| Show none bones ot of a Ma ganadon manadon Mail odon nadon found wisconsin correspondence ot at chicago dispatch A discovery was recently made in the county of richmond on the farm of J C da dasch daich ich which Is of interest to students of natural history end and which as a relic of a bygone age Is a curiosity persons walking along the banks of elm creek a stream flowing through the daech farm discovered that the heavy islets had dislodged from a resting place of several thousand ears the bones of some prehistoric creature of gigantic stature eta ture which are thought to be the remains of a mastodon the following day mr dash dasch assisted by farmers began digging along the banks of the cheek where the bones first discovered were washed out and after reaching a depth of about eight feet was rewarded by unearthing about thirty different bons bon s of the monster skeleton A part of a rib app apparently arend representing about fourths of the original length measured over oner thice and one half feet and the circumference of the bone of the front leg at the knee joint as accurate accurately 13 men suied by dasch was thirty nine inches other bones were mere proportionately large the damp blue clay in which the shele ton was mas embedded had assisted in keep ing it in an almo almost it perfect state of preservation and it gave but little evidence of having rema inel burled buried in the earth since the time when A hen mam mals instead of man nant several flint arzor heads were mere also afo picked up nar mar ethcie the remains were found searchers are now endeavoring dea deavo ring oring to procure those thos of the skeleton not bet et found and it will probably pio bably occupy a prominent place in the state museum at madison |
