The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-16
The shower in Connecticut.

from tho New Haven Palladium Nov Is,
An attentive correspondent 81 waIlngford writss ~
under date Of November IA, six A. NJ, Interesting
account Of hts observations He but four meteofs
until four His subsequent observations he records
Bsswees four and quarter past We began 10 be- cnlhu-
sastic Only portion Of the western sky wan clear,
bat seventeen Of the pretty creatures dove down west
ward toward Mount Tom. and three Of these is trail
OF Ore lasting nearly second One Of them seemed
have actually burst himself like . poand rocket while
sky either npotsnt or to venture mora
The next fifteen minutes brought twenty two sweep
Ing down toward all paris Of the horzon The csuds had
vanished, and they had splendid chance 70 do their
best Probably - many more performed their mission,
was impracticabs 10 take recumbsus position and
Of The smsnsoalas was OF Nc us: ana ccussius anS
enjoying took the place Of defining consteilAticns
length Of trail and duration OF being During the hsur
enc hundred and sxtyhve made hsir enrss more like
some withdrawing. just slaneing asd - suddenly
disappsaripg but keeping up laudabls ambition 70
we'll curb S.~.d q WIDER rsns. o. yo Ss sSs
provoking itts mischsfs indscrim aate
10 thervagass and every rooster in wangford seemed
70 be growing his ieudes 10 tell US the show vas nearly
ever But from -four minutes afssr, forty nine
appeared In SPITE Of tho ROSTERS In fortyfve after
there cane seven hundred and ninety and TIE as .so
they gimmer and still they They have honestly
endorsed sound theories and. though they have set
the world on fire. or made such spirited dsmonssrs
al once ~ 10 disturb smart sisepers they have dons
nrst rate.
The press reports from Hartford As follows
Ihers was display OF msteors vsihs a Hartford At
about four O'Clock this morning From four O'Clock
until . quarter past stars shooting but no very
large mciecrs we're and probably than
u eve the display very fine the northern sky which
WA not so illuminated by the moon. beng abiszs with
the dar,ag nrs which and fell by hundreds every
direction A. twenty minutes past -four large mstsor
moved from the north 10 tho zcnh and burst overhead
with rspor, and show ol coon more brilliant than
rocket aud left sgzsg trail soms two or three yards
In length ito the eye and fsvsrai inches broad which
rem Anecs stationary between ten and nfcep MINUTES
Aittie later another meteor nearly large SEEN
AID about I'VE, ons went down towards the west
Win a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the food OF moon
light on shs snow--that illuminated the room Of
tbs observer AZ IL . Roman candle had been bred
across the window. hui for the moon the show would
have been very brilliant. sn1 10 was lively Tor some
thrss-quarssrs Of On hour The northsrn eonseila
tona
The New London star or las. evening has the follow
ihs communication iron Captain Lowry, OF the United
States schoolship Sabins.--
UsTsp svArss scrooisnw sAsrs
NEW IoxDoy, Nov. IL, 1851
The onccu o. the night watches rspert - follows-
Prom eight o'clock midnight no rnstssp unusual y
. bright clear night. From midnight 20 feur o'clock
not single meteor From four % eight O'Clock, about
quarter 70 Ave- the meteos bsgAn - fsi- Az
from Ave o'clock 70 daylight they fsl with great rapid
W-many very brilliant and large ~ vas impossible
70 count then, but the oGcsn 81 The deck computed
thsm 70 average one . sscon1 ne shower continued
visa inersasne aumbsn WI dayiiehl V believed
mat farther west the shower 49, oeeesvsa y greater
sdvaassesA 81 - LOWRY,