Connecticut western news., 1891-02-04
DiMiNUTivE CAVE JEWELLERS.

subterranean Lilliputi.ns Who Scramble
 on All Tours Discovered.
 No discovery will likely awaken more wonder than exists today among the people of Marengo, Ind. by reason of one accidentally made by some boys who entered the cave Sunday morning with the intention of spending the day enjoying the scenery, but lost their way in the labyrinths of the cave, and did not find their way out till the end of three days
 When they removed to the outer world after three days absence, and re- ported to have discovered new and ex- tensive additions to the already known cave, and that parts of the cave were inhabited by tribe or race of diminu- tive beings, almost Lilliputians, the young explorers were laughed at, but their earnestness begat confidence in a few, and after short rest returned to their search for the leave dwellers." After an absence of nearly four days the band returned, and hundreds of people are flocking to the spot to learn the facts and making ready to organ ize for an exploration on a large scale to verify the faith which they al- ready have in the second report.
 There is no doubt existing at this moment as to the truth, and the excite ment is at fever heat, while the crowd is momentarily increasing. These leave dwellers" appear to be the lowest type of humanity, and may be what Darwin would call the missing link" They average less than three feet high and weigh about forty pounds It is claimed that they run upon all fours when they become tired of the erect position, though this is doubtless be- cause they were hastening or scrambling over great heaps of stone when seen by the boys.
 They exhibited extreme fear of the intruders, and displayed total absence and ignorance of the most remote ex- cuse for clothing-not even the time honored waistband or breech olout be- ing called into acquisition to clothe their persons. This gave the observers full opportunity to note that there is no sign of caudal appendage. The form is not we'll developed, for, as be- fore mentioned, the average weight is less than forty pounds. There is no sign of hirsuteness about the breasts of the males, as we find among the more robust specimens of mankind. and they are little, if any, physically superior to the females The heads of all-male and female-are we'll SUD- piled with long hair, so densely tangled and muddy that the true color could | not be discerned.
 There can be no question about the food of these creatures. It can be nothing but fish supplied from the l waters with which these caves abound. If they infested some of the interior apartments we might suppose that the flesh of animals furnished part of their sustenance, but long before their place of abode is reached all vestige is lost ot those animals which haunt caves or seek refuge therein. Time may develop other entrances to this subterranean world, and that some of them are near 1 CT UneSo DelngS than any yet OlScOVereQ. | Little more can be added at this moment, but the discoveries of the next few days may surprise the reading world. Efforts will be made to capture specimens, but their agility, coupled with their ability to see in the darh better than their pursuers, may for ( time bafhe all attempts in this line Modes of life, etc., cannot be even sur missed. Of course they have some form of language, for when the explorer' were observed a babylike chatter arose that would deafen 8 miller and almos awakened the cave with it's echoes which rang in response to few at frs and then to united effort t-Cor. In dianapolis Seminal.