Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-08-07
"A Astronomical observation.

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his seat and began bis astronomical ob.
servations. There were several rcn.
llemem standing near him. who. were
greatly edited by the running com.
mentafv he KEEP, up on wha. he saw.
lie recoiied from the telescope after lie
had looked INTO il moment, and
s"ore he saw the ngie~t thing ever
made Again, h looked and >aid: II
see something than looks like a man
no i $ more Ike baboon dressed u,
~ human clothes. lis got ears as b.
as old Smi,h's lackass Jehu. what
an ugly mouth; II looks as If il had
led on nothing bHi green persimmons
ana horseradl>h for month. lis eye.
lids keep filling down as if it was
afraid 10 look an honest man il the
lace One eye sqnints. and he other
jumps ABOUT like pea on hot shov.
ell, The critters bumps are awful.
the lying bump sucks out like wen,
and the stealing bump is 50 big that
he'd make a mighty bad customer for
bank. Ill swear that If thai is he
man IN the moon Fam looking al. the
old fellow had better wear mask
Mr. Mitchell, continued Brough. TAX
ing his eye from the lelesc1p rs
that fellow the man in the noon"
As Brough very innocently put this
interrogation 10 the Professor, the
whole company, which had been cor.
vulsed with laughter while listening TO
the EDITORS brilliant astronomical re.
marks. roared aloud For five min
utes, there stood Brough looking as
vacant as an apple dumping at the up
rorIons astronomers, wondering what
the devil had 90, into the fellows. At
length one of the company having be-
come sufficiently composed SAID
"Why. Brongh, you're hoaxed"
"lioaxed!" repeated Brough. look
ing as fiat as one Of his own editorials.
Yes, hoaSed.' replied the as,ron.
mer. You've been looking al your.
SELF
And Ibis was true. for some wag
haa slipped lookingIA~~ into Tie tube,
and poor Brough. instead of describing
the man III the moon. bad given
pretty faithful description Of his own
appearance He pulled his hat down
over his ugly eyes. rammed his fists
into the depths of his breeches peck
els, and, hanging his head in his usual
way, left the observatory muteriao
curses against astronomers, telescopes,
and men in the moon..-LOttsciXe
Jouynal.
Dreadful .4ccidem at Nhaca, ". i.
About ten clock on the morning
of the 5h, says the Ithaca Journal,
when the gunners were about 10 fire.
Gen. Boyd rode up and dismounted,
and was standing leaning with his right
arm upon the herse's shoulder, look
ing calmly on the scene. his horse be.
ing held by Mr. S. Benjamin, when
a tremendous explosion was heard,
and the Young officer was launched
into eternity, and his body was stretch
ed, horribly manged, across the body
OF his fallen sieed, which had been
stunned by a fragment Of the gun. A
piece Weighing about thirty pounds
struck him in the left breast and caus-
ed instant death. Mr. Benjamin es.
capped with severe confusion in the
abdomen. In another direction stood
a collection of men. through the midst
OF whom another fragment sped charg-
ed with death. and selected as its vic
TINS two valuable citizens. Prof. S.
Qnlmby. and John Nix, Esq Mr. n.
was KILLED almost ms antly. being
struck IN the groin, and LAYING his
bowels entirely open. Prof @. was
taken TO the house of Mr. Davenport,
when he tainted. tie expired in great
agony about 5 p. NJ. The gunners
and those spectators near the piece
were uninjnred. One piece of the gun
was thrown 20 the roof of the Ithaca
Falls Wooden Factory, slightly grazing
the steeple of the African church in lis
course. One piece passed through the
bee house of f. Mack, demolishing
several hives. The accident is attri.
butcd TO carelessness in overlooking
the piece.
HE Troy PAPERs contain full re-
ports OF the trial Of man named Henry
5. Green, for the murder of his wife.
II appears that Green who is about %
y ears Old, has been married but short
time, g beautiful, afi,eclionate aud
girl Of Is, and the testimony
diScloses one Of the most deliberate
cold bloaded murders we have ever
read.
Without any provocation or cause
Tor when she was dying she appealed
70 him 10 say whether she haL ever
deceived him, or in any way conducted
herself improperly, and was answered
in the negative) this monster dnsed her,
day and night, with arsenic, which he
put into her coffee. her chicken broth
and her medicine, standing by her bed
side unmovei while the poison was
her with pain! AndwlIat il
more stranger than fiction. is the fac,
that THIS poison was repeatedly admin.
stored while persons around The suf.
Ierer were Witnessing its deadly eff
Iect. The victim herself. though an.
conscious tina, her husband
Was numbering her, took whatever he
offered.
This case is still in progress, but the
result, II seems 10 Us. cannot he doubt