Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-18

HE POPULATION or MARs.-I, was an.
n5uncad Yesterday that at halt past six bers
woa.I be an tc:l'tatou of Mars, and At cipht
toriy tho rudy star would emerge from bebicd
TIE moon. The people Of Alexandra arr ST.
Ways Interested 10 .s.ial events. and il vonid
never ID 10 the world to allcw the tc,ulta,ion
OF Mars 10 take plcc, uootsuved. So thew
"orNfd themselves CD into f.Yer heat about
II. Hat past six o'cl OK came, aud that bsiog
little too early for them to Lave home. thcv
t1ntcnic! 'homstlG with viewing the ,c,uo
rom thalf front doors and back yards. Il Git
clock rolled sr2unG, aud ito boys went aftcr
Inc ci!s; aud they c.me out, gid CT the On.
HF'ialg 20 GET away fro II tilcic Iaa:; The old
man SAT mY tic E:esido md "a Il to the old 8o-
man, 'Ih:S occu!l.t!oD CT Mars il al io5lisb.
"9,1i Wouldb elVe pinch Of snuff to sac
H. at the same time Just batting fer Tie old
CONAN 20 urge I'm to ~. Tho old woman re.
Iu,,I' Indeed would love dearly 20 SIC it,
AMI must sec 1t. too, for We may ncvar have
en0tnrr opportunity" So they all went: IN,
logs ard the girls end the old man ana The old
Eoma2. / he crowd assembled nt c,rncr on
King street. Z young man and his girl stem
I'D ont INTO tho middle Of the street 10 cot n
b ter y!e" Of the star, when it clnc forth itom
! i!idIHC rl.c'. The rest f)l}Eed, and ibnro
tasy oil a'ood, stcaaiast? l9ckrr IL? into the
h'a''ni Ito c:owi T&a urapt in scLc,: not
I.ui breath was GraWa nor sigh hcavcd, cor
4. I've word uttered; net even g hard ,gas
'Gj"iL}S, or Icate vast ercir .lcd ty the
ann o. I've, withdrawing the eprortupi,v
Afforded VS. inst as good orc ac i. presented
by rr1c ~ the late tfsin firm Washipetop
There they sto,d, star c>zias. The time far
he s'2! to make S apprarlDca he'd arrived.
"a" man had scared an OH spy glass, end
gac0g It 10 one eye, had co5'd ii other, when
atoiId the rnr came tearing mad 'gcnii,
MaG ear. 10 say that thu c:owd Gi;poissd
: old not * ~ coavcy the cjrrect in,prcs.
e'7. lac CID woinan picked UP hor dress il
i Il.ar OH woman style, docl?ring, AS she left
Re spot, I.a: she kocw che you'd ncycr live
% Ct over 'tI1 Elghts work; aud tina. il !.
allht h0cn Tor J5hoalhsn, sic woul
never h>vo thought Of such tool,si!ncss."
lGe t!l Esa St11G up5D;e GU done after the
urged "rimaI had pa SD, rGtliog aod Low
= s""@all9g at tn COZ rooo thinp;" blsmias
the o 4 woman ior bringing him gu; she might
nave kno@n /. you'd turn out tins way." Thn
uag PEG! l.. all, att,r the scare vas over
isuskcd and TAXED about nothing bnt The
mad COW, sud the CCclits i)a. not Gf Mars
IN. of thai I'D, VII! Mt soon be iorgDttrn
In smother portion OF Tho city q Lumber Of To-
'Ies ard gaH!ierncn asscmblGj. and ri led by tho
III" wcH!hoF an! clear sky, viowel the occul.s
Ion very satisfactorily. At EMERSON tho rel
sh! o! Mars contrssL,d finely with tho pale white
!3h: OF tho moon. appearing praci.a!y st the
Predicted point It was not visible with The
a.NSd eye until several minutes after it was
cea7 Of the b'ich: edge of the moon, but ;he
'mrci5!oHs taking placa o: . GREATER distance |
ron her brilliant surfscn, could he easily sean
without - telescope.
Mars will be aShjn cccufnl by tho moon on |
s next return. on April j.. bat on account Of
me coEstan. shifting OF position Of tho relative |
orbits Of tho earth and moon, tho occultatinn
VII. only be seen south of the equstor