The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-17

Ran Downa sleepy Octopus and Carried
on an Arm.

BRIDGEPORT. CT, July b.-Cap'a'"
Obediah Donaldson has piled the waters
of the Sound FOR years, ana no one "a
over accused MIN OF telling lie. lie
came into hagDor with his ftean oF
tor dredger Yesterday IN search or coal
rive Of his sailors then landed W.tn "
thin substance looking very r'lch I'M
a hundred feet Of fire hose. Sea -'os9
shook their heads nonplussed' bene va.
able % make it out a. all Then Sap'''"
Donaldson spoke 90
tonls which can be easily Yerlhe''
tske If that It's a hundred feet long now
heinp as It's shrunk. but it was tNi,1
thar lcueth when we caught d. l"'
0rh- I'm which we got 1t occurred shoit-
i,- after ten o'clock I'm the morning
,,-ara efaarnine five miles on STRATUM"
Tight yero going four knots an houi'
and we were in fifteen fathoms or water.
Suddenly on tho starhoard DOW l ~p,cn
huge mass. black and motioh.eSS' 'y'"7
on the surface Of the water. "nle" W.
as smooth as pond. cI""e
Course one point. and rang the pen ioI
e.,u bead Of steam. In order 90 hurry
,,, and see what that black thing was
III soon made II out as an octopus SIX
t,. feet i'm diameter with arms ana less
n .ornie NJ hundred feet long. / dlon
mt any OF that in mine. l brought tne
,,.boal down. 10 clear the monster ne
Ne i'm a deep sleep. and his anores coui'
Do heard quite n way or. but was wv
late The boat struck him amidships. ne
,o.,i-e iu a inv. At first he thought we
we're "A uishtmare. but he rubbed hia
ewes and Identified ms as enemies 'no.s"
heavens knows / had no wish TO ilshl '"'
octopus fish.
"He darted at u.s. kicking mp the sea,
one OF his long arms came an2ii" anu
seized the forward steam Wluu.a79'
wound his arm around II, thinking ]
s,,nnoso tnat il was a sailor. The mate
,.,tb GREAT presence of mind, started th'
uindiass. and In less time than 10 taxes
a., ten IL a couple Of hundred feet OF ine
ann was wound in. and We had the Hsn
a prisoner. But we'd caught dl'a'.
ia. hogan to ruI al the boat. and was
,f~,fl he meant 10 sink it ana eat ue
80 tis l.isurr The vessel rocked. ana j
tho4sbf She would Capsize every min
utc / called 10 Frank Taylor, the boat
swain. TO cut of the arm, ana DE ana so
with a meat chopper ,
"The octopus. Thoroughly aious'l'
.,..sn, hair mile 20 leeward and crouch
el for spring, but suddenly N''l.-
.frn occurred Three porpoises came
,lone tine pilot porpoiso leading. He ran
~i,bf en- the arms of the octopus, VINO
sef,sl him and held him high in the air
and squeezed the Nfe ont OF him. we
coull hear his bones crunchlng. Having
killed the porpoise Ia his rage he tossed
him high i'm the air. The other PROPOSES
a. once turned tail and swan 20 Pen
deld Reef Light, faFofite teeaihs
ground OF these animals.
..rhev returned with an enormous
swarm OF porpoises. all greatly excited
They lined up like football players, ana
made a combined rush for the octopus,
v-ho eazed az them vicioisiy with hia
.,uel. slimv eyes. lt was an awful bat
tia that followed. The sea was lashed
into a crimson foam. AZ the PROPOSES
came within reach the octopus sel]fd
tbem I'm his arms and tossed them hish
I'm the air AS he had seven arms, he
rit.hea 'em up seven az time. II we
hod nor got that other fippor, Il would
vouid have been eight az time.
..Thc sea FOR more than a milo was
s+,svvn with the fms and tails Of pOr-
noises and with bits Of octopus Any
follow who wants a load OF good tcr'ilz-
49, can get il here. I don't know how
many uorpoises were killed. Evidently
tLe, dIo ip the octopus, however. and
IN their anger rent him limb from liInb.
Ttcr they ali swan 10 their homes. and
I nut into Bridgeport
rhe captain went 10 sea again last
nieht He says ne Will fight any one and
eyery one who doubts his story.