The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07

amazing things were discovered. In a
field on the edge of the village a large
flock of sheep were pasturing. The
sheep had all huddled together, as sheep
will during q thunderstorm, and We're
still huddled when the surprising clap
came. When the owner Of the sheep
went to the field to see if anything had
befallen his flock, he found every sheep
standing just as they had huddled in the
storm, but out of the forty in the flock
eighteen were dead. Not one of the dead
sheep had fallen to the ground. That
was strange enough, but the eighteen
dead sheep were black sheep, all the
others in the flock being white and I'M
hurt. Each dead sheep had hole in the
back of its neck around which the wool
was burned away.
"On farm a short distance from the
village big flock of sheep had gathered
in a circular bunch during the storm, and
every outside sheep was killed, twenty in
all, and all white fleeced On that same
farm, but in another field, was a small
flock of sheep, all white except one, which
was a big black ram. The ewes all hud-
died about the ram while the storm
ragged and when the thunder clap came
the ram was killed, no harm Detailing one
of the other sheep. More than that the
rams fleece had been turned by the shock
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flock. That was all the damage that was
reported during the hour l was in Baily-
vile, but it was enough TO convince me
that Ohio lightning knew a few tricks that
Pennsylvania lightning hadn't learned
yet.
my friend Simon Frey lives at Big Oil
Valley with his wife and 7-week sold
baby. One day Simon was hurrying home
from the valley trying to get there before
a big thunder storm that was coming up
caught him. The rain began falling be-
fore he got there, and was coming down
for certain when he drove into his barn.
Simon stood in the barn door waiting for
the rain to slack up, when his house was
struck by lightning. II seemed TO hit
both chimneys at once, and streak of
fire ran from one chimney along the peak
of the roof, and midway between the two
chimneys it met another streak Of fire
that was flashing along the peak from the
other chimney, or rather where the
chimney had been, for both chimneys
were knocked into brick dust by the
lightning. When the two fiery currents
met in the centre of the ridgepole there was
an explosion like the discharge of a can
non, and fountain of blush flame, that
threw off swapping and zigZagging sparks
and Jets of fire, shot up into the air at
least ten feet. Then all was over, the
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three seconds.
"Simon was only three rods away from
the house, but felt not the slightest eff
fects of the terrible shock. He ran to
the house, not knowing what hOrrifyiug
sight might await him there, as 1t
seemed impossible that his wife and baby
could have escaped death beneath that
terrific electrical bombardment. But
they had and after the first shock of his
fright was over Simon couldn't do any
thing else but lie down and almost burst
with laughter, the lightning had brought
about so ludicrous a situation in the
house Mrs. Frey was sitting on the
kitchen table, her head resting against
the wall. In one hand she held a rolling
pin, while the other was buried to the
wrist in a roll of dough She was COW
cred with flour from head TO foot The
baby lay in a basket of newly washed
clothes in a far corner of the kitchen,
yelling at the top of its lungs. The babys
cradle was turned upside down in the
centre of the room
when Mrs. Frey recovered from her
dazed condition, which was not for some
time she gave her recollection of the oc-
Currence. She was rolling out bread
dough on the table. mound Of -four lying
before her. The baby was asleep in its
cradle Suddenly she heard a strange
and loud buzZing in her head, and felt
herself being lifted bodily from the floor.
That was all she knew Of what happened.