Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-07-12


and slendels reaching out into the ocean like
The body of the island indeed resembles
that of some huge monster of the antediluviau
world, even as its capes and headlands re-,
semble such monsters unsightly limbs and
claws e@~~s7ti "f' s| . @'@a+@i 4tt
Ar.more terrible solitude than this isle of
Desolation does. not exist upon our wrecked
planet. 1'@AS =5e'N@ ssof-&o "@I 2e -
Neither the SHOWS of Himalaya nor the sands
of Sahara can outYie its terrors.
No inhabitant is there, not even a savage
no house. no tree, no shrub, no fence nor
road, no field nor garden, no horse, no dog
not even a snake or a wolf. v @4 eyF 2
Lone, blasted and barren, it looks like the
skeleton of land that has persisted.
It may indeed be that Desolation is the relic
the surviving fragment-of acontinent that
went down here countless ages ago, with hosts
of inhabitants, in some vast CONFUSION of
nature. .-..5r
1t has certainly undergone dreadful vista
| tions; been rent by earthquakes, pIlyerized
by frosts, dashed and wasted by fierce tempests.
Its mountains are only of moderate height,
but are capped eternally with snow. 1esrp7g.
Its vegetation is limited to few dwarfish
plants. including some MOSES, a species of
llchen, a coarse grass, plant resembling "a
small cabbage, and sort of cress.
It winds are raw and piercing. its summers
cold and frosty, its winters those of the Polar
Circles, ~
The interior of the island is occupied by
immense Doggy swamps, where the ground
SINKS at every STEP. r. r,v r..-s., ss..-.s- e
The rains in Desolation are almost incessant,
in their season. and the island is accordingly
veined with numerous torrents of fresh water,
some of which have worn out of the solid rock
tremendous cavities and gullies. The only
other season than that of the rains is one OF
almost constant snow. +.
The fogs of that CHASTITY region are well
worthy of the rains, being of cloud-like
| density, and lowering almost continually over
the whole face of the island. b 1. g.f sg e
The of Desolation is usually hidden by
| a canopy of lead-colored clouds, and appears,
on the rare occasions when it is visible, scarcely
| brighter than the moon in other attitudes. AS
| to the moon itself, and the stars, the clouds
| and fogs rarely permit them to betray their
| existence.
| No fishes worthy of note, not even fishes of
| prey, abound in the adjacent waters, by rea-
son, perhaps, of their containing poisonous
minerals or deadly eXhalatlons from the vol
| canic fires beneath them. s.e ztr ga. Isl
Yet the dark grim sea inclOsing Desolatlon
has done something to repair the sterlllty OF
| the island. s.4 .-.,.,. .--.. .-.....,-- ..
Penguins, ducks, gulls, cormorants and
other marine birds are plentiful In some OF its
| harbors. eF ... s...-. -.f....
Strange and terrible land ~ aG.a .ss
| Not single human being, SO far as is known,
| has ever lived there, save as is now to be re-
corded i'll these pages. .a3,& r5ai-s1- sHs
Near the middle of dull, dismal afternoon,
some eleven weeks later than the date of the
preceding events, the good thip Flying C'tilde,s
drew near to the island of DesOlatiOn, shaping
| her course toward its northernmost bay, called
| by Capt. Cook Christmas Harbor. s- s...s
| A fair breeze was blowing from the north,
| and the ship was carrying every stitch OF her
canvas, including studding-sails. fa III Ia FL
Her creW-both watches-were busy about
| the deck, and her passengers-a score in num-
| ber--had gathered in groups, mostly forward,
| and were gazing with great interest upon the
wild, rugged shores before them, so far as the
| fog suspended upon those shores permitted
| them to become visible
The ship had come here for water, nearly all
her water casks having been stove or started
during squall ten days previously, and every
soul aboard of her having been since that date
upon short allowance.
Upon the quarterback stood Capt. Luke
Pedder, looking unusually happy, with Will.
Hawley beside him. ''t-
- I mean to get our water aboard before
dark, Capt. Pedder, and so avoid losing a night
here, said the young executive, totally Uncon-
scious of the plot to leave him alone on the
desolate island, and of the extraordinary adj
ventures which we're before him. The strange
events that happened there, and indeed the
whole of this thrilling story, will be found only
in the New York Ledger, which is now ready
and for sale at all the bookstores and news
depots. Ask for the number dated July Is,
and in it YOU will get the continuation of the
story from the place where it leaves off here. "a
A LADY named Beardshear, living on
farm near Dayton, Ohio, while carry
ing an armful of wood from the wood
shed to the kitchen, was bitten on the
leg by what was first believed to have
been rattlesnake, and after drinking
a large quantity of pure alcohol, in the
absence. Of whisky, to counteract the
poison, her husband, working in the
field near by, heard her screams and
came to her assistance and, in search
ing for the supposed snake just where
she dropped the armful OF wood, was
agreeably surprised to find piece Of
barreEhoop, which Mrs. B. had stepped
on, and, as it flew up, struck her in
such manner as to draw the blood.
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