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iDISCOVERED PftRTKenk:HaticopawheriajrNorth Cape Farmer Discovers a Bone \ thJof Immense Proportions in Muskego Lake-iyIS 14 BY 10 INCHES WIDEp-[\a:t-wirS,L'SttitillYAofho111-lisftO.torhoHerman Rofclieniiugen Has tbo Cariosity— 13cU«vcs It l'lirt of a Mastodon Sltel* elon—Will Search for tli« Re-Qtaindir oE the Skeleton,It V pcrstruegroc?*7briilTDuring the past tow years there has been cons hler able digging going on at Muskogo and Wind Lake*, on account of a canal being dug to drain the water rhmi the hikes., with a view of making considerable land available for cultivation, Many curiosities have been discovered on the bottom of the kikes mid others have* been t brown up by the ini* mnsc drcdgi‘.s 1 hat did the work of dig-iib the canal.» o .HVnmm Hot hi nil in gen,, a prominent farmei of the town of North Cano, has one curious article that bids fare to take w pn.itninMii place in the sientilie world, ft is’ ciii immense bone., 14 inches in length and 10 incites sviile. It is larger •ho ] Hi tin air* elephant bone and the conelu-i?h ! s.ion arrived at i that, it must be a part! -tb j of the skeleton of an immense. animal of im some kind, possibly a JM a si ado it. Titoivav th’fc leas a wwagfirstti at;thisyouhonPnSuihemz.‘helorivdlevmlheatteringim;amlla*thethearemgvasu)d«itere sir r x tgnin.iofhas. bo. re-vou his:ul-'-‘U'Yiiu-hertheintmclinoin;mebone was found on f lie bottom of Muskeg o lake and has been care fully denned and prserved by Mr. IkrUieihagen who will rnake a careful search for the re- ; mi:v:ndor of the skeleton.3[any persons who arc posted in regard to :u lima Is have viewed tlio bone and freely stale that it is fruin some auimnl of immense proportions and much larger that i he biggest elephant and probably vas j a part uf the anaiomy uf y. Lnjnioudous Mast ad oh that frequented the vicinity oi Musk ego kike centuries ago.According to hLstoiy a Mastodon is a genus of fossil proboscidian pachyderm ft, nearly allied to the elephant, but with simpler grinding teeth, adapted for bruising coarser vegetable substance?, or perhaps fitted for an animal of a. more omnivorous character than its modern representAt-ive. The teeth were roughly mamimlfcted, hence ’'the name, meaning teat*tooth. Eleven of twelve species have be on described from the- -Miocene, khdocene. and rioisio**iic strain. in Europe. Asia and America. Recently the [iQU'ified reruuins of a Mastodon were found in New \'ork stalv. M. lu© skull coimdete whs of o non nous size and csti-mated weight wap- fX’O pound?. One of tins fore-lop?, including the thigh bone, was 7 feet in length and 'weighed loll jto.ir.ds: tlio first joint of the-hind log measures 2 feet:, ii inches in length, a ml l.lie. pccotuI joint of the same leg o feet, ■i inches. Other parts measured. !0 inches ivilie by Id in length.The bone found id Miiakegn lake is fully as largo as any of the above named and no doubt is part of the- skeleton of a Mastodon and Mr. RotImnliagcn hopes to find the vest pf the bones.=s«lnkc-not lIMi . our Wn Lh at . wo v oiRCIV,on*tCOfnL'leoroehnntofirughTHE BRITON AND THE BOER.O.t111C:ATMNMAtMin*siEiH:Cflina:
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Mon, Feb 05, 1900
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