| Residents of Paulington Section Viewed Strange Visitor Hovering Over Massanutten Mountain. A number of persons living in the Paulington neighborhood are decidedly perplexed over the ap- pearance of what they believe to have been a flying machine recently observed passing over that locality. Not baving heard that the genius of man had ever yet accomplished a practical air navigator, they were loath to accept the evidence ‘|of their own eyes, yet they declare ~s® that the airship, emitting great pulls of steam, came distinctly witbin their view. The novel machine, flying with the bouyancy of a bird, was ob- served by Joseph and Philip Shultz, William Myers, Erasmus Summers, Arch D, Brock and a half dozen others, who were collected at the Sbultz home. Mr. Brock, who lives at Lacey Spring, but was at the time assisting in the erection of a house at Shultz's, was th first to spy it. He was lining up two corner posts when it caught bis eye. MMe. Brock says that when he firat saw the queer object ft was flying due west, across the Massa- uutieu Mountain, When it reached @ point almost directly over him it changed its course and went to- ward the north. He called the at- tention of bis fellow workmen 10 the strange sight and the group, including several by-standers, stood and watched it for fully three mintues before it disappeared from view. Mr. Brock describes the machine as tapering fore and aft and being propeiled by what bore a resem- blance to two large wings. The wings moved slowly, in graceful motion, and the speed attained he reckons at forty miles an bour, The change in its course, Mr. Brock says, was made somewhat abruptly, and along with a more rapid movement of the wings, there was emitted what appeared to be steam, which came in rapid pufls and died out in a trail of con- siderable length. The great height at which the machine soared rendered it impos. sible to judge its size with apy considerable degree of accuracy, but all who beheld it agree that its body wus at least as large as an ordinary row boat, while its win bad much the appearance of small sails. The intricacies of its me- chanism could not be observed with the naked eye, but it was apparent from the rapidity of its flight and its equilibrium tbat as an aerial navigation device it was marvel- ously perfect. When the matter was first spoken of few persons in the neigh. borhood credited the tale. sincerity, bowever, of those who claimed to have beheld the specta- cle was in one or two instances almost vouched for in blows. To. day the story is generally accepted at Paulington.