The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-09-11
WIDOW NC QUARRY
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! In a few feet from its mouth the
cave opened into a great room, fifty
/ to hundred feet high and of equal
width and two or three hundred feet
/ long. There is a succession Of rooms,
diminishing in size as you 20 further
/ in.
But how gorgeously these rooms
are adorned with innumerable clean,
almost white stalactiteS, hanging,
down from the ceiling above, glisten-
ing in the light of the torches like
SO many icicles These are of all
/ lengths Several of them, are six feet
long with corresponding stalagmites
below; some of these in very curious
and interesting forms.
The only signs of life we saw
were large white crickets and bats.
/ The bats hung down from the ceiling
in great clusters or punches like
honey bees when they are out on
/ swarming occasion.
/ our torches consisted of tallow
candles wrapped with several thick
resses Of dampened cotton cloth.
These were convenient to carry and
gave an excellent light.
o, what a beautiful world to lie
/ in if the people, all, were as beau'i
| full to each other as mother nature
/ is 70 them, Never mind, the good
time is coming! Jesus taught US TO
pray for it and lie is on the Throne
now hearing and helping us to ans
wer our own prayers. Much ground
had been gained since fifty-five years
ago! Listen!
Fifty-five years ago chattel slavery
reigned in Pulaski County, and though
the McQuary neighborhood was large
Z ly a non-slaveholding community the
fact of its entertaining free school
and preaching by an anti-slavery
preacher from the North was un-
bearable to the slaveholding element
We were boarding at widow Nc
Quary's. She soon began to hear ru-
mors of dissatisfaction, and finally
came report that THEY" were
going to have Candee pulling at her
house The school still went on APP
parently undisturbed, indicating that
the parents of the children were not
in the Candee pulling enterprise.
Rumors had quoted down until one
dark night in early evening the
McQuary quiet home was startled
by volley of guns fired in the front
yard near the door. The scamps
who fired the guns Immediately fled
down the road and gathered in the
old ladies' barn yard where she had
young spirited horse running At
large. went out the back door and
sauntered down inside the yard fence
to a place opposite the barn yard
and listened. Directly another vol
ley of guns was fired. could hear
the horse tearing around the yard in
great fright. ! had noticed that the
guns were fired toward the sky, and
probably without lead. So ] called
out to the Candee pullers that they
better not fire their guns in the
barn yard; they would scare the old
ladies horse to death. They evidently
thought they were detected-scared
at my gentle voice" TO a humiliat-
ing surrender. For they came back
to the house and plead guilty of
meaning no harm.
But Squire McQuary soon appeared
on the scene with his double barrel
gun to square things with bullets and
shot if need be. He gave those
young fellows some strong advice and
they sneaked away.
But greater surprise awaited the
McQuaries and their northern board
ers. In few nights they were awak-
ened TO witness the burning down of
their school house. Squire McQuary
appeared again with gun in hand TO
square up with the ncendiaries if he
could identify them. They were not
TO be seen.
But what a pitiful sight the next
morning TO witness the weeping of