The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-06-27
A Ssondcrrul Fountain.
az .errs,aS WELL, THAT FURNISHED An N
CONVENIENT EXHIBITION.

Az sRrEsIaN WE'LL THAT FrRNishsp AZ -
CONVENIENT EXHIBITION.
The sarnia tOntsrio) Observer says;
s,ne NJ the most wonderful natural phe~
,,omeDa ever witnessed was seen DS aaise
crowd of people q few. GAYS ago ~ tue no, ,,.s
OF Mr.. Peter Taylor, who hves !use . ou
side of the corporation. tof, sone .' ,n
Mr.. Taylor has bad number VA Msm ~ ~
IN, for water In the southwest corner y,
81. orouuds. When a depth OF ABOUT Low
Snet had been reached Mr.. Taylor heafd d
,,cc,,I,ar rumbling sound, apparently 'ssu-
enc from the hole, and. JUDGING that some,
sb,nt, nnusua! was about to happen, Warnea
,,;s men TO move TO safe distance from tbe
wei. Scarcely had they done so Wneh
fauntain OF muddy water SHOT stralsne w
mo the mir with terrific force, carryips up
40 horins. nine with 1t as far as the fasten-
;ne,s rrould allow, aud scattering the mud,
,rat.r and stones in all directions. me
snh,errancap noises appeared gradually 10
fac,eose in violence, and as they did so tbe
nwneJ,ino force. whatever it was. seemed 10
he Internationally augmented uhtii Tue coas-
shaued column obtained beight Oh luiiy
I5e feet. Some idea OF the MYSTERIOUS ~,
subterranean power which suppi,eu .ne
mo,or for this exhibition OF natsrai wa.ei.
works may be conveyed by Inc iact tha'
stones weighing fully five. SIX, ana even
eight pounds were shot up lato Tue a'i " :,
considerable hei hit, while showers %
roDnded pebbles Of smaller size Yell IKE
III tnnes unfu n circle OF several yards
arouud the hole. One large-siZed stone
Strurk timber OF the derrick in its up
,yard course, and CHANGING of, was thrown
several hundred yards into MIR. Wiiiiam
Taylor's grounds on the opposite s'deo Oh Tue
road. .tuo;,,r
The wind was blowing pretty strong
from, the south at the time, and the result
wa. that the roof OF Mr.. Taylor's large
hrick bouse-one Of the largest in town
and its south side were bespatered VIII the
muddy mixture, there being actua'l9 pun
die Of clay, pebbles. ard wafer seVefai III
ches deep on the roof. Showers Oh the
same mixture were carried over the mouse
and for some distance along the street horth
OF his lot. ia
After the extraordinary spectacle had
lasted for nearly a hour and half, the
fountain appeared 10 make one last grand
effort to do better than its best, and then
gradually to lose its ascending force. Ihe
Series OF Jerking lcars-for the eNpelilng
mower seemed all along to be irregular ana
intermissiye rather than continuous De-
came weaker and weaker; the steady whir-
RING sound which accompanied the exblbl'
ton. and which can best be described as
resembling very closely The noise OF steam
fire engine. gradually lesSened, ana AT
about $50 Mr.. Taylor was rather renewed
10 find tilat his magnificent but neon
yeniently powerful lawn-sprinkler had as
appcared, for the present ut least, within
s,lb,errapean recesseS. Tue rumbling sound
continued FOR few minutes and then ceased
though the water which filled up the pipe
TO within twenty-three feet Of the surface
OF the earth was disturbed for some time
afterwards by bubbling noise.