Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-05-09

the forenoon half of Its day dream II was dur
,u. ,bo slumberous period Of yyllminotop,s ex.
istence. Quiet reigned with unmoIested sway,
and the yrnss grew with yer,iant freshness where
there are now populous and busy thoroughfares.
II was a time of transition. The whalers had dis
appeared from the old wharf, and the last Cones
toga wagon had taken the homeward road to Lam
caster county, years before, while there was YET
no quick Jingle of the horses bells on the street
railway; there was no shrek oil steam whistle on
the " Annamessie Line = nor no voices OF news
boys crying the Wilmington Daily Commercial
along the sidewalks. IL was before the days oil
&C. r. - Companies, aud West wilmington
while yet the Old tree stood behind the my nan,
and Offenders Were hshea under 'he siils Oh inc
Couneh ohaihoer WINDOWS hea'u oiu not sen
city properly nj pubiic SAFE, without uhueroiu-
uihs Ut w'hui""a'' "nu ''e o'i's'n',,' io'eu NC
waters down to the Delaware unvexed Dy VISIONS
oil more ufaWpfiuges u'h"urt w cou'se'
just thir'een years so'-'a"y o. i'o'' n'"e'es'
minutes before eleven, throngha pach sreet vi
TINS quict Guy three ihiiehse Wagons u'a"n eaeh
oy hVe po"eriu' horses' we'e p"ss"s' u, eN.e'oa
train' Inc teams .iou steauny ior""'"' 'ne VA
yer OF each pes'riu'hg us near wheeie' wy
hoa'y "usohs 'uiiio'eu s'o"i' o"""'' sn."
wheels crushing anu grating OIL 'ne s'ohes Vi ''e
macaunh'iHeu suee'' 'heii no''y e'i'"e eo'o''
shaking ana mapping WIN 'he uhrehe'e" Jar'
Inc street was sum "'iu "iii'os' uese''e"' i"'
dwellings near II Lad NJ that honr but lew oecn-
pants. servants were III inc ktehehs sihohinE
over the preparation oil the MONDAY meal ana
nurses were carrying or ieading ther ittie charges
in the sunlight and open air. mac heuge III inc
garden That bordereu the sidewalk oispiayeo It's
spring beauty ana shed It's fragrance ABROAD while
hurrylng bees, busy in their hbors h'imined across
tue h""e' peus'
"Illh Tue wals Oh 'eheiap'e iiI',isio,' an "n-
ccnt upright clock measured inc iilsht OF inc Sc
combs WIN Tue SAINT s'e'oy pehu"iu' .'''' i''''
told oil The passage Of years, ana STOOD 'hoiu-
mont over INC lapse OF thlngs Wilch po'isleu'
The time we have already gwen Inc pace
was Fourteenth street, between Orange ana Mar
kei. The surroundings we have attempted to de-
scribe the wagons that formed almost the only
contrast to the still life around were themselves
: apparently us sober and peaceful. But they bore
within their high sidings thunderbolt terrible
I, os amy ,hot yplcou eyer forged an earthquake
o fearful ms the compoundings of subterranean
y rorccs pent mn by frni oal,cn coverings and hid
!, from the NAV dny sunlight by only the thin. auiy-
K erine. canvas.
e Thus--at fifteen minutes to clcven-bcfore the
y lightning struck.
q There came shock. The earth auiyered MS
: though her cooled crust had been broken with a
y hammer powerful beyond human estimate, open
If ing vent for the flames of Hell.
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none for the thunderbolts OF Heaven
This was one such
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'c- drivers oil inc TEAMS vi 'he'e, TWO "eie 'o'
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which the missing man was said 10 nave wor'
anu 'li's was WI 'i'0' '''o e'''''' "'s e''' A'""
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n'p'reu 10 P,e''s manu- "'''' SUI p'"', ''l w
i" ca'e h'ls'is' pu. "no sno vas VI "isne' =
nv cAihe' hVf n"niu' ner nis'''s' W.
" piaee "hich h'u A"'"" "'' anu ''"N ,''' -
on mortality forever no one INC" Ut now HIS e'
'hu known
oil The force of the explosion compressed I
re- earth and rocks beneath till there was leit nnd
'ui- one Of the wagons yawhlng cavity, Ten II