Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-08

Since the earthquake numerous pro
phetic individuals and lovers of the
marvellous bring to mind many strange
incidents which happened under their
own personal observation just previous
to the great sensation, and which they
now recognize as undoubted forerun-
ners of those wonderful earth conrul-
sions. The strangest Of them all.
however, was what happened to old
Mrs. Runkle, of Gold Hill, and here's
the way she was telling it to n select
few of her female friends, who were
having a social cup Of tea with her an
evening or two ago. Says tho old
lady: II was q settia' jest right here
by the stove, with that r door. open
inter the back yard, and it was jest
comm on sunset. AL ola sudden one
Of my old speckled hens-the one with
the yaller t0p-knot, you recollect-she
come a stalkin' In, and walked right
round there behind the back oven door
of the stove, and laid right down, and
kicked out her legs jest like this, and
died. Before l had time to think
twice. here come another, and she went
jest as straight as she could 60, and She
laid right down on top Of the other
one and kicked her legs out stif;, jest
the same way and shot up her eyes and
died. 1 felt like l should drop right
of the chair. and couldn't move q peg.
| was jest q holdin up my hands, like
this, and q sayin, Lord a massy,'
when here come that ere little black
pullet .TopSy.' She sort o. Iaired
over the step and saslnyed across the
floor and over she Hoped dead, OF top
o. the tother two. Miss Smith, you
have had u heap o. trouble in your
life, losin' Your first husband, and two
babies, and all that, but you never
could q felt more completely Knocked
all in n heap, than when | saw with
these two eyes my old dominicker
rooster come a waltzin and 4 carahooin
in stiff legged and throw hisself heels
up on top O. the ether chickens,
dead as u nit. / jest thought the floor
would open next and a ghost pop
through. but it didn't, but jest then, as
true a I'm a Twin woman, eff there ere
old notice brindled tom cat of mine
didn't come humpin' In through the
door with his tail as big as that stove
pipe and rollin' his eyes like he was a
evil sperrit, and he only gin one 'yow,'
and over he pitched OH top - the pile,
kickin' out straight and scratchin' like
all natur, till nc jest stuck out stiff
legs. tail, es:, and all, and died with
his eyes glarin' wide open anda shOwin'
every tooth in his head. Eff 4 China
mans dunkey had come in right then
with a load O. wood on his back. per-
fectly insane, and = swallered the
stove. / should 4 felt relieved. l jest
cot and sot. and sot awhile, and then
got up and made out to get to the door.
and there right out in the middle o
the yard was our Jimmy's dog Bose, a
staggerin' round and round with 4
piece of beef in his chops. jest like n
drunken man, and jest while l stood a
lookin' at him he laid down in his
tracks and died, with two of his legs
only two-one fore n and one hind
one--stuck straight up in the air, and
his nose was pinted right at the Settin'
sun. l jest looked ut them two legs a
minnit. and | said, 'there somethin'
big a goin' ter happen in two hours
from row. and / was right. Them six
corpusses meant the six shocks l felt
there might a been more shocks, or
less, but anyhow i felt six. Don't tell
me after that, how there amt no such
things as forerunners. l know there
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