Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-01

OF time to the wine cenef. ano on |
down to the regions of pits and !
domes
We stood on the bridge of
signs" and looked down the bot
tomless pit while above was Shell
by's dome. so named for the first
governor of Kentucky. The guide
then lighted balls of waste soaked
with oil to enable the party to see
the depth of the pit. los feet, and
the height of the dome above.
Down Pensacola avenue uncanny
noises. echos of voices and footsteps
fall on the ear like music. Echo river
( is one of the most wonderful features
OF Mammoth cave. Its width is
from 20 to 200 feet and from S to
IS feet deep. A small portion of
its surface is accessible TO visitors.
Il is traverSed by boats for about
half mile. and a ride over its waters
is one Of the unique experiences of
the world. AT times the river flows
with almost imperceptible current it
quite fills TO the top Of the great
river hall. blotting out the Dead sea.
and the river Styx. both of which
are parts Of this underground stresm.
When starting upon ride on this
most wonderful river the guide gives
warning that the passengers must
sit perfectly quiet in the boat as It
would be next TO impossible TO res
cue so large a party should they DC
so unfortunate as TO upset a boat in
the waters where blacklist night
reigns. We passed under a low
arch, in many places having TO bow
p the head. there the solid rock root
rises rapidly away from the water,
, Nearly all the river is one vast reso-
nator, its branching avenues, its
= lofty roof OF solid limestone. all
serve as reflectors of every sound
= and send It back intensified a thous'
= and times with its roughness blended
B.. into one sweet volume OF glorious
: harmony.
Lopg experience of the well train
. ed guide enabled him TO sound TIT
- right note TO bring forth the wonder
o Echo river. that no cat leoTal net
could equal and no one coulo hea
Ie without.being wonderfully impressed
s. with It's glories.
The guide requested that som
one start a song. but most of tn
> crowd were held spellbound and a
u was quiet. Suddenly a voice strair
le Cd and anxious fell on our ears
3 Mother. sing Home Sweet Home.
He evidently did not relish the ide
'h OF boat riding $50 feet below tn
surface OF the earth. Howevei
Is this broke the spell and in a fe
minutes Dixie was ringing throue
al river hall. BY this time our guic
ca mad landed Us safely at the poi
Is from which we started and retracir
&c our steps We stopped for a rest
is' Jewellers hall. We passed throuF
IS the Scotchman's trap to the T
rs Mans misery. The wall here
some places is scarcely S feet his
~ and It's width is but Is inches.
he going 236 feet the direction chang
lth 8 times. After reaching the Il
On we wondered how the feat had be
me performed.
''n We soon emerged into anott
chamber called Great Relief" a
* from there through the Corkscre
''e' which consists of a series Of twi
'oe and turns through narrow passaG
's'' up through almost perpendicu
inc crevices. After reaching the t
leu we wondered how the feat had bs
performed.
=. Tie fat nzn was conspicuous
his absence. but the fat girl b;
pend to be along. who now owes
life to someone" for pulling