Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1889 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A Mystery Solved. Tor several years boatmen and others along the Susquehanna river, between the villages of Susquehanna and Red Rock, have been interested, not to say disturbed, by a creature in the water at the latter puint The strange animal has always made its appearance at night, and an unearthly, weird noise accompanied by heavy splashing often r wakened the people from their slumbers. Early sundown a dark object has frequently been seen moving slowly across the river, and boat after boat has been upset by it It was killed recently and proved to be a big alligator. It is supposed to have escaped from its owners years ago. The creature weighed over 500 pounds, and it took half the population of the neighborhood to kill it

James W. Douthit, Esq., will occupy the room back of the Rensselaer Bank, Nowels bui’ding, after the Ist October with his law oflice. H<&v Long to Sleep. Up to the 15th year most young people require ten hours, and till the 20th year nine hours. After that age everyone finds out how much he or she requires, though, as a general rule, at least six or eight hours are necessary. Eight hours’ sleep will prevent more nervous derangements in women than any medicine will ever cure. During growth there must be ample sleep if the brain is to develop to its full extent, and the more nervous, excitable, or precocious a child is, the longer sleep should it get if its intellectual progress is not to come to a premature standstill or its life cut short at an early age.

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