Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-08

~ =, -'N"eoni"S -
- "ei """" III inns city where ne
was Tor time connected with the Jour-
nal sends us the fol,ow,na ,n,arort;no
acoo,n. a, raoo,,.
e "a " iNeht "TRIP made by the
hrst Maine pahd and quarette down the
Tennessee river to Shelmont Al,bam.
rha,, u,ont with = H..
..,,....a. '~e"rsioii' at th'
lcques' ol us management. for the first
Maine music has been much apnreciated
there.
After the. us,,al mornipy Am ,.,.
&c the 1st Maine h,nd 80, -, ~ u, July
shin of prof I Nnr,i, -, we ie,uer-
1st Maine nuarfeI nnn.iti" az" ~.
Stowell. L. H. Hezelton IT, ~
nev and A. r. Newcomha iaft ~ :" s7tIoh
ony of Camp THONGS AMI an.,a, 49, i,,u',p !
marty of eyrursioniste -, No'i, - i,eo =
down tho ,rannassna r,,,a et u,iiui san
small mIt nIct,,resopa ,i,,,a , meiiioh.
side of a range of ,no,nta;n VII the
we left the wba,,f 80 c,,.,
about 40 20 A M ana ,rri,,.a u, ''anoos'
tinat4on .hout o'nIon,, ~ - 49,, ~ ues
was one thar vii, lon" ho n, me, ne ai,ll
every ono on boarJ r. nf, peleu ny
the hoautifuI scnnorv ani - mra'hei :
pethor with Tho ,o,,si, e.. ~, az, y"
uuartet ali hIanda1 =, - ~. oanu ana
,in,Isuai Interest 10 ~, o UP oi
Inst hefora Jardin" -, 49,,
t...a -
crew who were vnrv Lin5 ~ ~ ~, ooi , ;
Ia nnint an, aooh 80 -. -, go 'ooh pains
torical INTEREST We laf. ~ "a ~ ~
we had bade our adiane n1 10. ~. ~ !,
ashore, an" s'eP'e'
Uern ua vara mo, h, .o,,.,
tent nu,Jes an go -, 10y ~. 'aa coupe
show ms tba ,rnnJars a. Sini tiioi - 10
tha onening az uhiob a, J'sh cave.
ouarter If :, milo rev, M o,', NC oiie
tba tbrao statae rann ~ " " iic' :,
tim,,ta1 "a ha ahp,,, ,,i,, nu ea -, - es
runs 1iractlv thrn,,eh ~, 49,, 'ors iro
mn,,ntains W. Az ~, - =. 'Hss.
,Nstanna houa,ar a,,irs 30, .i'' it
NJ r,sin,s h,,, If 49,, 800 ,af'e
enourb ~ ret ',pn,bnr ,,,r pp hei I; ions
earnast intantione Of sranhtna = ~, = ~,
two in the ravn s,,n,Ii p'u ,,,p,h uay "t s
candies and tnrcbas ma iii, -, r'en.s ~
chamhars IA rn,,Inn ,srt I'm, 9oi''e VI .''e
ha.n ,nayninrad la. mo, ''''' nave az yet
In n,,r ira,,ois ;hrnu.,h ,ha o,.
-, M. ,,osi. , - i, ral' 80 t a.. 49, w.
,i,inl,,. ,nn,,ia,1I n,,,b ~ '''. r. 80 VIZ
is nn,r,, ,braa-,'i,,', ~ 20 iHas rom
Ia -. - '' - n''iu III INC
ana oiln,..,,vs' ,bra,,rh whI,,, -, nu ,,'.s
mss in ord.r n aot 20 i, ~, ~, '',in
tbat al, the hats eoma ~, =, n,,.t, ~
o., ~; -, - - ~ - n4ehN ailu
me- Tbasa ,ftln ryinen 80 -, t'i i,ri No.
s,,ch ,a,iaI -, !, =, -, os',isis
vara not "sn.n,,iI, niaasin. - ~ IL.
In am, nortx a,,j NIL orI ~ 49, 70
Tho ,,an hra,thad . s;,h ~ raIi,.
thcv b,a nassaa he,,anS M 49, MI
sn,n,, 800 hn,,an ~ ino,,ira ~, 49,,
hortr u,;,hnut neseint, Ia. ~ ,ast ,rht
was moi nossihla however witho,,, trav-
cling several miles ont of our W.
After eovinq the hat chamber we iour-
nevnd on sometimes stumblinp ovar iarge
roc1,e ,hot I'm. in our roth ana n,,,ctof,
te Ia thu,pn o,,, b,,ads against an over,
hanging hnu,der and iron again we
vvol1Il have tn grt down an orr hands ana
knees ana crawl X ar 100 fan.. this was
moi nartieularlv amusing 10 the ladies
hnt in starting In thcv ware ready with
tho men to sIffar an, incopvenianres
xvhicb r,toht haf,il ne "a IA rnmnlaiptc
y,ora bnIr1 excant whom M auians wbn
wcr fhorouehlv familiar with nearly all
The different paths leading around
throuph fhe cave wou,d suddenly turn a
corner leaving fine rear flank in total
DARKNESS The mathis were All very rough
,nd , qreat dea1 of climbing crawling
INA junninp had to he done
After rettinr along about another half
mill, without coming in contact with any
thing porttcularly worthy of mention. We
suddenly apnearrd into another large
oneninr. This was rightly named the
NJethodist chanel The similarity was
verv nnficeohIe in Thai II contained near
w Il perfect altar ANA several medium