Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-03-25
SHOWER OF FLESH.

HeSH IetSIISu W Is suppOseu Oy
scientists to be larvae of insects, cought
up BY a whirlwind, and after being
carried an immense distance, again de-
posted
Friday last most wonderful pheno-
menon occurred at point in Bath
county, Ky, two miles from Mud Lick
Springs. At the time, 2 p. m., the
heavens were bright, the sun shining
and only few floating clouds were
visible. Suddenly there appeared a
light cloud over the farm OF Mr.. Crouch,
which seemed descending upon the
earth. 1t hung overhead few brief
moments ant then flakes of something
white fell to the earth. The fall con-
tinued ten minutes. Men and women
then weutout and examined the flakes,
and discovered them to be flesh, resem-
bling mutton When picked up they
quiyered. \ space Of 200 by 100 yards
in extent was covered, and a number of
trees, fences, &c, were also tull of the
strange substance. Stains like those
produced by blood i'll its secondary con-
dition marked spots where the flakes
had touched.
Droves of chickens and hogs swarm
ed around the place and ate the flesh
with great gusto. The inhabitants for
miles around came for several days af-
ter and collected specimens. Hundreds
are willing to testify by affidavit 10 the
truth of the entire matter.
Captain Bent, a well known retired
attorney of Mount Sterling, gave the
Courier-Journal reporter some flakes to
night, and the latter placed them in
charge Of Professor J. Lawrance Smith,
a scientist, who will examine them to-
morrow. He says the substance is of
an animal nature. When the flakes fell
they were from the size Of pea 10
that of human finger, and an eighth
inch in thickness, and OF the color OF
flesh. They have since assumed a dull
red and white hue, and are somewhat
withered a butcher ate one flake and
pronounced it very palatable, but was
unable to say what kind OF an animal
the flesh came from. The inhabitants
of the locality where the phenomenon
occurred approached the flesh with sup
erst,ious awe, and at first would not
touch it. Mr.. Ii. Gill, Of Mud Lick
Springs, secured number ofspecimcns
and preserved them for scientific ex
amination.-New York H.raM
One of the most singular and won.
derful phenomena that have ever oc-
CURED in the modern world took place
in Bath county, on Mudlick Creek,
about seventeen minutes east of this
place and a short distance from Gill $
Sulphury Springs, and near the house
of Mr.. Creuch, about two o'clock on
the afternoon on Friday last, March 3.
A shower Of flesh fell from q clear sky,
covering a space of one acre wide aud
two acres long with little strips of flesh
from one inch to two inches wide and
from All inch to three inches long and
half TO three fourths Of an inch in thick
ness. From Friday till Monday even
ing the flesh still remained OH the
groud, and hogs and chickens picked
il up and ate it. Hundreds of people
visited the locality from Friday till
yesterday, and were still going. Your
correspondent talked with several relia-
ble gentlemen who had seen number
of persons who had seen the strange
sight, and hundreds OF persons are
willing to make affidavit to the above
facts. The country for miles is filed
with reports of this wonder The peo-
pie of the neighborhood approached
the flesh with superstitious dread,
the majority refusing to touch it. Mr..
Ii. Gill, Of Mudlick Springs, secured a
number of pieces for examination and
chemical analysis. and if possible your
correspondent will secure specimen
and send it 10 Professor J. Lawrance
Smith. / will endeavor to get all the
facts and details and write you again.
Louisville CJuri'r Joarndi
Professor J. Lawrance Smith, saws
the specimens sent TO him TOR analysis
are evidently the dried spawn of ba
trachian reptiles, doubtless that Of the
frog, transported from the ponds and
swampy grounds by currents OF wind to
the spot where they were found.
A GREAT MornEn-The mother Of
John Quincy Adams said, in letter to
him, when he was ouIy twelve: II
would rather see you laid in your grave
then grow up profane aud graccless
boy"
Not long before his death a gentle
man said TO him: Il have found out
who made you"
"What do you mean ?" asked Mr..
Adams.
The gentleman replied: 81 have been
reading the published letters Of your
mother"
"If, this gentleman relates, ~ had
spoken that dear name TO some little
boy who had been for weeks away from
his mother bis eyes could not have
flashed more brightly nor his face glow
ed more quickly than did the eyes
of that venerable old man when pro-
nounced the name Of his mother. lie
stood up in his peculiar manner and
said
eyes, sir all that is good in me |
owe to my mother
WORM REMENREMsG. DO not
laugh at that drunken man reeling
through the streets. However ludicrous
the sight may be, just pause and think.
He is going home to some tender heart