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1869
AN ARK – An eccentric
old man living near Carlinville, on the line of the Alton, St. Louis &
Chicago Railroad, has constructed a veritable ark. This curious craft
has a stern wheel of ample dimensions at one end of it, and an engine
with its attachments nearly ready to set things in motion, when the
great floating day arrives. He eats and sleeps in his ark, determined
not to be caught napping, at least outside of his ship. During the
recent pluvial visitation, it is said, this modern day Noah was noticed
to be very busy getting ready for a trip to Mount Ararat.
Illinois State Register
- July 14, 1869
THE SNAKES AGAIN – The
REGISTER first published the facts in relation to the shower of snakes
which fell near Taylorville in June last. Some ignorant people, editors
among others, thought the story a sensation without any foundation, but
it is well known that snakes and other living creatures have been
deposited on the earth by clouds. The following, which we clip from the
Memphis Post of the 9th inst. is a recent instance of
the kind.
An extraordinary
and most wonderful phenomena occurred at Indian Grave Gap, in Campbell
county, Tennessee, through which the Knoxville and Kentucky railroad is
being built, on Sunday afternoon. During a severe thunderstorm, and
while it was at its height, the gap was suddenly filled with countless
numbers of snakes, which were seen falling for nearly ten minutes. They
were of the common ringed species, and measured from five inches to two
feet in length. They were all dead, being killed it is supposed, by the
fall. The news of this freak of nature soon spread among the farmers of
the region, and created the most intense excitement. By evening the gap
was crowded with hundreds of people, drawn thither to witness this
spectacle. Numerous surmises were indulged by the puzzled spectators,
but the general opinion was that the mysterious shower was the
premonition of some dreadful scourge.
Illinois State Register
- July 15, 1869
A PLEASING
SPECTACLE – Yesterday noon two dogs began to worry a good sized hog on
North Sixth street. The pleasing spectacle was witnessed by a large
number of that class of people, of both sexes, who loaf about the
streets on Sunday. The fun was unexpectedly stopped, in the course of
about two hours, by the death of the hog, and the police failed to
provide another.
Illinois State Register
- July 19, 1869 |
