Show A curiosity about two weeks ago elisha bran don was bigl digl digging ing a well on his residence lot in this city and had got down about thirty foot feet when ho he noticed among the and other largo rocks lio ho was taking out ono one into which a holo hole had apparently apparent lT poon drilled iio he broko broke tho the rock and found the holo had boea been drilled through it and the tau tamp mg or exploded lin powder was still in thoro how the rock camo came thoro there iu in a compact formation of washed rock gravel and cement whore where it has ut undoubtedly lain for years if not centuries is a decided mystery tho the ground ig ia the 8 game as that upon which tho whole city of mt alt pleasant rests and has lain there years before the present generation the lock aock is about inches in di mentions and the hole which aich is perfectly true about 8 inches long the tamping damping resembles pow dor that has been wet and hardened and though light is vory very solid it esthe work of human boings beings undoubtedly doubted lyp and proves that the art of drilling must have been known in this country by the savages hundreds of years ago A piece of the rock and the tamping can be seen at this office mt pleasant pyramid |