Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1916 — Eclipse of Sun Will Be Here On February 3rd. [ARTICLE]

Eclipse of Sun Will Be Here On February 3rd.

For a short time Thursday morning, Feb. 3rd, Rensselaer will be in darkness, according to predictions of astronomers and authors of the almanac, who state that on the above date at about 9 to 11 o’clock a total eclipse of the sun will .be witnessed. The last total eclipse of the sun was witnessed shortly after the civil war had quieted down in The south, during the latter years of the sixties, was poverty stricken from the ravages of the war, and when darkness enveloped the land at noonday, the people of the ignorant classes were awe stricken by the effect om the phenomena and fell to thfe earth in prayer, thinking the eve of a terrible calamity was upon them. Chickens went to roost and cockscrowed: Martins’ owils and other birds which fly by night appeared and candles were lighted in the dwelling. The eclipse predicted for February 3 is to be total and will be a reproduction of the one of 1869.