Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-03-29
LOSS OF PROPERTY.

The village is entirely ruined, and
the loss in dollars and cents foot up a
little short of one million.
HAZEL GREEN
is small country village Of thous-
and inhabitants, situated 8 miles
northwest of Galena, aad just over the
Wisconsin line. 1t is the centre of a
valuable lead mining district. In the
little cemetery now covered with the
ruins of humble homes is the grave OF
the poet Percical, whose discolored
headstone is splashed with the blood
of more recent victims of "a periodical
visitation of God
LATER,
GALENA. Ill.,, March 12.-Hazel
Green is settling down, and, to a Ger
tain extent, recovering from the ex-
citement incident to horrible intlic-
ton of Friday. 1t is absolutely i'm.
possible to picture the scene which
was so suddenly shifted in the centre
of the little town. Ify your correspond
ept were to faithfully portray the ap-
pearance of a morrow strip running
diagonally through the centre of the
town, THE TRIBUNE
WOULD BE LAUGHED AT
as perpetrating stupendous hoax up
on its readers and the country. A
photographer, with speculation in the
eyes which he did glare with, under
took to impress counterfeit of the
scene to day, and finally gave it up, as
lit would take hundred views to pre-
sent even the faintest idea OF the
wreck and waste. Hazel Green Is
situated on a slight elevation, sur
rounded with ravines from which the
ground rises and falls, but at no time
to the height of the village. 1t is
quite a popular resort for pleasure
parties, and, hence, people from all
parts of the surrounding country have
friends at "the Green" as it is called,
and, during the summer, visit there.
1t has always been
KNOWN AS AN UNLUCKY TOWN.
Three years ago an explosion of nitre
glycerine lifted Jim Mayor 40 feet in
; to the air, and spoiled an apple-tree
in letting him down again. Several
harsh storms have done more or less
damage, and when, two weeks ago,
the scarlet fever attacked the town,
carrying off an average of three child
ren day, it occurred to the good
people that something was wrong, and
a protracted meeting was held in the
Primitive Church, and invocations
offered that the scourge might pass
away. During the session the ques,
tion of temperance came up, and a
pious brother demanded of the
Almighty that He open His walls of
wrath upon the Unjust speculator, and
purge the romantic little summerre'
sort OF that section of the serpent.
TIE WORLD AND THE DEVIL IN GLEE.
The whirlwiad lifted the steeple
from that church and carried it three
miles and a half, and the sons Of
Belial say they have never sold SO
much whisky since the Inauguration
of the town. The unregenerate claim
the catastrophe to be a rebuke from
God to those who condemn whisky,
and they significantly point TO the
dismantled church, and recommend
the deacons to confne further exhorta-
ton to limits which do not include
the bung-hole and two fingers.
THE THING ITSELF.
1t is now definitely ascertained that
the whirlwind resulted from a COLI
sion between two sections of a cloud
which had divided and come together
again. The clouds joined and long
cylindrical shaft shot down The
cylinder was about 120 feet in circum-
ference and 10 feet in height. 1t
struck the ground mile southwest of
Hazel Green, and, ploving a furrow
600 feet long, 4 feet wide, and several
feet deep, seemed to absorb the earth
and rocks. AS it moved along in a
northeasterly direction, it looked like
AC CLAY-CoLORED COLUMN
whirling with incredible speed around
a central vacuum. 1t was solid
mass of heavy rubbish. Occasionally
rock or stick would shoot off at
tangent and was driven into the
ground, until the swelling stretch be-
tween the point of contact with the
earth and the edge of the village is a
diminutive grove composed of pieces
oil soantllng, huge rocks, and the