, 1877-10-09
its Appearance upon the
Dry Land.
rcrri(Ic Encounter In n Field Near
Cnllokin.
witnessed Throughout by a Member Of
Well-Known Family.
!" Beware ths Jahberwtk, Ny Son, Beware lht
Frumious BaHaessuatshl'

ANAL scale. WHOSE place. ~ eltuakCu III lHS
American Bottom at a point ak or seven milcs
southeast Of Cahokia. Mr.. smiil, IA gentle |
man we'll kruwn In his locality aa An upright |
and thoroughly-rcliab!o citizen, one who would
tco,l To utter mn untrtl, or 10 give circulation
to a report having about It even tho mir Of M
e1wgrrntto,L So marked, In fact. Is Ills pccu-
l,arity IN This respect, and 80 generally under
stood Is Ills anttimthy TO nnythlng sensational
or not fully corrnboratcd in every particular.
.hot he Il moro widely known among Ills friends
nr the name Of "Truthtul Jabcz" than by the
one whir,. Is credited to Tim In tho family Bible
II was from Mr. Jnhcz Smith that startling
account came yesterday, and camc 80 directly a.
10 lcaye no doubt In the mind of any ono know
Ing Mr.. Smiths character, Ms to It's complete re-
liability. Mr.. Smith recountcd tho story to q
netgllbor, who told It 10 a man on steamer
yhteh stopped at East Carondclct On lis why
up, and this man, in turn, brought tho news TO
ii. Louis. Mr.. smtll's exciting account is
neither more nor less tlan to the effect tint the
strauge river monster which hus lately caused
eucl cotnnotiou on tho Mississippi wns Oh FRI
day afternoon -...
sEEg AGAIN,
not near Memphis this time, hut near Cahokia,
mil not In the water, but on landt Tho
lidcous sa,,rtan was observed by but one per-
sos,-Mr Smiths little boy Johnny, about
IL
circumstances as to at1ord by fur the best idea
ret ubtntnnblc VI tho monstcr's character.
,frpm the boys account, Us given to hfs father
{a,n subsequently transmitted as described, tho
"details Ut most remarkable event arc derived.
1T appears that at about ocltNk un idny
Esftcr,ioof,, the hoy WIS sent by bis father to II
pasture near ptcco OF woodland, about a1all a
nile from the house. 70 driyc homc q brindlc
bull tlere confined. Thu bull. though stnatl IL
IN extremely vicious animal, md young Smith,
who appcnre endowed with 'llscrclson beyond
LII, aye, took OCCASION 10 entsr thc pas.ure a' ut
{Iy shaking a stick at Him., while leav;;
ilg nargin for safc ,r,, retreat should
1soeuily nao ui1sunstaaco Tor young smith, Tic lad
lust entered tho pasture and was fourislitng hts
isk a sl.outinE to ~, Tic ,'a, u,a to e
likely to accept, when the attention Of both bull
snd boy was suddenly diverted frotn the matter
in hand to something else. There csnnrated
10 deep, SO dismal, and 80 uncartllIY TINT, seized
with al awful fright, the hoy hurried over tho
fence on the opposite sde Of TIE eIs ana therc
rrOuchct hchlnd tue rails, W!!,ic INC DULL though
ton with hts short tall erect head lowered. aHl
hls hair literally turned forward in the wrong
direction from the sudden alarm. Scarcely q
moment Ind elapscd before tho boy saw from
lis place Of conccalmcnt tho
H0NtlIBLE SOLUTION
ths msste5y of tha sonn From the saGe
in length. Tho head was that Of wolf or dog,
save That there was prolongation into hugu
bill or horny Jaws. riis bill tho monster open.
"a Saurs Is UPON % eae'. division, w1o - ie opened It
on cAch occasion there was emitted kissing
noise loud enough to he heard for great dis'
tnnce. From tlle buck uf the head and n'!ow1l
tho neck depended manc Of cosrse reddish
hair. The monster retained its pobttIon for .
md forth, when its cycs fell upon the bull;
1ncnt- It, snortcd ferccly, tho htssing sound
became almost continuous, and Il would ro,
pcatclly open It's tmmensc 1aEs and snap them
lHHs'Ait ill., is g hestation % aa In not long connuc
Ntaddcncd by the asht OF tile bull the Monstcl
advanced ut onco and
SWIFTLY TO THE ATTACK.
Raising ita catl still higher It slot forward nvci
the fence, and thence came over tn sTlft, bill
lowy unLulations, the fence seeming no ole
staclc at ALL. As the animal entered tho tleld
grca. neck terminated IN body 1T somewhat
1esa length, supported UPON four short leg
armed with lmmcuso claws, though the notion
Of tho animnl seemed to resemble rather thos'
body was joined q tail quite Us long aa tho neck
md terminating Ia a hugo barb hard, appar
emily, A. iron, and having the bright rcd colo
and % largo "a dinnet.platcs. Most remarkable
OF all was po!r Of hugo McmhFancous W!nEa
which were foluctl along thu body On cithe
side. The appearance Of tho Krcat reptile VII
1utcscribably fearful and rcpnls|Vc. It move
toward tho bull, kissing loudly, ami! awccptD
about tho apparently doomed nninlal III circle
Of decreasing extent.
The bull meanwhile retained hts position, wit
lowered head and an occasional response II I'll
lli.sng BY short below. lle was alarmed, bu
evidently
FULL or p1GnT.
Ills whole body WAS Guiycrig, and his STUN
OF o tail stood out like tho lfu,i. OF a sturdy oal
A. the tnonssur swept about In clrc1cs the bi
turned slowly, always keeping hls front tuwas
thu enemy. Suddenly tho reptile tntsctl Its hea
to an inltncnse height, opened tta huge JAWS, O..
daE!cd forward.
Tbs boy h the fcnce-corncr saw tho shock
the encounter aud nothing more. Instant
ulefo arose such cloud OF dust rs alHo
- eonccai tho powerful eotnbatanfs from sigh
1ha ground shook "a II with somo intern
C0nFltsl0n. The mir uuhketl With n TD5