The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-11-29
THE rlETEonIc sMowER.
The Display Mt New York--An Interests
ing nnd Brilliant Spectacle.


Excepting as before remarked, an occas.
ioral and htiul flash Of light acroes the hori.
zon the meteorjc display did not really com.
mehce before halr.past O'clock in tho
morning. At precisely that hour meteor
Of grcenish blue color, and about the eizs
OF star OF the first magnitude, shot out
irom the direction of tho constellation leo,
lighting up the sky with q long train Of
crimson FIRE, aud travelling in northwest.
etly direction. II lad scarcely faded from
tho sight when another and equally brilliant,
though not quite so large, came speeding
across in its track. and il was followed by
fourteen, OF smaller magnitude one by one,
IN quick successicn. At this moment a
heavy cloud drilted towards the north, and
for some minutes the spectacle was par.
tally lost to view. That the meteors were
falling rapidly, however, was plainly evi.
dent. From all points where the clouds
were thin occasional ones flashed out, and
the frequent lighting up of the clouds az
| they passed over made it apparent that
they were falling rapidly. Al ten minutes
hetore 4 o'clock tho northern sky again be-
came clear a thick and almost impenetrn-
| ble cloud passed over the moon, partially,
obscuring its light, and thus enabling the
watchers to view with greater distinctness
the alze aud brillancy of the meteors. The
display was now a most magnificent one.
The meteors shot out from Leo in all direc-
tious, aud with remarkable swiftness
Travelled ncross the horizon. Sixty.three
were counted in ono minute and ten
seconds, of which three We're of extraordi-
nary size aud beauty. One of these of
grcenish hue, aud followed by long train
OF the same color travelled in the direction
OF ursa Major, and as il was disappearing
| tA 4. Al
| lighting up the sky for great distance oh
all sides. II was now utterly impossible
TO keep correct account OF the number
| falling. Eight, ten aud twelve sped on
wards on their erratic course at the same
moment scarcely disappearing before
| others OF equol splehdor took their places.
! For fully twenty minutes they continued
/ to fall with the same rapidity, during which
time, exclusive OF those already mentioned
three hundred aud thirteen were counted.
This number, however, was not one-fiflh
| 0. that which really fell Not less, per-
haps, than fifteen hundred or two thousand
radiated from Leo during this space of
time, so that it was utterly impossible
Tor one person to keep anything like an ac-
! cWate account. At ten minutes past 4
o'clock they appeared in smaller numbers,
and gradually decreased until tn, y aver. ged
not more than three or four each minute.
AZ twenty two minutes past four clock the
largest aud undoubtedly the most brilliant
meteor that has been seen for many years
came rushing across the sky. 1t radiated
| from Leo, and took direct northerly
course toward Ursa Major, followed by q
long train of yelowish red hue, which
spanned tho horizon frou its point of ap.
pearance to that ofits Disappearance. This
met teor was of the same greeuish blue color
as the others which preceded il, and as it
passed over about one-half Of the course
/ traversed, it seemed TO burst, and then the
! spectacle was really beautiful. Apparently
hundreds Of fragments of an almost blood
red color broke from it aud scattered in
every direction, while il continued it's course
toward the north, no longer wearing it's
greenish blue color, but Of one uniform
and beautiful blue. The panorama il pre-
sented was exceedingly grand, aud must
have lasted at least three minutes before
The varied colors disappeared and the fire.
lit skies resumed their wonted serenity.
Meteor after meteor now followed in rapid
succession until about twenty minutes be-
fore . o'clock, when they ceased to appear,
except at intervals of ten or twelve seconds
each. EveN this number gradually de-
creased until o'clock, when two large and
| "i'i''""t V'SSi Win IOhs lldllei nilot out W
gether and were lost almost at the same
moment in the northern horizon. Numer-
ous small metcOrs came alterwNrd; but
the grandeur of the spectacle had passed
! away.
The gray mists OF morning and the No
vember fog were now covering the rivers
ana the city. 1t was therefore almost I'M
| possible TO do more than occasionally per-
ceive the flashes of light which evidently
came from those of great brIlianey and
as the morning advanced even these be-
came less and less dietnct, until they were
finally lost to view, and the meteors in all
OF their grandeur, remained only in the
memories of those who had Witnessed them.
NJ Y. Herald