Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-07-27


Rev. --D Welcoming Address, by W.
II. Rugg Reply by the President, l., f..
Wilbur NJ. d. Grafton, by Henry Hast
ings, A. b, Poem, by H. B. Furniss. A..
NJ, Chronicle, by NJ. II. Eddy, A. d. Re
marks and Benediclion by Rev. l. q,
Dickinson. The students and the public
generally, are invited to be present. Fes-
tival at the Hotel, Immediately after the
exercises at the Church. il.
The Standard says, The Woodstock Ag-
ricultural Association are erecting on the
Fair Ground, for the use of the Windsor
County Agricultural Sicicty, a building
thirty-four by seventy feet. This building
is to take the place of the canvass tent
heretofore used by the Society, which was
destroyed by the fire in February last If
the building is what it should be, and we
understand it is the intention of the Asso-
citation to make ii so, it will serve a much
better purpose than the old tent.
The EcLirsE came off, on Wednesday
morning, in strict accordance with the pro-
gramme of the astronomers, exact time be-
ing made. The sky was cloudess, and the
phenomenon was seen here TO the best adj
vantage. Thus the world has had another
demonstration of the perfect regularity
and subsection to fixed laws that exist
throughout the universe, and reason Should
teach us that the moral and spiritual laws
are not less fixed and determinate,
EXTRAORDINARY METEoR.-To the I'D
itor Of the Times Being favored with a
view of the remarkable Meteor that APP,
peared in the heavens on the evening Of
the goth inst, it may be interesting to your
readers TO see an account of the same from
this place.
My attention was first directed to tina
part Of the heavens where the meteor frs
came in view, by flashes of light that seem
ed to illuminate the whole western sky
At that moment was adjusting the eye
piece to my Telescope for the purpose o
making observations, and stood facing tht
S. w. In few seconds the Meteor came
streaming over coax Hill,'' and at first ap:
peared more ike huge sky-rocket than
any other object with which / could com
pare it. Its course was from n. w. TO S
E., and l found by measurment that its uni
form elevation above the horizon was lie
Sparks and fife-balls like trose shot from
Roman Candles were soaring forth in pro
fusion, making train of light about ~
in length, Of sparkling grandeur. The REL
sparks were rapidly extinguished however
while the balls, three in number, Arranged
themselves on line at nearly equal dis
tances from each other, and traversed tn
sky to near the meridian, when the thir'
ball disappeared, and passing the meridian
the second ball disappeared, and at tn,
same instant discharge Of sparks tool
place, which seemed very materially to di
minish the size and briliiancy of the object
Up to this time the Meteor was as larg,
apparently as the full moon, but had a muel
more dazzling light. Passing on iron
| south TO southeast, two objects only wer
visible with an occasional furry Of sparks,
those appearing near together and follow
ing each other, and resembling in size ant
color the planet Mars, as now seen even
ings in the S. f. Whether the scene wa
"played out" or whether it went on to as
tonish the inhabitants Of other lands afte
it was lost TO our sight would be only con
lecture, but from the rapid diminution Q
light and the wasting of its substance
whatever il was, would indicate that it
glory had departed. Making proper al
lowance for the general inaccuracy i
marking time under such circumstances,
Judge the object to have been visible q
least 80 seconds; time, six minutes befor
10 o'clock.
At present there is no means of ascel
tanning anything in regard to its actual size
distance from the earth, or what its phys
cal conditions uay have been; but in a
probability, we shall have reports from va
rious parts of the country that will enabl
the astronomers to draw something from
of value to science. We shall wait wit
much interest their deductions.
S. M. BLAKE.
Bellows Falls, July %, 1860.