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If aaj desire to exhibit a spirit of dariag, or perform feats of deateritj |ad steady , muscle, they can have amplo opportunity of doing so here on brinks and projections, and be repaid by obtaining rare views of the beauties of eatnre.We next come to the “Devil’s Bsek- , bone” proper. This cannot bo duly appreciated onless seen. It is a narrow promontory, projecting from the mein ridge one bnodred yards, at the juncture of two creeks. On the top it ie bnt little broader than a table; it leaoe toward the ' east, and the water oo that aide ran* eo far under as not to be seen from the nit. It coold not be considered a great freak in natore if at some tima it ahoold be blown over. Oo the west tide, about half way np, is ao excavated thelf, i extending along, forming a splendid veranda. From this a larga Dumber of names have beeo earved in the smooth I rock by visitors and exoareionists—some . from Greencsstle. Thus many have j' thoughtlessly enrolled their ntmes on the tide of the “Devil.” A quarter of a mile further down brings you to Sugar Creek, where the day's ramble may be terminated with a boat ride. The gran* dear and magnificence of theae knobe ia : ] due more to their perpendicular and mg- i: ged aspect tbsn to tbeir great height.!I —PUTNAM COUNTY.Civil. OOVXBJMHWT—ISSS-Cireuit Court—Hon. D. R. Eckels, Judge. Terms commencs March SO, October 5.Omi. Pleas Court—Hon. W. M. Franklin,8 and October 26.Board of Countv Commissioner!—Thomas A. Owen*, H. M. Rockwell, John McNary. Meets March 2, June 1, Sept. 7 and Dec. 7.County Officers— Clerk, 11. U. Priest; Auditor, W. S. Mulhuln ; Treasurer, Joseph M.Sellers ; Sheriff, Levi Woodrum ; Recorder, John Crane.jr.; Surveyor, II. M. Handel; Coroner, Jns. Rankin ; School Examiner, L. L. Roger*.[Communicated.]“ The Shatlea of Death.'Wheu life becomes a burden by the warm sultry air of summer; when the brick walls of the city conspire with the straight-down beams of the son io heating the atmosphere, nothing is more wholesome to the mental, at well as the physical man, than a day’s retreat to the grove or the mountain valley. And we venture the statement that, for refresh iog onesaelf in mid summer, no spot sa joear Greencsstle can be found superior to what is called the “Shadea of Death, or “ The Dcvift Back bone.''Having just returned with a small party from a visit to theae lonely shades and craggy heights, we propose to give a short sketch of them, hoping tbst a few, at leaat, of the carious may be indueed to improve the first opportunity of visiting them. They are situated ou the banks of Sugar Creek, twenty-six miles north of Greencsstle, and four miles north of Waveland. On approaching you enter Iudiaa Creek about one mile above and proceed downward along ita narrow sod rocky bed. As you wind your way, often turning at abort anglea, or countermarching, the ridges riae into bluffs, heights, and finally into lofty jutting cliffs. The whole drive down this narrow gorge ie atteoded with one continued scene of grandeur. Your attention is called by the rippling and leaping of the clear, aparkliog water; the atorm beaten pinee on a high peek, that is sees in the disUaee through an opening, excites yoar admiration ; yon gase with feeliaga of wonder and delight upon the “Devil’s Hand,” as it stratehas ont ia awful dimensions on the moaay cliff; the “Frog’s 8tooi” is a matter af some interest to yoa, while you eoatcm plate the emotions that mast pervade tbst melancholy sad curious beast sitting in sach high stale and eompotare; while yoa look with footings of aablimity upon the tall, bold, old rooky forr J:‘ play a the “Eagle'a Neat. need fear a challenge from the old bird; •a we learned from reliable partiea that the little eaglete ere fall ledged and gone. A etroll down thia dalle is sase te drive away every feeliag ef sad-Then ie a emile enthe viae that eliabe the a leap; there is a emile oa the lower that overlooke the brink and daree yew to plaek it; the rill comae langhiog down its deep-eat the groaed sqaiml gayly ehirps to ita dea; end the soag ef freedom iaoetwled in the treoe.«no lavm of summer ars (alrsat Ikars,And freshest the breath at summer air.”When eatirely ragaled yoa •from the Shaded” to the rifcLe'aaSpeeks end feeet year vision oa (ha love-Heat aad meet gdrgeoM of an tare's ocaas-ry. TWn.idt.MSs sneered with-pUae,cedars, eaha, aad • variety ef ander-fAwth. They an earvad fan knobe ef nary shape by deep, aarew ravines, sad mmm ihoaoyow Mod an ho Miprhwd ot oeafaf aooy (hnodi h4 Moofc BMkoo,
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Greencastle Weekly Indiana Press
Greencastle, Indiana, US
Wed, Aug 12, 1868
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