The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-06-02
TIE WAYS OF 4 BOMBSHELL.


follows The heavy. duh report. ike the beat
Of some eian. drum, and then comes the .
fatal curve, and !cscene'> with rrodiciouS We
locity. increasing very rapidly every in
slant til It cx7'c'loS with :hc peculiar noise
of 4 '.b'1S." lust a>it reaches the ground At
lca>, il ought to 10 so--but to-day watched
the shells one after ano,hcr. and oniv two
on Of three hurs; p"oDcr.y though the rance
and ficht was beautifully accurate The Rus
sian fl,>cc~ are bad. bit their artiIlcrymcn
arc not TO hc cxrolnl when thrir practice is
undi~turhod It wHS interest inc-i Just rs tho
Sra raca when he was not on board ship-;o
look At the she'll dropping and to SEQ our ac.-
i've little allies Scamrcrnc away to thci~ coz
or, and adjusting themselves to thc closest
possible connection with mother earth. iii
man with moderate confidence and exrcr-
cNco nnHv drSnisn rorAI shot ~ lone rarnos.
If he ONLY secs .hc Guns from which they come
DISCHARGED. Well we won't say dnSniSc cx-
ac:,v. but al all events "cva,lr But shell
is diaholical invention. which no ono can
rccard a> il approaches without certain de
cree of nnisrivinC that triangular piece o!
iaccrl iron NAV hr whizz"l through his in
tcrnal economy at the shortest possible notice
af-nrwarl
II i is sent from crN il iizzeS and roa~>
through the air. and sends its fragments be
fore it. the cone diSn"r>ion which Is The ncrt
phraS" use. w thr loHrnol miii.ant 70 im,'v
The r:i,rrtion of the Wis Of she'll COR lis con-
tents. when it is filed Will. bullets. >>r..) be
mo in the direction the >hell has ta!:on from
Il Gun. and TIE fragments hcinr prooclci
with \ Nor'ion of t,3c vcIoci.v of the shell a.
40 p, .lcr. of explosion. II If lc ,,ischarc-
81 t:nin mortar il wi~;Ics gently and d"l-
catcIv. owing s1nrak and a roar now and
then aS i rises to is er2atcSt elevation. and
then rushing downward with a >hriller wh;S-
Tie towarl the poin is fragments are nroicc-
.cI AZ around raiia,lv. and are r~oocllcl
mercy lv the force of .hc hrrs.ino- rh?~.n
i man hchind lor2N. or at .ho si,lo Of i. is
II: aS likely 20 We III As a man before il
whor i bursts in :hat wav whereas the
pieces from Shell! from rrn in n"arv cvc-
~ ms: ''cr llv forward. 50 tha. 4 person be-
hind l.. ~ outside Tie Limits Of tho core or
Dispersion Is >af. Unless the Sh"N o~ homi
'''~>', N front of 'o!v Of rca. in The air.
: vcrv considerable lc-rcr OF >as,,.v nav t.
attained ;v tie ncn ,h~0winc tho,nsolvoS 10.
OF tn" ground. inas:nV~'' % tl,c r:cr.s Of =
ShcI. FUr''S or .hr earth fiv L: wa:,l from .!o
POINT w. ere thcy encounter tlo ..,'rip,",7 Of
rcs.>,ancc.
=; course. if bomb hur~. over nlan or
40 Ground. or if a Shell cx2'oir n t'r an
IN front OF man. tho~c is no Safrtv ~arot
bv his 'lrowiHr himself Gown lcy0nd III,
con<ocVrnt reduction of ,hc amount o. YER
',c,, exposure THIS little ,l;frosS;oA is Al
."'f' '' '''' '''''''''' "' '''F '''f'S ""''h
lalr i,;,t mcntioncd ard is nadc in or,.cr
70 eXr,ain the r0'iop0'l of their proceedings
II : rar}or ~ ;roleasert rcrnrt;or whom
over ono is discussing tic rave of missile
and is cXr,1;ininc "Therc's a splendid sho-
that !, may have carried! misery and sorrow
;,..o some haopy horscLo,L.
Tho smoke clc,~s aw,v-.br MON cct nm
.,o,. ,,,.to~ ,rc,,I ONO .1,a+ ro,oc ro. n
who < ~,,lc1 Will, r,o,t,, a,onv .,ov lo,
hin, awav-a ,,c~c Hack sncrl and /, few
s,oycI,.,l of csr,h r,r,, E, , r,,,. ,;mo a.,
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LITERARY SVCcr>>.-in ar. George "
+ Curtis Lecture upon Success. which he ha
! recently delivered before 'evcral literary as
= soc:ations. tAc f":iowin" passag" occurs. !
: has particular interest at tins time, and i
: the more interesting and valuable as comm.
= trGin one whose success has been both ample