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and around the edges of the hole all the straws were pointing upwards. 
There were no other marks on his body or clothes, nor.on the ground 
where he stood. 
_ the appearances of the storm were as follows. The first part of 
the day was clear and pleasant; but about one o’clock, clouds were no- 
ticed in various parts of the heavens, and there were many indications 
t we were about to have one of the sudden,.severe, but short thun- 
der showers which are of frequent occurrence here. Soon after two - 
o'clock, two clouds were seen to rise rapidly and approach the zenith, 
one from the north, the other from the southwest. Frequent flashes of 
lightning were seen from them, showing that both were thunder clouds. 
Soon after the stroke by which the boy was killed, these two clouds 
met and passed off together to the southeast, and in a short time the sky 
was clear again. At the time the boy was killed, the cloud from the 
I have thus simply given the facts of the case. There are several 
bo It is the first case, so far as I know, of 
by lightning in the open air in the midst of a town. The ap- 
pearances of the hat and the clouds indicate that the boy was killed by 
a“ return stroke ;” the electricity passing from one cloud to the other 
could have, 
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are as follows :~— : ; 
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bath or vessel of iron, or other suitable material, in which, by m 
Of heat, they melt the zinc, and on the surface of the melted zinc place 
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deanine Zinc, Iron coated with Zinc, or other Metal, ite 4 ie 
4itloy,— is pu entees use a vessel of iron, of OM 
shital For this purpose the patentees One of the alloys 
material, in which the alloy is melted. 
