Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-01
AN OLD STORY REyIvED.
The Sea serpent Is seen by n Jersey
Fisherman.

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Fisherman.
The Newark On. j. Courier is ri
sponsible for the story:
flames Andrews, Jerseyman an
fisher Of porgies and the like in New
ark bay, resides at Saltersville, on th
eastern shore, and is person OF SCUM
sense, good steady habits, not at a
given to grog, and luckily not possesse,
of an unusual share of imagination
Among his neighbors Mr.. Andrews
esteemed thoroughly reliable, and hi
strange story is very generally accepted
for fact by those who know him.
'Mr. Andrews states that on SUNDAY
afternoon last, he was returning from
Elizabethtown in his boat, small affair
capable of carrying only four or fy,
persons, and after he had passed under
the Central Railroad bridge, and rowed
as he thinks, about mile up the bay
his attention became at first attracted BY
an unusual commotion in the watei
about two hundred yards in advance o.
the boat. Curious as to this unusual az
itation, he rested upon his oars and
watched for 9 few moments the spot,
which was strongly marked by the waves
and foam, when to his great surprise and
terror the head of q monster as large as
a -four barrel, and having some-
thing Of the appearance of dogs
head, appeared above the water.
1t stretched away along the SUR
face, and a black scsly back lifted
itself gradually from the water until it
appeared, according to Mr.. Andrews,
twice the length OF an ordinary schooner.
1t swan easily and with but little mo-
ton, occasionally raising its head three
or four feet above the surface with that
peculiar sinuosityIcommoR to the snake
tribe. Suddenly, with a tremendous
splashing, it disappeared from sight,
leaving behind it large area of seething
foam.
"Mr. Andrews acknowledges himself
to have been scared almost to death at
the sight, and about came to the conclus
sion, so he says, that he was to be eaten
alive. Indeed, his presence Of mind so
far forsook him that he dropped both
oars and had some difficulty in recovering
them. Having secured them, however,
by means of small paddle which for
tunately remained in the bottom of the
boat, he undertook to row across the bay,
but he had proceeded but short distance
when a terrible splashing from behind
caused him to turn around, and there, as
he solemnly asserts, within q dozen
yards of him, was the head of the
monster high up above the surface
and, to add all the more to his terror, it
opened its hileous jaws and darted q
forked tongue directly at him. To en-
ploy the language used by Andrews
himself the next thing he knew, he
didn't know ahything'-meaning thereby
that his terror was so great he apparent0
ly lost consciousness. That was the last
he saw Of the sea serpent (Which he most
assuredly believes it to have been, and
which certainly tallies with the descrip-
tons already given) and he informs US
that Immediately thereafter he probably
did some of the tallest rowing that has
ever been witnessed in Newark Bay.
"Such is Mr.. Andrews account of the
transaction, and we give it only for what
it is worth. If it be false, that is his
concern, not ours ; but we see no reason
for doubling his word. He was known
to have been perfectly sober at the time
lin fact, as we have already remarked,
is not a drinking man. The people at
SaltersVille do not question his state
ments in the least"