The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-04-24
4 WONDERFUL MIRAGE
-NE'BRASAhA.

Having witnessed one OF the grandest,
yet mos, strange of all sights, this morn.
ing for the second time, L am prompted
10 make a feeble attempt of giving you
and your numerous readers faint de-
scription of this wonder OF nature,
Feeble will be the attempt, for no pen
or mind, however gifted, can convey 10
the minds Of the public an idea of the
grandeur OF such scene, unless witness
ed by them, but the slow 10 believe"
will be ready 10 laugh and ridicule but
we have hundreds around US who gazed
with utter establishment and wonder, and
could scarcely believe what their naked
eyes We're heholdng. AS we emerged
from our rude home just as the day was
dawning, we made the remark, how
strange the calm and serenity of the
morning, and while standing amazed at
the peculiar appearance OF nature, the
sun began to climb the eastern sky with
a peculiar brightness, rejecting on all ma
ture charming influence, adding much
10 the scene before US, as the objects re.
fiected on were frightened while in the
east as IN the shadow Of the sun remained
a dark spot Never more beautiful
morn was permitted to dawn. Although
the ground was covered with winters
/ inches, yet il was pleasant, even mild out
doors. Wonderingly we looked around
us for our neighbors, those that we were
accustomed TO see, but they had all dis
appeared as behind hill, while Others
that we had mover seen had taken their
places, or in other words, the land near
seemed 70 have sunken, and further our
eyes traced the earth. 1t appeared TO rise
up much like the tides of the ocean. As
one OF our esteemed neighbors, formerly
OF Illinois, remarked to his brother, re-
Igarding store one mile distant usually
situated on the highest cminence in all
these rolling prairies, " 1t had fallen into
the hollow" We stood al our door
awhile and then got on the roof TO see in
its fUlnesS the strange scene that almost
COMPOUNDED our vision. The first sight
was that OF timber, which at any time
gladdenS our hearts 10 see and TO Lave ii
transported apparently 10 our doors,
when we have two or three days trip to
make to get load OF wood. Platte River,
and its islands dotted with scrubby tim
Der, and even the water was plainly vlsi'
bic 20 miles distant. We began TO look
around us for the towns that distance
ever prevented US from seeing, except by
two or three days journey. Seward City
ana Pheasant Ill., % miles 10 our east
Grand Island City, 20 miles west, and
Lowell, 80 miles southeast, and in all II
towns, none nearer than 10 miles, could
be plainly seen. In some of them the
streets were marked and houses counted.
Oh how we strained our eyes but Tor one
fond look at our home city of Jackson
vile, H. Now, Mr. Editor, whatever
may the doubt of the public and the diff
lculty of creditinr all this vet il was wit
messed by every one here, and hundreds
of private letters will convey to Eastern
friends some idea OF the strange scene
and all we hope is that they may see fol-
themselves. BY giving this to the public
you will satisfy the request Of our neigh
bors, and it may be read by some one
who have seen similar scenes years be
fore we ever found a home in the fal
West