Show toof ire L N nor or malk R horld I 1 44 mr from tho the nashville awner I 1 tle the Ml rol offing lowing curious curio usi perhaps sell factional FAt ional the iho dis covery ry in a 11 cavo cave in perry c county ety of a remarkable phenomenon col connected with wilh rock foundations are majo mado by a a cones of the we paper in in a letter otice dated the blat ultimo from linden perry county one of the gentlemen cited to 10 the correspondence correspond c isiodora ng ing tho the statements made lion hon T id is well known in this city citti hero lo he made boado many acquaint acquaintances auces during the sel tilon or of tho the legi lilure in 10 abit h he bo served as a member of tho the lower jower house the following is ia tho the letter cliar ILi gity CO texa I 1 august 1872 I 1 there has toen been perhaps por haia I 1 the 6 and acid extraordinary mado IQ in our country that you or any one else so ever heard beard of if some ten T DU our late laic representative from 11 this county major J L webb our excellent sheriff and J it I 1 wilson wildon our efficient tax collector were together at maur webbs and for recreation took a walk in and around ill his 1 farm bhea coming to the lulls bills bouth r M al V a pa a 0 they th 0 y approached tho the mouth of ft c cave av e in abe side of the bill faolu in wt wet weather a am oi 0 water usually flowed J very warm they concluded to enter the cave 10 cool oil a jitsue and upon apon cut the he mouth were surprised at the unusual usual I 1 that the ibo cavern thinking there bo something io in the ibo dark daik bes of tile cavern to pro pre buoo cubb unusual inua ual coldness colln ciu io the at mop berc they concluded to lo penetrate 5 still lurther into the can cac a to see ce it t they ey could dot licar dear up tile I 1 aro ire curing light liebta they cate entered to an and d after proceeding some select civo feet fee upon an arclo they to luicir 0 the interior in nor or of the cavo cave with the most beautiful stalagmites mites the eye or of man ever beheld lloldi og up their lights I 1 they e y caged upon pon the beautiful beauli rul eight lv 1 l add pleiad and upon a nearer dearer they found the miles to the hardest 41 ice i j add k ald auld as the touch of th ico I 1 kin ba s ev ul 11 ll g by this time thill batly al ith with still I 1 abc h e cul docsA driess or of the place mh each ot of the gentlemen brolo broke off a lump of tl is u strange onder and started to return mara tho the mouth of this ibo cavern their bands were so eo chilled they could Fe arcely hold bold the strange pub aub II stav stance ada abil upon ra reaching abing tho the outer air 1 they I y laid I 1 it down w cupoo tile the antoun ground T dir 1119 thinking k 9 it lr would r boon i up on acquire tile the teal km pra U re of tho the atmos atmosphere k r c after cr resting D fifteen fi ft 0 en or twenty p minutes lc they riel cv started 11 for 1 mr lr bbs re resilience 0 eez each carrying car as lest best they might blight his bis lamp of rock ice ice for I 1 know linoir of DO other name by which to call it arriving Arri ting at the house bouse they Y wed the cristal on tho the table and waited patiently to see if it would molt melt or even turn warmer afler waiting some wr in aa hour and finding that it still till retained it its former oolda one of tho the party suggested that they i hould tait try it in a pitcher of water aar tim wag waa done and to their infinite as tou LAment the glass kaas pitcher in jn which it was waa placed was wag soon covered on tho the out side with similar rini ilar to that produced hy by ire yot not being satisfied the they concluded to drink of of the coten Is ainu A the question now was n to who should pie fava ibo first farat trial mr air wiliba bou at a a g t ll 11 said bald as he was the you youngest ages ogest bod and the stoutest 0 o boull try it aoi ho he thereupon drank a very hearty draught and declared jt it equal to the beet iw ice water Ati linner they the tried it in milk and it soon mado mr excellent buttermilk as cold almost on as ice itself jt it produced the same effect upon butter as ail ice and still retained its original frigidity A number of it persons hivo have since visited Tiit ci this ibis wonderful cavo cave and aad carried off portions of this rock which they aro are aung for ill all the purposes purposed of ice and it sustains sua fains no dimna liona in ID bulk or loss losa of coldo M strange fiod and as all this may cem yet it can bo be certified to by dumbers of our best beat citi citizens zenn dt dr black is using it in his hia practice and it proves an n excellent ino havin haTing the same effect 03 fl hen anh alt mr thomas french and colonel waggoner hotel keepers in linden used it in abc hotels during court weck to tho the aston lament ot of their goestl specimens will be sent to our state tit ito geologist for if any one doubts the above plain statement of simple facts they are re referred ferrod to lion ilon T bl brashear iton G II 11 nixon john A pitts pitta major john L webb jo wilson thomas french captain easley prof in in tile the academy ani a number of others of the roost most reliable men in in our county ito respectfully IL II A S P S twill I 1 will good you a box of this r rock ock ice by the finia conveyance to your place |