Underground River

The last Fremont, Ohio, Journal says: It is not generally known that there exists about a mile west of this city, a remarkable underground stream, with a swift current, and no outlet above the surface of the ground this side of Lake Erie. It was discovered several years ago, on a farm north of the Four-Mile House, now owned by widow Sheffer, by a man who was returning from a day’s chopping in the woods. In walking over a slightly sunken place, he noticed a hollow sound, and turning struck the ground with his as. The ax broke through and disappeared, and never has been recovered. Further investigation showed a rock about six feet below. By tracing its course further down, and breaking through the crust, the phenomenon appeared again, and by dropping a piece of wood or other floating substance in the upper apperture, it was soon seen to pass the lower one, showing a strong current. A lead and line let down to the depth of seventy feet, found no bottom. The supply of water is only slightly affected by drought, and a pump set in one of the places above mentioned has furnished the purest water to the whole neighborhood during the late dry season. It is certainly quite a remarkable stream.