know the author: but we venture to say tkat j such things have been heard of before (in tke life and adventures of Baron Munckaasen:)

"It ispist twenty years ago yesterday," said our Barrator,"that a party of us fellers went over to Cakokia Creek on a skating match.— The day was colder than ten icebergs all stuck together, but. the ice was as smooth as glass, and we mads uponrmiadto have a heap ol