Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-29
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BRooKsvIILs, KY, Oct. 10, 1868.
A wonderful phenomenon has recently
made its appearance en- Willow creek, ~
Bracken county. abort two miles rom
Brooksville, and has been seen by quite ,
number OF the worthy citizens OF OUT
county. Our people have been IN cen
slant state Of excitement since II nrst maos
its appearance.
On the 10th inst ~ one Of our citizens,
. tobacco merchant, residing in breoksviie,
was returning home from the southern per-
ton OF the county, where he had Ussn by
log some crops Of tobacco, aud, being bu.
ing belatsd, was riding along the road,
whom suddenly no behs.d frightful objsc.
in the middle Of the road Immediately in
front Of him. will give you the des.rip-
tea Of it - heard it frem HE lips:
The object was about six feet In height,
aud walked upright. The face WAS ., times
that Of . man, very pale. With curls Of fame
falling over his shoulders; eyes Of sulphu.
Gus blue. chsnging constantly in sizs. one
moment q large a. . tin cup, and then
gradually decreasing In size until they were
AImsst invisible. lts asms we're those Of .
nan. and hands deadly pale. In one hand
it held torch, asd in the ether . sword
that seemed TO b about four feet in Length.
Il lower extremity was that Of . horse,
with legs we'll preportionsd. and hoofs ~
these Of horse. I's tail, which was about
three feet in length, Was Of fams.-
Ito breath vas . solid sheet Of IRE, which
| vibrs,ed with the hesvings Of its breast, like
the pendulum of clock. II was certainly
| the most frightful object ever behed. 1t
walked Of to the aide Of the road. and then
vanished. When il disappeared, l imms.
diatsy put spurs to my horse aud galloped
by the spot where had seen it, When
arrived at the summit Of the hill, about
two hundred yards %. l looked back and
saw the object IN the spet where FIRST be>
held il. l stopped my horse and watched
il for . moment; it walked over to the left
side Of the read. and mounting rail isncs
that stood there, commenced running 70.
ward ne. I did not stay to 30 the 70.
naindsr Of the drama"
lie Immediately rode to town, and having
told the adventure to ssme Of the citizens
they Immediately formed party and start
I'd cut " see the strange visitant. Law
ysrs, doctors, preachers and tradesmen
armed with guns aud pistols, made thsi
way en- mssss . the scene Of this strang,
adventure. When they arrived at the spo
some Of them bsheld the spscter and ether
ssuld NOT sss It. II Us, whsa they sav
il, On the fence, and ranning rapidly alosl
up and Down it past the crowd, for the die
lance efa quarter Of . mile. Az il pssse,
he crowd. several nrsd q il, but with u
effect.
About eleven o'clock Il vanished, and W
seen no mere that night. Since then il hs
been seen every night at the same place :
Hundreds Of visitors have been on han,
every night, and the sxcitsneat 10 ct YER
high state now. aad 10 increasing. Tn
cause Of this 10 beyond human conjecture
IL has only been about year ego since
Was seen in this county before. The ccu1
" 10 a.tir, and the lpsopls ara sagsr 10 e
rid % their unwslcsme visitant. This
r the whole narrative.
Will some philosopher explain the caus
Of this wonder! Yours truly,
JosIrH PErToS.
!, State Of Kentucky. b. acksn comfy, IS:
. We. the undersigned, make oath ard 81
. that tho above statement 10 substantial
. correct, and has been examined by US.
Luc,rs LANGpoS,
JONATHAN Z. SouLR,
His
= JAxVs s Z. WOLFE.
!, Mark.
. Sworn 10 before ne this the sixtcent
: day ci October, 1868.
: JONI P. JONES, J, 2.
Base ball hes rot made half the sens,
tion this year that it did last, and probabI
next year will have fallen still more int
e the background The same can be said
croquet and cricket, ard new Sensations
70 outdoor game is needed to stir up the enc
= gees Of small amateur athletics. TIE thin
which killed cricket was base bsll, anu bal
:, ball is being killed by the gro~ing custcl
= Of employing professionals to do the har
: work and play the matches. Safety 10 Ii
:. trouble With crsqust.
!, Brown bread and baked beans are amen
!. the Acknowledged Institutions Of New +,
. gland. And Boston shows hsrseIfa VOL
. thy metropolis Of Nav Eng and BY her cor
. dial maintenance Of these agreeable institr
4 ,iens. A single baker in Green stree
bakes weekly a. least . thousand loaves {
brown bread and barrel Ofbcans! His i.
sue Of leaves on Sunday morning last ~
up 10 asvsn hundred! And he 10 only on
4 Of . number Of bakers Of this kind Of brsat
/ and Of bsans, though one Of the very be,
| in the citv