The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-06-20
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Scrihner for Juno contains n paper
entitled Lying as Fine Art; aud the
Claims of the Rev. Samuel Peters M
an Artist." hy w. l., Kingsley, editor
of The Ncir Highlander. According to
Mr. Kingsley, Peters " History of Con.
necticut" published in lISl, IL IN a
great measure the source of the famous
lhels ON Connections in the matter Of
the Blue Laws. How worthy this au-
thor is IT belief may be inferred from
the following stories told in the History
Rs sober truth:
"Ouc night in July, 1858. the frogs
of an artificial pond three miles square
and about five from Windham, finding
the water dried up, left tine place IN a
body, and mRrched-or rather horped
towards Winnomautc River, They
were under the necessity of taking the
roai and going /. rough the town, which
they entorcd about midnight The bull
frogs were the leaders, and the pipcrs
followed without number. They hlled
the road forty yaris wide for four miles
IN lepgth. and were for several hours IN
passing through the town. unusually
clamoraus. The inhabitants were
equally perpleNed and frightened. some
expected % find an army Of French and
Indians, and others feared AN earth
quake and dissolution Of nature. The
cnnsternatiou WAS universal Old and
Young, male aud female, fled naked
from thr,r bcds with worse shrieklng
than these of the frogs. The event WIS
fatal 90 several women. The men, after
a flight OF half mile, IN which they met
with many broken shins, finding no enc
mics in pursuit of them. made halt
and summoned resolution enough 90
venture back 70 their wives and children
when they distinctly heard from the
rnemys camp these words; "Wlght.
Hilderkln. Dyer, rete This last they
thought meant treaty; and plucklrg up
courage, they sent a trlumyirate 20
capitulate with the supposed French and
Indians. These three men approached
in their shirts, and begged 60 speak with
the general. but Il being dark and no
answer given. they were sorely agitated
for some time hetwi1t hope and fear;
at length, however, they discovered
that the dreaded inimical army WAS AN
army Il thirsty frogs, going 10 the
river for little water
These stories are thrown into the
shade by the famuus account of Bellows
Falls, in the Connecticut River:
Two hundred miles from Long
Island Sound Is narrow Of five yards
only, formed by two shelving mou :
tains Of solid rock, whose tops inter
cept the clouds. Through this chasm are
compelled To pass all the waters which,
IN the timeoft the floods, bury the north
ern country. At the upper cOhos the
river spreads twenty four miles wide, and
for five or six weeks ships of WAY might
sail over lands that afterwards produce
the greatest crops Of hay and grain in
all America. People who can bear the
sight, the groaus, the tremblings, and
surly motion of the water, trees and ice,
through this awful passage, view with
astonishment one of the greatest phe-
nomena in nature. Here water is con-
sohdated, without frost, by pressure. by
witness, between the pinching, sturdy
rocks 10 such a degree Of induration that
an iron crow cannot be forced into II.
Here iron, lead and cork have one com
mon weight: and here, steady Us time
and harder than marble, the stream
passes, irresistible, if moi swift As light
ming. The electric fire rends trees IN
pieces with no greater ease than does
this mighty water. The passage IL about
400 yards in length, ana Of ZigEag
form, with ObtuSe corners,