The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-09-14
MAMMOTH CAVE,
Items of Interest From Trip
fSuccesSful Candidates.
SPLENDID Addition to Education OF
the Boys aEd Enjoyable
Outing.

On the afternoon of Tuesday. the
4th inst, the writer in charge OF ten
as bright boys as could be found in
Ohio county. left Hartford for a
trip TO the great Kentucky wonder,
situated in Edmonson county near
Green River. nine miles from Glas-
gov Junction. known to all the
world as Mammoth Cave. The
names of all the boys have heretofore
been gwen in these columns. The
route. as first arranged, was by way
of Cromwell, steamer to Woodbury.
where we were to transfer to anoth-
er steamer up Green River for the
Cave. This plan had to be altered
however. owing to a change in the
boat schedule for upper Green River.
At Cromwell, when we boarded
the elegant Steamer Bowling Green,
the clerk. MIR. A. M. Hackett, and
who. by the way, made every effort
to assist us in our plans and to make
the BOYS comfortable. assigned to
our party the following persons;
Mr.. T. jain and wife. Mr.. j. w.
Baker and Mrs. Mary Mercer. of
Render: Mr.. VIM. II. Shaut and
wife. of Owensboro; Mr.. r. Tucker
and wife. Evansville; Mr.. A. B..
Dellmer and wife, Elmira. N. y;
and J. NJ. Hudson. Beaver Dam.
We arrived at Bowling Green at 4
a. m. Wednesday and left over the
l.. &N. railroad at 10 o'clock. AT
Glasgow Junction we had wait of
one hour and thirty minutes, during
which we took dinner with my old
friend. f.. II. Mentz. whom we found
80 be proprietor of one of the most
elegant hotels outside the large
cities. Mr.. Mentz. wife, son and
daughter all joined in making US
feel at home and comfortable.
From Glasgow Junction the trip
nine miles down to the Cave is over
A little "Jerkwater" railroad with
antiquated coaches drawn by an en-
CINE which looks almost as old as the
Cave itself. However. it is the only
semblance of railroad leading to
the natural wonder, and its officers
act as though they are at all times
aware of this fact. The nine miles
traversed by this curious little rail-
road are over hills and along deep
gorges, through an uninhabitable
looking country, which grows more
so, until you are told "all out for
the Cave" You find yourself won
dering how it was ever found even
by the traditional wounded bear.
Ny little party, now grown to
twenty-five, was soon comfortably
fixed in the old log hotel, for such il
is, some of its many sections almost
one hundred years old. and at l;3C
pm, with guide Bishop. we started
to do the short route, which is seven
miles long and requires, generally
about three hours to complete.
1t is not my purpose to attempt
detailed writeup of the Cave. This
has been attempted by others with
much greater descriptive powers
and as we see it now, they failed
and we doubt if it can be success
fully described. We shall therefore
merely mention some of its CHIEF
points of interest.
The main avenue of the Cave va.
ries in width from 80 to 60 feet and
about the same in hight. For more
Ethan a mile you are greeted on all
sides by evidences of the old saltpeter
works of 1912. The wooden pipes,
and watts being in good state of pre-
servation. 1t was here that much Of
the essential elment for making CUR
powder was procured, and indeed We
are informed that, but for this sup
ply, we might not have succeeded Sc
well in that contest with our mother
country. Outside of an introduc'
ton to the immensely of the cavern
the main points of interest on the
> short route are the "bottomless pit,
the "star chamber" the "old arm
chair" and Martha Washington