD7
rocil like that which is at home $50 teS'p"s
many miles % the nofth an '.n'i
Nrw York And they are ronhl1t ','a
smoothed in way "hl.n @ rnIbfn.(
enormous amount of wear ana t"""'''
some time somewhere. .t h,ol,s
II ~ curious turning back lh tlic "ogNa
D.. .s rerori OF a time only lew
1ooSdes ago 10 read the speDuNtuDh7 va
the learned ~ 10 the. orisi" 1ut fr'o,
Of these erratiC powders, Wt'uu' 80 .,,,.
their noteworthy shape ana .nV. H..
- oftan so different from tutt "l ~.
rocks over which they lle scat ~
attracted attention some tho"7", ~ ,
they must have been casi uP I'm and
distant volcano Ia an edrueI ll'l,,' -
feu scattered here. For soue t"'y a.
rounded by the wash 81 No'h ".li,'.,,,,
and swept by IT'S fierce torrent i M "' he
49, crust hercabouts for many I''l'
IA en- theory still-let enormous lcrnei ~
from some distant arCuc reflyn ar ar. 80
here and melting. drop w ~ 40
80 t ~ rocks Some would nae j. ll'ht
~ q. -. 80 MS once surrounded by q sepa-
,ot. rocky shell which somehow CAM ~
tl,@teg ar5 lrft A.. tered remnants SOY
tllcl' o. Gti sun more dramatic,
,,.{rt nf aesun1iug ollislOn with come
!1he record craven III me fotNS ~" 1''0
tr,o story "A last. however, when the pro-
pie got ready 70 read H. ,.,,,ld.rs these
These rounded rocks or b'"lu.' ,..'
,,rstics waits and ali en1-tre, rs We WI
know today the toru-oI anu uai'9 -.
fragments ot rock masses NC" sn' 30 ,t
- ,,,antla brought down here from li'
re- "o,,"trv during the cold weather 80
-, 40 and tnc0utiuently drOpptI WHfu
mo climate changed ana tne ~" 9"'f
,ts borders back towards bltehiaut Hnu
80. ,,l5s MANY of these errauc@ sun near
.,fss or1 l@ra tches teStfylng 90 thclr
8srre encounters with the old bed roek
aions which the relentless ice mass GROUND 3iI,
them in their journey toward Inc aT,i 3.l5s
mTTT 1ny All the long ages buried up win
t l.br 7riacial wreckage. covered IN by sou
later formed, sharing their secrets WIN IN
" W. orG trees. until NJ last another
api I@T' Italian or Celt mayhap. breaks IN
80, choir eoclueion with pick ana shuFtI'
eo3'' rolls bis them ANONYMOUSLY away. Then
a. the Scared rock surfaces me st T., ,,..
o lllTitic SCULPTOR OF the old ice age whose
t ratar8S n and It's explosive allies soon ,
1erra5e.-From SONG Records Of ith1 S nGf
ese ,a{en A. d., in larper's Magazine
for semi anbpr.