Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-07-02
About q Comet-A Destructive Aerial
Monster,

Monster.
We find in the New York Tribune let
ter dated Utica, New York, June 18th,
which contains an account oil most remarka-
bic and frightful phenomenon, in that yicini-
ty, the appearance and performances of
which are confirmed by the journals OF the
place.
A tunnel-shuped back and moving body
oea nebulous character made its appearance
in the out skirts of the city, and moved east
erly, making horrible buzzing, rumbling
noise. II appeared suspended in the at
mosphere, and struck the ground several
times, once near the dwelling Of Mr.. Root,
near Deerfelds; and five miles north OF
Utica il made descent upon the barn of
Mr.. Nathan Budlong, and ripped up the
structure and scattered it. We quote from
the correspondence.
Then passing on, tearing up trees, fen
ces and out-houses in its terrible course, il
finally struck the dwelling of John Warren,
and in a twinkling the entire building was
one utter wreck, literally smashed all to
pieces and destroyed. The dwelling was
not blopn orer--such is net true one Of
the utter and total crash. The building
was lieed from lis stone foundation, carried
a distance Of some fifteen feet through the
air, and dashed TO spinters on the ground,
leaving clean plat Of grass between the
place where il had stood and the pile OF rub
bish.
In the house were family Of six pa
rents and children. Mr.. Warren, seeing
the terrible object rushing down upon him,
tearing up trees and fences in its onward
course, and buzzing like Thousand hornets
nests combined, called upon his wife and
children instantly 10 accompany him 10 the
cellar, and suiting the action 10 the word
seized two OF the children and leaped down
the stairway. The wife essayed TO follow,
but the footsteps were tardy; she was a
momentum instant too late; the engine of
destruction tore the building up carrying
herself and child, together with little son,
who was behind her, with it. The husband
had but time TO see her ascend with the
building that tore away from above him, and
then he stood exposed to the day, in his
open cellar. He went to view the ruin oil
his home; il was complete. Here lay the
dead and nude body OF his wife the destroy
ing power having striped her clothing from
her person; there lay his son, covered with
blood and senseless; and, just beyond, his
dwelling lay one such mass Of destruction
rs probably never was beheld before. Bro.
ken and splintered bedsteads, cradles, tables,
pots, kettles, chairs, boxes trunks ,crockery
tinware, hats, clothes, stoves, bottles, bricks
plaster, clock, beams, stones, shingles, and
endless etcetera, lay crushed and crumbled
in one heap before him.
And still on beyond was the monster ne
bulosily which had effected all this ruin,
swaying and smashing on in its course Of
destruction.
After destroying the house, il pas sed out
into the road, rushing on few rods, turned
and swung about into the yard of the next
neighbors, Mr.. ], M. Budlong. A gontie-
man who saw it here, described 1t as resem-
bling monster elephants trunk, swinging
lazily but powerfully about, crushing all in
its way, and hurting boards and trees into
the air like play things Swinging about in
Mr.. Budlcg's garden, it crashed over fences,
swept up to the house, large and beautiful
mansion, and swept SO close by its front as
10 tear up one or two shingles on the edge
OF the roof; but it was merciful, and took
another circle, and swung off TO the south
ward again, crossing the road and striking
Mr.. BIS barn, large, new, and very SUBJ
stantial structure, 30 by 80 feet in its base.
The moment it struck, the barn was thrown
into the air, riddled TO pieces, and hurled in
all directions, as the agent of destruction
swung on. For hundreds of feet to the
south, east and west of the barn, the field
was literally strewn with the broken beams
shingles, &c.,-and the contents of the barn,
straw, manure, orn-cobs, hay, etc. I'm
like the case Of the house, which was DASH
ed in one heap Of ruin on single spot, the
barn was scattered over the entire field A
COW without an apparent bruse or wound
on her body, was found dead a few feet from
the site of building. Some eigty fee. to the
body Of large threshing machine, with cyl
inder Of massive iron, had been lodged,
while other and lighter portions Of the same
had been carried further on. A three-yard
wide creek, sumo one hundred feet from the
barn, was SO filled with rubbish as TO be
damned up and turned from its course.
have no theory to offer as to the
character Of the phenomenon. Scientific
men in this region are puzzled beyond pa
rallel by the occurrence. Many saw it in
this city, yet no one remembers of having
seen or heard OF its like before. There
was no wind whatever accompanying il; il
was not a whirlwind. And there are no
signs of heat in the path of destruction, as
would seem to have been necessarily the
case had electricity heen tho aoapt