Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-11-13
Daguerotypes by Lightning.


A country woman has re cently arrived
10 Paris from the department of Seine
et'Marins, who should be present at the
Academy Of Sciences. This woman was
a short time since watching COW in an
open field, when Q violent storm arose..
She took refuge under a tree, which, at
the Instant was struck by lightning the
COW was killed and she was felled to
the earth senseIess, where she was soon
after found, the storm having ceased
with the flash which felled 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 with.
out precedent DR.. franklin mentions
tho csss of man who was standing in
the door Of q house in thunder storm,
and was looking at Q tree directly before
him when il was struck by lightning.
On the mans breast was left . perfect
dsgserreotype Of the tree.
In 1871 . magistrate and . miller's
boy were struck by lightning near Q
polar tree, in ono Of the provinces Of
France ; and uptn tho breast Of each
were found spots exactly resembling the
leaves Of the poplar.
At meeting of the French Academy
of Sciences, January 25sh, lS47, it was
stated that woman of Lugano, seated
at Q window during storm, was sud-
denly shaken by come invisible power
She experienced no inc convenience from
this, but afterwards discovered that .
blossom, apparently torn from tree BY
. lightning stroke, was completely i'm.
aged upon one Of her limbs, and it re-
msined there till her death.
In SEPTEMBER, 1925, the br,gantine I'll
Buon Servo was anchored in the Armi'
70 Bay ct the entrance OF the Adriatic
Sea. whore he wss struck by lightning.
10 obedience to . superstition, the lnion
sailors had attached horse shoe to the
mizzen mast, % . charm sgainst evil.
When the vessel was struck, sailor who
was seated by this msst was instantly
killed. There were no marks or bruises
upon bic person but the horse shoe vas
perfectly pictured upon his back.
A Spanish brigsntine was once struck
in the Rsde dc Zsnte. Five sailors were
ct the pPoW-thres Of them awake and
two Of them sleeping. One Of the latter
was killed and upon undressing him, the
figures A, plain and we'll formed, were
found upon his left breast. His comrs.
dee declared that they were not there
before bic death, but their original was
found in the rigging Of the vessel. But
the most singular facts connected With
this affair, ore Get forth in the report of
the physician, Dicspalo, who says: sAf-
ter undressing the young sailor We found
band Of linen tied around bic body, in
which there were two gold pieoss and
two parcels done up 10 paper. The ono
on the right side contained letter from
Spain, three guineas. and two half gum
cas-; the other, letter, four guiness,
half guinea, and two smaller pieces,
Neither tho pieces, the paper, nor she
linen. presented the least appearance Of
tire. But upon HE right shoulder were
elk distinct circles, which preserved the
natural color, and appeared % though
traced upon tho black skio, These cir.
clss, which al touched ct one point, were
OF three different sizes, and exactly cor
respond with the gold pieces 10 tho
right sidc OF HE belt, IN, Y. Evening
Post.