The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-26
HERE He Is AGAIN

THE SEA SERPENT PUTS IN AN APPEARANCE
AT LAKE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FISHER
MANS sroRY-ENCITEMRNT or THE Ma
TIvEs.
The sea serpent appears now in a new
role. A correspondent of the New York
Commercial Advertiser would have us be-
lieve him fresh wat er creature, fox he
the correspondent, not the ses serpent
thus writes from Newport, Vermont. ON
Lake Memphramagog: Not to be behind
other places Lake Memphramsgog has at
length discovered her sea serpent. and to-
day, upon my arrival from the Fabvan
House, of White Mountain fame, I find the
gu SITS OF the Memphramagog House in the
intense excitement over the news and $50
tongues are busy going all the time in COM
ment upon the discovery of the monster
1t was fisherman, James Bunce by name.
who firstfsaw the animal. He was out
fishing this morning about O'Clock ten
miles from Newport harbor, where the
Memphramsgog House is. He had gone
a little outo of his customary rounds in homes
of better luck than had attended him the
the day before. and had turned his little
canoe into q cove almost completely shaded
by trees. 1t was cove which he had not
visited for ten years. II was q noise like
the escaping steam from a locomotive that
startled him as he was Batting mis- hook for
the first cast. He turned quickly to see
whence the noise came, and was almost
transfixed with horror at the sight which
met his gaze, "Pm fifty years old come
next Saturday" he said to me, Shut by the
living lingo! never was so skesrt before"
Let James tell the story himself. He saws:
Il knowed in a minute Jest what it was,
cause I'd hesrn my father tell on it.
'Jeames,' he used to say, look ont for that
big sarpint, for ct he Onct gets holt on We,
yer goner.' When L SEQ them two big
eyes blazin' like bondfires and that
fDARNATIoN BIG MOUTH,
knowed what was up in mint. didn't
fool round long you'd better bet. pulled
out my oars and rowed like thunder for
shore. That's what dad told me tn dew.
Seys dad, SEE he, Jeames when you see that
sarpint comm fur We jest put far shore
So L put and, and I'll be blowed eff I didn't
have tn put right smart tew. ] fest jumped
onter the bank when that air beast OF a
sarpint grabbed holt of my canoe. 1 never
sSen no such mad creetur in my born days
IS that sarpint was. He chewed that air
canoe into bits no biggerin my hand, but he
couldn't tech me. He darsn't go shore,
cause he could't get of agin. So be chewed
up the canoe and tore round in the water
like all possessed. Yer ken believe me or
not, jest which yer darned please; but if he
wasn't 70 foot long my name amt Jeames
Bunce," This is the fisberman's story, and
it is so generally believed that tomorrow
morning party starts out on the iron
steamer, Lady of the Lake, TO hunt for the
monster. The party will be fully equipped,
and the boat will carry field piece, bor-
rowed for the purpose from 81. JohDsbury.
There will be fifty men in the party, though
there are applications enough to I'LL the
boat. The managers do not think it wise TO
overload the steamer. Without doubt
Bunce's story. is somewhat exaggerated,
but of one thing am convinced, that he
did flee from some sort OF water snake,
and that he left his boat on the shore where
{ was destroyed in some such manner as he
relates. He is a strictly temperate man,
Ind one of the most reliable men in New
port. There is great excitement all over
he country.