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and had run over. Several persons, who had examined it 
from time to time, were of opinion, that no water could have | 
fallen into it, ee that which descended directly from the 
clouds. In front of the house, on the south side, is a large 
court yard. Pr rom the gate to the front door is a gravelled 
walk, several rods in length. This walk is raised higher 
than ‘the adjoining grounds on each side. The owner re- 
turning home a little before sunset, found the water on this 
walk, from six inches to a foot deep. The water at this 
height must have been constantly and rapidly passing off in- 
to the creek. It is not known that water has been accumu- 
lated here from any other rain, to the depth of half an inch. 
About forty or fifty rods N. W. from this — a small 
wash-tub, standing in open ground, being twelve inches in 
‘— and having two inches of water in it when the rain 
ced, was observed about sunset to be full aoe ruo- 
ning over. How long it had been filled is not known 
mpty potash kettles, each of the capacity of ninety 
iilltnt stdugiaag on the west sides of a high and spacions 
building, about the middle of Main-street, the one about 
twelve, the other about sixteen feet from the building, so 
situated that an probably caught no water, except that 
which ss pexpenceuniacy from the clouds, were 
nearly or quite fi Much of t if thine gdeseo nded in ina 
coly ciaatinn direction. er eae 
A common sized pail, in a a fifty sods deel; anda 
——— in another yard, were both filled, and farravet, be- 
fore sun 
elias: bakingatah, situated on the west ere of sigh 
building, and so posited that it could not probably hav 
caught more than two thirds as much as it would have dene 
in open ground, had thirteen inches of water init. — 
At Mr. John Aalioys farm, five miles west from the court 
house, a common sized wash-tub, standing in ‘open ground, 
was filled, and ran over, before sunset. — 
I have been credibly informed that, at Madlioon i in a field, 
lying north of the turnpike, a large tub, estimated to be six- 
teen inches in depth, and an iro: 5 koa, of the capacity of 
pene to — gallons, both empty when the rain com- 
menced, and both standing. see —_— aes from any 
building ca Sled and ran over 
