Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-05-26
COMET STOCK Is
AWAY BELOW PAR
Thousands Rubber Necked Until Mid
night. bat Failed TO See
HALEY Wanderer.

RICHMOND. NA.-SpeciaL-It re-
1uires mo- folio volume 20 contain the
leu,iniscenCes 90 those who Kept Vigils
Wednesday night n the hope OF
sle.r- -somethlu- drop 80 hen Hai-
Ie1 s. comet whlsAed us tall into tn'
.orrl-atet face uf Dld Mother Earth
NcVer Was there free show which
save less ~trsfa. don. a.-t c3 ulil-
night thousands % people in tnis c.f1
had reached the conclusion that tne
celestial hobo was tour-husher o-
On the other hand. the Mistress
Moon. though hopeIessly out ot the
uwel-ht for the time being. was
. never more lustrous. winsome or
f beautiful. Having been tipped OF that
be- the hit made uy The mas steriuue
f astral NaEraut She coucentr4tcu a..
. her powers az illumination. and Hood
cd the world in radiant ight-
Thousands % stars likewise srnll
.u-.g cid business az their old stands
4 AID ~.u.iN btiaked down ON millions
~ eApr.talt rlbucr-ueC kers. Before
I re nfent was over rney saw dis
-ls-ei throuE that somehow suspect
I'D ir fad been faxed and didn't quite
s1ow whom 90 blame
If there was aul lllng weird. un-
.aurV. spectacular Or unusual, Do toch
she squirting w.seacres sguattiE
f toWn before the lenses 90 telescope '
+ .o detect b. Certainly thc ru.-a
hero saw nothing thas gave them
single thrin. unless. indeed. sir-..
meteor that whitfield across Are e.at
ern Sky about 1850 can Ne counte'
les such.
This meteor. 1y some optmists. WA
taken as The precursor 90 otner sNpot
trE stars. lut obs lousy tle planet
Dad not selected last rl-nt cas- au cc
p. rasiou Tor target practice.
p Nor were th-Te amy roNous Easeou
{ smells--iha- ii. ans smells tnaf Wrf
:. worse thau usual rnou-n uanl alIa
81 mobile parties consistently cll VIVA
r. lhe1 rclld to rulule che atuU- r.rt
r. p.rh tLe.r gasoline.
\. Coroner Taylor. whose eutertalnir
H. Interview. wh.ch appeared in ints g.,
q per yesterday. undoubtedly DID c. -re,
II deal tn aliay the fears ~ tle super
-rIt.ous. he predicted that the mra.
E |nf fhe comet ral VI ith tne earth So 10
be- cneau-I AFFAIR. atsol.telE I'D
II void ~ any feature calculated tu e'
cite or terrify. and assuredl5 Dee nit
.r exactly right
Rut despite thls. there were unto
"a thousands ln EiChmuul-ler aloI
- millions elseN here--wno kept nnpI
~ .nl hoping flat tE-y would see e DO
81 thing remarkable.
Broad Street. up 20 a late hour. "
~ thronged with people. who kept tht
II ueCks twisted heaEeuHar1. lille eve
polut OF elevation Ban the city was %
- cupled by self-appointed astronorn "a
4 The people in the theaters nome
rarily expected 20 DE called out lr
the open o. look upon somethlng aw
e Inspiring. but their expectation we
not realized.
Verify Wednesday night cannot
put in the category OF neyer-to-be-i
1 gotten nights. II IL is the comet q
1. was 70 make IL memorable. On eve
side there Is q halfway feeling OF
sentiment. and the worst part about
1, is that 81 is hard % FIX the blame.
While nobody wished 90 get kil
!. , either by meteorltes or suGocati
4, everybody did want al least a touch
1ls appre henslou or a thrill OF some 81
Do To add 20 the general regret thl
q now come statements from cert
q. learned men that they dOnL even
80. lieve the cagdal appendage ~
Ace celebrated hobo hit the earth. Ti
say the TAIL has curve. and th
lel therefore. the swat didn't come
~ according 10 program.
In view OF this and other cortrat
.rr tory predictions. none OF which ca
ere true. scientists don't cut much ice
o. Richmond today. and comet stoc
-ne way below par