Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-12-03


MAsToDoS's Boxes IN Ono.-On the ID
hlt while laborers were engaged In digging
ditch through n marsh in Clay township, Au-
glaise county struck upon The remains of
large animal, which were examined by lead
Ing, and scientific citizens Of that region, and
were also seen by Saybrook friend who
gives us The dimensions Of the skeleton, rs re-
ported 10 the local paper--tle WapakOneta
Dem0crut The length lG15 feet heighth l3i
feet owing to tho dccayed state Of the tusks
their exact length could not be glven' One OF
them near Its connection with the head, was
% inches in circumference, and In oil proba.
bilily must have been some 12 or ID feet in its
original, length. The teeth and bones Of
the feet, were in pretty perfect state. One
tooth weighed 8 pounds while another weigh
ed pounds The opinion arrived at Is that
this wonderful animal in an attempt to cross
this bog sunk into the soft and oozy earth,
where il died. and It's bones have remained for
so many centuries. II would seem that these
mastodons must have had wide range an ID
distribution over the worlds surface, as their
remains have been found in Asia, In Europe
aud America, and extending from the equator
to 60 deg North. and in time, reaching back
to time ou. of mind. Mr.. SYLVESTER BROWN,
who forwards us the information, says he
measured one toe out of his five, which meas
ured 90 inches, after laying The five bones end
to end, as they came apart, all quite sound.
His teeth each had from six to eight prongs
running into the jaw bone. -Four teeth only
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were found-all quite solid. The suppositl0n
was that the animal was, very old, and had
lost the most of his teeth before he got mired
in the mud at the bottom of the pond of wa
ter, as IL then most likely was and filled up
since. He was headed East, left fore foot for
ward some four feet of the other. If the tenn
the mastodon, l would have supposed he was
"travcling East" to look at the noble structure
built by the wise King Solomon" But the
Temple having been built but 1850 years be-
fore the days of Christ, the creature, at his an
tque age, commenced his journey some two
thousand years ahead of time.
ANOTHER FIRE ALARM broke forth in ter
rible clangor, on Sunday evening last a
large congregation had gathered at the Pres
byterian church, in union service, to listen
to the Rev, Mr. ATKINSON on behalf of the
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Asylum at Get
tysburg, and such stampede as took place
threatened serious consequences, until the
quieting announcement was made that there
was no immediate occasion for alarm. AS
the people got out, they started off on jog
trot without being able 10 discover or learn
in what direction the fire was to be found. l.
turned out, however, that the cause of alarm
was the burning out of a chimney of JOHN
DUCRo's house, which threw its glare Over
main street in such manner rs to lead to tho
belief that a considerable confagration was In
progress Although startling the alarm Wi
not without pleasant thought-it cut shor
If not in righteousness-at least in effective
suddenness, the prolixity which agents
above all other people in this world, we be
lievc, feel authorized to infict upon good ma
tured and patient people. The house wa
empticd, and vacancy took the place of tht
peroration of the speaker. There seemed tC
be wide difference of opinion about the
matter, for while the people thought the de
| liverance providential, the speaker suspected
that his satanic majesty was at the bottom O