, 1877-09-22
FAMILIAR TALK,
ANCIENT CosSEcrrctyr.

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ne I,1sIot' y, ep."ece,eu', ps INC hcf.
samuc! fcteFbs Which Is noticed In another col
un,n, relates so.nc curious incidents It, the cx
pcrtcncc of tho eur]y settlers In the Amcrfc,,
f.o,onc. With mr. ,ntcrc.,,, :, ~. ,an. .,as.
s. ".s.' 49, - ~ ~ .os as, tac}
100 years ago, nnd upon the capacity Of an In
tcl1igcut community 10 y Interpret the ordinary
nhenomcna of Nature.s >, In ske.rb of tnc ,1f.
foror, to,rn.' IL Conroc,tc,,, -, 49,. as,s..,
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previous to tue lscfolution, Mr. Pcters tccounts
the following amusing event IN the history Of
Wlmlhau: Vstrnnaers are ycry 1nur,, icr,t,
ac1.u .ny. tbe hi.tnrlnn. !. nj .nc ht1cc,. nnt.s
~ o'S ~ ~. I"o .. 'us au'se
Of frogs !u the brooks and ponds There are
about thirty different yoicch among them, some
Of which rescmblu the believing of n bnIl Thn
nv,. md r,,,rnoor.,I,. o,.na,..a ~ ~
rough conceFt' which may bo beard
several miles. Persona accustomed to
such scronales arc not disturbed By them
Al tner proper stations: but, one ni1ht in july,
175s tic frogt Of an artiaviaj pond, three mIiss
s1,are, and about i've from WIldhau,. finding
lie Nater dried nm leit lila nIarc #, n hniv omJ
mnrrhcd, or ratbcr hoppet1, toYuF1ls WfnnrtnnI,-
liz River They werc under tue NECESSITY Ut
wlIicl, they entered about mtincht. The bill.
fr,wa wern tha leaders. oni Tho 7,inrrn fniInws1
without number. They tlllcl TIC road. forty
yartis vide tor four miles in length. mil were
fur scyernI hnura in nnssInp thronpj the furn
unuH,tnliy cIauorous. ''
WTho it,habItnnts were eot,aIlv ncrnfcYctt or1
frtelllepcd: s0rne exntcted 10 ti1ti n, nrmv ~
French md Inlians: othcrs feared m snrth.
quake, aud dissolution OF Nature, The cu1,.
stcrnattou was uuiyeraaL Old snti younu' n,aie
anil fcnalc, fed nakrd from theIr iara.' viii,
worso shrtckinrs t,an those Of th0 frt,vs. Tin
event was fatal to several wotncu, TLs men.
after a afeht OF hsif a ,niie, in Will, h, th"y,
mot with many broken shtns, tiniing no
enemies in pursuit Of them. ,nsic halt. and
euanoucd resolution enough 10 ycuturo bacE
to tbclr wives aud children, when thcy distnrtly
heard from the pnemyts cainp tGeso warxis:
Whit, Hiiderklp. Dlcr. Tets. This taat. ti,ny
Thought. meant trcaty. and, nluckinv m c,t,i.
arp. tbeY snnt a tri1lnyfraie Ia ranjtI1}ate with
tho summoned Frcnrh Ard Indiana Tbcse III"
mcn nf,proachcI in their ahtrts' and her,rcd IL
sneak With th. I}encrai: ant. Il hrtnr dsrE anI
nd anzwcr given. thcy ycre soreiy saftatrsl fnr
sono time bctwixt lopo ind fcar: al isnrth
h,wsver. fiev ,iisrnTrrp.y that tc ,ircsi fnimtcn
nnrmx srns A. orn,v ~ thi,stv frnos gnira ~ -"
ri,cr for n ,itt]e watcr. MASSEY Ae' ~'1s ~ wv
i R,,rh an inrprnlnn xas nevcr known bcfo,c
nnr siTre: anil VT thn ,,cnnfe nj Win.lha,n hsrc
hccn ri,Ilc,,Icl for fI,rtr ttnid,tv m tt,is nI,
sion. very 5clieye Tint an ar,ny VI um.isr s III IL.
f1nta ~ Na,,Ior"1t, sn,,,I ,n,"! ~ tmo
stances, haye acted % better than thcy did,
~hnw ibnt Inn Wn]bani,rS werr m mnra
cowarijy or superstitinus tt,sn othcr .on,u,nni.
Tics In t6c Colony. Mr, Petors goes on to rejnte
lint ain i7M liz inbshftants nf EnnnnrticSt