The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30
FREiKS OF MAINE LIGHTNING.
Singular Antics Made by Electricity from
the Skies-Some Narrow Escapes.

Singular Antic. Made by Electricity from
the Skies-Somc Narrow Escapes.
PITrsFIELD, Me. July 2S.-Tales OF narrow
escapes and strange adventures experienced
by the farmers and woodsmen OF eastern
Maine aro growing more plentiful ms tho sea-
son advances and summer visitors begin TO
hang hnmmocks and Chinese lanterns on tho
pia2zas OF their cottages. During one short
thundershower last week moro than twenty
persons were knocked down and rendered. in-
sensible but among them all there was not
one who was killed or seriously injured Dr.
Partridge OF Stetson. who was rid Ing home
when the sky was raining thundorbolts, met .
horse fell dead in the shafts and the steel tires
were peeled on from the buggy wheels as II
aSy h out 2 1se T
from his cigar from the time the accident hap
penod qntiihe had reached shelter in the house
Charles Curtis OF Springfield assisted by a
small dog, was driving his cows homo from
above his head. stunning him until long, past
mp e When he Sesn h. o0nd
the dog converted into a shapeless mass q
cinlGrs The metal collar about the dogs neck
hsa eefr benSs a a IN R
Curtis was able TO go. out and buy cows 10 nil
the yacapScies which lightning had made in his
struck with fury. Two o! them vented 70 run
W camp u udll u mQ AWAY. ETou hECheT Dlleu
some bark slantwise. against an overturned
tree and persuaded his companions to crowd
Il sf hs hey liz
empty camp and scattered the log walls over
snS Ell 0 ioSs The soS sb 9
The honey beds melted and ran down to the
ground, leaving h,I the empty combs intact Every
The weather hos We'd with electricity In cut
the % 81 al hs 6.ans
and other tender vegeta bles in northern Aroo-
stock eoany In the tHwn Gf Bne where
berries for the Boston markets, the pickers
had to yelEE overcoats and gloves to keep out
rhibious woodsmen who are steering the West
Branch drive to the Bangor sawmils wore
foot Of Illness Pond in Ovington the weather.
wise muskrats began TO construct their conical
mud houses. convinced beyond doubt that
Cod weather and erratlc thunderbole en-
tered into partnership for the purpose Of maxi
He He had fHIshed Rayins before the cold snap
came on, and had gone to q camp In stumblow
marE IKE The camp STANDS on The division M ne
DAYS after PRscal's arrival in camp The town
no. You d9p't.,S said Pascal. II know you"
rods away. and kept on with his chonping.
The loIlowing afternoon the constable o.
Holden returned IN company with tho
night watch from ,Bucksport Pascal saw
making sarcastic remarks to his callers.
Shortly after this deputy sheriff from Penob-
scot county came out to see Pascal. but didn't
reach tho camp soon enough to prevent him
from strnddlnR over q log into Hancock
county. Later when deputy from Hancock
county came along. Pascal was piing wood In
Penobscot county After a week Of lodging
about the officers told Pascal that he had been
drawn to serve OH the jury at q term OF court
to be held in bangor in August. and that they
had COM out for the purpose OF giving him
legal notice.
As Pascal could earn twice as much serving
oh the Jury as he could cutting cordwood. he Is
sorry he nut the officers to so mitch trouble.
particularly so because all their time. fees and
travelling expenses will be taken out OF his
pay. On reaching home he had further reasons
for regret During his absence In the woods
lightning had struck his house and burned it
to the underpnning.