, 1877-10-09
river frurl great height. The f,tt!,cd monItcr

river frur, great height, The bai!,cd monster
Itnl rtnche again his native element.
cas>1v t',, 1s s r.,y.,, y !" an. M ,te If,
scene II the late encounter. The lnl', nearly
skinned, wEth bnt unc car and t,nc horn remain
ting stood there, weak hut fearless still, a,atnp.
its tau, nni Raziug In The direction where his
antagonist ftnd ,lsranf"ared over the wotn!.
Thera was hutr enough IN the ground I" ttnfi
matlrcss with, ami fragnenta of great. scales
were scattered a1Hult over MI arfn II hall at
acre, while the great ok ttutnp, was alaoiulely
riycn In twain In tho effort vi, tho munster tu
fcleare its forkc,l tall from tfW tough wotrl:
The boy luuri.hell llts stek anil the bull started
home, quietly. It ha1i been engaging ~ NIX ny
and hcsitIcs. il ,ltln't seem to hc feeling quite
we'll. Twenty minutes inter Tho fat!acr, "Truth-
sui Jalez," knew all nbout The ru.nnrkable oc-
currcnce. .-..
MR. lAnEz sM1T1r INTERVIEWED.
As soon a. tho news III the n'lyGnt ot INC rn-
markattc river tnonsttf II, the American tnt-
tpm hal reached st. Louis, reporter wAa ais-
patched to Interview Mr.. lahez Smith upon ".
subject, an,i gain, II possible. further details Of
intcrcst. Nj. Smith Was found In tt'e baek Of
his t,tsc, engaged In BcrnpinE dead anil late.
lyscal,lc,i BIZ, having, a. he explained, jM.t
Killed one Or Two very likely shoata Tor the st.
"Whcrc il your son Johnny, Mr. Smith"
III Sr. sn,iti, explained that tito by, ar1ned With
&C. ;e iaa '9mi,{ nusket ~a' out Killing 'u't'e' up
' sAnsit ilow Is yoar bull getting nlang'" Was
wy sPurty weii, consIdcrin', but he was nearly
skinned aud nwfuliy tuekereti nut agl'tln' that
doggonc wi esast srs,ss ysste1adiy, e'ni y.n,n.,,r
"Wa'aI, he's toIlable sizcahle bull, for his
'Ssl1ave vm Visited the scene Of the enco''n.
| tcrt MIR. gnthah
"You n,ean tho place wlar they nti Yes, !
| was thar"
"Dll you notice anything in particular about
Wa'ai, there Vas most ot The h.l',s bar Ian
| fish strles htEgcrt the top u yer hat"
| "Anytlng elso1''
NJ: 'ssp!in kind ., ,soaky smell roun' the
"What do you Imagine the monster to have
hcen which stacked tlo huli5"
"i,l,l your son tell you anything, about. the
male puhlfci"
uY ovcr the trees It's tall tanglcti down AM fit
tho branches, nm that then the tall curlcd up an
tied Itself IN 1onblc bow-knut, so's 'twoulln'i
hlt the limbs any nlore, last q. saayt"
"Ef he told a lie, I'll skin limp
ny rELE0nAril:
CAHoKsA, Oct. G-11 p. m.-Prof. Mcllouscr
President Of the Caflukta Archaeological ant
| Geological Society, Naa 1uft FctuIileu lrotH !
visit 10 tho farm OF Nj. Jabcz Smith, uGou1
/ seven miles bark III tho country, where he tas
been engaged! alt 1av in taking notes regarding
the unknown monster reported as attacking
bull there on Yesterday evening. upon th'
"snakv stnell'' mentioned 6y Mr. Jas@z Smti
rs remaining nftcr the Monatcr's departure
the Professor places little stress, rceoKnztni
the odor, NJ soon as llc rcaclletl the spot d
that emitted, when the aufmal Is ptQuct
Mt anything, by the familiar 'nephit!s Amer
COMA From the claw.marks upon the eull'
lack, however, tho Professor VIVA enabled IN
only 10 assure himself that tho r.
ported monster had actually been in til
nc!gllborllood, but to determine its order am
structure. fIo untesitatngly pronounccs TIL
stranEe visitor one Of the Gigantic rrchtstorl
reptties OF which only the skeletons have hcrt
toforc been found. but, siugalnrly enough.
hybrid, being erIllcntly q cross between III
rterodactyl and tho plcstosaurus. FEuM th
evidence the Professor Ia aatisletf that h,t
these great reptiles still remain in existence
, having tl,clr homrs In waters yet t1t,c1ploret
| The nlef,stcr which fas r,ade ILLS arpearant
here, the Professor thinks, is but one which ha
bY accident asccndctf the Miss[ssippi from I'll
depths Of tho uneoundcd seas The most tr
tncntlous excitement prevails over tho disco
cry, and tho CahOkia hrahs-i}anl-lf the iron
. bone man, who has gos,o cnt,isllinG, Gun I
fo,nd-wi|l shortly Rercnade the Professor
, ls residence, when lie Will be called upon
: make q speech.