Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-31
a Year of Mir,arI..

From the Bostor, Evening TrsrsrrtIf.
Undoubtedly ls92 will be long remembered
in history a year Of miracles. a twelve month
in which more impossibilitiss occurrcl aud tue
unexpected happened oftoner than IN any other
corresponding period Of which Their, il record
Politicians who lefs everything to the inielli-
gence of the American people were surprised
and PANIED a. the result of the ''lcaNinc'
The impossibiiitie- OF thousands - Ma--aciu-
setts republicans voting for two GOVERNOR ut
once aud thousands Of Ohio democrats throw
ing away their votes for tNen'Y-two electors
and working like beavers 20 choose one have co.
CURED. These things were generally con-
ceded to be impossible that the unexpected Ice
comes a matter of course and the travellers
tales that are finding their Way into the news
papers cause no ripple OF excitement beyond
the head lines
One of our contemporaries Published n tale
which in other wears would have been cal "a
startling. about an Indian falling into a siiriug
IN Montana ana coming 20 hight agnin by em.rg-
ing from another spriug in British Columlia
200 miles distant. OF course. the unfortunate
Indian died OF fatigue in travelling 200 mie-
underground. and science l. thereby del n, I'd
of the data necessary 20 determine thrcoInmsr-
cial value Of this subterranean waterway.
4 year OF miracles II naturally year % m, n
sters, and we are not surprised a: reading tia; q
sort of water dragon has been making has &c
with travellers in Idaho. This monster CAUGHT
a traveller who was bathing In Lake Chelan end
was dragged ashore. The aid monster n IN
and there chung to tho aforesaid bather and r.
sisted all attempts 10 rescue him made by no
other travellers. Stretching its hug Wi = lie
monster few mp into the air and then pIunt-.d
down into Lake Chelon with the unfortunate
bsther. whom it devoured ut leisure
People who NAV be curious about monster.
will be pleased at learning that this Idaho mon
ster had the egs and body If an alligator. with
the head and ewes of q serpent. and hnge wings.
being altogether a most terrible wil fowl In
general il may be described resembling tho
great monster Of the Mojaye Desert, whose IN
frequent appearances are graphically chrcui-
cled in the animal department Of the 81 Louis
Globe Democrat
Ii will doubtless occur q the reader that one
has heard but little since Cotton Mathcr's ,lay
of the monsters and miracles Of New England
This is not due 10 any hack of versatility IA tho
animals of New England. bat l. trac.able 90 the
deep-rooted incredibly OF the people
and the operations of the Mckinley bill
Our animals have proteau capabilities quite
equal TO those OF the west. and eau readily
take strange. unheard-of shape. The great -isos
snake of northern New Hampshire. invisibl. to
the members of the Dartmouth faculty, bat
seen by students making their way across the
campus late at night, IL a familiar instarce.
Cotton Mather did not see the two-hea ioi
snake Of Cape Ann. but he heard Of IL. Which
is much the same thing. IL might be seen by
some people under certain conditions TO-DAY.
ANYBODY who sees the winged wolves of the
kennebec chasing the wild geese as the, hy
southwark will never forget the sight. II IL one
of the strangest IN nature Flylng squirrels
abound in our New England forests. which are
also full of bears and other creatures too
numerous to mention.
At this moment a mysterious animal believed
to be a Canadian lynx Is thought TO be hal mt
ing the woods between Brookline and >ewton
Several persons have seen it, and IL D. saii TO
h.va ffl,