. Inglenook, The (1911) . o itself with the cele-brated Grotto of Antiparos. Weyers Cave is named after the marlwrho found it. In or about the year 180-3Bernard Weyer, a tenant on the , was disturbed by some animal thaipersisted in attacking his hen roost. Heset a trap one evening, and found next]morning that it had been dragged awa>by some creature caught in it. Weyeifollowed the trail to the big hill nearbyon the west bank of the river. Digginginto the hole wdiere the animal had takerrefuge, he captured the marauderwhich proved to be a ground hog. Healso discovered the entrance
. Inglenook, The (1911) . o itself with the cele-brated Grotto of Antiparos. Weyers Cave is named after the marlwrho found it. In or about the year 180-3Bernard Weyer, a tenant on the , was disturbed by some animal thaipersisted in attacking his hen roost. Heset a trap one evening, and found next]morning that it had been dragged awa>by some creature caught in it. Weyeifollowed the trail to the big hill nearbyon the west bank of the river. Digginginto the hole wdiere the animal had takerrefuge, he captured the marauderwhich proved to be a ground hog. Healso discovered the entrance to the wonderful cave by which he is rememberedFor some years, however, the curiositywas known as Mohlers Cave, since iwas found on the Mohler farm. I was told in 1902 by a member of th<Mohler family that Bernard Weyer afterwards went to Ohio, and that the dis-tinguished Senator Foraker was one ohis descendants. This is a point of considerable interest, but thus far I havenot found opportunity to verify the The Inglenook 791 re South Entrance to Weyers Cave. The formations in the cave embracee-iumerous and varied shapes and colors n both stalactites and stalagmites. formed by water charged with limedropping from above; but the stalactiteriangs down like an ordinary icicle, while he stalagmite is built up from the floorHe—the drops piling up into pointed, col-xtimns. Both form very slowly; and sci-entists frequently try to calculate howrnany thousand years old some of them the entrance, as one goes intoa Weyers Cave, are found the Senti- iels, very human-like stalagmites that lenust have been standing there waiting -:or somebodv to come long before the Ionian soldier at the gate of Pompeii vas buried under the ashes from Vesu-vius. Abqve the Sentinels, conveniently lear, is the Guard Room. Then wee:ome to the Cataract, a perfect repro- luction of a stream of water, which,.-souring over a ledge of rock, was?fraught and congealed by a sudden fro
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