Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-11-11
N0DERN AUNCUAUsENg.

4VDEEN Il y e ( . ENS.
For some mouths p1st we have noticed
an unusual number Of marvellous and
sensational al stories about monsyrous beasts
and snakes and wonders % general, float
ing about ar.ong the papers. The
State Il Tennessee Fesnes.,o have been
the local. y most favored With unnatural
aud supernatural v;sitauts Oae ire
mendous serpent has been killed there
re believe the promised poz. uzorten, ex-
hioition Of the inoaater has not yet been
granted to the publo--and at least two
others equally terrible are now roaming
at viii through the state A case is also
mentioned Of a genuine ghost which drove
a young man up tree and frighte ned the
wite and life out Of him. But the great,
est sensation Of MI vas produced by call
from old Satan himself, who, no doubt
supposing himself in Kentucky, appeared
in visible torn not long since to multi
ude OF Tennesseeans, displaying the yer
lble cloT3a tot, arr3 " tlP2ei tail aad
breath Of aaus which were accorded to
him in years past but which We of the
pre-ent day hare been taught to believe
were harmless 6ctions of our ancestors
His Satanic majesty is said to have
skipped about On rail fence with great
levity and lack Of dignity, and to have
shown the utmost indifference to suudry
leaden bullets, which certain of his irrey
erent children, thinking TO turn the op,
portunity to profitable account for them
selves, saw fit to Are at him.
The woods Of Maine and the mountains
Of California have suddenly been found
to contain enormous snakes and beasts
Great Salt Lake is said to be furnished
with at len half dozen fearful monde
scripts, as large as q teamboat and swift
as locomotive, which will no doub, keep
vessels Of all sizos from 4 canoe to
schooner from navigating the waters of
that dismal lake But all these marvel
Gus accounts sink into insis nifcance be-
side the story of the last man" who is
universally said to have the advantage in
such cases aud who has not failed to i'm
prove his opportunity this time. He
tells US that the terrible earth quakes
aud clugulsioas Of uatura, which have
desclatcd the Pacific coast during the
past Few months have not DESTROYED Ut
terly without some compensation. f5r, he
says, the SAME t:eme .dou8 ihroes which
shook d,wu and buried whole citias also
forced up from the center of the earth
through the bed Of the ocean and above
the surface Of the water, whole islands Of
the parest gems ana :ao8t precious metals.
The blaze Of diamonds turns night into
aay Cor leagues around the charmed spot
Rubies, elaer2ids aad sapphiros lie scat
tered about ike granite bouiders in New
Hampshire. This fortunate disooverer
speaks in the most trihing manner of dis
monds of the first water which weigh two
hundredstons, aud devotes but single
sentence to the mention Of an island sew
enty miles long composed Of single pure
emerald IN order to forestail trouble
some Inquiries after specimens, cur con
eiderate narrator informs US that be and
his comrades where wholly unable 10
break off the smallest fragment with
crowbar or sledge hammer, but that they
are zow like genuine cool-headed Yam
KEGS preparing to return with proper
equipments for drilling and blasting the
huge masses down 70 portable size Think
of quarTying out jewels with the aid of
drill and nitro glycerine ! At the present
rate precious stones will soon be as ahun-
dant as marble, and doubtless the wealthy
will use them in building their houses,
while our future Fifth Avenues will! be
paved in mosaic with the costIiest gems.
Who comes Gextf