Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-28
Tho NiaClStronl,

IIoll (lllt buttl ultLloIN uI' to W NIlu- ill tho last 25 ur 50 years, tho gcogra- phers, tho hydro2raphrrS and tho com mon people alike believed ill tho exist cuCo of an immense whirlpool in the ocean off the coast of Norway.
 Tho English of the sixteenth and sev- Cnt CCnth centuries thought 1t to bo Il EuhterranCun &hvSS, penetrating the Slohn ill such a manner as to cummuni- cate with the ocean on the opposite Sido of tho earth, and tho anCicntS of most European countries had an idea that it WaS i'll SnnIC mysterious way connected with tho waters of the gulf 0f BOthnia. According to tho popular accounts puh- liHhrd and firmly believed down tO tho middle of tho present century, tho macl strom waS tho most startling and giGau tic Uf natures CurinSitiCS. It's mighty whirling current, it was said. was DOW erful enough tn draw within it's intlu enrc whatever approached within dlS tdnCc of several miles of it's vortex. I'm menso trees, hunhcr raftS. hears, ships, whales. etc. were drawn i'll as though they were straws and ground to pieces by tho whirling, scrthing waters miles beneath the surface.
 What has become of this terror of tho ocean? We never hear it mentioned nowadays, and tho very existence Cf even rough piece of sra ill tho region in Wl.iIh tho ln&clStrOn was formerly located is denied by the very best au thOritiCS on ocean tides. currents, etc. Its existence was first questioned, 1 be- licEe by Bayard Taylor i'll letter to tho New York Tribune on Oct. 6. 1857. A few days before tho letter was writ ten Taylor sailed over tho spot where tho whirl was generally located without noticing anything out of the ordinary. During the same year 1S5O W. M. Williams, ill q lecture on Norway, de- livered at Birmingham, England, de- clared that no such whirlpool had ever existed, St. Louis Republic.
 She Was Frightened.
 The first railway ride is naturally a somewhat exciting experience A corro- spondent of tho Chicago Times Herald says that he was taking a trip through the hilly part of Alabama, where the road bed is intersected by trestles from 50 to 17o feet high, and from 30 yards to half Il mile in length. At small station ill tho pine woods an old gentleman, carry ing carpet bag and accompanied by an old lady, evidently his wife, boarded tho train.
 They took tho first seat, the old lady sitting next tho window. It was appar- ent from their expression of curiosity mingled w 3nxiety that this was their first railws. journey. The train started, and they both looked eagerly from the window, and as the speed increased q look of keenest anxiety gathered on the old lady's face She grasped her hus' l bands arm and said i'll voice plainly audible to those about her:
 "Jocl, we be goin awful quick. know 'tain't safe"
 A few minutes later the train raI onto ono of the long trestles. With | little shriok of terror the old lady sprans to her feet and seized the back of tht seat in front of her. There she stood trembling from head to foot, staring from the window.
 Meantime the train sped onward anC was soon once more on solid earth. Tht old lady was quick to note the change Her features relaxed, and she sank int her seat with the fervent exclamation:
 "rhank Heeaasss, sho's lit ngainr'