lOS Prof. Farrar^s account of an electrical lihenomenon* 



"The above-mentioned blazes of light were precisQly like the 

 appearance upon a wire, in a dark room, over-charged with posi- , 

 tive electricity. All that I can say of the circumstances necessa- 

 ry to produce these blazes is, that we observed them on stakes 

 in the fence biglier than other substances near them^ antl extend- 

 ing to a considerable depth in the ground^ and when they were 



dj the blazes disppeared, and were succeeded by 



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Appearances similar to the above^ it is said^ were observed a 

 few years ago at Colchester, Connecticut, and on the iOth of 

 March 1817? at Shelburn, Hampshire County, Ms. During a 

 thunder storm at the latter place, a light appeared on a well-pole 

 when elevated. Upon its being drawn down, the light gradual- 

 ly diminished, and at length entirely vanished. When the pole 

 was raised again, it reappeared. 



