The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-23
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A Wonderful Story ola 7onderful
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From a Texas paper.
For a day or two .pat, in fact
since Wednesday afternoo, there
has been stopping at th Grand
Windsor hotel a lremarkDle man.
There is nothing particuiay strik-
ing or r,that.is very pecplr either
IN his appearance orsmaner, yet
no one sees him without loking at
him second time and leing di-
rectly impressed with the dea that
there is sometmng7mysteriqs about
him. = He lis well dressed though
in fashion somewhat.quait, and he
is as pleasant, as polite aid as 10
vial as a gentleman could well be.
He is not obtrusiye, neitler is he
retiring or nnduly reticen. He is
well-informcd on all subjects except
the current events of Me past years
in our country, but of quick lntelli-
gence, he has managed . pick up
scattered knowledge of even
these-.. ..What first iBteresed our
reporter in him, although le had
looked at him time and aeain he
thought there was SOMETHING
strange about the man. wasa re-
marx he made. yesterday that he
had not heard OF the civil war be-
tween the states until that morning.
This was rather q startler. Tie
man showed no-symptoms ofinsGn
ity and be was a long ways from
being aniidiot; he has ample funds
and; loves a toddy as well as the
next one, and is lavish in ordering
them. To make, long story short,
as the gentleman made himself so
PLEASANT our reporter determined to
interview him and find,out posi-
BILE who he was and what hs had to
say for himself, if anything. When
approached on the subject, he
smiled sadly and q far away look
entered, his eyes, and he stopped as
if in reverie. After q few moments
he said: 'sWell, / had as well tell
you my story. 1t is q strange and
interesting one; so strange; SO mar
velous, that / doubt if any scarcely
will believeIt. / shall give you a
a brief outline, for I have got all
my adventures, a perfect diary of
every event of nay life for the past
twenty years, nearly, since the first
of October, 1860, written out. and
will publish them as soon as ] reach
New York, where my friends and
family live, who, while they cannot
'youch of their own knowledge for
the history of my life since | saw
them, can vouch for enough to
make my story believed" Here be
became silent for few moments
and seemingly lost in thought, bul
arousing himself, he said: "lt IL
meet and proper 1 think that
should make at least partial state
ment. of who and what 1 am and
whence i came. NJ
Here in Dallas, as Dallas county il
the first point on the outer crust o
the earth that have seen or visI
ted since the fall OF 1850, ovel
twenty years ago" ssJsAJSE
This was Startler, and our re
porter opened his eyes q little anC
looked around to see if there, was
good way of retreat IN case the lu
natic should become violent. Blu
summoning up courage he venturec
the question; "What do you mean
Idon't understand you. Do yoV
mean to say that you have been OF
the earth for twenty yearsP
81 see that you are, incredible is,
the stranger replied, shut you neeC
not be wonder-stricken. 1t is no
an impossible or unreasonable story
that j viii tell you, when tell i
all, but the people, in their lgno
rance cf the real facts, will think
am crazy enthusiast, a luny scien
tist; but they are mistaken, anC
they will know it ere long. l meal
to say that-I have not been on tn
surface of the earth for q littl
over twenty years. l have no
been oat in space, in the splrl
world, up among the stars, or any
thing of the kind, but simply il
the bowels of the earth, and what
say to you now, and for publIca
tion in the Herald in the morning
is as a voice from mid-earth, is tn
solemn truth, and the enlightene;
masses of the world will know
in side of a wear. But let me tel
you my story. Ny name is Viii
liam B. Amsdell, and l am nativ
of New York city. When boy
had a great fancy to go to sea, ant
secured a position as cabin boy Vi
a Liverpool vessel. | worked N.
way up from position to position
until in 1860, at the age OF forty
was as good a seaman as eve
walked the quarter deck of an.
ship. | had served in various sub
ordinate positions in the merchan
marine up the place of the frs
OF a Liverpool mail steamer. L
1860; you know Captain Charlie
Francis Hall started on an expedi
ton in search of. the remains
| Sir John Franklin. He obtaine
passage ON whaler commando
by Captain Buddington, and
went with him. The whaler alte
we reached the artic regions b'
came blocked up in the ice an
| Captain Halt and J went off to liV
with the Esquimaux. Captain Ha
| remained with these kindly peop
| two years. and we went on man
| Exploring expeditions. On one
these was lost, and after a Ion
search In vain, Hall and his Esqu
maux guides gave me up for 10
for good, and returned 10 his hea'
quarters. From the day l last sa
{ aptain Hall and his Esqulmau
friends in October, 1850, unit
"Wednesday last, the 30th of Marc
, 1880, l did not lay eyes on u
face of any inhabitant of the out
surface of the earth. The day
i was lost pursued a white bear OF
on foe OF ice. and q section of
suddenly becoming detached,
| ifioated out on it in a strong eourl
directly to-the northward. On al
on my doe went, At an increasir
rate OF speed, until after what
supposed TO be eight or ten hour
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