The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-13
FOUND An AER0LITE
MRS. ALEXANDER OF 4ss CARROT.
WITNESSES THE FALL OF A
METEOR
DURING MONDAYS STORM.
NEXT DAY SHE MAKES INvESTiGA-
TION AND DISCOVERS THE
SUPPOSED MEFEORFTE.
new ORNAMENTS HER pARLoR.
1T Is 0vaI-ShaDed and Looks Like u
New England Boulder-Peculiar
Feature About Ii.
DURING MONDAYS STORM.
new ORNAMENTS HER pARLoR

Mrs. Alexander, residing at 486 Car
roll street, has been in direct commun-
ication with the stars through the me
dunn of a trail of fire and a big me-
teorite which landed near her on the
night of the terrific storm, week ago
Monday. Mrs. Alexander was a very
much frightened woman at the time
and hereafter prefers to use tele-
phone when a communication is estab-
lished with terrestrial bodies.
The storm broke, it will be remember
ed about 10 O'Clock, or shortly after
The air was filled with everything, but
even in her widest faneies Mrs. Alex
ander did not apprehend that the stars
would cut loose and drop pebbles down
on the sky lights Of terra ffrma But
they did,
She was standing on the front porch
whence all but her had fed viewing
the ravages of the storm The scene
was terrifying without the assistance
of terrestrial side shows Great
branches were being wrenched from
the trees, and the house shook to it's
foundation There was not soul on
the street, and the lady would have
been inside had she not believed her
self as safe in one place as another.
As she stood there, the curtain of
night seemed suddenly to part, while
heavenly fire fly dropped
There was a swish, a kissing sound,
and then dull thud which was dis
tfnctly heard by the lady She says
she plainly saw an object irregular in
shape, and at white heat, descend
from the sky twisting and turning in
its lightning-hke flight. 1t could not
have been thunder bolt, for there was
no ACCOMMODATING rnicn Of thunder
Mrs. Alexander was for the mo-
ment greatly startled, and stood root
ed to the spot, waiting to see what
would happen next. Then she went in
and informed her mother and the chill
dren what she had seen, but the idea
that shaving of some star had
dropped into town, was secuted. But
the lady insisted. and remarked that
she would prove it in the morning
Next day she told the children where
she had seen the mysterious ball of
fire alight, and the little ones went out
into an open lot to hunt up the funny
thing. They soon came back with the
information that there was a very
funny stone over in the lott A wheel
barrow was brought into use, and the
stone was transferred to the bay win
dow Of the Alexander residence where
it now occupies place of honor.
ECIC 10 very
about that stone, sure enough. 1t
weighs in the neighborhood of 100
pounds, and is egg shaped, grey In
color, and very hard If one were not
told that the stone had slipped over the
edge of Mars, the object might be mis-
taken for a New England boulder, for
it has the appearance of granite, in
many respects.
Running around the stone in a pecuI-
lar manner are two ridges, perhaps an
inch wide, the surface of which is as
smooth as glass. The balance of the
stone is pftted with small holes, and
rough, looking like boulder which had
become overheated, and had sloughed
off in the cooling process.
For stone which took a Journey of
a few million miles perhaps, it made
a very poor impression upon Mother
Earth; that is, it did not sink down
out of sight, and give out red hot
gasses, and terrifying sputters as me-
teors are supposed to. The stone bur-
ried but one third of it's body in the
ground, and then quit. AS yet no ex-
pert in terrestrial communication has
examined the stone; in fact, no expert
has heretofore been advised of the
aerolite'S arrival.