Show t w MORE WONDERS y an extraordinary discovery in county ohio under datlof january a cor of the cincinnati corn mercal writes manchester adams county ohio as follows s the ohio valley and this immediate section in is rich in the remains of historic raw evidio a of choso whoso civilia ilion have been perpetuated in those curious pieces of engineering from which we derive the euphonious given them by within tha past few days wonderful discoveries have been made in this vicinity which open up a new chapter in the history of this remarkable kable race and throw much light epou their of living their social nature and their physical character in different sections of the world at different peri of its history there have been found the remains of enormous hun aud ti orand or a gigantic race of mon i iro and far apart have been tewo alii tio however that we ave lock d upon historical ac counis of them alb cleverly contract cd pieces of diction and been loth to believe that there ever existed a race of men ablo to do battle with the savage mastodon or the fierce mega it remains for adams to come gnarl on arl with a startling confirmation of the scriptural text and tharo were giants in those days fr in adams county have been fraund not only the a gigantic aneo of men but their im clementi ti of warfare und husbandry and excellently preserved specimens afif choir ari painting engraving annl driling ling whether these giants had a liand in the tation of choc splendida designed and contract il ngtye which cli across the ciuni v arom alie lead of ohp nio 10 the mouth of tho rio lii ra to commingle comming lf jtb a hii nilar ch ani of and borlik bons coming doan the pacific and continue on through filc sic central america and the south american states to be finacy lost in iff unexplored bar jrsn of will be for the solution ot a wiser head than your he simply relates the the scientists may build thereon the theories in coi with somo of llie oldest citizens of this county I have been enabled to learn the ate of the dis covery of a cave an the old smith farm in tiffin township its exist ence was proven to the earliest earli eat settlers probably of it from the indian i eor years it las been a place of resort forthie cu and as always a i great natural cun dosity thelmi th g farm M on the portsmouth like be 16 miles northeast nor theart of here the farm is bow owned by Vs S simuel and i a fertile arll cultivated bouvot bod vot land about one ti mile from th aiko is a level flit v of odd acres on all aid by lofty hill As you near the month of the cava there is a gradual depression of iffe ground on every side forbins nhat in the local nomenclature lature is denominated a sinkhole at the bottom of this circular basin i a hilr three feet in diameter and about 25 feet which distance the lop of the ground T i rne FLOOR OF THE ennst in ahe cave a dry cavern fel fe l smooth floor root and walls of freestone the room you enter H biye feel connecting it etli chamber smaller tsiun ibe lirot and this in turn is connected with a third chain lor by a ahe third roop in about the aizo sizo of the first but it him a oty arched dome and the walla floor and roof are of limestone this rock water haa oozed for formed thousands of glistening stalactites and nowhere else in the cave jo you find the cropping oatt eise do you find theeo low grobins forma lions to gain acce to the fourth ft is necessary to climb astri banac and arcas through a in in one corn ct IK is an f lion avlin i dis blocs a yelling well nith n ten fl deth appl aw edw of abo ell ami you cain hear the hoi jai learn of water h an x drean of feet below beyond iiii livo othera connected bv narrow galle riva ahr cavo coniff to an nail of in about yard froby its mouth the f floora of the except tin one the liine slone crapa aut c are dry all the chambers are regular in shaped except thi sotie thy th y differ in length lul all alie width and it is a lomont lo for a picnic and ha acea given up to euch for years every corner of alo cave has been thoroughly explored a houa iid lime and the liun fatona chamber are the of and the visit upon the wan reads von 1789 VOD brady was a pioneer indian fighter ud huntr who came here in ad nce f the ohio company i in 1786 ha was a daring roan and bad farat m iy ay of ala red men to their happy hunting grounds A few days ago a party of gentlemen i visited alo provided a K plentiful cupply of rep r nd boob for the of ocolor ang follow ing werft tho gentlemen composing tho party M U and andrew long leading ernest T kirker one of the editor ot alin of the aaro county hr timuel grinie the owner of the cilc aut the om kil arrivi d at th cayo ll 11 wat and a ft larr fet in kenyth which we had provided beloro nt iri out wa low eroil down tho well und mr kirker the exploration when abigt fifty tifty fet f et roni iho top well to hie patty pat ty above to coma down we hastily df ascended to and at the en trance of a narrow gallery loading out from the well this gallery led distance and got wider debouching debou ching finaly luto a chambor pr the dia anco from abo mouth of the well to the top of alio gallery i 47 feet froan tho roof of the gallary t the floor la 10 deot inches at lt ft measures feet inch in width she gallery is 50 feet long hoc a gradual decant de and where it antero abo main chamber is 25 ewt m width the chamber is fet f et long feet ado oad 24 feet high the roof floor and wall of both the baury and chamber are smoothly la tb on this chain urn A sarcophagi MAUSOLEUM combined clift mausoleum measures at its base 55 by 35 feel 11 is of though wonderful design and carved out of rook its base is panne led on fall ide these panels containing bas which are supposed to illustrate tho tour seasons in nina life childhood youth manhood and old ape at ltd ends of the are tablets full of written charac tm rp hebraic presumed to be of the person or persons in honor the mausoleum ii erected the carving on abo baa is of the most delicate description and fully equal to atan school of sculpture the of a newspaper article will not sut ice to fitly describe them from the floor to the top of is six feet the base is hollowed out at the four corners and these excavations are covered with slabs or free stone accurately fitted and so firmly cemented that cold chisel struck with a heavy hammer made littleox litt leor no impression on the cement they are of uniform size measuring five by twelve feet in the centre of the mausoleum rises a couch two feet five inched in height twelve feet in length and five feet in width on the couch is extended the figure of a man it h probably of life size and measures nine feet four inches in length the limbs are finely proportioned and disposed in an easy and graceful manner the arms are folded across the breast and the finger clasp a bunch of leaves ro gembl ng iha oak reproduced with such a fidelity to nature that they look like every vein and serration of the leaf is perfect the figure is partially nude a mantle or scarf crowing the breast and folding over the loins in graceful folds the face is strong and robust in outline and the contour of the features is decidedly Israelit eish tho he d is covered with a winged cap or helmet at ciach corner of me couch is a vase four feet five inches high covered with beautifully carved flowers and leaves asin shape something like an am phorn except that the bottom is flat and the handles affixed to the body of the vae va e the neck is thirteen inches in length and capers gradually and gracefully the vases are of uniform me although the carved designs are different they measure in circumference four feet five inches suspended from the root by delicate copper rod directly over the head ol 01 the recumbent figure is a copper lamp of unique design elegantly chimed at each corner of the mausoleum risea a carved pyramidal surmounted by caps that are unmistakably doric on two aidea of the room are toombs of humbler design they are side by aide of uniform size and twenty in number ten on a side like the mausoleum they are carved out of rock and embellished wilb ajia their are as follows lonath twelve feet width five feet feet the lop are covered with blabs securely cem anted on the frent of each is a weil scroll covered with written similar to those on the naua oleum on the wall of the room the entrance are painted wenty five face no doubt portraits of those whore bone lie in the tombs they are eded and blurred lut still enough to be de inhered ip hered the color used are red ellow mack antt white arid were ivi dently laid on with oil thedor are executed in a superior manner and the anatomical proper ion of llie features is preserved to in exact degree after our first a over lad in a measure subsided we seized ae took arid set to work to open one if the tombs it was no easy task our chisels would not cut the cement which held the slab in place and we were at last forced to batter the tomb to pieces tha walls were iliin and a few alowa of a heavy sledge hammer shattered ake freestone to atoms to our great surprise there lay before us noff fa handfuls hand fula of crumbling dust but a splendidly preserved mummy swathed in cloth covered with a thick varnish which emitted a pleasant aromatic odor not unlike balsam of fir the mummy measured nine feet one inch in length and the cloth in which it was wrapped although of clarsa texture was skillfully woven one of the party cut the wrapping from the face but did it so clumsily that the bead crumbled into dust por lions of the hair remained sticking to ahe cloah und your correspondent brought of it away with him I il black curly and of fine tex ture the body of the giant tho tomb contained a spearhead spear head a two lances three mattocks or hoea a spade a cup two plates and a small urn all of copper I appropriated one of the lances and the cupac souvenirs these wonderful people understood the secret of bar if jiing copper for an ordinary file will barely scratch ahe lance and the edge of A cold chisel turns up like lead aban struck it the cup ia of softer me beadi engraved with trailing vines and wreaths A square package at the head of the tomb wrapped in the varnished cloth was opened and found to contain a book of one hun ired leaten of thin copper fastened loosly at the top and crowded with finely engraved characters similar to thoe already aci lack of time and the total inefficiency of our tools prevented us from making fur ther hut when we ascended the well we could plainly discern works of tho sharp cutting tools used in excavating the cuvo in the first two chamberg cham bero and tb amat five we bad noticed many curi oils blocks of stone shaped like TABLES OK BENCHES and presumed them to be of natural origin later examination revealed the mark of chisel and pick and these agents were undoubtedly used to fashion the entire cavern the irregularity of the limestone chamber is due to natural in all probability ahe roohi was dry when ie wonderful people who designed and built it were alivo the and have formed since measured the largest of the former it was five feet six and one half inches from base to apex allowing that It lengthened at the rate of one inch every fifty yeara a geological friend tell rna i vry rapid growth it would havo been years reaching its ament length conjecture alone can flathe date of the last occupancy of we cavo it must lave been years before the stalactites be begando form t examined the mouth of tho cave and discovered gracea of a stairway which once led to the surface of the ground in deed I found broken fragment of t five yeara ago were undoubtedly parts tt a broad stair caise There were ala traces of stairway which wound around abe aldea awell affording ey entrance to the lower caa ern te upper cave been the cellar of built abiva ground and used for bonim donim tic ora of remt in time of diegor mr grooms intends to dpn al the tab and the sf a faai t il great mausoleum arrange convenient cave and throw it open to the general public charging a mall price of ad to reimburse him several parties have visited it since abo di covery of the lower cavern and all are impressed with the wonderful character of the discoveries mr grooms is anxious o scientist alie cave and at his request description odthe discoveries to cather the engraved book have been forwarded to the smithsonian institution |