The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-11-27
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IN eaRFEseRiC SHOWERS.
Ancient nTeteors--ThF brilliant Dts-
pIay OF saturday Morning. - a
r~3lagg4mda4t9s4 tAo1ehf8sby6rR
a~sYtfrrt t9~henomt16d. There are records
Of them among the Chinese nearly 200.
years betepe our GA. From that time to
eRsN19$ AklA nmJ eshbh6hne III the
Banc people record the fall of 1G u%etolitcs
or fallen stones precipitnted by the explo-
eicii 0fnitN dieo ldbieal(boditA Grhei
Greeks and Romans, during the same pc
ROD, eQuPt bpt four such masses, while we
pHPdgbtvsb9ome quite familiar with
I theht n not m the shape of u~rolites,
then aasuredly in that of meteors, 10 Tho
falling showcase ~ 1868, -fSGT, md now
of November, 1868, a~bundantly prove. 1t
is moro than probable that these Gshmael-
lies OF the celestial wilderness are frag-.
a'GII IT 9f& is1. %oy 81
hters M - h r3fad; andstA d.
+bprf6bchnE Uhc cnrti, on any planet of
.aSid,ei &oS Nv iai @5 ' iho o'l attmctin ~
body with % conclusion which generates
III e. e.: " y: 4. . ..ttyIEEg
fbelYWed TO the aldep, ahd sca hk9fhted
nom her volcauOr1 with such violence as
TO bripg them within THO sspherc Of tb4
sew nttragirn4 0EH1umnN
"There are ttbs NJ thousands ora 4 III
minarics, however, which do not fan to the
oGrtb, but aplcir aud disappear in the
heavens with an iucouccivnhlo velocity IN
q XrgS algSp a p4ht YlRfaEgt is
component pHrls Of such bodies. wlilr they
present no new elements. contain n LARGE
number Of tcrrsnC metals in A%inaulhr CONF
sRs nbBhs e@S bS9f$t ~ khcir cutie
weight. Nickel, cobalt, copper, phosphor-
oua, silica aluminu, zinc, chlorine, are
likewise constituents of these bodies, and a
late investigator has discovered lead also
'u1 s6Go, entns a. 1rl nit / III aIcomn1a
during any fine horeal night. But the
display ns of romc miuhty rcview.
.Nlhauoi peans1 in tlie bR cAs1ae M
night of FRIDAY and The morning OF Satur-
day last, is n rare. occasion at strange,
startling, aud rlhlimc. During the same
month Of the two previous years We had
similar exhibitions 1t is true hut upon n
scale Of less yastucss aul m|agpihccnce,
indeed, sincc AmimlE rdacu am "rpo
bali MS dcscnW in BIZ NNgsfee, md
the tremcndcnHAn atpsrof 1870 (which mp
peared in Germany and passed over t,uly
trom the diFelioWW DalmntiR, diappcar.
INC townrd cot ica, hud exploding in nrpin
r. Aery si9pe3 end 49, H;pY. Rke-
.h&A Beehofns it, Is NOT LimprubtlAe niatI
few metcors have been seen 80 large. bril-
linnt nad eBaHqngr s. thairvlSel burst
from tn hshA,Its in Ia northeast taA }at-
urday morning ut about one o'clock. There
rs sourthmg ~ n~yseuouJ aud solemn in
the appearance ut these heavenly hcmlds,
and tbeir beauty IL go sttduke uudRtart-
ling "a - rtthe' mud of thd@Hs
nary observer captive, and prevent him
for the most part, from taking such note
Of their ShoNiuHf a5. would b9ussint 70.
science. We had thc pleasure OF hotiha
tle rqliant mctsor We Fpclt of RON tho.
commsncem9t ofits nppeaiauca t0itifnal
muisliuient A.NSe said. it btt5t nom tho
northeastern heavens in the form of Il
sphere, aud OF the apparent size OF the
moon, IT not lurgor. 4 mighty Globe OF
golden Ore, 10 lfore lth0ugh he blue ina
mensity with a speed that would have been
appalling, II, ia describing its course, It
had not ieftr-dnyzli and most bcuuuut
track Of light, which became more and
more intense, mp 10 n certain point, NJ it
proceeded, and finally burst into balls Of
CRIMSON pUrplh green nDdIRmbcrE For
guchl ~ cyaneSec nt body, D. ligh4 and
colorf1sted forsT notable tnqth oftiime
nnd Exon whehNA blue voidhad swAlowk
oil III. 80 g1nVNr fI.Vn IA.s I.lH.l - "A I.t.lt
dgse siEsr sp9fgall along the line OF its
We watched this wonderful tnil furmoro
than half an hour. At first it seemed i'm.
movable; then il assumed the form of some
vast apocalypticul gerpepJ nod lay prone
over half the gisuygbpm 10 Nflo@pro2
found recessed Tho meteor ilscff had disap-
adescateh a. unauhting lidoA OF great
beauty, which was heightened by the STAR
HhOne through its dim, white and
Misty folds AHfthe course of a quarter of
an hour it had agonizcd into a perfect dg.
uro Of eight aud finally it assumed u WE'LL
defined letter $, which 10 retained for ten
minutes nugsr, ADD then, gulioriug itsI
outlines together, hcrush,1 thcm INTO u
.forntcys 1nags, and IN forty minutes had
N,ppsned Lom Jtlg fluldg Of NiADn. Sui
while this splundid symbolism and H.,
.umfsfornmtions Alele tgohF OF nll tha
WORLDS Of thu part Of tic httvens whtrc6
they proceeded WIRE giving butll--in cries.
wluch were the, most hrllnnt colors-to
paiy more OF these beauhlul objects.
within whose sunny veins
The blood Ma running bright
And look when We would and whore we
N@uld1h haligh Ndka ion they n lgd