New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-28
The Silver Lake IS naik.


2Si The Silver Lake IS naik"
-4n eye Witnessof f.tfe asltensfer 4-Iaaior, ira
= CdittonS--..d probienr for Zeotogists :
A gentlemen is nowln this city VINO has had
the good fortune to zee the mohstraus creature
that iDhasits the shores ard has its Hir in the
crystal depths of Silver Lake His storg i.
suehsa will bring conviction to every listener
that there does exist in that Lake creatur,
not yet described in the natural history Of the
state, and that in ali human pr5ba bffty it be.
longs to the family Of snakes Mr.. s, the per
son from whom the Information is derived, is a
highly respectable mechanic residing in this
city, whose full name and residence he wishes
to Keep ineegnto, for the obvious reasons that
thousands of curious persons would be sflocking
to hear the strange tale, and to put questions
to resolve their doubts and incaedulity. While
returning from the West, he stopped last week
at the beautiful village of Perry 'neir Silver
Lake,sin Wyoming county, in this State, where
bis wife's uncle, J. N Hall It, Esq resides, a
highly esteemed citizen of that place: as is
vouched for BY tie editor Of the Wyoming
Times On Tuesday Afternoon, Mr. Hallett,
in company with Mr.. S., went down to tthe
Lake, partly to eDjoEa strelf, and partly in
hopes that they might see the monster that has
appeared swimming on the surface of the Lake.
AACy WCht W d plhuOFm WHICH 0AS DGRl
erected on the eastern shore Of the Lake, and
commands d full view Of the, surface Here
they found two nien who have been engaged by
6 The Experiment Co.," got up for.the purpose
of capturing the monster, and awaited his ap-
pearance 1T had been now week since any
one had seen the snake, and it was supposed
that it was either engaged in digesting; q full
meal, or that it had been alarmed by thestruc-
ture which had been erected, and the other
preparations for cEpture on the shore, for snakes
are notorfously timid and suspicious creatures
Some distance off there was man. arnold resi-
dent, who had gonet prospecting among the
rushes atrthe outlet of the Lake, where it is
thought the snake is wont to retire occasionally
for conceafment, food, or digestion, or all three
together. Silver Lakesis a !fine sheet of water
three miles long, and about three quarters
wide at the broadast part, havingan Inlet and
outlet both frInged with rushes, and is evident
Ey one ofthe relies Of that vast inland sea which
overspreadthe western part of the State of New
York, some of the deeper portions OF which are
indicated by this.afd the other lakes Of the re!
gion. hedepth insone part of Silver Lake is
said to be unfataomable. Why may not this
monster belong to one Of the antedeiuyian tribes
that trayersef the wares Of the ancient lake
like the megalosauri and the plesiosauri OF
what Dr. auckland calls the Qoolitic Sea?
I To-return to the snake. Mr. Hallett, Mr. s.,
and the two watchmen were standing on, the
platform gazing Oh the placid watersof the lake..
which the setting sun was bathing in n food of
the metal whence it derives its name, when 10!
a dark object raises itself from the waves, four
feet OF more above the waterAit is the snake.
Their hearts hnttered.e Mr.. Hailett watches il
through glass. and Mr. s: sees it moving rap
idly along. the shore for more than thirty feet,
moving down toward the outlet, when it sud
ienly turns. aud swims swiftly across the lake,
After about a minute, Mr.. .Eailett handed The
glass TO Mr.. s., who saw the head distinctly,
Ihen about n font4out of tlle water. and losksn
is big as an ordinary hat He marked, u dark
line beneath the water, extending about fifteen
feet from the head, and then q por tion Of the
back out of water, apparently considerably
larger in bulk, and four feet in length, aud then
j wake like that efthe bodyaef snake stretch
ing out forty sor7 Fifty feet ,hehind. n Thepsrty
watehed the motions of the, creature until -it
grew dark 1t would generally swim about q
minute ON the surface, and then 60 under. The
notion was swift. easy and undulating, rese1s
bling in appearance the swimming OF q water
snake. Mr.. Hallett frst saw the monster, and
pointed him out moving over the water. His
atilavit, aud those of the two employees of the
Company will be published soon,
and corrOborate the statements of Mr. s. .--4
! The old man wBo selected the rushes as the
spot whence to observe the mouster, has fisedin
the vicinity for over twepty-four years, and
had remarked that when the Indians inhabited
the county in considerable numbers, he never
SAN one battle in the waters Of Silver Lake. nor
fish, nor hunt along, its shores, When an old
Iadian, who now lives in the neighborhooa, was
asked to explain this singular avoldanoe of tie
Lake by the hunters OF his tribe, he nswefed
with a look OF terror, "Big Serpent The wa
ters Of. Silver Lake are well stacked with pike,
pickerel and cat fish /; on these it is thought the
monster may occasionally regale, while the
wild fowl among the bullrushes may, at other
times, become his prey -Ys7azz' ',.~#sJ alyts
The Experiment Company have associated tc
secure the creature dead or alive. They have
erected q platform on which persons are sta
tiomed to watch the Lake; they have placed
ducks floating ON the water and attached to
floats or buoys, and with o heavy hook fast
ened under each wing and secured by stout
lines. They have also sent down to this city
for a large seine, which they propose to stretch
across The inlet. whichisovergrown With rushes,
and which is believed to. be fayorite resort OF
this monster. In case of the failure OF these
and other similar means of capture, 1t ls sug-
gested that the bulk of the lake can be drained
OFF at a triAiDg. expense, and thetprobahility il
that the ,creature may be thus easily secured
Ihe existence of the snake esor,otheruudeseribed
animal, is proved almost, beyond O. peradven,
ture, and the next thing is to catch it, Such 9
contamination will CRAFTY the curiosity O
thousands; besides, that, it may throw grea
light on geological science. N. Y. News, 10Th
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/ .SSrRauLAR. AecIDENr. The Otsego {Michigan
Conrieri says that one Of the village physioan
was called into the country, in great haste, t
prescribe for an infant child LIST week Tn
mother Of the child, while asleep wfth il restin,
on her arm, dreamed she was bringing an arI,
full'of wood from out of doors, and e I
down she stove, atd it is sss IA. ;1t sul,na y
the aoton to the thoafasek d scr cams cams II Il
.he noor, as waslRpe w1asslRpe side of the room.