The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-12-21

oHis. iu ycu gl0l orlcr. though iu yrr
great terror ~ s0mc hide distance of lim,
anrr this was audiLly hnari tho soum of
dum beating retreat Amongst all thcs,
Huy peals shol oh from hraycu lhis brm
wonderful admiration thar 10 tLr end 9th,
. upou uf c,rry crack of COMMUNICATING
blessing noise made way through tln air
Lpt unlike ihe flying 0f bullets from mouths
n great ouiuaurn And by ne Judgment
fall thr trrror-sfrirkGn witnesses lhcy wrr,
i.uudrrbolr. For one Of them was seen b,
many people to Glll ~ place callcl Balin
Oron, boing J mile from llaifun, which
ilundnFl.oli was hy one Mr. Green caused u
.r dlged onl Of ihe ground, shr beinp an
ryr-Nilnos, amongst many Othrrs, Of the
manner Of lhc falling, The form Of this slon,
b. lhTc-squlrr, and picked ~ the end, la coli
or outwamly backisb, somewhat liko iron,
crnlcd over with that hlarkucss about the
turbines Of 4 shilling. Nflhiu Il h soft Of
% grey culprl mixcd with SONS hind Of mino-
nl, shining Ike small pieces of glass, This
'lone broke ia the Gl. the Whole Il Ia weight
lhI lhsi the greater piece that icll 90 weigh
rlh Iolmla, which with ptlrr small piorcs
hriug put together, make - lLs aud hptlor.
At lHaring 0f this horrid thunder al mcu
especially about Shr1inmpnJ wero 10 terri
fed, u,at they lpll ou their Euccsand not on-
" Thought ltt rpid, tlrr vrrily the day Of
iudUucut was come, Neither did these
ieats TAXI hull only of tho penulc. hut cYau
lcast lmd The sclHlmo iuoliug and apprchcn-
sion ot danger running up and down, and
believing, as they had bccu mad. Many
other Thunderstorm though not 20 big have
also bccp diggad up,
WATEH TuUNEp 10 uLoop,
During Ids stnruL"a pond of water AZ Pot
worth, about half mile off, was turned into
llool, Some Of the bopi was brought to
London, and shown 10 many, who lid dip
fr6tF tTTTTttrr-iTfr--
them Ia color like blood This blood had a
yorg o,tbsomc sinking flavor Such blood
prodiHcs are now really accounted or by
the prcscncc aud rapid Increase Of certain
microscopic fungi aud auimalculc5, In some
iusnnccs as proved hy E'rcuhcrg. the red.
ncs' arises FROM such animaculcs a. the No
mp proiigio,o aud In others Gum minute
fungi, %, the Fro'o.occw m0ads and Oa-um
ormhornm, which greatly resemble the IN
iu,ora, aud, Ike them, iucrcasc, under favor,
aide circumstances, viii, astonishing rapid
~
rrUulrtC ruUNpru STORM
On the 10Th Of May, 1850, the dry on
which Prince Charlie, afterwards Charles
lI)'was born, bright .or appeared aud
shonc the whole day, In 1850, the plaguc,as
the inrerunncr of the troubles which were 10
follow, appeared in London, aud ragged with
great severity. Upon sunday, the DIST DE-
tohcr 1898, in the parish church Of Wy,lc-
comhc near the Dnrmopr. in Dcvoushrc,
there fell suddenly, in time of divine service,
n strange darkness, 30 that tlo people there
o'scmbcd could not see; aud o. suddenly, In
n fearful and aneniHblc manner, a mighty
Numbering was heard, the rattling whereof
did much, answer thc-sound OF many grcn,
canupns and terrible strange hghtnings,
herewith greatly amazing those that heard
aud saw il; the darkness increasing more ard
more til no man could see his ncighLor, so
black rs midnight was the darkness. Then
the extraordinary lightning came into the
church, "a llpming, that the whole church was
presently filed with Gre aud smoke the smell
4-4..g. ,t,t- r,t,,-
the went of birthstone, which so annghlod
the whole congregation, that the most part
ot thum fell down into their seats, and some
upon their knees, some upon their faces, and
some upon one another, with great cry of
burning and scaldng, they all giving them
selves up for dead, supposing the last iudg-
lncntday was come, and that they had been
in the very ilamcs of hell
"'rhc minister of the parish, Master George
l.ydr, being in the pulpit, or sent whore pray
crS are read, however lac might be astonishcd
mrcat, yet through Gods mercy had no 9th
rr harm ut all IN his body but to his much
grief aud ain0zcmcnt bchcd afterwards the
lamcntabc accidents whorcunto he givcth
this testimony. And although himself was
not touched yet the lightning seized upon
NlH I''i Ni'Ni iil'h iNI INll anu llll'll INAl /
her body, and her clothes, to the burning of
many parts Of her body in very pitifu man
ncr Aud one Mistress DiCf6r,l, sitting ia /
tho pow with master Lydr's wife, was also |
nuclr scal,lcd; bat the maid and child, sit |
ting ut the pew door, had no harm Anoth- |
or woman adycnttring TO run out of the
church had her clothes set on fire, and was
not only strangely burned and scorchcd, but |
had her flesh torn about her back almost to .
the very bones. Another woman had her
flesh so torn, and hor body so previously .
burned, that she died. One Master Hill,
gentleman of good account in the parish, sit
ting in his seat by the chuuccij had his head
suddenly smitten against the woll through
the violence whereof he died, but no other
hurt being found about his halyi but his -,,ft.
sitting in the samc seat, had no harm, nor