Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-03-29
COMING TO TOWN.

AS the cylinder came up the slope,
the rush, and yell, and whlrr of the
co'umn sounding like the rush and
shrieks of the wind on the sea, and
like the thunder Of guns-attracted
the attention of the people of Hazel
Green, and they hocked to their doors
and windows. Steadily it came on,
sometimes bounding so feet into the
ar, then rushing. down again. In two
minutes it descended on the little
hazel grove just southwest of the
town. The trees were snatched up
by the roots and whirled 80 feet into
the air and supported there.
MOST INCREDIBLE.
The cap of the column was a stone
8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 8 feet
thick. This stone was held in its
position while the column covered
space of three-quarters of mile.
Just between the grove and the town,
25O feet from either, the column halt
ed and spun around over small space,
and then recommended its march.
The air was filled with the yells and
lamentations of the people. Never
before has such tornado reached so
far north, yet so fearful and threaten
ing was the coming column that the
prophetic souls Of the people seemed
to warn them of the danger, and
those who We're not paral yzed dived
into their cellars, and there, shivering,
awaited the doom they felt must
come.
THE SMASH EMPHATIC.
Tearing off 4 corner of frame
house, the coluMn rose some 80 feet
into the mir, and there, lowering for
and instant, fell perpendicularly upon
the roof of the Masonic Hall, stone
building. The structure was mashed
flat. This was at 4 80, and a meet
ing had been called for S o'clock, half
an hour later. Seventy souls would
have been assembled in the upper
portion of the building. The next
house was of frame, and occupied by
Mrs. Richards and her family. A
daughter in-law and her two children
were saved by the scantlings above
them, while the rest of the family
were killed outright.
THREE CAKES.
A frying.pan containg three cakes
was on the stove, and the frying pau,
still containg the cakes, was found a
mile and a half northeast of the will
age. Twenty-six HOUSES were carri-
ed beyond the ken Of mortals. Where
they went, no one can tell. The
track of the columns is filled with saw
dust and bits of wood, .as though a
saw-mill had belched out a halt finish
ed lumber-yard. The trees for sever.
al miles are filled with chairs, bits Of
furniture, carpets, clothing, bits Of
window shades and household materi
ais.
MRS. LoONEY.
was sitting in her kitchen. The house
disappeared as if touched by the
magician's wand, and the crushed
body of Mrs. Looney was found 400
feet off, striped of clothing and with the
skin peeled off her back from her neck
down.
OF the rest OF those killed, of which
a former despatch fully informed you,
nothing can be said, beyond that the
bodies were found not less than 200
feet from where they started. There
were some
MIRACULOUS ESCAPES.
A boy and girl were found out on
the prairie. wandering about helplessly.
They were in house of which no az
count has been received. They re-
member being lifted into the air, and
when found, were nearl y a quarter of
a mile from where the house used to
be, badly bruised and unable to account
for their condition. Probably
THE MOST REMARKABLE SPECTACLE
was that OF DR. Kitloe's horses. An
hour before the storm arrived the Doc.
tor had been sent for to attend sick
man some 8 miles of. He returned
word that he would not risk his horses
over the prevailing bad roads, and in
sixty minutes those same horses, barn,
buggy, and harness were lifted 60 feet
into the air, and the horses dropped at
least 100 rods from the former site of
the barn. The column was then
huge mass of debris, and spectator
says that the horses went up through
the centre Of the column, whirling
around 50 swiftly that they looked as