The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-13
Seeing Things.

1t is still a month until the dog days;
nevertheless there are reports from some
neighboring communities to the effect
that people have already begun to see
things. In mitigation of the peculiarities
of the reports, however, it is necessary
to say that one of them comes from South
Carolina and the other from Atlanta. At
ter six years of the dispensary in South
Carolina, with its cologne spirits corn
whisky and asAfetida blackberry cordial.
it might be regarded a. remarkable II
things were not seen by people Of that
state; still It is a matter worthy of com
ment that only few descriptions of the
things. seen have got into the public
prints. Probably the Bourbon pride of
the populace is responsible for the lack of
publicity in the matter. However. we
have now a story from Chesterfield coun-
ty which indicates that cologne spirits
and asafetida do not dull the magma
; ton, however badly they may taste.
The story is to the effect that in the
lower part of Chesterfield county within
the past fortnight a very strange thing
has been seen by various reputable per-
sons. The chronicler says: ut was
flying snake, about thirty to forty feet
long, and was flying about sixty feet
from the earth's surface with its head to-
wards the north" Presumably the mon
ster was seen by daylight. Had the Wis
ion been seen by night, the probabilities
are that fire would have been observed to
issue from the flying snakes mouth and
nostrils. Then 1t would not have been
snake at all, but a dragon. In fact, we
are little inclined towards the dragon
theory. We have never seen a flying
snake that was forty feet long. though
they may raise them on cologne spirits
and asafetida in South Carolina. At the
same time. It would be just as easy and
more artistic. to raise dragons. Accepting
the dragon theory. including fiery nos
trils and forked tongue. It would be easy
enough to guess where his dragonshlp was
going. lie was flying sixty feet high with
his head towards the northern route to
Washington, TO assist in making it hot for
the people who have lately been knocking
the props from under the cologne spirits
and asafetida dispensary.
The story from Atlanta Is with regard
TO the air ship. The wonder Is, not that
Il has arrived there, and been observed at
leisure by large numbers OF reputable per-
sons. but that II should have been so
long in getting there. Most people expect
ed 20 hear that Il was in Atlanta the
morning after Il first appeared in Dem
yer. However, its Hardness Is made up
FOR by It's evident determination to stay
a long time Having arrived. A. is 10th to
depart. 1T swings every clear morning
IN the eastern horizon" says the report.
IL also burns bright lights, three times
as powerful" as the arc lights used upon
the streets. Besides this Il emits Inter
mittont flashes like the passing OF the
spark OF some powerful electric current"
II has also the dim outlines" OF the
orthodox airship and 10 further empha-
size It's claim to being a ship II burns
port and starboard lights" This Is bet.
ter and more ship-like than the western
air craft have ever been able to DO. That
the story Is authentic will not. OF course.
be questioned, since many OF those who
have seen the strange thing stop at the
Kimban.