Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-04-20

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and we do not ask Ill Of our re"ders. wh>
may have read said preface to the Heralds
article TO sacrifice anything approaching
to an average condition Of worldly aud
spiritual contentment, as they may possess
it in other localities, with the intention of
emigr,ting hence, as to an Eden or FL Do
RADIO 1t is n" ordinary place of which it
may be written, ns it is in said preface.
that SIT does not profess to he a place of
great enterprise but It is something better;
it il mn Industrious, moral social and con
tented place. devoid entirely oc that Gle
ment called aristocracv Generally rodfSh)
TINT makes so many towns objectionable
Everybody associates with everybody
everybody helps everybody and everybody
is happy
What pnins us is doubt that rnrk|es
in our soul ~ to the certainty of the high.
w mo,al attributes with which we are here.
in accredited, being present and of snffi.
cient vigol to really make our condition
spiritually and financially "het,er" than
ITO be place Of great enterprise" We
are none the less however. pleased to have
such kind words spoken Of our town
BRILLIANT AURoRA.-From Sunday
night ut ~ o'clock until Monday morning
at 9 o'clock the heavens were magnfi
cent sight as the magnetic display known
by the name Of Aurora BorcaliS when seen
in the northern skv and Aurnr Aust rails
when in the southern, was present in n de-
gree of unusual splendor. The cause of the
aurora is vet involved in ohscurity al.
though it is evidently, intimately connec
ted with terrestrial magnetic electricity AZ
is proven by the disturbance in telegraph
wires during an aurora. 1t has been as
crbed to the passage OF electrical currents
through the upper regions of the atm"S-
plere, the different colors beng manifest,
Ell by the passage flhe electricity through
air of different densilics 1t is asserted
TINT sounds, like the rushing Of silk ntle
accompany the display ofauroraS, hut This
is extremely probcma'cal, the most cele
hrated polar navigalors never heard any
noises, which they could certainly ascrihc
to the auroras The most remarkable
aurora of Whit h lhcle Is any record was
that which lasted from August % to Ser.
tcmlcr 4. 1850 For extent of territory
over which it was seen. length Of duration
bri liancy at colnrs intensity Of illnmina-
ton and rnp'li,y Of CHANCES, nothing OF
the kind has ever been known l"npproarh
it. II WAS seen throughout 24O degrees ol
longitude and from Cape Horn TO go d
rrccs north latitude in North America
Many supelstitious persons rcgnrdel il as
precursor Of evil and when the Civil wal
came on, -ecallcd their pre- Lotions made
nearly TREE years before. So highly
charged with electricity was the atm"s
pherc AZ THAT time that several of lhc trle
graph lines IN this country were worked
for hours together, entirely by the mag
ne,ic cui rcn, induced by the aurora, the
/ batteries being detached The aurora OF
Sunday night inlcrfcred considerably with
the working OF telegraph liucs The coior
/ that p,elpminalcl WAS white but ut about
2 O'Clock from point in the orth-ra-l
waves of red light were given III + 4
IT,. and WIS II beautiful sig.' At times
it was fully rs light a. the moon when al
its frs; quarter and very soft and gcncr
ally di,Tused. 1t WAS undoubtedly the
most splendid display seen in this section
since 1859.