The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-05-29
RoxRoRo. N. c. May 9th. rs.

ED. RECORDER: We have often read
descriptions of storms in which hailstones
Of prodigions size fell. being '.as large as
your fst,'' IA goose egg . aud even larger;
and have usually felt IL not uns enerous 20
make some allowance from the. fact thar the
excitement produced b. rascene Of such ,er>
rible grandeur often gets something the bet.
ter ofrenson---so to spelk. To -day. how
ever. our ncredulty in regard to hailstoues
has hccn entirely cured. "a, ..,,. aer.s..., "a
So,n this morning. as you doubtless re.
member, provided you are nm early riser
like ourselves. We had gentle shower, last
ing prnbahlY foi quarter nf an hour aud
the clouds. though BY 40 means iorrshados-
ing stormy Afternoon. began to assume d
threatening appearance from eleven to one
o'clock, the thunder heing qnite frequent
in the west aud southwest. About one
n'cl ,ck . very heavy and black clnud arose
in the wes., and seemed nj FIST 10 pass a.
way TO the north and at considerable dis.
tame. becoming more angry. but without
| the usual yellow tingel racks that charac.
terize the hail cloud. A. two o'clock il
suddenly came 10 u stand still. aud for ten
minutes boiled up and twisted itself into all
sorts Uf shapes and forms. c,ch succeeding
change making ir more grand and terrible
IN aipearauce, producing y sublime but
fearful looking panorsma Suddenly again,
aud as unexpectedly, il began 10 Ictrace its
eonrse and 10. expand lis dilnensians--th
wind being reversed IN On Instant. cent it
back with great rspidiiy. The cloud evil
dently being higher than usual, We suppose
would account for the fact that the wind was
not very hard at the G eirth-while, from all
the appearances, the war in the clouds must
have been fierce one. -....t - .r
A. about two aud bslf o'clock the rain
and hail commenced simultaneously. the
hailstones being round and from the size Of
half an inch IN diameter 70 that Of d part
ridge egg; and continued 10 get larger IN.
I'll | am almost afraid TO venture to say how
large they actually we're. lest sOme o6c may
think i 'rot ungenerOus 10 make some al
iowanee" for me. They we're Of many
shapes, round. oblnng. many 'cornsred, &c,
one very large one noticed represented .
very clear finf quartz After the storm
bad somewhat aiaied, rieees--ss might
mOIe properly call them slugs and halls Of
ice-wc-e picked up in the streets weigh
ing. some OF them. As murI, n eight ounces.
Mr. JOsspbus Younger. living ohe mile ives,
Of hoxhoro. inca Ured piece Of oblUDg
shape ani little alitened. Inst measured
thlneen inches in eircumfe -enee one way
and twelve the other. We saw piece
measured bJ Mr.. NJ. Faulkner which was
| G4 INCHES long. Two inches thick and more
than tro 10 xidih. These weights aud
measurements were made after the melting
process bad been some time going %. Supe
Of the stones were 10 large that they would
burst 70 pieces sheu they caanc4d 10 strike
hard subs'ance.
Uue u ur j. L. Cdieher's little boy:,
who xas nt sch.pi t~o miles ID fhe country,
asserts that one lick forced Ii way
through the roof OF the school hn,ise. ahd BE-
q certain that the blocks were as large =,
his bsad--of course we will not hesitate /,
make the allowance for him. s =si
Fortunately the fall was not very thicI
With ss. The heavicsl of the Storm 3
EOTth a Bs ssIse distance aud must hay,
been very destructive Up to this time VI
have not been sble 10 learn Snyihing of Il,
elects. The glass in the windows that wer,
exposed made bat pooi resistsncc. q. B.