The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
CAVES VISITED
IN MITCHELL6
Evenly Balanced Car Meets
Thorough Test In 36l-
Mile Sunday Tour.
PART OF ROAD BAD
Washington to BerryviIle
Condition Not as Salts
factory as Rest Of Trip.
PART OF ROAD BAD

Wanted as surprising those Of
Luray in variety Of formation and
faunal. florsEsnd architectural imi-
tation- There are a score Of great
chambers. the most Important be-
ing dubbed The Cathedral" and
others being varioUsIy dedicated TO
Solomon. Gen. StOncwall Jackson.
the United States Senate where
Senator Stone" holds forth TO
empty benches and the Inferno.
these last being an unfortunate
juXtaposition Of terms. The temper
atUre Of the Erottoes remains at
"a degrees the year round and the
air is q bit rare. neCessitating some
extra diaphTaSmatiC effort
They were formerly known a.
Weyer's Cave. history recOUnting
that they owe their discovery 70
the pursuit Of a small animal by
one Bernard Weyer, in ISO4. the
chase leading into a rude opening
TO the hillside marvcls.
Cave station Trip.
Leaving the grottoos at 1880 pm.
We proceeded on the back track
to Cave Station, where !. =. Shay
er, another enterprisIng Mitchell
representative, greeted Us with true
Southern cOrdiality, insisting that
we rest beneath the shade OF his
spacious verandah, eat grapes and
swap conversation. T g Lindan-
wood, his mechsniCian, also was
in the symposium.
We stopped at the STATE Normal
School just south OF Harrisonburr
and photographed the handsome
group OF buildings, reared Of lime
stone quarried from their very
foundations, and a group OF future
I instructors OF youth. DR.. s. p. Duke
is president OF this fine institution.
/ the expansive program for which
nearly $1,000 600 from State reNe-
I nues.
The more economic route back
to Washington, after leaving Win
| chester, as regards time and dis
! tance, at present undoubtedly Is
the reverse OF that from the Capi-
| tai. The Herald-Nitcheu party
elected, however, TO essay the roads
| from Winchester to BerryviIle.
| Chsrlestown. HaIltOwu. Sheph erds-
! town. Booncsboro and so on 10
| Frederick and Washington.
/ Incidentally, We traversed parts
| Of three Ststes-NirCinis. West Nir-
/ ginis and Marylaud-in less than
one hour by this choice. The as
! tuIc EcoErapher would doubtless
I remind US Of the fact that the same
| thing can be achieved at HaTpurs
] Ferry in q few minutes. But thayr
not bona fide travelling.
Poor Roads Under Moon.
Under a full ana unclouded moon
| We travelled over poor roads. cross
| ing the Potomac beyond shepherd
/ town and biseCJinE tho battcHc'S
1 OF Antietam. Old Chesapeake and
| Ohio canal men swear that on Ger
! tain nights Of the year a EEostlv
conflict is audible and visible over
| this place OF anEuiShcd memor. -
but all was as hsrmon.ously lovely
I as Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
| during our passage.
| Across South Mountain. another
| hard-fought field. ", Jared ou. un
and down the slopes uf RTaadocE
Heights, and so into FrederIrS for
dinner and the start of the last lr-
Of the tour to Washington.
Speed trap" called a passing
motorist between Frederick and
Ridgeville, and sure enough We
came upon the willy minIons az Col
Baughman. Maryland road c"mml~-
sioner. a little way farther. W.
/ pulled into the Capital al II 20"
o'clock and said our adieus after
noting a total mileage Of 361 miles
as related.
The Mitchell. aside from q big
smear Of mud. splashed out by a
/ passing car on the route TO Lees
burg SATURDAY was as fresh as ever.
She had done noble" all agreed,
and her hood might as we'll have
been scaled and her spare tires
locked on and the key left behind,
for all the necessity OF touching
either.