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in that vicinity :—“ About 7 o’clock on that morning as I was about to 
leave my bed chamber, I was startled by two distinct and very heavy ex- 
plosions, so that I immediately ran to the window and looked over toward 
the Shaker village hill, where I knew they were blasting stones to build 
the great dam in that village, but could see no smoke at all, the sky being 
clear and the weather beautiful. The noise was so startling as to call 
the attention of every one about the premises, and various persons in our 
house (a large farm house) went out of doors, and others to the window, 
to see what was the matter. The house trembled so as to be noticed by 
all of us—a family of over twenty people, and more than half were in 
the house at the time. 
“ We supposed some powder mill had exploded, but heard during the 
day that two of the ‘Shakers,’ Messrs. Calvert and Chase, (two miles from 
here,) who were out in the field, had their ores drawn to a bright 
light i in the sky, when they saw a meteor, which exploded apparently in 
the vicinity of Pittstown, and immediately the great report followed. The 
were looking north, while my window es 5 but I might not have 
seen the meteor if I had looked north, as the two ‘Shakers’ were on 
bigh hill, while I was in a valley. [This fully sarin Mr. Ball’s account}. 
brother, with three others of our amily, was riding in a carriage, 
on hie way to Canaan to meet the cars, atthe time of the explosion, and 
the noise was so great as to excite — from all in the puiee” and 
to make both the horses jump as though frightened. The noise was 
heard at all the neighboring village, and —— through ies rales 
and hills like very heavy thunder. It was heard at ‘Columbia Hall,’ a 
Lebanon Springs, one and a half miles from here, a not so geared as 
we heard it, as the explosion occurred north of us, and that hotel stands 
on “ e south side of a high hill.” 
om Morristown, Lamoille county, Vermont, twenty-five miles north 
of Montpelier, Mr. hatterton writes, that the meteor was seen 
the same time as noticed elsewhere, by himself and others. “The sun 
was shining brightly at the time, and its course was towards the south.” fe 
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The pian Evening Journal of Aug. 20th has the following item - 
“Garritt Vanderpool, a well-known and highly respected fa 
en miles from this city, and one mile west of the  Beaklchenn checks 
hen at work in his barn, on the morning of the mysterious commotion 
eretofore referred to, and about two minutes after the oe which had 
attracted his attention had ceased, he heard what sounded lik e a small 
