Richland beacon., 1876-03-25
The F:,s; Of Flesh.


\ CORRESPONDENT ri' the Toir"r.Juuuial. WI
r,n, fr.,n VI, Sterling, ken'u,ky. "n the Srh
uf rlf,. pr,-rrr u,uurh. mruri'ucd the occur
renee If 4 moot wonderful vhruun,"u"n IN
B,rh county. seventeen IuIir. ra>r of IT." ter
minus ,f riir LnuI>,I.ir. CiurInuar Inl Lex
irrrnu R,,iuli. Inr correspondent related
,h,ra shower uf II III trlI from a clear ,Ny.
m broad dayH-h' duI"@ 'h'' 'at"Tn"o" 81
March =; that the san WIS shining ~ 'h"
rirr. AMI. alter H." aIpr"rtur" "i 10" flesh
hons and cn..kru~ .Tprar"i ant drN'"Ir' H.
Tie f,r, ut the parunnrn"n thus ma 'r
kp,y-u la. u-u,lu...d considerable urcrr,t Iu!
the coru.rry rspcrlo''y among ~'l"t.iiiio ,""'-'
" hu seem 10 have never Heard ct a 'ih" "r-
currcurc.
I,.r.yrniura A r.pIr..., .'ntlyr.u' "a" Courier
Io,,r,,,l visited Captain !. Vi E,ut. Of Mo"nr
>,..,lI,o vn,n h,. fuuud ri the willard
Hotel Captain Srut i rh- gentleman Who
,,r,r in,,rr.,-,l ,h" general pubic oi 'h" i'''-
u,n,uon ,nrprgh the Courier Jpumnt Last
,.".r.:nl q r>hIbt"d >prcunc''> 81 the II 81
To- the reporter. VINO proposed 1hh, 'L"y poo
,...rd WIN tIlrrn 10 ihr ',>I !cucr 81 Fr"i"--"f
! Lawerurr SnIi,h. The gentleman ag'eca
aud ,ht. rr they went
/ Al Professor Sm.,h'- Captain Bent and rr''
. reporter cElti't IA . Il CUM ~ MN -" ''' "
Il IN aud II. fall
w hen ii the PHENOMENON take place
asked the rrp"rtrr.
Ar. O'Clock last Friday, March =.
In what c.uu'y
In Bath county. near Harry t''n M"''-
lick Su'pEur >run@s, wh1rh are. 'h""N
ahplt s,N.i.;c.H n,.t-s cast Oi Mount >'ri
.n..'
~pil you witness the occurrence
No. sir Nv information HrSt came ir""
Judge Pay. Of Mrmtae.a perfectly reliable
Gentleman. Hundreds are willing - test tht
truth oi lie ua,rrr win u.h!av.'~.
VIII yod please relate to me ali yea k"o"
in relation ro the Phcmornrn'nt
Well. III. a. mcary "A, can as'"f'h''', ~
occurrence took pl1c" cluur "ct"rh III th'
afternoon Ihr day hat been pleasant, am
at III. hour nrn'Ipu"d ia" h"aN"us wcrr "t't
and byau,i.ul. The suu was shining buEhliy
and except isw ~trt"-hug. hSht c1'" !
uotiihg unusual wa visible II t'e nhAr
eve. m the appearance of '.c horizon. Ia
WITT, o. Fdr,Gcr CroucA, whose place i ned
: Mudlak Springs, was standing IN her 200
way. and, observing particle, of Il re, "iia
and uuu-IIal kind descending iI"m cica
SKY called Others To witness III" -t'r',lI
I. plruuurruou The fat of the dlke> Ia,,c
about t~u minutes. They cane dowr
scattering showers and settled "u pace {
Mr. Crouch farm, probably one hundred =
Two hundred warts il extent After the 1t
the people collected around the ground tn
I covered and examined what had 20 mv>'
: riuu>ly descended from the hcaccns. Ill
flakes were from the size "f pea 70 that
: "A human finger, and rather ihtn They we
Of regular liesh color, au3. IA ,Jacl,us ire;
and fences, left marx similar 70 hat
blood in is secondary condition. The het
was somewhat like mutton III appearance
WAS any of it eaten" asked the rcpor,t
Yes. sir: " the hn-> AMI chickens WIN
ID gathered IL large numbers. and drvcured y
dlAes with evident relish. \ butcher of :
Sterling was IN Bath county. at 'hr rln", a
r. shaved uH piece oi the fish with tl> Nni
at We roasted il. and said the substance "
10 palalahIe bu, was not able TO tel from wi
,d animal it come
er What evidence have you Of the au,hc
r. rrcirv of all this inquired DIR. Smith.
10 There j. no ioub, OF it, sir. Harry Gi
lg Of Mudlirk springs, who i Il gentleman
,n very high reputation, AMI hundred cttIc
~ will i,.rnish affidavit, if Necessary.
he There were more OF these questions a
'' answers, bat as they are only coni!rnalory
. the main fact and relative to the effect II i
ia on the minds OF the people. wt omit the
to 4 later number of tie Courirr-JOurnai c.
"s rains Dr. Smiths statement, of the result
hi, ANALYSIS of the matter, whirh he cumriu
,ur !, the flesh and eggs of frogs. and Ii" give
le as his opinion that, under the 'XriIem
'c naturally produced by the unusual occ"rr"n
a., III" quantity was exaggerated; whIrh we
the crpr as a very reasonable explanation Of
Ier phennmenon The doctor However, III
IT., that he has read of several similar phen"'
ucl '''' "o
,,,s na. the only one on which he could fix
III. memory being one that occurred III lrcsanc
mn 1870.
lHe Allulng to this occurrence the Menu
~, Avalanche says:
To Some thirty years ago there wa- sho
IVA Of l,.,h from the skies IN Sumner aud Wi
ned counties OF Tennessee. very similar to the
old described III ielegrams a. having fallen
ch : week near Mount Sterling, Kentucky.
'uDi citizens here retain Vivid rrcuiiecilnns Q
pI. and say that specimens were sent to PfCtc
put Trn,>t, a scientist o Nashville, wh", II
her. examination, pronounced the suh>talice v
.lrs abb. Il .sh and blood. The origin Of
,ou, phenomenon was never explained.