Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1877 — Incidents of the Late Earthquake. [ARTICLE]

Incidents of the Late Earthquake.

When the earth shook at Fort Edward, N. Y., last Sunday, the wife of a prominent resident poked him under the third rib, and in a hoarse whisper informed him that there were burglars in the house. He had lived in South America, and had felt the pulse of Mother Earth; so he only yawned. “Go down stairs and drive them out,” said his gentle partner. “ Why, it’s nothing but an earthquake, mj dear,” was his sleepy response ; “ and there’s no need of my getting up and taking cold.”

A policeman in Montreal had his eye on the Queen’s statue early Sunday morning, when the earth trembled. Her arm seemed to move and beckon the huge Bonaventure block to topple over on him. The policeman rubbed his eyes and muttered, ‘ ‘ Well, I must have three drops too many. ” Not far away in St. Urbain street, a cat smelt the earthquake before it came, and jumped upon abed where a gentleman lay sleeping. He started up and frightened the cat still more, so that she sprung upon him and clawed his face. He stooped to find a boot to fling at her, but before he had time to lift it came the earthquake. Then there was a soldier, who kept his father’s sword in a scabbard suspended over his bed. The earthquake reversed the scabbard and the sword slipped out and fell upon the bridge of his nose. An earthquake is very ]olly when a fellow finds out that his prayers were premature.— New York Tribune.