The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-22
TERTENNES.

The general opinion is that that
election cont est will cvaporatc in talk.
MIR. and. Mrs. Churchill have re-
IL. V. Picrpont, son of the late
Chief Justice, is home on short visit
from Chicago.
Tho immense pile of broken stone
placed OH the bill near the bridge vastly
improves that difficult grade.
The cquinoctal is still with us. 1t
began last Saturday, and bids fair to
hold on until next Saturday.
-Dea. Andrew Ross and wife have
Just returned from Glens Falls, N. Y,
after two weeks vacation, looking
finely.
The American Hotel and MI
Holmes, the new proprietor, are ready
to provide for all who may find it conve-
nient to call.
Principal Clark, OF our graded
school, has had an attack OF pncumo-
MIA. Tic is out, but looks unable to do
duty, although at his post
Many of our citizens have been
attend the Passport fair. IL was post.
poncd one day, but the next was I'M
Ia vnraI,i.,
Several of our people have iatcn
advantage of The cheap Montreal nip.
Miss Mary Stewart, Miss ilaihormc, Mir.
and Mrs. G.. W. Ross, and many oln rs
intend going il the weather l. favor
able.
The fair grounds begin to look like
business. a large AMI fine hail has
been erected, aud an abundance of peas
for sheep, &c, aud we learn that the
best arrangements are in progress inr
the public accommodation lining the
progress o! the fair.
The severe storm Tuesday evening
brought with it sharp lightning and
crashing thunder. Several persons in
different parts OF the town were scnsi-
bly, affected by the electricity, bat no
one was seriously injured. Bob Mack
says he was brought TO his knees and So
was Isaac Miller, by the same flash,
and he thinks links. nc nothing but iirstcass
For long time past scientific cir
clcs in Nergennes have been agitatcd
over II marvellous phenomenon which
has appeared in the western sky in the
evening. IL was in the form of Il bril-.
liant light appearing few degrees
above the horizon, which each evening
gradually sank lower and lower until il
disappeared behind the mountain. Tie
light was of a blazing white color and
perfectly steady, though it was claimed
that there were variations in its bright
ness from evening TO evening. Atten-
tive observers frequently noticed a
slight swinging movement in the light.
The theory most in favor with our in
telligent citizens was that this light was
some kind of an electric lantern at
tachcd to u balloon, or in some cquiva-
lent manner sustained high in the air,
and sinking as the supply of gas leaked
ont. Others thought the light might be
attached TO small boys kite, which
was lowered rs his regular he'd time
approached. These theories were felt
10 be hardly adequate to explain all the
features of the light, particularly its as
to"iahi"S regularity OF appearance, and
some of the wiser and more scientific
OF our observers, while inclining 10 thc
opinion that il was some underlined sne-
cics of 'gnjS fdfHUS, or perhaps n bvbriJ
between the fools fire and n hiiborto
unknown modification of electricity
felt that in the absence of posItiye
knowledge conco ming tia nature II
was best not to be dogmalic over il. and
they are still swaiting, in hope. ib,tslit
VIII ere long manifest some chan1o
which viii give better foundation f,r
speculation than is yet afforded. There
are indeed, some rash and Ignorant
persons who assert that the w0ndrons
night is merely tile planet Venus, and
alicEe the descriptions in the astronomv
and lis posi!ion rs given in the altnauacs
IN support oi tins view. To This sillv
oplhion Tho advocates OF the Terrestrial
origin OF ihe light object, and ask tri-
umphanlly il the Star Of the goddess Of
love could be guilty of those nndigni-
he'd swayihg motions, so much more
suggestive OF llIc god ut wine. Tbouph
the advocates OF Venus boldly nsscrt
that these motions are "all in ynur eve -
and merely an optical illnsion common
when gazing steadily upou a BRIGHT
object, they find few converts to their
opinion, and are laughed TO senrn by
The wiser and better portion of our Gill
zens' Meanwhile, the regular appear
ance OF the light ia watched for anxious-
~ each evening, in the hope that n so.
iniion OF the myaicry may at last be
found.
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