The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-20

Visions in the Clouds.

Displays Of aurora borealis are
evidently infFequent in Delaware
Maryland and Virginia. The lecai
papers of. the latter part of Septem.
Der and the first week in October
contain numerous references tC
marvellous visions in the clouds
and exhibit medieval condition OF
Popular intelligence in the rural dis.
tricts scarcely less marvellous. The
Warrent0wn VA. iSoEtdfSotlth says
["A number of reliable and RESPONSE
BILE, whose names we angive, about
tWeek ago, saw an Rapparition ia
the heavens, about ten o'clock pm
of white rObed Ggures, which were
supposed by those who saw them to
be angels, It was all the talk of
the people. in and around the
villages of New Baltimore and
auckland" The Richmond Dis
patch. of the It'll, prints a note from
Mr.. NJ. G. Grasty, of Fredericksburg.
Va, dated -5th inst, in which ne
says: "ManY persons in this COM
munity claim TO have witnessed a
most alarming sight in the heavens
some nights since, just before day
break. The heavens are said to
have been lighted, and vast numbers
of soldiers appeared, uniformed and
armed and drilling. Who else saw
it, and what is the explanation ?
Could it have been mirage p
Similar observations were made
further north. 4 Wilmington, Del,
dispatch says: The people in this
vicinity are greatly excited over
what they believe to be supernat-
ural manifestations A little girl
some three weeks ago, living in the
village, saw after nightfall, before
the moon was fairly up above the
horizon, platoons Of angels slowly
marching and eounter-marching to
and fro i'll the clouds, their white
robes and helmets gistening in the
light. At intervals the heavenly
visitors would dance mournfully.
Her father also saw the: spectacle.
Monday night two weeks ago,
William West, a farmer living near
Georgetown, the county seat, saw
bands of soldiers of great size,
equipped in dazzling uniforms, their
muskets shimmering in the pale,
weird light that seemed to be every
where. marching with military pre-
cision up and down, and presenting
arms. The vision lasted long
enough to be seen by number Of
Vests neighbors. Many people
living near Laurel, many miles
away situated in the lower end of
the Peninsula, saw the same extra
ordinary phenomena. A few go as
far as to say that they distinctly
saw in the midst Of the soldiers, and
conspicuOusly by reason Of his
commanding presence. the hero
President himself, and with every
feature distinctly and wildly por-
trayed. In Talbot county the illus
ion was seen by numbers.
WITH the approach of long even
ings, the wind of the average mem
beTs of the Sazerac Lying Club is
stirred to its lowest depths. An
aspirant to highest honorS Of that
institution is found in the Virginia
Chronicle contributor who states
that there are said to be more wild
geese at the sink Of the Carson now
than seen for many years before.
They collect in such enormous
f1ocks in the small ponds as to cause
the water to raise above the shores
of the sloughS. 1t is reported that
considerable damage has been done
to. the adjacent fields by this re-
markable overflow. At night the
cowboys of the section utilize the
sleeping fowls as a temporary
bridge and cross the ponds on the
the backs ofthe unsuSpecting geese.
John Smith the well-known cattle
breeder Of that section, has started
a steam press, and already has
squeezed out and bottled over five
hundred gallons Of cold-goose
grease, which he proposes to ship
below and sell as the finest. Lucca
oil for salad purposes. a