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The Devil in Lake Manitau Seen Again. *The beautiful Lake Manitau, laying fust east of Rochester, is said to be inhabited by a large serpent, of devil-like appearance, and from this fact the appellation of “Devil’s Lake” has been applied to it, and as such is known far and near. Many bold fishermen have been frightened off the bosom of its placid waters by its abrupt appearance, and are willing to odd their testimony to that of the red men who inhabited this neighborhood years ago, that it is a serpent of largedimensions and of frightful appearance.This monster, whatever it may be, was last seen by a gentleman from Huntington, who visited the lake recently, and his ad ventre is thus more humorously than truthfully ; narrated by the Huntington Democrat:The serpent has again been seen in Lake Manitau. A Huntington man, no less a personage than the recorder of the county,a pis-catorist of more than ordinary luck, with a cultivated taste for black and rock bass, pike and eat, had a glimpse of the monster recently. Mr. Schiosser visits the lake once a year,* and usually spends the best end of a week cruising about and hauling in the rare and luxurious fish that abound in its waters. He was at the lake about two weeks ago,and while sailing on its placid bosom, “a-hauling of ’em in,” as his custom, the frightful monster, which has at times spread consternation throughout the comity of Fulton, suddenly and without any warning, rose from the depth of the water in plain sight of the bold fisherman, and moved leisurely about, as if taking a view of the recorder, something at-! ter tiie manner in which the whale is supposed to have surveyed Jonah before betook him in out of the wet, and cogitating upon the savorincssof his eorporosity for a square meal—the finny cannibal! Mr. Schiosser was just as cute as the fish, and took the situation in at a glance. Just about then he recollected that lie had forgotten something on shore, and headed his boat for the nearest proniouoto'ry. He promptly concluded that he didn’t want to angle in that region—that he was an unwelcome visitor, and like Capt. Kidd, he sailed, and he was in constant dread of being captured “as he sailed.” He eloselv scrutinized the serpent, and took as
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Logansport Sun
Logansport, Indiana, US
Thu, Nov 06, 1873
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