

My mother was in the choir, and the heritage of her side of the family was one of simple folk - mountain folk - who sang often.

Singing was a big part of my faith growing up. 196 BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY parent waters of these lakes are so deceptive that rashvisitors frequently subject themselves to a wetting in order toconvince their skeptical minds of the genuineness of the fluid. 'By all evidence, Amit Peled is a superb cellist. It was written by a Methodist evangelist back in 1912 and it was a standard part of our Sunday hymn-singing repertoire.

It is archedabove with myriads of stalactites, reflected with most beau-tiful effect in the calm flood of the spring. Crystal Lake is a body of pellucid water in a setting ofsparkling stalactites, and the Imperial Spring is a silverpool richly enclosed in a forest of columns. In addition to the solid forma-tions of stone and crystal, a number ofbeautiful lakes are found in various partsof the caves.
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The Ball Room, a mag-nificent apartment, gorgeously fur-nished, is full of interest, AvhileCampbells Hall, mimed for thediscoverer of the cave, is rich inbeautiful and enchanting ornamenta-tion. Not-withstanding its uninvitingname, it is a very attractiveportion of the cave and con-tains many wonderful forma-tions. )arkling with lini])idhikes and peo])led withgoblins, riceivfs its namefrom the bewilderingwindings and lal>yrin-thine meandcringsthrough which the touristnuist tread his way. Image from page 232 of "Routes and rates for summer towns" (1895)Īuthors: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad CompanyĬontributing Library: The Library of CongressĬlick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.
