The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-02-24

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canal runs through the old part Of d s
town, built 81 shell ard cement and
lspsnned by many bridges. nj what
date seems uncertain bat bearing
marks Of great age An Old fortified
ton buried under the drifting sands of
centuries is in process Of being un-
covered and explored BY modern 81.
vesugators II seems 70 have con
tanned many rooms and passages on
different levels, built Of coquina shell
hardened by time to the consistency
Of marble. Huge masses Of what ap
pear TO be oyster shell are found along
the ocean front. There has been much
conjecture about their origin, but the
Smithsonian Institute has settled the
vexed question to its own satisfaction
by saying that they are the refuse Of
oyster feasts among the Indians Of re-
mote times There must have been
vast hordes Of Indians with tremon-
dous appetites working for centuries
TO accumulate these deposits which
are twenty to thirty feet high with 9
breadth of acres.
New Smyrna is one Of the most
fascinating places on the east coas.
its immense live oaks heavily draped
with moss, making twilight Of noon
day, suggest the old Spanish Dons
unkempt and unshorn for centuries
But the most wonderful oaks | have
seen are at St Augustine, some Of
whose branches extend from the trunk |
horizontally more than eighty feet
and are shored up by stout timbers
TO make room for sightseeing autos
to pass beneath them.
This is indeed a peculiar country
Wierd stories are told Of underlying
quicksands which sometimes trap the
unwary traveller TO his destruction.
They seem to change their location
and sometimes appear in places which
have been safely trodden for years. A
man and his family in a vehicle drawn
by two horses and followed by small
dog travelling through a lonesome To-
rality were suddenly engulfed by the
sands, and only the little
dog was left yelping on the margin
So runs the tale.
Lake Helen tour railroad station Is
! small hamlet or city with all Che
liguity Of a city government, lacking
,nly the population and some Of The
Of modern cities, but
makes up in beauty Of location what
{ lacks ia some other directions. IT,
road streets finely paved and electric
lighted its great moss-draped oaks
title gems Of lakes, fine buildings and
cultivated orange groves
IN make it delightful winter home
wen If il does lack the convoniences
# street cars and telephone service.
amp Cassadaga about a mile farther
outh is crowded every winter with
,eople from nerly every state in the
Iuion, drawn here by climate, loca
ion. economy and last but probably
ot least by the fellowship Of those !
Tho claim 10 have the only positive, {
rock-bottom proof Of per- !
onal survival after bodily dissolution.
Its services continue for eight
.eeks, but the people liuger here from +,
november till May and often longer I
he little auditorium, seating five a
undred, is packed TO the doors by /,
leer listeners, not all professors Of a
ne faith. but all intensely interested n
What may absolutely prove to them .
lat If "a man die he shall live c
gain" Very many receive at these v
.eetings personal messages from =
-iends gone across" name in full, :
.sidenecs, peculiarities and Incl
snts so astonishing that the speak n
IS ere often interrupted with bursts a
applause. Heads are bowed, eyes q
lused to tears are dimmed, and Il
ricken hearts are comforted by ~
.surance Of continued life and love. "a
But my article is getting too long n
"a / have not yet mentioned DeLaud,
n neighbor city which, when the
under Of this camp first came here /,
Is years ago, tramping through the y
pods and swamps on foot, contained =,
ly a very few tumble-down shanties. :,
is a show place now, very proud Of "a
magnificent and prosperous Stet- Al
n University, its fine hotels, big de- Of
rtmont stores, good streets, fire nd
tier and many other things Of which M
.,.,1,srp effr NAV fuetIv feel uruud n