The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-09-20

| dogs whined or howled and ran away as on
the approach of an earthquake. The herds
of cattle ON New England>S $ thousand hills
sought the shelter of the shed or barnyard,
lowing as they came to the gate, and sheep
huddled around the circle with their heads
inward-the invariable token of apprehen-
ded danger - ...
On the human family the effect was still
more curious and terrifying. The mechan-
ic left his tools i'll the shop, the farmer his
plow in the furrow, and each moyedin silent
and marveling mood toward the barn or
dwelling. On the home threshold they
were met by pale and anxious women, who
tremblingly inquired: ''Whatis coming?'
The alarmed traveller, seeking the sympa-
thy of his fellow man as one impressed
with sense of impending peril, put up at
the nearest house, and mingled his anxious
questionings and forebodings with those of
the family. Strong men met and spoke
with surprise on their countenanccS, and
little children peered timidly into the deep
ening gloom. and then sought the shelter
ing parental arms. Schools broke up i'll
alright, and the wondering pupils scamp
cred homcward with many expressions of
childish fear. The inevitable candle shone
out of the windows of all dweliings-cvery
countenance gathered blackness-all hearts
were filed with fear of an approaching,
unparalleled storm, or the occurrence of Il
terrestrial cmvulSion but it was not the
blackneSs of the storln-cloud, such as some
times, with frishtful agitation, breaks
over a single city; it was the silent spread
ing of the pall-cloth over the ca; tn by
strong. invisible hands. Many anecdotes
of terror are related. In Boston, from the
hours of / | or / till 3 o clock. business was
generally suspended and shops were closed.
AT GrOtOn, Il court was III session III 4
meeting-house full of large windows, as
the old style of houses of worship;
but at half-past eleven all faces began to
wear a SOmbre hue, whereupon magistrate
and people followed suit with All New Eng
land, and called for lighted candies
Connecticut went totally under the cloud.
The journal of her House of Representa-
tives puts on record the fact that None
could see to read or write i'll the House,
or even at n window, or distinguish persons
at small distance, or perceive any distlnc-
ton of dress, &c, in the circle of attend
ants Therefore, at eleven O'Clock adj
iourned the House till two O'Clock, after
noon' Amid the deepening gloom that
wrapped about the city, darkened the
rooms of the State House, and set the law
givers trembling with the apprehension
that the Day of Judgment was at hand,
when the motion for adjournment was
made, Colonel Abraham Davenport, after
ward Judge of Stamford, Conn. and State
Councillor in the Legislative Chamber at
Hartford, said: Il am against the adj
iournment. Either the Day of Judgment
is at hand or it is not. If it is not, there
is no cause for adjournment. If 1t is, |
wish to be found i'll the line of my duty.
| wish candles to be brought
The darkness of the day having been
succeeded an hour or two before evening
by partially clear sky, and the shining of
the sun, still obscured by the black and
vapory mist, this interval WAS followed by
a return of the obscuration with greater
density, that rendered the first half of the
night hideouSly dark beyond all former ex-
who saw it.