Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-08-04

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oennle ahink that elf they were born 70 oe
struck wssa lightning. i, 10 but folly % attempt
< 1vsft he blow" yet we believe 10 no sue"
docltil1S Tho laws Of electricity are no"
nre,t, ali understood, sud il issow just as
easooabie 10 live in accordance with them.
a. with any other law Of nature. 10 TO-
move from strong current Of air, 10 escape
stroke Of lightning. is just se PHILOSOPHERS
az 10 step aside 10 shun preciplee: u IS
oually rs wise 10 insure your building from
LIGHTNING by good conductor, az 10 insure
il from our conmon fires al premium Of one
and half per cent. 70 besFay symptoms
Of fear in any case, 10 unmanly; but to use
ones reason 10 avert danger Is aItoge'nef
different thing. The best safeguard against
lightning 10 q good conductor, Kept 10 com.
pir,e r. pair, aud next 10 this. group OF ioisy
frees; bu. where ! dwelling j. protected oy
neither, il is highly prudent for its inmasss 20
be,ake themselves. during thunder storm, 70
the safest place II il. As the air 10 very oao
conductor of electricity. It always seeks 10
move in and with current, and hence II IS al
ways dangerous 10 thunder storm 10 set De-
tween two windows, or at the entrance o.
| door. Had The person who was killed 10
Boston last summer by a stroke Of lightning
known this fact, the said catastrophe-had been
avoided. Assa;::- air in chimney, being
! rari6ed by the heat below, the electric huid
| often enters house in this direction. Hence
| persons should never set themselves Imtnsdi-
a,sly before fire place in u dangerous storm.
| When the electric fluid does not enter the door
| or chimney OF house. i. usually strikes one
corner Of the roof and passes the rasters, TIM
bers, or side Of the building until II enters the
earth. On this account i. 10 unsafe to SIT IN q
corner or lean against the side of room do
ring heavy electric discharges. II Is also dam
gerous to stand before mirror-the qnlcksll-
yer and gil, of which is good conductor OF
| lightning; indeed the presence OF all metallic
| substances should be avoided on the same
principle.
The safest place in house, as regards
lightning, is IN bed, tho feathers Of which II
| is composed being bad conductor Of electric
| iiy. Il 10 said that no person has ever been
struck by lightning in this position. unless
their limbs were 10 contact with the frame
As proof Of this remark, we once saw
house containing twenty-f persons. literally
torn to pieces by lightning, without injury to
any one. They were all in bed. Next to a
| bed, the centre Of a room, closed upon the
windward eide, is the safest position in which
We can place ourselves.
Tho editor If the N. Y. Sunday Mercury
nina, he in a ..bad way." Hear how be
talks.
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SUMNER ComeLAlnTs.-Terrible warm to-
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Thermometer must bu!et-h cant slano socn
heas:--a duck hoPPed into the fa5k ponc' ano
los, its feathers BY the scald; | wore
large boot legs filled with leo. and had pat
ent refrigerator TO sleep in;--!us1 saw ooy
scraPed up from the SIDE Walk WIN asPoon
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