Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1870-11-03

unuer the direction of the Woodstock Academy
of Natural Science
Warmest days, LIST 2nd, Thermometer 1000
Coolest day, 18th 100
Range of the Thermometer, SO degrees.
Mean of max. them. for the month, 5G.5H
" min. h" 3S.l6
Mean temperature at I o'clock u. m. 1908
" 80 " pm. 535l
. 80 u. m. 43.48
for the month"; 45.7l
Mean of cloudincss att o'clock a. M G.2G
2 pm. 81
0 y. IN. 507
for the month, G.3l
Mean force ofwind att o'clock II. m, LES
9 y. m. 1853
for the month, lSS
Number of days on which rain
OF snow has fallen, IA
Number of days without rain or snow, II
Amount of rain and melted sncw, $50
The weather during the month has
continued TO be Try. Wells and springs
are many Of them unfit for use. On
the Sd and 4th rain fell to the depth of
a little more than one inch, and on the
10th one and one-third inches fell, but
all the other storms during the month
were very slight.
The first snow fell Oh the goth, aud
on the 31st there fell about four inches,
but it nearly all disappeared the next
day.
There was thunder on the evening Of
the 4th at about o'clock.
There were slight frosts on the Sth,
9th, 10th, and l4th; and on The 22nd
small patches Of still water were frozen
over; and on the oath the ground was
Slightly frozen, and still water to the
depth of nearly one fourth of an inch,
and on the 9th, the ground was frozen
about one inch in depth.
The coors of the autumn foliage
were exceedingly brilliant snd beautiful,
exceeding in depth of colors almost any
previous year. They reached their
deepest hue on the 9th, but were very
beautiful for nearly two weeks.
There sWas a severe gale Of wind on
the 18th, sufficiently strong to overturn
trees fences, etc. The rate per hour Of
the strongest gale must have been fifty
or sixty miles.
A heartifut aurora was visible on the
evening of the 14,h. AT half-past six
clock III the evening bright crimson
strcamcr shot up in the north, and soor
after two bright patches Of crimson light
were formed, one in the northeast anC
the other in the ,rthwcst. These soor
expanded and strcamers of white ligh
began to shoot up from thu whole north
ern sky and to expand till the whole
heavens we're lighted up Except small
portion in the soutb) by these brillian
streamers all converging toward poin
twenty degrees north of the zenith
About nine o'clock these began to fadt
and II few hours had wholly disap
pcared.
a very brilliant meteor was seen il
the southern sky on the morning of tn
23d at Is minutes before seven o'clock
Its direction was from northeast t.
southwest aud was about thirty degree
above the horizon. 1t first appeare,
about twenty degrees east of the meridi
an and disappeared abont thirty degree
from it to the west. 1t left behind it
path of bright nebulous light that wa
visible for nearly half an hour.
A severe shock of earthquake wa
!, felt on the morning of the 10th a
twenty minutes past eleven o'clock. I
was of sufficient intensity to shak
doors and windows, to ring door bell
f and to throw mirrors, in some cases
from the walls of the rooms. Peopl
} were driven from their buildings int
the sire It's fearing general crash. ]
was was pronounced equal to any eve
5 felt in Vermont, but the following fror
! the Burlington Free Press will spea
on that point:
r EARTHQUAKES, Ever since the fir,
settlement of New England earthquake
have b'eu reported, and with increasin
frequency of late years. This is du,
probably, to the greater facilities afforC