Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-11-04
a Wonderful Fish.

a single fish was caught near East
port, Maine, few weeks ago. \
picture of it appears in Harpers'
Weekly; and the following description
is published in the Bangor Wig:
The strange animal recently cap
tured near EasUport, meagre reports
Of which had reached US, arrived IN
this city few days ago, and has been
on exhibition, during which it has
been visited by our citizens. all of
whom have expressed their wonder as
well at the remarkable size of the
monster as at its anomalous charac-
ter. This animal, part beast and
part fish, is over thirty feet in length,
and girls twenty one feet. 1t has
one enormous dorsal fin, two side bel
ly fins, and broad shark-like tail
About one third of its length from
It's tail, in connection with small fins,
it has two huge legs, terminating in
webb feet. Its mouth makes line
of five or six feet in length, the whole
extent of which is sqt with innumer-
bling in size and shape the kernel of
species of sharp pointed pop corn.
1t has series of gillS which overlap
each other like the tlounces once the
style in ladies dresses. Its immense
body. which was estimated to have
weighed when captured about eleven
tons, had no framework of bones, its
cartilage incapable of preservation.
Its skin is dark and tough like that
of the elephant and rhinoceros.
There is no record of his species,
and to none !, it a greater wonder
than to naturalists, whose attention
is being drawn to it. Among others
who have hat the opportunity of see
ing it is Professor Baird of the
Smithsonian Institution at Washing
ton, who is, as yet, unable to place
it IN the known lists of the animal
kingdom. 1t IS indeed a veritabe
wonder calculated to excite pupular
curiosity, and to invite the researches
of the scientific.
At various times during the past
y
lcved to be a huge serpent, has been
reported seen in Lake Utopia, in New
Brunswick, Just across the state line
but, as these reports in eachinstance
rested upon the testimony of but one
or two individuals, they were gener-
ally discrcdited. Iatterly, however,
the reports and the number &c wit
nesses had so increased as to take the
story out of the realm of fiction
On Sunday, August Sd, the monster
was discovered near the shore on the
west side Of PASSPORT Island, where
Passamaquoddy Bay IS connected with
Lake Utopia by a marsh a quarter of
mile long. Beng attacked with
musketrv, it struck for the marsh,
and probably the lake, which was I'M
doubtedly its home and, before be-
ing incapable of locomotion, it had
worked It's way with its fins and legs
a number Of rods. The report Of It's
presence at once spread to the town,
attracting a large number to the spot
to aid in its destruction. 1t received
some seventy muskct balls; and,
though attacked IN the forenoon, 1t
exhibited signs Of life the following
day.
Thus the Northeastern point Of
our State, with the assistance of
New Brunswick, has the honor of pro
ducing the nearest approach to a real
sea serpent. which is destined to
make popular sensation wherever
exhibited 1t is to be at Portland
during the forthcoming State Fair,
and is thence bound for Boston, New
York and other principal cities.