Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . delicacy of thecolors, were surprisingly beautiful, as wastheir prismatic brilliancy. The skj itselfwas remarkably clear and cloudless—andthrough the celestial jihenomena, a fullmoon and inn
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . delicacy of thecolors, were surprisingly beautiful, as wastheir prismatic brilliancy. The skj itselfwas remarkably clear and cloudless—andthrough the celestial jihenomena, a fullmoon and innumerable stars were, all thewhile, distinctly visible. In Maryland, according to the observa-tions made at Emmettsburg, the first indi-cation of the auroras approach was givenas soon as it became dark, by the singularredness of the cumulo-stratus , nowentirelj covering the sky. Those in thenorth, south, east and west, all partook ofthe redness, the reflection from them beingstrong enough to give a red tinge to thesnow. The heaviest clouds retained theirdark color in the center, but they werebordered with red. During the hour inwhich this state of things existed, therewere no streamers, streaks of light, normerry dancers. Indeed, where the skycould be seen between the clouds, therewere no signs of an aurora, but rather adeep green sky. By seven, the moon 384 OUll FIRST CENTURY.— VIEW OF THE AURORA B0REALI8 IN ITS EARLY 8TAOE9. being risen, and tlie cloiuls liaving van-ished, nothing remained to show tliattlierehad been any unusual oceurrence. A littleafter nine, however, the sliy lieing per-fectly clear, an aurora suddenly si)rang ui),which, for magnificence, surpassed any-thing of the kind ever before witnessed inthat section. The streamers from theeast, west, and north, converged a fewdegrees south of the zenith, forming abeautiful auroral crown, red as scarlet, butintermingled with streaks of pale lij, were no merry dancers, but all lliuother ap
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