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THE LEGEND OF DIAMOND ROCK SINCE the first Dutch settlers came, children playing Indian on Diamond Rock have wondered at the glittering stones that gave the huge rock its name. To a geologist these stones are quartzose crystals imbedded in calciferous sandy rock. But the Mohawk Indians have their ow…
or fish-skin disease, called iethyosis serpentina, or serpent-skin; and his general effect is more that of a serpent than of a fish. But upon different parts of his body may be found nearly all the varieties of iethyosis. The resemblance of this man's skin to the shed skin of a boa-constrictor, late…
length. I have never seen them longer than an eighth of an inch. Many years ago two brothers in England having this form of icthyosis were exhibited in the shows as porcupine-men. Icthyosis is one of the rarest of skin-diseases. I am under the impression that it is more frequent in Europe than in th…
cation."—Philadelphia: Lindslay & Blakeston. Sold by all booksellers and druggists. Also, "The Physician's Pocket Day-Book, by C. Henri Leonard, M.A., M.D." Price $1.00-Detroit, Mich. These are conveniently arranged for the use of practicing physicians, to be carried regularly in the pocket. The for…
CONNECTICUT'S WILD MAN SENTENCED. He Lived In a Hut and Stole, and Now He Will Go to Prison. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] WINSTED, Conn., Oct. 10, 1895.-The wild man was to-day sentenced to two years in State Prison by Judge Milton Shumway, of the Superior Court. He gave his name as Dennis Rppitt. …
A WILD MAN. He Appears to Selectman Smith of Winsted and Scares His Bull Dog. Selectman Riley W. Smith of Winsted, was picking berries in Colebrook Saturday, when his bull dog, which is noted for its pluck, ran with a whine to him and stationed itself between his legs. A second afterwards a large ma…
REIGN OF TERROR. Connecticut Wild Man Bits All Night on Mrs. Culver's Door step While She Perches on the Roof Until Help Comes. (Special Dispatch to the Boston Journal) Colebrook, Conn, Sept. 2—This peaceful Litchfield County village is wrought up to a pitch of excitement and terror, because of the …
"WILD MAN" STILL AT LARGE. Dog Danger Was Turned Upon Him and Hasn't Recovered Yet. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] WINSTED, Conn., Sept. 4, 1895.—The latest person to see the "wild man" is Michael Danchy, a Colebrook farmer. The Danehv farm is situated on the highway leading to Colebrook, and four mi…
WINSTED'S MYSTERY SOLVED. The "Wild Man" Now Beltoved to be an Escaped Gorilla. Winsted, Conn., Aug. 30.—The Con necticut wifd man, that has divided honors with the sea serpent, is a full grown gorilla. John G. Hall runs a stage line between here and Sandisfield, Mass. While he was passing through C…
WINSTED WOODS SCOURED SUNDAY. Two Hundred Armed Men Participate in the Search—No Trace of the Terrible Creature Discovered—His Existence Confidently Believed in. However—Features of the Novel Round-up. Yesterday some 200 men tramped through the Winsted woods on an unsuccessful hunt for the wild man …
OF ARIZONA. Many strange stories have been told of the wild man of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, and, while some persons have believed these weird tales, they have for the most part been regarded as the ingenious inventions of imaginative travelers and have passed into tradition as such. But, ac…
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