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Show A F -is of Mytery. Standing alongside tho railroad traekH near Jlackcnsack, N. J., Is n row of foui- little worklngmen's cottages cot-tages that 1 'r the cryptic tltlo In that countr hide or "Tho Mastodon Houses." Tho roanon for the title Is based on tho fact that when tho collars col-lars for (lies" cottages wero being dug In the soft black loam tho workmen camo nrrosB a bone of such an unusual un-usual bIzd nnd appcarancu that tho fame Of tho "find" nonn snro.nrl .u.. r. ..Ill ,111.1 HUl'll OIHV11U through th neighborhood, attracting tho attc-J .n of all of the amateur naturaliN s One of t: a wrote to ''tho State Geologist at Trenton giving him a complete an ' accurate description of tho bono in I i collecting tho olllclal to tnke uoifio Hlops toward securing tho relic for thu State Museum. Hut tho goologlHt replied that ho had no money for rh n purpose, nnd n tho builder anil the naturalists could coruo to no agieeincnt over tho possession of tho thing tho builder took It upon himself to rioeldo tho fato of tho bono by sticking It! back In tho earth again, whoro, bo far as anyone knows. It still remains Its' monument consists of tlio slialiLi, iit'io houses with tho title that overbalances their size and appearance materially. |
