The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-28
ALL ABOUT PHTRIEED PIGS.
They Stand In q Field Full Of Pet
h1ed Corn.
Marvellous Effect OF n Green CIOud.-
Strange story From Tennessee Is
VOuched By Good Authority.

A special dispatch to the Globe Democrat
from Middlesborough, Kentucky, says the
people in the eastern portion Of Claiborne
county, Tennessee, are excited over a re-
markable occurrence which took place
there on Sunday evening last. It Is one
Of the most marvellous occurrences ever
heard Of, and 1t will prove to be problem
over which scientific minds may wrestle
for some time to come.
Edgar Ramsey is q farmer who lives
Eve miles from Lick Skillet. He arrived
in MiddlesbOrough yesterday afternoon.
The story he told would not find believers
at first, but since then 1t has been proven
that he has told nothing but the truth.
His statement Is as follows:
Last Sunday afternoon l noticed what
appeared to be q large, green-looking
cloud coming from 4 westerly direction
toward my house. 1t was a long dis
tance of, and the rain was falling heavily.
Shortly afterward it became very cold-in
fact, 50 cold that I went indoors, lit a big
fire, and put on a big heavy coat. When
I came out again the big green cloud was
almost over the house, and the air was as
cold as on a winter day. l watched the
cloud for q few minutes, and then hail
commenced falling and was forced to go
indoors again. Inside Of half an hour il
became as dark as night, and / never felt
50 funny and heavy in all my life before.
The wind howled and the hail fell in
stones as big as eggs. All this lasted
twenty minutes, and then the sky cleared
up and felt more like myself again.
"An hour later was sitting with my
wife near the fr when heard the gallop-
ing Of horsr coming at full speed, and
when ] wen. Jut to see who 1t was there
stood Jake Warren, a neighbor farmer
who lives about a mile and quarter
from me. He was as pale as q ghost and
was trembling all over. It took him over
ten minutes to commence to tell me what
he had to say, and as he was talking
thought he was crazy.
"He stated that a big green cloud had
come over his place, and that something
which looked like balls Of fire had fallen
all around his house. He had five acres
Of corn growing in a field next to the
house. After the storm had cleared away
he went to see what damage had been
done. He saw that some corn had been
blown down, and, entering the field, he
found every stalk turned to stone. There
were two fine hogs in the field, and they,
too, were petriied and standing there as
II cut out Of solid rock. Myself and wife
thought the man was raying mad, but in
duced him to remain over till morning,
when we promised to visit his place with
him. That we did, and what we saw
will be remembered so long as both live.
There was the corn blown down, but
every stalk of 1t was petrifed. It was
not as hard as granite, but It appeared 10
be more like soft stone. I took my knife
and cut it, and it became powder. The
ears we're very hard, and they could not
be broken with the hand. The leaves
were brittle, and II you struck them they
would break like glass. The hogs were
there, too, looking natural enough, but
they, too, were as hard as stone"
Yesterday afternoon George f. Henry,
Of this city, John Rogers, Capt. John B.
Hull, ex-deputy marshal, and several 9TH
ers rode over the mountains into Tennes-
see to see for themselves II the things were
really there as represented. Capt. Hull
ex-United States deputy marshal, makes
the folloWiny statement.
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we went over tl'is IhornIug' luouOped
the story on starting, but thought I'd try
II ANYHOW. We found Warren's farm
abopt : miIss t,om The g,n ord ,ho,o
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