Deseret Evening News | 1891-06-16 | Page 2 | Plunking Prairies of Louisiana

f l..lla ri.lrl f ttaltM. Acnriom phenomenon Li to bo wlt-nrtml wlt-nrtml at tlio Amen' crevawe, and, In deed, It on ot th cnitMt of ilia great damagafthudon. Under any clrcum. itancet the water from thlt erevnaaa wonld overflow tho rich amntry lyl ng between be-tween it and the gulf of Mexico, caualng damage; to th amount of metal million Jollare; hut to th aurprtm of many, not content with running down ttroain aod 3verflowtag tb country Mow, it Iim liken to running prrntly up atrmra. Sim curlmltywat felt over thlt pho-nomenon, pho-nomenon, and th cato on examination thowi It to b ln to the prairie trcm blante th floating or trembling ira. rietofiiouthtrnLuUlan. AUalongtho gulf coaat the largo bonier of land float! on th larfae of th water ThabiudU mod by fallen timber an 1 graaae. It gradually occumubkte dirt and become In th roura of tlmo tulucleiilly flnn to mpintl bruthe and even tree, but th toil lionly IhrMlnehr or llttl lee thick, and below It i th water, upon which It float on account or. Itt llghtncu, IXrn-tlonally IXrn-tlonally pteco of trembling pralrl are detaclied and become floating leUndl. There ar qnlto a nnmlwr of tbeto In Salvador, them landt, floating from til to elilo, bring frequently carrte.1 at n rapid nt by th bren, lre- acting at lalli to catch tb wlnil, Tb current from th Aran crcvaiM bat carried the floating Ulandi down itream and torn n nnmbrr of othcri from the trembling I ralrln.-Cor.St. Umli Ulobc Democrat,