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CHURCH BUILT OF FOSSILS
Building Constructed of Blocks Hewed
From the Petrified Depths of a
Nearby Swamp.
Mumfofd, N. Y.In Mumford is a
church building constructed of fossils.
At first glance the walls appear to be
constructed of rough sandstone
smeared with an uneven coating of
gritty, coarse, plaster but a closer
view shows delicate traceries of
leaves, lace-work of interwoven twigs,
bits of broken branches, fragments of
mossy bark, splinters of wood, all pre
served against the wasting of time
Mumford Church.
and decay by being turned into the
hardest of flinty limestone. Every
block of stone in the four walls is a
closely cemented mass ot dainty fos
sils, literally packed and Interwoven
There is no basic rock at all, but only
fossil fibers, which give the rock co
hesion and strength. Nevertheless,
the stones are light in weight com
pared with granite and sandstone.
The blocks were hewed from the
petrified depths of a nearby cedar
swamp. Mumford is situated in the
heart of the great area ot rock, once
the bed of an ocean, known to geolo
gists as the Niagaia limestone. It
crops out either in the form of the
Boft, calcarerous stone, or the hard
and more serviceable blue limestone.
The clear, cold water which gushes
from innumerable springs or flows in
frequent brooks throughout the Mum
ford country Is alkaline from the lime
held in solution.
GERMANY'S GREAT MONUMENT
Colossal Memorial Nearing Comple
tion Is Built to Commemorate the
Battle of Leipzig.
Leipzig, Germany.Perhaps the
most colossal monument in all Ger
many is nearing completion here.
