The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-28
Istood on the bridge At midnight
Tho heavens around me spun.
Two moons were over the city.

Somehow or other these comet stories have
been associated with tales OF rare old nights
with table delights when Jolly old cronies meet
for 80 long that there are people who read the
story OF this new discovery in Brooklyn with a
ekeptical air and sly confidential droop Of
the eyelid.
Prof. John T. Rees Of Columbia College re.
marked that the condition OF the observers
was good deal more important than the con-
ditlon OF tho heavens. Then he added
that he had not seen the comet. He con.
fessed that no had not been in his observa-
tory on the night Of the famous discovery. and
then insinunted that possibly tho moon might
have been playing tricks with some very good
people,, But the meanest thing he did was to
tell q story about man, who discovered q
comet with telescope. and when he looked at
i WITH thG ,; naked eye he found that it was only
.,1 That story was little too much for the pa
t1ce 81 tho Brooklyn astronomers, and yes
eral letters from persons who announced that
sney we're SOBER and not blind and that on
aetiy as their fellow townsman had asserted.
ip the northeast or the northwest. it was in
h so@ TSs ss6t Writer dere d
The points Of the is easily accounte ed for
TheB * sSd that the
walked by the stars for. seyenty-fve years
would lose his way the minute he struck the
compasses. sextant. and two Iuadrants. with
htheodolite and an astral body to be sure thut
over there 80 this e only ADDS ae to the
=. II everybody had agreed about the point Of
was last seen to switch its fiery tail that fuct
would have been sure evidence that tho Brook
TEaps sS S Sn hd Brooklyn
are scattered from Willamsburgh to Bay
Ridge may account for something Of the dis
ter from Luther E Powell Of 3Uo schermer-
horn street says:
1, Permit mo To eorroborate the statement of
comet last Sunday night. Four Of my fnmily.
returning home from Clinton street at 1910.
street Tor about fifteen minutes watching what hat
they concluded was a comet Clouds PASSED
teT Ss sbY ssa ss it.
was no longer visible. II the sky is clear to-
night and You look you will undoubtedly see it
dents OF this house il that Of u policeman
whose attention was called to it by those of us
mstate RoWover was IN The no as ane
not northwest Tho officials in tho Wcather
Bureau Bur eau, must have been sleeping Or of duty
to pestSsy dee%rs that th seT Was
sb Ss% fo4 last nFh. Wait and watch and verify
Tho four sober people to whom Mr.. Powell
sister Miss Msua Powell. Mr.: Arthur Taylor,
quits the policeman Of sobrety. 1t lust pos
siSIe that the comet ON n had police origin
comet yesterday afternoon. When she first
saT she tSsts be the Of
color. Then IT might DO Il meteor: But
that was dismissed because of the time it
remained visible. Might It be the Milky Way
No. Mrs. Tayloris familiar with tho heavens
sees it. She presented to herself every posi-
BILE theory. and dismissed 1t for good reasons
There remaincd nothing hut to accept it as II
comet; Mrs. TAYLOR talked with accuracy and
was largest in the middle. Tho POLICEMAN
was u tail on each side. Then she told about
other comets. which were accepted even by
notably the Encke comet. She discussed With
fuency and ease the history of comets. and re-
marked that she was surprised to see the
comet because it had not been predicted. But
why not again She was sure that, this was a
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles O'Shaughnessy Of 2O5
Madison street also saw the comet Mr..
O'Shaughnessy wrote this letter to HE Sun
MY Brooklyn friend, is correct. also saw
what appeared to be the tail OF II comet in the
sky. directly east. WAS walking down Madi-
son street and thought at first It was the re-
Election on tho sky from some largo fire; but.
tinctly; 1t was about half past ~ or q quarter
It will DO observed that all these people
watched the comet for twenty minutes or half
measy clouds hid it from their view. The sky
was clear. in spots. at times last night, and it
- hoped that some of tho sky sweepcrs got
their sweeping machines trained on Brooklyn's
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