The Greeley tribune., 1906-12-27
r0p1c DARK DAYS
,c.ITERRoR TO THE
FS' oe NEW ENGLAND.

e0"~ nav of Judgment Wa. ~
pra,e Legislator
|. May 10, 1880 has become 1a,'
u.s., A"I in history MS the dark
~" a,,boDgh it has been traced
a' " ,"nses, It's coming brought
=, msny communities whose In
heating the day of judG'
,.oa made haste TO seitie
as hest they might before
b should sound ,. -. ,,r
nr woman in the tumuit OF her
" messenger TO Rev. Mather
,ii,iop says, TO inquire the
sncb an alarming occurrence
lister claimed no special lhlof
70 the unusual visitation and
bo was "as much i'll the
+, as any of his parishion'
,,oss came on between IL
o,ock and speedily had become
,h,t candles were lighted IN
os and men on the streets
,icote only with lanterns. Ihe
Ejuc sung their evening songs,
led. fowls retired to roost' and
oued, apparently deeming 1t
ness just before dawn.
connecticut legislature some
bre timorous members, unable
10 another's faces, sought an
lant but a certain Mr.. Daven-
he'd undying fame when he
said.
lo,ker it is either the day OF
or it is not. If it is not, there
of adiourning. If 1t Is. l de-
. found doing my duty. l
candles ba brought and that
N to business.
of the phenomenon extend
falmouth, now Portland, Me-,
II as Albany, n. Y, and from
krnmost settlements of New
south along the seacoast to
ey. 1t varied in Intensity,
ess being greatest, according
liter, DR.. Samuel Tenney of
H., in the county of Essex.
te.
Herschel asserts that nc
xplanation of the occurrence
found, other scientists have
for the phenomenon upon
ition that fires in the dense
York county, Me-, and also
ampshire. which had been
two or three weeks with un-
stubbornneSs and extent,
|rmous clouds of smoke and
|eh, held in suspension over
it about the height of the
TOPS, prevented the SUMS
enetrating.
fal days previous to this
n.y. the air had been full Of
yapor and the sun and
abnorlnally red. The
of unusual colors, and 1t
ed that green objects took
green, yerging into azure,
objects usually white were
yellow.
appeared to cast shade In
tion, and there were sew
atlons in the atmosphere,
ne aurora borealis, but no
appearances of electric
one writer. The vapors
dly noxious. for after the
hnally cleared it was found
small birds had been suf,
lin descending In some To-
found to be black as ink,
surface Of rivers and 9TH
water appeared a scum
'he odor of burnt leaves.
'tedly proves the theory Of
les.
less lasted all of Friday,
'orded that when the time
fSness had come it was
rally could be cut with a
|as the Egyptian article of
''er observed that n sheet
per held a foot from the
lore visible than a piece of
velvet.
pposed to have been writ
'a' tine is in part as fol-
'ss, s, ,he nineteenth day.
hundred eighty,
n'sht-a doleful sight,
transactions weighty.
IL ~ sung notes most shrill,
" cotes retreated.
WIS, excepting owls.
N'''s We're seated.
o,s noeks stood still rs stocks
aus We're hying,
,pS 9Id dared not to scold
children crying.
S NJ most thought was com.
aras em Ensland's borders:
,r ,rea, felt unprepared
dreadful orders.
II curious eye,
! :. 'ae y. phenomenon,
~ Freely confessed
uncommon one.
a,, NJ; 10 ease all doubt
alf a minute. '''
as az iny, ia !, full of dIsmay.