, 1870-06-19
SINGULAR PHENOMENON.
sudden Appearance Of Lna1es ana
Ponds In The TOWN. OF WNGoa-CeAe
furs and Wells Flooded.

Ftum tAe Sanatogidn.
We rode out CD Saturday 10 Observe Pc
culiar phenomenon. which, FOR several % Meess,
las Kept our friends in the town Of Wilton
in . state Of feserish speculation and
EonaermSnt" Ihe 1e.h,a sec19n s}.t, y, stI.iIs
exi.ts. Is about two miiea ont Of Saratog., ins
northerly direction. geographically, tho dis.
t1ics IL slightl5 elevated tAblo land, the soil
a sandy loan. The surface is troken Ind un~
lul1ting. It ia = good farming district tho
SECTION IN which the ponds haye appeared be-
inr dotted With neat farm houses, and occu-
pied by some OF onr most prosperous farmers.
On this strip Of land, covering Al area OF 3
mile broad by txo uailes in leagth. have ap-
peared this spring ten or dozen good.sized
ponds waving IN size from an ssEs te 81 ,h.os Or
pcnds is, that they hare appea1ed in spots
that havo hitherto hardly known apuddle, in
/ scmu instances in fields xhere the farmer has
been wont to reap his richest harreste:
They moatly came in APRIL, md Al
ed patiently for the sqhsiding Of
| tho waters, supporting that the unusual
accumulation OF tho aqueous element WAS tho
| result Of the sudden melting Of the eno1.
hut May came, and sttll the miniature lakes
fnmeIs locked out each day in wondering
su1,rise. rubbing their ores, and expressing
! 10 tileir households in uustinted terms their
au-:crcnt at tho unheard Of thing. All
III oush tho Nay drought the pond.
Ecld their oun, and only H!thn short
r!.c.s they have crossed The highway, and the
Ground etill bears the marks Of the water.. We
snv. IN the course of miles rilo, 4 lalf dozaC
| ii l;ese ponds. They have appeared mainly
| cn the fa1ms Of John GEaxes, y. 4 CrP1en
ald John lngersoil, and Norman Nohlce
Tie 1arsest OF these ws saw was QUO cover
,uy pottion OF the farms Of Daniel Crcs
I'D Miles and John 1ngerHoll. VIC estimates
..u PRESENT c1tcnt Of the pond at about Nv
acrca. 1t takes in 4 part OF the rosd, coSerin!
were informed, and the signs indicated Il, tha
: TIC water hAd been about two feet higher tha
| II Is now. Water WAS neycE Known to stand o
| thia erou1sl before longer than a few days It
: t1rac. Thc 1ocahty is naturally dr5, tho soA
. leaeLss, and no Eisshle tnict OF outlet y
ske.cts, except Al artificial one opene
is Iii. Gippen to drain OF the inttudir
waller frcm ono Of his very best lots, Whie
!, !bis yea. lies comparatively useleas. From th
latter Hond, good sized stroatn aows CO
It st=ntly through ground taat never , beiote 7
ance 81 theee ponds, tho weIls and cellars
d th.. rrtidauts III through this particular se
" tio,4 lave been, and are at Present, food
r. Y. frcc, orc 10 three feet decp. Tho wells ha
.. l trcn Eve to seven feet OF water n tnen+ NC
than vas ever known before VIC found 0
:lzlcer, .ir. Ja1ncs = Hihe5. who haa been bn
ii DAY i.ailing out lis cellar to get At bis po
,.4, The water had been three feet deep
i ali ;Lc spring. It was neser vet before, Z
&C Gle vould suppose from the high position Il
= i could rot be flooded. There has been mt
uerdcring over this singular phenou
nca IN Wilton, but nobody has fou
y !. satisfactory solution Of tbs myste
ed It is . curious fact, however,
.sy 10 in eu,ne way connected with tho p
I'll m rcrnenon, that couple of nilsa east OF
nd .+ction, but On lower Groo1d, tha wates il G.
m mns ide1abiy lower than it has bcen hoEn
II. .ca1s, and on the opposite siao Of the Aair
ot l dacks ridge. in Corinth, the water is 1ull
70 | feat lower than 1t waa one year ago. But
.ee water should thus suddenly appear in
eu .tr.pge way, on this sandy ssble-land. L
hn far unexplained, and must be left fer the
q l sana To nhilpsaIA1iza UPON.