The first mermaid of the season was seen recently at Fort Cottage, N. H. The story, complete and unabridged, is as follows: “In the surf, just in front of this house, during a southeast gale, as a few of the islanders were gathered near the beach to witness the effects of the storm, a mermaid made her appearance three times on the top of huge waves, showing to the crowd a head well crowned with long, heavy hair, streaming over the shoulder. and bosom, a pleasant face, and long, muscular arms. Taking a long look on shore, this daughter of the sea waved her fair hand, and threw a kiss to the spectators on the strand, and departed again for her haunts in the depts of the ocean.

Semi-Weekly Bourbon News. (Paris, Ky.), 21 Sept. 1883. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.