Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-11-19
Daguerreotypes by Lightning.

u CouhtA HOHudn HIS IeCenuly dTIISSu III
Paris from the department of Seine-et-
sMarne, who should be presented to the
Academy of Sciences This woman was
short time since watching COW in an open
field, when violent storm arose. She
took refuge under tree, which, at the in
slant, was struch by lightning; the COW
was killed, and she was felled to the earth
senseless, where she was soon after found,
the storm having ceased with the fash that
feiled her Upon removing her clothing,
the exact image of the cow killed by her
side was found distinctly impressed upon
her bosom.
This curious phenomenon is not without
precedent Dr. Franklin mentions the case
of man who was standing in the door of
Il house in a thunderstorm, and who was
looking at a tree directly before him, when
it was struck by lightning On the mans
breast was left a perfect daguerreotype of
the tree.
In 1871, magistrate and a miller's boy
were struck by lightning near poplar tree,
in one of the provinces of France; and upon
the breast of each were found spots exact
ly resembling the leaves Of tie poplar.
At meeting of the French Academy of
Sciences, January 18th, 1917, it was sta
ted that woman of Lugano, seated at a
window during storm, was suddenly sha-
ken by some invisible power. She expe-
rienced no Inconvenience from this, but
afterwards discovered that blossom, appa-
rently torn from tree by lightning
stroke, was completely imaged upon one of
her limbs, and it remained there till her
DEATH
In September, 1925, the brigantine II
Buen- ,Suro was anchored in the Armire
Bay at the entrance of the Adriatic Sea,
where she was struck BY lightning. In
obedience to superstition, the Ionian sail
ors had attached horseshoe to the mizzen
mast, as a charm against evil. When the
vessel was struck, sailor who was seated
by this mast was instantly killed. There
were no marks or bruises upon his person,
but the horse shoe was perfectly pictured
upon his back.
4 Spanish brigantine was once struck in
the Rade de Zante. Five sailors were at
the prow-three Of them awake and two
of them sleeping. One of the latter was
killed, and upon undressing him, the fig
ures Al, plain and we'll formed, were found
under his left breast His comrades de-
clared that they were not there before his
death, but their original was found in the
rigging of the vessel But the most sin
gular facts connected with this affair are
set forth in the report of the physician,
Dicapulo, who says =" After undressing
the young sailor, we found a band of linen
tied about his body, in which were gold
pieces and two parcels done up in paper
The one on the right side contained letter
from Spain, three guineas and two half
guineas the other letter, four guineas, {
halfguinea and two smaller pieces. Nei
ther the pieces, the paper nor the liner
presented the least appearance of fire, but
upon his right shoulder were six-distinc
circles, which preserved the natural color
and appeared as though traced upon th'
black skin. These circles, which all touch
ed at one point, were of three differen
sizes, and exactly corresponded with th'
gold pieces in the right side of his belt"
! ns. Why should physicians have great
! er horror of the sea than any body else