Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-01-10

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hmoag the thunder storms des
efiosd - having occurred 10 the West
Indies. one. 70 is7z. was rendered re-
frkeo'e oY TINS Pnenonenoo; . Pop
'ar Tree ~ 2 coffee plantation was
ssfuck Dy ngnsning' ana on one oftns
esf8s dry leaves was found imprinted
n exact representation OF so'as pine
trees mat $1,000 three or tour hundred
Iu INSTANT ne'ner snS was
realy an exacs rsPfesenIation' OF
sns prodnot q an excited imaglna-
tion nos ven controlled oy eccurats
ne = lust ne point wnAcn we
'1 - nszkin8s oa
ms nsvs oeen'onIy the nat
ufa' z'gzagsing OF the ngn1ning.
~ iooo' . it'ie giri was standing
~ "'noow' near wnicn stood syoung
maple tree; nasn oi iignsning struck
a'nsr tns giri or the frse' or both,
ana an image OF the tree was found
imprinted on ner oody. In another
Instance : ooy climbed tree 70 steal
o''a nest : hgu'nlng nasn struck
'hs 'Fse, 'ne ooy ieii 10 the ground
ana on MS breast the image Ola tree,
Wi'n tine oird ana the nest on one OF
It's orancnes' appeared very conspicu'
ousiy.
o1'entinc Journals ~ well as those
2. more popular coarscter' contain a
r'cn store OF incidents more or less
similar TO the above. DIR. Franklin
stated IN I7S6, that about twenty
years previously man who was
standing opposite q tree that had just
been struck ty lightning Tor as he
called IT, oy a thunderbolt). found on
his breast an exact representation OF
that tres. NJ. Poey, who has treated
TINS subject somewhat fully in'the
french scientific journals, mentioned
'wentY-four cases OF lightning I'M
pressions on the bodies OF men and an
imals. Ut those, eight were the i'm
preston OF trees or parts OF trees; one
d a oird, ana one OF cow, four OF
crosses; three OF circles, or OF impress
sions OF COINS carried about the per-
con; two OF horseshoes, one OF a nail,
one OF metal comb, one OF number
or numsral, one OF the words OF . SEN
tence. and one Of the back OF an ARM
cnsir.
inere 10 no mention, so Tar rs we
are aware, OF any imprinting on the
oedies OF the TWO napiess lovers men
toned oy day; but very little ex-
erc'se OF the imagination, aided by an
siemen' Oh creauli'y. "ouio nave SUI
nced 70 proouce tne imaginary crosses
nsarts or trses.
inose VINO KNOW tne story VIII re-
memoer tnat rope ana gay were WIS.,
it'ng a. station 'harcourt in ino; that
gay described Tue incident In one OF
his letters; ana that rope memorial
lzed 1t In verse. Two rustic lovers
'0nn newt ana Safan Drew ABOUT a
week os'0rs 'ne "a nAso ior .ne'f
wedding, were at WORK with otner mar
ves'e'S 10 . neid' a s'orm Oh mum
'er anu hen.hing came on IN 'ne
AFTERNOON ana .ne iaoorers nas'eneo
Tor sneiter 70 the trees ana nedges.
oaran Drew' frightened ana dismayed'
Tell In swoon on q heap OF barley
ana 1onn Hewitt raked up some more
oar'ey' 70 snieiu ner i.oln Tue c'uei
o'as'' wni'e 'nus engAgeo' an 'h'snse-
~ vivid fiash appeared; the barley
was seen TO smoke. and there lay the
two lovers, ne with one arm around
her neck, and the other arm over
her, as if to screen her from the light
nina. Both were dead; her left eye
was injured, and black spot pro-
ducsd on her breast; while he was
biackened nearly all over. Popes
epitaph on the hapless lovers is en-