The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-06-15
AN ELECTRICAL SNAKE.
A MONSTER WHICH LEAVES a
TRACK OF ICY SLIME.
Described by a Farm The Thing Was
Ieose-Petriaied Two Herses and
,u.. Was ire-PYoof-A Won
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A1ark Weston. a farmer living 1Rar
the small town OF Alexander, soath-
east of Delphi, Ind, relates a anost
wonderful phenomenon which oc-
Acurred at his place. says the New
york World. .-... --es-. ~
He says: just after dark Il had
occasion to go out to the harm to
look after the horses A public high
way passes within 200 yards of nv
house, and the foarn is built due
south and somewhat nearertthe road.
l started from the house ins5he direc-
tlon OF the barm, and had :gone per
haps half way when noticed some-
thing playing sa,ong ON the ground
that looked like a tremendous fier1
snake.
The object sorossed my path, amN
as it did so felt the air&grow much
colder, amid 81 peculiar moaning sound
arose, like ttkH signing oof. the wind
through the trees, only it was loud
enough ito ateown a man, s voice when
he would sh out. Then, felt some
thing 2urns tover me dixie electricity.
and became motion4ess, as thou oh
had grown: fast to Che ground.
Il was aterribly scared, but never
lost the use of my hands Or legs
through fear, thongh there was
something peculiar in the air that
simply {aaralyzed me. When the
thing fad-got perhaps fifty feet from
me, going west, it, turned and came
back, ;andsas it die so the meaning
sound changed toaas shrill whistle,
something like a locomotive would
make, ;and when it got just i'm front
of me itrtook course directly away
from mes&nd towards the barn.
lit travelled very rapidly and
loohsdlike a large, ragged streak of
fire, merhaps thirty feet long and
eighteen inches in diameter The
thing reached the barn, and in al
most san: in stant'it ran directly up the
front of the building and onto the
roof i expected every moment to
see thetbarn burst into flames, but it
did not. The great fiery SNAKE ran
with great rapidity all over the
building, in almost every direction,
way, / suppose, a thousand times. Il
thenNa1ne to the front of the build
ing and elevated itself until lit stood
straight, on its tail, fully thirty feet
in thetair.
Il was perfectly conscious all the
time, ,htlt,: try as I would, Ieould not
move from the spot. After the thing
had remained in an.upright position
Tor, presume, three Or four minutes
there was al sudden explosion like
the discharge OF a::cannon, and the
thing disappeared entirely. With
the disappearance Of the strange
phenomenon I felt shock like the
first one llEhad felt, and at the same
time l gained control of my linn BIS. [
hA$tssnedtto the house, told INV wife
what had seen, and she thought I
WAS Sarazy, :hut upon my insisting she
consentedrto accompany me to inves-
tigate the.1natter.
You can imagine our surprise
upon reaching the barn to find it Gov
cred with ,alremarkable network re-
semblaalg large ropes of ice. They
appeared to pass around the buiI in O
LA Oh6CtlIy iGflc SdtltC way Inc f0rV
monster had !passed. 1t was not ice,
however, but seemed; to be more Of a.
crystal, Cor it .would not melt, even
when we heldSa Aamet to it. and when
struck with "a hatchet it simply gave
dull-likte sound, and did not break.
Upon entering the barn we were
amazed, a4' two good fhorses stood in
their stalls immovable They were
alive, butt neither could move a
muscle. They seemed ito be paralyzed
and stood there more like statues
than anything else. They were warn,
and breathed all right, but aside from
this you could not tell1they were alive.
[ applied the whip and they never
tlinched. A dog that sleeps in the
barn was dead and appeared com
pletely petrifed. He was lying on
the ground with bis head ION his paws.
just like he was sleeping. When i
left home this afternoon everything
was just as l have described it to
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