Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-09-12
a Remarkable Story.

TIE Daol le q n eastern portion OF Ga
borne ocuoty, Te: q, efe exci,ed ever a re-
mayk9bse coaurIeGcs " tich took pieca there
racepty. Il IS one The most marvel cus
occurrences ever heerd of, aud it wi. pr7Fe
TO be a ,ra5 en- over p hch scientific uiu6s
nav vres-.s for some tim IT, come
Edge. Z msag ie farmer VINO lives h7e
miles tom LEX Sk.let. He arrived in
Mod b0raugb yestsrdsv atleFnoop. Tae
Z. orv b9 Would no fpd heli vers at Il s,
nut since tben il hes been proven that he
hos tod uotaiug but lha truth. HIS STATE
meut is es i5.lows
"Lset Suoaey siterpoou l nciics9 chat
aapesref o BE- a large green ioosipg cionG
coming iron westerly direction to"erd
.ng buuss. l. wss long distance of anG
the rsiu y'as fslliag AeaVilv. Shortly sfVef-
Uerd it became very colG--iD feet so colo
5nat | w. lndoors, is d big fire. an put
ca nv nix heevy coat When l came cut
se.;o ihs b'p Z ecu cloud VA simost ever
tie house. apd the sir was ss cil0 ss On &
,-in ar isv. ! watehe3 he c:oud for feG
U,icutes, sr6 ihen hail cltnG1snced fel
sd VI as forcsd 10 so ioGo tie pSSin. Ia
-itie Cf he { on honr 10 became So oarE "a
njeh-. apd meyer fejt so funny snd heavy
IN 81 ny iife heio-f. The Uipd hcW'ed Gne
ma hail al in Rr4nes IS biz "a eggs. Al
J5ia Iaste9 tweuaE m'ruse-. sno ihsn t7H
ykg oeared az and fslt mora like myself
agsi7."
AN hour liter wss string viii my wife
7ce- the ire wh.n / acaFd the .atlooing q
@ i 7r6a Coming 81 lld speed, aod IheH
eae ~. @ see w5o Is E7ss acre stgoG Sc
Terjer. p us gb>e- :aIme @co iqes soGU
p ,o:,e s4d Qal.scr ord ~ / TG5 -
.,s,e as g chos. .fe: - ing : aver
I tcok hip orsr isa niar-ea 70 = r1meace
20 e u vna, 10 sal 90 ssy, aa he wes
tslk ug l tho0Rat H. Ess cry
"Es s.s5ea a. og gfeea c'ond h'd
ccme over his p C, e0t % nae hlrg
gqa 4 lo, K iS1 hs u Gle Il q lie 81
around bis hoGs5 he tad iVe acres OF corr
grow ing IL f d rex TO 5Ee dCuSe. AlteE
;be storm b hsd cared sway b go; 70 ses
.gha damaee had been done H ss@ tbef
some corr hsd b-en o@n dos aua enter
ing he fed re l5und ever = otd bee
tuned ssone. inere were " daa h-s-
IL the fe q, snd theg, too, wers peirih
ard -tenriug there es Il GU cutcf7ctd -
"Mvs fanG wfe tboue ht the man wa ~
ing MAJ, 10 10 nee1 him 20 rpwsln oseF
On fuleg. VIZ ~ prpmissd 90 vst n
place with b n T " Gif, en1 WIS
- u vii re remember s. ;.p b -
There gYz= the -~7-a r oVn ,gi sy
ia re Fl IL / d
a. s5so IA sppss,ed e m
soe. l -rE 4 xii anu Gu 3 .
It he, ana aoWd ~ ears @sss -
hard. sud 'hey c.n I got be orok @ih O.
hant Ths eaVes ~ e5s hritila sna II yul
uez ta-m '7ag uoud No. 'iEa aga.
To ares "--a er' 100, 10 K 9 ue u ~
GU ck5 bai 10y, 5oc. y r.ss bzr5 sssore ~
ua sfts-a7 Gea-ae e He y
o. M,96l he o J Rsd r. Ga ,lain J y
Euii. * l-au merssa. sud sauersi
ct1er- RODE over ns moun -ies inso Ten7
essee 70 see i5r thsn1se.ves II the To no
were resi,y befe a. reprpse0'ed. Captain
Hull, ex.Uotso Sta.es c4ontY maTshel,
10 kes The tlilovine st8. .emsn
I'VE sect over this moroirp. doubted
TIE s,o-v o. 7'a''jag, bn theDGht I'd 'r7 IL
anyhor. We fouod warree's fsrm shnut
seven mics f--m ire Can. rnd 5he snie
eu1uch. e-s re cor, f. ID ccmpe ely petEi-
fed. Tire steiks w-re spuc ~hst blown
down, nfthev stemao camp eteis turned to
stone EAe rHo n 6 -=e Q there SO, and
they iocks5 "a TREY ware carved cut OF
rcck. | Res he s rargfs' sight ] ever saw
and L cam. begin 20 describe the thing.
''Tbere were rumher OF men grardiog
the fad with Winchester rifss, end thew
wouldn't Les rs go into it. They only les
ue go to the f-uce. We cnuld touch some
Of the corDstaIks and could see the bogs,
but the mer refused positively TO let us 10
auy further than the feacs. TIE men
wouldn't ssy wbV they wonid not lei peo-
pie 20 into the 6e!d, but l presume they
wers afraid people would break the ccru-
stalks TO pieces There was quite crowd
there looking at the thing. and every one
was thoroughly dumfountet with what
he saw"