Show bones bone of a round found wisconsin correspondence of chicago 0 dispatch A discovery was recently de in the county of richmond on the he farm of J C dasch which is of interest terest to students of natural history land and which as a relic of a bygone age alls a a curiosity persons walking along the e banks of elm creek a smaill tream stream flowing through the dasch daech farm discovered that the heavy rains had dislodged from a resting place of several ve thousand years the bones of some prehistoric creature of gigantic stature which are thought to be the remains of a ma mastodon todon the following ay mr dasch assisted by neighboring farmers fan ners began digging along the banks of rf the creek where the bones first discovered were washed out and after reaching a depth of about eight feet was rewarded by unearthing about thirty different bones of the monster skeleton A part of a rib apparently representing about three fourths of the original length measured over three and one halt half feet and the circumference of the bone of the front leg at the knee joint as accurately measured by dasch was thirty nine inches other bones boites were proportionately large the damp blue clay in which the skeleton was embedded had assisted in keeping it in an almost perfect state of preservation and it gave but little evidence of having remained burled buried in the earth since the time when mammals instead of man were predominant n san L several flint arrow heads were a also pi eked up near where the remains were lound found searchers Sear chera are now endeavoring deavo ring to procure those parts of the skeleton not yet found and it will probably occupy a prominent place in the state historical museum at madison |