Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1857-12-11
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From tse New York Evening Post ''' =
DAGUERREOTYPEs BIZ LIGHTNING.

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A country woman has recently arrived
In Paris from the depar tment of Seine .ets
Marhe, who should be presented to the A.
cadeny Of Science. This woman was
short time since, watching COW irfan operf
field, when a violent storm arose She took
refuge under tree, which, at the instant,
was struct by lightning; the COW was killed
and the woman was felled to the earth
senseless, where she was soon after found,
the storm having ceased with the fash
which felled her. Upon removing her
clothing, the exact image Of the COW killed
by her side Vas found distinctly impressed
upon her bosom. ~ -
This curious phenomenon is not without
precedent. DR.. Franklin mentions the case
Of a man who was standing in tho door Of
a house in a thunder storm, and who was
looking at tree directly before him when
it was struck by lightning. On the man ma1'si j
breast was left perfect dug Icrrcotypo Of
| the tree oeN '''''N ftd ri's
1871, magistrate and millcr,s boy
were struck by lightning near poplar tree,
lin one of the Provinces of France; and
upon the breast Of sech @ero found spots
exactly resembling the leaves of the pop
liar. e.-4a 81 ~
At a meeting Of the French Academy Of
Sciences, January, 25th, 1s47, it was sta.
ted that a woman of Lugano, seated at a
window during storm, was suddenly shas
ken by some invisible power She expo
Irienced no Inconvenience from this, but
afterwards discovered that a blossom, ap. ap.
lparrently torn from the tree by lightz
ming stroke, was completely image upon
one Of her limbs, and it remained there till
sher death. siS
In September, 1925, the brigantinc II
Buon SerUo was anchored in the Amiro
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 miz-
zenmast, as charm against evil When
the vessel was struck, sailor who was
seated by the mast, was instantly killed.
There we're no marks Of bruises upon his
person; but the horseshoe was perfectly
pictured upon his breast. ' ~
A spaii h brigantine was once struck
in the Rade de Zante. Five sailors were
at the prow-threc of them awake and two
sleeping. One of the latter were killed.,
, ard upon undressing him, the figures Al,
plain aud well formed were found under
shis left breast. His comrades declared
that they were not there before his death,
but their original was found in the rigging
sof the vessel But the most singular facts
connected with this affair are set forth in
the report of the physician Dicapulo, who
says; "After undressing the young sailor,
VIC found a band of linen tied about his
sbody, in which were gold pieces and
rtSo parcels done up in paper. The one
on the right side contained letter from
Spain, three guineas and two halt. .guineas
the other, a letter, four guineas, half
guinea and two smaller pieces. Neither
the pieces, the paper nor the linen presen-
ted the least appearance of fire. But upon
his right shoulder were six distinct circles,
which preserved the natural color, and ap-
pcared as though traced upon the black
skin. These circles, Which all touched at
one point, were ofthrce different sizes, and
exactly corresponded with the gold pieces
in the right side of his belt.