Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-08-13
a BOUNCING 30
To Astoaiahir2 Capcr Of o Ten
Ton Rock
Tow n Connecticut Couple We're sar2r.scd
ly tao Landing Of tho Mammoth Stone
q, Thcir rrcu,iscs Without
PREVIOUS E'urninG.

Sir, and Mrs. Daniel Arnold, Oh La1S
HalGar,, il the Connecticut valley,
wcr, .sct horac' one day recently, but
hardly prepared to receive the atrsn-
c.r that suddenly appeared on tAcir
rrcuiScS with = biz racket aaa consia-
crcblc style, says the New lori; Sun.
nyr. ana Mrs. Arnold, who were chatting
in their Kitchen, of sudden heard u
roarirT. splitting, crcaliing and taea
sou~hinc, rambling noise, cnd, CASH
inr out of their abode into the iroht
ward, were Just in time to reccl'o
their Cucct there, which hci COMO
~;,,-ourh the yarl fence, taking tAc
fence cionG with it. Thcrcupon IL a"?
:: hole in the middle OF the YAK! III!
,laatcd ITSELF therein, acting liSSii
,.:silv in :t3 coclSct. Mrs. Ar?old throw
,p her hands in alInoct cpccchlc's 25-
;oaiGluncat, and ~prc5cntiy said: oa'
LCrl!" Her husband, like the doc
ward. which Is 4 ciaall one y si!l! 81
most clto;c,hcr occupied by the ri5it-
irr lcvia;han. was too full for rttci~
arcc. The big guest is 4 tc2-ton
bov:lGCr. and il had oric two or thrSc
hundred feet from its ccat on Z di=2y
g.,clf ut The cuia,ait of = mountain at
t.lC GE-T % l.-s -IS-N J
10 male = call, apparently, on the AR
rolIs. It c2!ac vcry quietly. trAycri-
ia- the distance noted liz aEoJ. :ii
rccouls, and in it, track it ground up
rail AID ato.o fences, Encc!:ci down
vrlcrbrush Sad trees, and ploncl .
deep, ragccl furrow il the wet and
money soil bctyvccn the base of the
hill. and the yard. 1t thundcrcl acroG3
The open lot5 with friThtful and ire
siytitlc fury. It lcw into the yard b.
= s!iEht!y c:rcuitouH path. barely
aisscd slicing OF = gable CT TIC dwell
ing, and crushed two lcngthG Of hand
conc white latticcl fence into Lin
tli:C. Now t!r. Arnold woull lie to
, have como one tell him how to speed
The partia: guc@t or his plantation,
| for i l. no ca5y ta9l;, cafcly, to GtaTt .
tcn-;oa boT:llcr under the cares Of =
/! rlan'G hou-c and haul away the fraG-
rag:tg of Il, aal there l. not c2ouTli o.:
. or l.crrc rowcr in lIGddaEl haE.lct to
haul it away bodily.
Ter ccvcr2l year, the great howllc",
pcrclicl in itS mountain ere. h2l
! bcca threatening 10 tumble oGa tat
perch, but tiIc fact that il never EGl
dC.c 30 encouraged the Arnold family
to hope that it alv2yG v:ouli maintain
IT, uastat!e and tottcrinT balance II
, t. y spherical monster. that We set up
| li!:c y pear ca it,. little cGd c2d when
the tremendous and IoH~-conti:-al
Lo":npoar5 this Gpring had loogcEcd .
! Fart OF it, rravcl support on the side
Of The dccliyi-y there VIZ TO longer 4
Substantial reason Why the big follow
should Say up there alone OH t!,c
prccipicc. 1t fell about thirty feet
vertically. and then divcd down 81 in
cliacd plane through = 3ccoaI-croygth
force: with the or OF . c;clo>c. !!
ripped up not lcGj than n dozen rood
sized trees By their root. while it,
laundering onset nearly frightened ell
The people il ~fIa!LarI. who feared that
= hurricane wcs upon thcIl, o"t Of
their wits, algo. Arao!d wa 30 badly
scared and uruc-vcl that she left the
di1nCr dishes unwashcd until after
supper.
The HnaIaa bov;ldcr Il the bi-rcst
one that ever attacked = Connecticut
household, but It's extraordinary capor
il By TO racamo unparalleled in ~
state. Got many yccra AGO q hucc cra-.
weighing three tons, fell of the shag-
~ hilltop 1T the rear OF n prctiv cot.
TAGS on Laurel hill, in the heart of
Noi"Tich, ran down the steep hillside
end jumped into the houGc b. the vyav
OF the roof. Il wcHt through the roof
and second story without difficulty or
delay, and hoped into the middle OF .
hand@CTac large bed in the crc-t
chamber. The bcIatcad I. rrallc TO
hold tho stranger IL kept itscli III
tact, and the great .oclz just wrapped
ihc Whole thing, bcigtcai, tic,;a,
:hcct3, comfcrtablc3. pillowa md pil.
inT"-5harar, about itcclf md wont
'tpr'n into the cellar. together with
tIH floor, carpet urd bedroom furri-
lure. When the man of the house ar.
rived homo from his v.cr!: 1T s,pD,r
tine his wife led him into the cellar
md shovel HIN the bedroom still in t,c
company of tic boysldcr. II was = blue
granite bowler Of the kind mott com
mo to Connecticut, hard rs flint.
"ealaic"H and crocs-Eraincd. II tool;
IN" family. with the help Of two hired
incn, mere thar q week to ret ell o?
tho intruder out OF their horuc. nri
cost them Il hundred and iifty dol
lara to repair tho mutilatcd an?lo of
inc house. Connecticut people hare =
way Of hanging their houTcs under IN.
rcniinG cliffs in this cravcy. uphill
ia1d comctimc7. md 80 when the croc,;
OF Coon finally docs CONC they ars
more or Ices resigned TO 1t,