Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1840-11-10

BILE, from which the supper service had not
been removed, owing to the sickness of nv
| little girl; between the table and the bed
stood large trunk, containing wearing APP
parel and articles Of household furniture.
Owing to the i'll health ofthis child, Just
| mentioned; girl about two years Of age,
we did not retire to bed till about half past
| ten O'Clock. After an interval of about ten
4, minutes, we were sensibly shocked by the
lightning striking the house.
When daylight enabled us 10 survey the
injury done to our habtation, we found a
perfect wreck. The lightning struck the
comb of the house at the south end, and
struck out most of the studding above the
beam, three only remaining, about four feet
of the beam was shivered to fragments. -
The Lightning then followed down two of the
studJing, shivered them TO atoms, and da-
maging the sill. Six joists were thrown
down to the floor Most of the floor was
loosened, and some of the planks knocked
up. On the south end the whole of The wea-
er-boarding was stripped off, except about
six feetsquare, agrinst which the bed stood
On the east side. one half of the weather.
boarding was knocked off, and the balance
loosened--a ladder standing against thai:
side was not moved from it's situation. On
the north and west sides many ofthe wealth
er-boards were strained out from their stu
alton. The sash sustained bat lille lnIu-
ry, but the glass was reduced to a powder.
Thus, it will be perceived, the house is
almost ruin but the loss in household
property is greater than that of the dwell
ling.
The table ON which the supper-service
was standing was thrown down, the top
and leaves and torn off, AMI every article,
but knives and forks, dashed to pieces
even the table cover was drawn out in
shreds. The pantry door was burst to pie
ccs, and every dish, plate, cup, every
utcnsil of crockery ware, including jars of
pickles and preserves, all undenwenta to.
tai demolition, excepting stoneware
churn, which stood away from the wall
Several garments hanging 5ainst the wall
some on a clothes-line, and others various
| ly disposed, were torn in shreds, and rem
do1cd utterly unfit for wear.
A curious circumstance occurred, CAL
! culated 10 show the attraction which black
| lead has for the electric fluid. In the trunk
mentioned before, on the bottom, covered
with the wearing apparel, were eight black
| lead pencils-the cedar wood of these pen
ellis was shivered into splinters, and the
black lead broken into very minute por-
tons, none exceeding one quarter of an
inch in length. No other damage was
done, excepting to the end of the trunk,
| which was stove in.
We did not entirely escape from injury
in this catastrophe. Mrs. Bowmer was
seriously effected by the shock, being be-
culiarly susceptible to injurious impress
sions. | received a slight confusion on the
right side of my face, which left mark
beneath the eye and another bruise on
my right leg, from which the skin was
abraded; besides the bad effects resulting
from the shock. The children do not ap.
pear to have sustained any injury.
| am, respectfully, &c.
HOLM ~ POVRfEp