The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-20

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I'VE know, Il has been customary for
the manufactured of the marvellous to
revive at intervals the story or the sea
Serpent, (which asigone the rounds of
the a time and oftS has
been laughed at by the pubic 'as it
should have been.a In the faeei OF this
fact, we do mot hesitate TO- present the
following statement, which we ,beheye
to be true in every Particular Tor the
reason that we have it upon the itestt-
mony of eight persons. SIX OF whom
saw each for him and herself, all that
Is contained in the statement ana two
others, who for reasons given, saw only
portion thereof sIflwe were permit
ted ito give the names Of those who
make the statement, not one ati all ac-
qnainted in Oswego would doubt tt for
moment. f-lFT1-Ius, ti II Lc a. E'itl5-
The following is the statemement:
Last evening about eight O'Clock, q par
ty of four ladies' and four gentlemen OF
this city went out upon Lake Ontario
The went mp the lake about two miles.
It,wasi still daylight when the party
started. THE evening was pleasant
with almost no wind, and the moon,
though not shining very brightly made
objects plainly idiscernible on the lake.
There were anunber Of sAiltvessels In
sight, and also a few rowbostss On the
.
hill upon which the Sheldon residence
stands, some three hundred feet from
the shore,g and about ten O'Clock, the
occupants ofthe boat. iwhosw were sing
Ing atthe time, heard q peculiar noise
which attracted their attention. About
two hundred feet ahead OF them yaud
within one hundred feet f.the shore,
they sawswhat they at first thought to
be q log floating IN the water. The PEI
culiaE noise was repeatedI and this time
it was apparent that 1t came from the
vicinity of the ittlog.'S 9 The steersman
headed the boat towards she "loG, -
he said. for the purpose OF Tescutng the
eastaWayl 9bnlfrog." Immediately
that the boats head was turned, the
party all saw n most horrible slight.
The form of huge sualzewas raised
fully fifteen feet in the air and brought
down into the water threeor four times
In quick succession. A noise similar
In nature to that heard previously, but
greatly increased in power was heard:
the reptile settled fntoithe water, and
with its horrid head elevated about two
feet above the surface, ,gbegan tto-move
toward the centre of the lake, repeating
the noise, which sounded like the bel
low of a bull, and lashing the water in
to foam for a distance OF Mt least forty
feet behind the head. lsi 5lEE. gIu
When the monster. raised his head
first, the two ladies who sat facing the
scene, screamed and tainted. The other
two, though terribly frightened, kept
their eyes liked ON the monster until It
disappeared The men seemed para-
lived by the sight. and state that
they were unable to make a stroke of
the oars. They,were not near enough
to see. the shape OF the head, but unite
In saying that the body of the animal
was at least two feet thick at the, neck,
and gradually increased In size down
TO the water. The bellyt3 seemed Of Q
light color, and the back black i155.l
We did not see this thing ourself, and
simply give the statement as 1t il made
to u.s., II has in all probability been
made to others by the eparties who saw
the slight; and we feel assured that,
while some may attribute Tito halluei-
nation, and. endeaYor TO account for 1t
on the theory of heated Imagination,
none who, know the parties, viii for n
moment doubt their perfect, sincerity.
The ladies have not yet recovered from
their fright, and the men say they hope
never again to be compelled to witness
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