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rof. Farrav-s account of an electrical ^hpnoinenoij. Q[) 



lam iuformcd also ]>y another obscrvini:: 

 aaii,* who had collected a number of fact 



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traordinary phenoineiion, from persons in whom lie placed the 



highest confidence, that at AV^illiamstown, it uas seen h\ 



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n the ears and hair of his horse's head, on the whip of a 



nan who accompanied him, and on the hat of a 2<^^ntleman, 



attempting to brush it off, saw it extend itself over the 



part of his hat ; and that at Williamstown, Vermont, it 



observed by a company of fourteen persons. 



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returning from a religious meeting, on horses, bushes, fences, 

 logs, and on each other. In one instance a quantity ol logs and 

 brush appeared perfectly luminous. The preacher broke off sev- 

 era! boughs, on the ends of which the fluid rested. In several cas- 

 es when he presented his hand, the fluid hissed with the appear- 

 ance and noise of the electric spark. At this lime, it snowed 

 very fast, at the rate, as was supposed, of 6 inches in an hour ; the 

 lightning was frequent, and the thunder heavy. At Williams- 

 town it rained principally, and also at Brattleboroiigh. But from 



Adams through Wilmington to Brattleborough it snowed with 

 great rapidity. 



A still more particular account of these electrical appearances 

 was communicated to me in a letter from a young gentleman,! a 

 member of Union college, Schenectady, who was at thi« time 

 residing: at Audover, Vermont, and wa.a a vvitnpss nf w!i«* ho, 



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lates. The follow ins is his statement. 



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*<In the evening of the 17th of January I8I7, as I was return- 

 ing from a neighbour's house in company with another young 

 man, between the hours of ten and eleven, we observed that the 



Professor Dewey of Williams College. t Joel Manning, jun. 



