The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-11-23
"BrIckn POmerOy's HLmerOns.
and Scientific Account OF the
Great DIeteOrIc Hail@stOrnl. t'

Ny head will not be visible for a
week read in the almanacs that on
the 18th day of Noyembery A. E 1866,
there was to be a grand shower of meat
or meteors from way up there way
down here, commencing at 3 o'clock in
the early part Of the morning The pa
pers all said so too The wives, wild
ows, children, cooks, chambermaids,
pretty girls and uhpretty girls, all said
80. What a meteor was knew not
As the shower wins coming from the
Little Bear, / thought it was sausage
storm, which could BEAR Thought
il was sausage. storm for the sages
foresaw, or the four sages saw it
Thought could meet Il with Platonic
emotion. Then found 1t WAS not meat
but shower of stones in q liquid form.
OF course they were precious stones.-
So said the cook, tho chambermaid and
every body. WANTED some, soresol7
we'd to be on hand.
Midnight came, The subscriber
slecped not. Like Joseph, he slept
not because he was not sleepy. dos
ed till two o'clock inithe A. NJ, and in
bed, or words to that effect. ! wrest-
ledwith tho ghosts oftiye dozen raw
oysters, four pigsfect, head ofcab-
bAge, bottles Of catsup, and ten mugs Of
ale. Y 1t was q severe wrestle, and
breathed the free air Of my native hills
as it went marching on. 1 arose at
two. It&as the first of autumn at that
hour ialooked at my watch. 1t was
there. / thanked the Giver of all good
ID ~ - Navrf Vn,.lr l, 4 na
brave bountifull Butler with his sec
ond-hand eye was there, or my watch
would have run down do Lowell
The meteor show was free show.
Reserved seats for ladies' / wanted a
front seat and arose to onct manu-
factured my toilet a la General Wash
burn as he tore it out of Memphis like
aphantom flag Of truce. would have
made a good.ballet girl for the Black
Crook, but my waterfall was not con
structed right in the wear and tear Of
the stage. Vide Smyth j went up,
ward like Daniel in the lion, institute
or like Elijah With his lskating park
head arose through the skylight tC
the dignity fthe roof The morning
was in the dim distahce--very mucI
that way, The twilight was colder
than the skylight, and ! tried then
both. Ny opera glass was at my un
cle's-had been to three balls and die
not return C,s.,.s ~
Must have glasses Took ono, along
in sections. The right-hand barre
came to focus on rye The left ft-hanC
barrel acted on cogniac To look thro
this style of upper-a-glass shut botl
eyes and open the mouth Through
dark glass thinRs are seep-at times
With this style ofglass we had sky
light view. 'I'sat on the roof 1t was
"roof place to rest on. Notlike com
rest in this bosom to which we a-spi
rol of us. The air was foreign 1t wa
chill But'we were not north or rsoutl
merry cuss for sll that Who woul
be merry cuss sitting on cold roo
dressed as was, waiting for some
thing to turn up? i dahgled feet owe
the ledge j saw stars overhead.
looked up for once in my life, you be-
Ny neck ached Then tried the glas
sss-first one barrel, then two Abov
us were stars. saw stars on the stree
They had blue coats on The starso
erhead winked' at me when / rGise
"the ryel' The stars below me didn
wink They snorsd. The stars ovcr