South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-04-11

SVch 1919 WCiC lOuut va SAdulct VIII
their tails braided together in such a
manner as to forbid the idea Of their
ever extricaling themselves. Ten oil
the rats were alive /; they had nearly
consumed the eleventh. The ends Of
the tails that stuck out from half to
one inch through the braiding, had per.
ished /; while the remainder was per-
fectly sound.
Some prints call this a tough sto-
ry.' They are too incredulous. More
than hundred witnesses, now living,
can testify to similar occurrence in
Berkeley county, some years ago, on
the premises of Maj. Andrew Wag-
gener. ]-Charlestown Free Press.
Recovery of stolen properfy.-Soon
after the sailing Of Mr.. Livingston,
minister 10 France, in the summer OF
1882, his dwelling at Red Hook was
broken open, and property to the a.
mount of $4,000 stolen. No tidings
we're heard of till short time since,
when the goods off young man named
Moore, who had found it necessary to
abscond for malpraciices, we're taken
on an execution, among which were
found packed in boxes, most OF the
property stolen. More subsequently
he came to this city, and dashed away
at Lovejoy's Hotel under the assumed
name Of Capt. Paterson. Finding
that his tricks were discovered, and
that The officers we're in pursui. Of him,
he bent his way south, and reached
Reading, under the name OF Chauncey
Ludlow, where he was arrested Gus re-
lated in this paper on Saturday, and
brought TO this city and thence sent off
to Duchess county prison.-N Y. Adu.
MONSIEUR ToNsoN.-Ths Sea Ser
peni, our spring visiter, has again made
his appearance, as will be seen by the
following from the Gloucester Demo
crat. Whefe he winters we really
should like to know.-Eve. Star.
"THE SEA SERpENT.-Capt. Shib.
bles, Of the bring Manhegan, of Tho
mas.own, from Boston for New Or
leans, which arrived here on Saturday
last, states that he saw, when about
nine or ten miles from the Race Poin.
light, " hat he, as well as the whole crew
supposed to be, Sea Serpent; he
could distinctly see it with the naked
eye, but to be certain, he took his glass,
and saw his eyes, neck and head, which
was about as large as a barrel the
neck had something that looked like
name upon the top Of il; several times
he run his head seven or eight feet a.
bove the waller, end for thirty or forty
minutes he swan backward and fir
ward with great swif!ness. There were
Two other vessels near, the crews Of
which were in the rigging looking at
the same object. Capt. S. states that
he should think il was from 200 to $50
feet long, and that his head, neck and
tail, and his motions ia the water,
w.re exactly like those Of snake ev-
cry time he put his head out Of water,
he made noise similar 10 that efsteam
escaping from the boiler Of a steamboat.
One of the crew told US that his ap.
pearance and motion were precisely
like that he saw las, summer while in
the bay, which was said to be sea
serpent. The captain and crew attest
10 the correctness ofthis statement"
Culture Of Silk in Connecticut.-
The raw silk produced in Mansfield,
Conn. during the past season, amount.
ed to more than sixty thousand dollars.
This important amount of single
branch ofindustry in small country
township is almost entirely the pro.
duct Of the labor of children and fe.
males, and that too, for only small
portion of the year.
NEVER SATISFIED. The fire is ne.
yer satisfied with rood, the ocean with
riuers, death with mankind, nor CO.
quette with lovers IN Y. Mirror.
Extra Clerk.hire, in the first year Of
the Government, was $lO9 ! In the
last year, $3S,355 !! Ia the two frs,
years Of MIR. Jtffyrson's administra.
ton, it was $3.50 He then appears to
have arrested it, doubtless because Of
its Illegally, and the abuses to which
il was liable. In the remaining six
years of his administration, there was
nothing paid for extra clerk.hire. In
the four years Of John Quincy Adams