Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-07-20

He then spoke of the mysterious
ness and greatness of the caverns,
but which is the greatest. Wyan-
dotte cavern or Kentucky cave,
only God knows. AS to the mys-
terry, it is like ghost that keeps
step with you as you wander
through the labyarinths. Men
could say they had seen Niagara
Falls and the Yosemite, but there
lives no soul that can say, II have
seen Wyandotte cavern or Ken
lucky cave" The best one can say
he has spent SO many days or
years in them.
The lecturer next introduced
the audience to the mouth of the
Wyandotte, an opening half way
up hill, 20 feet wide and 7 feet
high, through which himself and
party, led by an experienced
guide, entered the cave. At that
moment the sunlight was pouring
into the doorway Of the great
cavern, and at this point began a
description that it would seem no
word painter could surpass.
Starting in where he first saw the
mighty efficiency Of the great orb
Of day meet the oceans Of darkness
in fearful conflict, the speaker
carried the vast audience through
wonderous scene of beauty, dark
ness silence !, and, save: Down
through Faneuil Hall, as the first
chamber is called, he led them, in.
to the Columbian, along Washing
ton avenue to Falling Rock, into
Bandith Hall, where band of
counterfeiters once had their dens
and the shadows seemed more
gruesome, thence by road fork
ing to the right through man y
rooms, into the Bridal Cham Der
where an Indiana maiden who had
promised her dying mother never
to we'd on earth certain man was
afterward married to him, thence a
mile or two of undescribed jour
neying and down road to Fat
Mans Misery" This was wall
of rock IL feet thick through which
the only way of passage was by
means of a small hole at the
bottom.
Here occurred an incident, the
description of which was most
amusing. There was a fat man
from Ohio with the explorers.
His name was Jackson, and Jack
son, who was the last to pass this
barrier, had a terrible time getting
through the aperture. He was
just little bigger than the hole,
and the way he groaned and strug-
gled and moaned and swore, as he
wormed his way into the opening,
was astonishing. "He forgot that
there was preacher within ten
miles," At last his hands pro-
truded from the opening, and the
speaker and another man grabbed
them and braced themselves for
the tug Of war. How they pulled
at first, in vain, but by continued
exertion they brought jackson out
with pop, the buttons flying in
all directions. The audience
roared with laughter at the humor-
GUS picture of this incident.
The explorers were then in what
is called the Dining Room, from
the fact that a perfectly formed
table arises from the floor. On it
we're thousands of visiting cards
deposited by former underground
tourists. Here the party linger-
ed for while, and then
the lecturer diverged from the
line of dis course to remark that
we despise what is near. and acces-
sible. There were persons living
within q few miles of Devils Lake
who had never taken the pains to
visit it, yet he saw in it's waters
and surroundings marvellous beau
ty. Lowell on his way to visit a
famous battle field of Europe ask
ad tho hoatman who rowed him IF