Weekly Messenger, Volume 5, Number 228, Vevay, Switzerland County, 14 May 1836 — Page 1

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PRINTER'S RETREAT, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MAY M, IS3G, VOIj. V. NO, 22

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VIUNTKI) AN!) mtLlSHKO jhad not a momrnl's doubt that she consider BY lYIfjIjlATfiL C. KE'lKX. jed her fate sealed, and was already beyond TERM For tif'y-lwo numbers, three t,,e foar of death. She was conducted or rajoi.i,.vs,il" not paid until the expiration of thc!lMcr hurried to the staircase, which was near year two iwm.vrs and i n tv I hxts, if paid '"" a,,d 'hen seized by her limbs and clothes, within the year and two dollars, paid i. ;i,ul 111 f'lct almost dragged up stairs, in the advance. " sense the superior had intended. I took hold No subscription received for less than six of Iter too more gently indeed than some of nvonths'inless paid in advance. jtllc '"''St; J'-'1 1 encouraged and assisted them Subscribers, who receive their papers by jin dairying her. I could not avoid it. My private post, to pay 25 cents postage. " refusal would not have saved her, nor preven-

iSo paper discontinued until all arrearages jleu ner ei"g carried up; it would only Have

exposcu me 10 some severe punishment, as I believe some of my companions would have seized the first opportunity to complain of

;ire paid, and notice to stop it sent to the of

luc in writing. Advertisements inserted, at the usual

rates. Except persons advertising eloped j,nt-

rompanions, when i$, will be demanded for a

icmale, and .. for a male.

MI the way iin the staircase St. Francis

poke not a word, i.or made the slightest re-

rApproved produce, delivered at this of-instance. When wc entered with hrr to the

room to winch she was ordered, my heart sunk wYiin me. The Bishop, the Lady Superior, and live I'riests, viz: Bonin, Richards,

Savage, and two others, I now ascertained,

' fice, or such other place as may be agreed up on, taken in pa ment.

From the rew York Observer. AWFUL DISCLOSURES.

A little ISmo. volume, of 231 pages, enti

tled "Awful Disclosures by Maria Monk,"

were assembled for her trial, on some charge

of great importonec. hen we had brought our prisoner before

them. Father Richards bep-.-in toooestion hpr.

has just been published by Howe & Hates, and she made read v but calm replies. I can-

of this city. It purports to he a statement by j,,ot pretend to give a connected account of Miss Monk, kofher suffering? during five ; what ensued: my feelings were wrought up to years a novice, and two years a Black Nun,!SUch a pitch, that I knew not what 1 did, or in the Hotel Dieu Nunnery, at Montreal." Uvhat to do. 1 was under a terrible anprc-

Alter her escape Irom the nunnery, Miss M. hension that if I betrayed the feclines which

gave birth to a child, almost overcome me. I should fall under the

displeasure of the cold blooded prosecutors of my poor innocent sister; and this fear on the one hand, with the distress I felt for her on the other, rendered me almost frantic. As soon ss 1 entered the room, I had stepped into a corner, on the left of the entrance, where 1 might partially support myself, by leaning against the wall, between the door and window. This snpport was all that prevented m from falling to the floor, for the confusion of my thoughts was so great that only a few of the words I had heard spoken on either side made any lastiner imoressions

upon me. I felt as if struck by some insupportable blow; and death would not have been

came to this citv, and

the fruit, as she asserts, of her connexion with

one of the Catholic i'riests. The offspring of the nuns, by the priests, she says, are frequently murdered : a::d she relates the particulars in several cases, in which she professes to have been an cyc-wilnes. We are slow to believe much that is said in some zealous Protestant papers, of the iniquity of Catholic priests.and arc not without doubt as to the truth of the disclosures in this volume. Some respectable gentlemen in this city, who have spent time in examining Miss M. with a view

lo satisfy themselves respecting the truth of

her statements, we understand, profess to be convinced that they are worthy of belief. Whether they arc true or false, our opinion of conven'.s and of the confession, will remain the same. They undoubtedly afford great facilities for commission of crimes here alledged to have been perpetrated. As a specimen of the style and disclosures of the book, wc copy the following account of the murder of a nun:

ing this time, iny leelmgs were almost too

strong to be endured. 1 felt stupified, and

scarcely was conscious of what 1 did. Still fear for myself remained in a sufficient degree to some uxeition and I attempted to talk to those who stood next, partly that 1 might have an excuse for turning away from the

dreadful scene. After the elapse of fifteen or twenty minutes, and when it was presumed that the sufferer had been smothered, and crushed to

death, Father Bonin and the nuns, ceased to

trample upon her, and stepped from the bed. All was motionless and silent be.ieath it. They then began to laugh at such iuhuman thoughts as occurred to some of them, rallying each other in the most unfeeling manner, and ridiculing me for the feelings which I in vain endeavored to conceal. They alluded to the resignation of our murdered companion, and one of them said tauntingly said, "She would have made a good catholic martyr." After spending some moments in such conversation, one of them asked if the corpse should be removed. The superior said it had better remain a little while. After waiting a

short lime longer, the feather bed was taken off, the cords unloosened, and the Lody taken

by the nuns and dragged down stairs. 1 was

informed that it was taken into the cellar,

and thrown unceremoniously into the hole

which I have already described, covered with

a great quantity of lime, andafierwards'sprink-

led with a liquid, ot the properties and name

of which I am ignorant. This liquid I have seen poured into the hole from large bottles after the necks were broken olF, and have

heard that it is used in France to prevent the

efiluvia rising from cemeteries.

1 did not soon recover from the shock caus

ed by this scene; indeed, it still recurs to me,

with the most gloomy impressions. The next

day there was a melancholy aspect over eve

ry thing, and recreation time passed in the

dullest manner; scarcely any thing was said

above a whisper. I never heard much said

afterwards about St. Francis.

in to do a great deal of good, and to do it all dric l, it U spread thinlv

more frightful to me. I am inclined to the belief, that Father Ilichards wished to shield the poor prisoner from the severity of her fate, by drawing from her expressions that might bear a favorable construction. He asked her among other tilings, if she was not sorry for what she had been overheard to say. (for she

had been betrayed by one of the nuns,) and if

Une day the Superior sent lor me and sc- S1C would not prefer confinement in the cells

shop soon interrupted him. and it

vcral other nuns, lo receive her commands at jto the punishment which was threatened her.

a particular room. We tound the bishop Uut the Bish

From the Commercial Advertiser. Down East, 11th March, 1S30. Dear sir: Sargeant Joel Downing stop'd at my house as he came along from Congress. He was so altered I was a great deal put to it

at first to know him. Savs 1, sargeant Joel,

is that you? Savshc, squire Strickland, I don't much wonder you ask me that question, for 1 ask it myself almost every time 1 look in the looking-glass, says 1, you look sick: he said the gineral had put more on to him this session than he ever did before; and the fact is, "I'm a good dealoffthe hooks, for besides advising the government and looking after the cabinet, I've been trying to keep congress right till I'm almost beat out and discouraged." He told me what with one thin" and another.

though they had been reported by some of sitting up late of nights and talking over mat-

llie nUnS. WHO had heard thrm- thn c m ctill trrc ivlth t in rrnrornmnnt n m rr.l li'iamin.l

....uc.p.. . m, i m,,nc ,e .w jWlshL.d to escape from the convent, and that into such a habit of thinking that he could'nt strange that St. tram is should be in the room s!,f. h.i.l lii-mU- nnlvr.l r,,; n :. i ... i.r. : ......

which the Superior directed us. It was an :to compel her to the commission of crimes he should envmost ,ro erazv. And sn one d., v

i l" v" ... .. -'.winch she dctesled. She added that she after he'd cot two or three messages blocked

prep.i.e.oi me lomumuiou, .iiki 10 w men we j WOll Id rather dm than muse hn r,lr f ,,f ,1 r,v,t c.K rl,m...,l.; ,c l,

voluntarily went, whenever we felt the com-, larmc,s babcs rmhtt,.rn ,m. s:vsbe."l ri-.bt ..n and told the

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,n,e..on our .g.ionuue oi uuiy, anu a l hlxt ,s enough, to finish her!" sni.l Iho rnvrnnunt nlninlv. :iv I. .rinr.nl lo mt

the m.sinstructions wc received, inclined us I)ihop. Two nuns instantly fell upon the the head ache and a pain in my side, no appe-

. ....... ...... ... ;voung woman, and in obedience to directions tile, and besides 1 haintvery well mysell,and had seen her there a little belore. U hat tor- jVen bv the simenor. nrpn .m,! tn Pvor,.tJcn if v.. r, nv e.-.r rr.r. I or vm.

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inn-u ...c ""-.tiiJi, ni a .iu;;ijf m ill- her sentence. must let me go down east a spell, and see ll I

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same piois ..e. , ,mu Sie.i.u.j;u. an was casy to perceive her late as sealed, and unusual tone of hcrccness and authority, shc w:.s determined she should not escape. In said, "Go to the room for the examination of reply to somc Df lhe questions put to her, she conscience, and drag St. Francis up stairs." . .vas silent: to others. 1 heard l.pr vnm r.nl,-

INothmg more was necessary than this unusn-;s,e did not repent of words she had uttered

ai command, wuii me tone anu manner which accompanied if, . to excite in me the most

at once, and that no boddy else shan't do any.

ell says 1, sargeant Downing I'm glad you was at that temperance convention to Albany, the people will want your views about it, but

just now I want to know more about congress.

says he squire Strickland, you may well !k

me about congress, for I sposc no man except

mr. Van Buren and myself knows a thimble full about it and well we may for he and I have fixed over and over the consciences of almost ali the members except mr. Wise's. His'n he would'nt let us have at all. But mr. Adams said we might have his in welcome as long as wcr'e hamind to. And so we fix'd it over till it would go any side up, but when we sent it back it got out of place somc how. which is the reason he talked so double and twistical. He could talk on both sides, but come to votin,he could'nt vote on both sides at once so well as he wanted to. Says 1, sargeant Downing isn't it that Qin mister Adam's name that makes so quear? Well, says he, 1 think it like enough, it would be it good a reason for his strange conduct as he ever gave himself. And now Fll tell you just what it is, squire Strickland, if you'll let us have a bottle of that old cider of yours and a pipe, we'll talk over how matters go, down to Washington. Says i, Joel I've got some

cider that has got a body lo it, yes and as you may say, a kinder soul too which l'r& kept a

purpose agin some popular man come along, and so if you'll stay over night. I'll go and do

my chores, and see lo things a little and this

evening we'll have a thorough talk about the government and them southerners, for I'm mighty feared congress will strike yet for something or other, seeing the party arc a doin it all about the country.

When! come in from lodcring, says, I, sar

ver a ball of Hav

ana astnc gum hardens, uecesive layers f.re added, until lhe desired thickness is obtained. The clay is now reduced to n.-.v(l..r i... i....

J owning

gcant

tins instruction

ing the gum remains in the shape cf a peranecked bottle, in which form it is most frequently imported. The gum is however now frequently fund in olher Thapes, and its black appearance is owir.u to its exposure rf the smoke in dry ing. Theu has hitherto been considerable dillicuh in di-solving it. m0, f

the common solvents used f..r the other gums producing little or no effect uuon if. Purg

ed napiha, or what h, this country is usually

termed Seneca oil, Ins been most frequently and sua ess fully used for this purpose. One of the most valuable uses to which India rub

ber has been applied, is the rendering of leath

er, or boots and shoes, impervious to water, and thus securing (hat important rrnnitiip f,.

health, dry feet. Various kinds of lubber paste and blacking have within a few years been offered to the public all good no doubt, but still at sucli prices, that common farmers, whosurely need a preservative of ibis kind against the elfect of almost continued exposure, were not, to any considerable extent, able lo avail themselves of the benefit. Mv object in this ppcr is lo stale for the benefit of'thv brother farmers and,. -.11 who have suffered as I have done the ronscqnences of wet feet, the the manner in which 1 prepare this substance for my own use, and which I find to answer every desirable purpose. 1 take common tal

low, say one pound and melt it in a small kettle holding about two quails; the ordinarv skillct would answer the same end. I have ready for use, cut into as fine strips or pieces as may be convenient, frcm four lo six ounces of India rubber, and when the tallow begin to get pretty hot, 1 pui it in tl C film, nii.t irrrwl.

thinking about , a'b' '"crease the Jieat. until by stirin" I find it

ner; second the expression she used, being

She still maintained all the calmness and I

.... llXln Iw. ((,.. Pk' ..... I I l,lnKl .. -

i tout; oiui ........ if . ..i.u ... iiiu filllint:a3 ruiu iriiiv tl fc ll lllllt utiu:i i itun . a i nun n i i i. "a

French term, whose peculiar use I had learnt .submission of a lamb. Some of those who like as any way, the government would be in

in the convent, and whose meaning is rather ;t00k part j the transaction. 1 believe were as a huf about it: but no such thinsr. the old he-

f. i i- i . . . . . j .i.t .i ... i .... ... . ' . . r1 '

souencu wncn iran5..ieu um. n,nr; umu, ..ic unwilling as mysell; but of others I can safely ro is asgood natured. when he's pleased as any

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piace u wmi-.i we w..3 uueeieu iu wm; iin. 8ay believe they delighted in it.

ss, and this telling con- completely dissolved, and incorporated lo, and what they mt;s-!wi,M t,lc billow, wliilethe process is going on, i just as they're told,1'1 violently, and large vohimes of

I've been

business,

grcss what they must di

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not uo, anu incn a uoin just as I he vie told, ,l " """" loienin-, and large volumes of

now what is the use oi any congress at all? , pmigeni smoKe will be thrown oif but I h-,v,.

Why cant the instructions be sent right on to',lcV( r known it lo take fire, or other danger or

the government by the mail, and to save all "icoiivcnicnce result fir m the prcnaralion. the expense and trouble, and pullingand haul-1 llc" lls prepared it is ipphed with a brush

ing, and tr.Uin agin a most every thing the go- 1,1 l"e same manner as tallow to boots and

boots and

vernmcnt wants to have done?

Strickland, says h j that's what the gineral and 01 ,;iml' 'duck combined with (he 'ma

1 and mr. an Burv?n have been a trvin to do ",ltM1 inched, will furnish blarkincr

3

to the:

ever since we got a

Sariin that's the ,c"'l',cr, and if any choose, (hey canadd the

simplilym plan which we ve got a most to work J1'";" n'gredicnts kr making a pasle lor poland should quite if wehad'nt been a hindered. ,,5,i,t,S Farmers, however, are generally cen-

oit see, when we ve got congress to go right, Ic,,l " lhcY i'n keep (heir boots and shoes and to dow hal the people and the government siml'b' blacked and water proof, and this the

wants to have "em do, why then you see it Pro,c'1" "pphration of the above cheap and cawoul I be plain, that (he neonlc themselves p)' preparation, will t ei tain! v ensure. Th-.-.t

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. ...nnoi ue injurious lo leather when used in this way, the nature of the substance, and epeuenee would both detennine. For India rubber, 1 have always used overshoes, of which a supply can in general be readily obtained, always rejecting (he most worn, burned. r

lau.cr ueiective parts. The spring of tin

J ear is the lime farmers

could tell the government what they wanted if ':,I1"ot be injurious lo leather when used

to have done.jiK-l as wcil as to tell congre

and then congress to tell the government.

pring oi me

ue most exposed,

iitrrpitincr voi.iit ivnnnn and thi nerson ns-

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Now, you see, if congress was only out of the way, it would bring the government jnst so much nearer the people as by the whole space congress takes up. Now, for the last two or three years no one could tell when congress

was a goin, nor what they wanted to do when i11110" ' 'uu confident the use of this preparation

they got there 'here was such a pulling this Wl" prevent many a rheumatic twinge, if itway and a tugging that, a making motions should ward oil nothing worse from him who and hollei in o.dcr, and cyein and noin, squire , 1:5 compelled to be out at all seasons. Strickland, ilidyoueverseeacaidiiigmachineJ: intn- Gnuussce Farmer. I know you have. And you've seen a ba!ch of wool put in, and one wheel would scratch 'YWV. PRINTEU AN EXTRACT, it this way, and another that, and whUkitover' Perhaps it may not be amiss to remember .1 i i . . . r . i . i -. i i . Mi 'i.i'ii. J: ww

anu unoer anu om oi Mgoi, anu you couiu ill ' in uiM-cajrse. lie 1

had come of it? Well, 'twas iust disagreeable situation. If

congress, only worse. Congress was be knows not w hom;

caidin machines one ri

guess what

Their body, and when the pleaguy United States

conduct certainly exhibited a most blond- bank is out nf bis head he's sometimes ronsid-

scmbled there, as I supposed to condemn her. j ihirstv snirit. But above, all others nnni. Lhlr rational, and so snvs bp. whv if vm.

My fears were such concerning the fate that; and above all human fiends I ever savv, I think must you must; I don't know how to spare c awaited her, and my horror at the idea, that St. Hypolito was the most diabolical. She very well, sargeant Downing, at any time, but

sue was iu some way eo oe sac.uiceu, inai j ;cngagcd in the horrid task, with all alacrity, seein mr. Adams has come over to our side,

,"'m" '"'J l,,;and assumed, Irom choice the most revolting and we've got the scnatealmost right, if you've

, ......... . - . . v nar.S m np npriltrmrn. rMlf ei7e.l n o-ntr lir. rn.t In rrn rin mnrit vnn :ie wrll nniv nnv

i r ....w-..b,.b.v.. !.. i,' . v- j .. ...... .. ... ....j ced it into the mouth of the poor nun, and time, and perhaps better," So I told him I'd

when ii was fixed between her extended jaws got mr. Van Buren to tell the congress what

so as 10 Keep mem open ai meir greatest nos-lis nest to say, nn me instructions came on

so i n

worse llian seven

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on 10 me ena oi loiner. -Now, at session when government wanted some money to build forts to keep of the French from coining right up to Washington and burning every

ining oui uoors, wc put in as nice a bill r you

ever see into one end of congress

i a very

e trusts everv ho.lv

his moiiev is aruHfrr'A

)t every where, he hardly knows where to look

. ii. uis paper, nis ink-, s press, his type. Ins journeyman's labor, his liv ing, ic. mut be punctually paid for. Von Mr

a.ii .aim mi. , .. ( inili:ilwi

was. But 1

tfiuen c of disobeying the superior, and proceeded with the rest towards the room for ex-

amiiif'on of conscience

The rowi to which we were (o proceed sine distance, took hold of the straps fasten- and says I, there'll not bo a speck of difficulty

from ihai. avm in the second story, and the

place of many a scene of a shameful nature. It is sufficient for me to say, after what I have faid in oilier parts of this book, that things tiad here occurred which made me regard the oi ice with the; greatest di-gust. St. Francis

had appeared m"l i"choly for sometime. I

ell knew that she .,"d been repeatedly sub-

,ed at each end of the stick, crossed them be- now, only from those who long lo make it

:hind the helpless head of the victim, and and that can t be help d if l m here. Well

drew them tight through the loops prcpaicd sargent said he, "1 know now, just as well as as a fastening. any thing can be, that lhe minct you're gone, The bed which had always stood in one some pesky mischief or other will turn up,

part of the room, still remained there; though how s ever we ll trv to get along as well as wc

lhe screen which had been placed before it, lean till you get back. The old hero was so

.and was made of thick muslin with onlv a clever. I was a good mind to stay and doctor

jecttotfUU which I nccHJ not name our com- crevice, through which a person behind might upas well as I could there at Washington, Anon lot. When we reached the room where ot)k out ,aj bcen folded up on its hinges in but I'd made up my mind to go and when the

wc naa been tjiddct; to sect er, i tnicrcu mcjihe rorm 0r a nn(j placed in a corner. On gineral and 1 mado up our minds we shan t un

door, uiy companions stand i.'.'g nenina me, as ()C bC( (jlc pnsonCr was laid with her face do m for no boddy. the place was so small, haro'h' to hold five jUpWard, and then bound with cords, so that Sergeant Downi persons at a titv.e. The voiing nu.) was stan- s,e couj,i not move. In an instant, another thought some of cc

din" alone, near the middle o.f the room: she bcj was thrown upon her. One of the priests York folks would get up a dinner for him the

f,witi: light nair, namcj lionin, sprung like a

r.lli-

crs that I could name, have taken his paper.

md afore it :,nJ 'r 'ivcs and our children, and vom-

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got nan way through it was tore into hl.y "-'S'""" -ve neen amused and inforr

giblets, and blotted and blurred so that ycu,,mu nope unproved by it; it you mis

would nt have known it. Now, the govern-' PaPcr V(u think very hard of the printer or mcnt, and the patriotic states and the people, Post fr "t you had rather go without your have began in earnest to instruct away these!""1 meal than to be deprived of your news

ormecf

ore

dithculues, and simplify the government down PnPcr. Have you cw-r complied with tinso that a body can understand it, and besides,' terns of your subscription? Have )ou taken

mr. Ycndallsays he 11 bring on all (he inslruc- ls "'ucn pains to lun isii the pi inter with

the opposition papers

lions for nothin, since

have done a goin.

Sargeant Downing told me a great many secrets that I think ought to be kept in print, and somecuris things how mr. Adams got up in his sleep one day and jumped right into the mouth of the jackson party, and how after

wards the party looked a little bigger in the middle than it did at ary end. But 1 ha'nt time to tell any more now, so 1 wUhyou well. Yours truly. JOE STRICKLAND.

WAi nrobably about twenty, witi: light hair, namcd Bonin, sprung like a fury first upon it, minet he got there and expect him to eat it,

blue eyes, ar;a a very iair comp.eAiuu. and stamped upon u wun an nis iorce. lie anu moreover wouiu uuhk. uaru oi mm ii ne

spoke to her n compassionate voice;, oui i"$pcedily followed by the nuns, until there did nt make a speech agin the bank, and tell the same time with such a decided manner, ; Was as many upon the bed as could find room, some secrets about the government and mr.

that she comprehended my meaninp. an a did what they could not only to smoth- Adams, and so said he, 1 cut around and a-

rji. r rancis we are seiu iui er iQ Druise ner. oomu srooa up ana cross iois oy iviuauj, uh ee me reSeveral others spoke kindly to her, but twoljumped upon the poor girl, with their feet, gency and tell'm all how to put down the bank addressed her very harshly. The poor crca-'isome with their knees, and others in different Hatter than the gineral did the first lime he

ways scemcn 10 seeK now nc. uiiiin. oomioui ii uun u, nuu i ""t uui insieau

beat the breath out of her body and mangle of seeing the regency I come spat right upon

tUTC -.., ..,;ir.r.ca P fear, with-

ani :aliinT.i wm-il. resifmed herself to

oUt even p rrhcslc. nc nto ,nv rvc. r . 1 "

turned round with

a IOOK Ol iiicurucdj,

ith

it, without coming in direct contact with it, I the temperance convention. That Albany is or seeing the effects of their violence. Dur-la mighty place for resolutions; they're rcsolv-

DRY FI2KT FOR FARMFRS. There are few articles which have at once come into such general use, or which have

bcen found applicable to so great a variety of

practical purposes; as the common India rubber, or gum elastic of the shops. The substance is the productive ofasmall tree, a species of myrtle, growing in abundance in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and America, and is already becoming quite an article ol traffic in these countries. It is procured bv

making an incision into the Iree.s from which a milk-like fluid flows and is caught in vessels provided for that purpose. When partially

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money, as he has to furnish you with the paper? Have )ou contributed your mite torepay him for his ink, his lypes, his p.vss. 1 hand work md head work? .rlf you hear not. g) pay him off and sin no more.

SPOTS IN THE SUN. It is an old saying, whenever there are spots in the sur., indicates that the weather w ill be cool and much inclined to damp and rainy. Wc frequently of late had spols in the mih. On Sunday, iiTtli March last (hero were ." spots visible. 2 of them pretty large, about the size of a dollar the other smaller.

On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday f 1-

me weamer was loggy. t oudv and

rainy, neither sun nor moon appeared. Thursday 3lst Match, it was clear, and a d. . -n pots were v'wblo four of them about (be -izeofa dollar the rest various sir.. '-. On Friday, lt of April cloudy and rainy .ip tlr'. On Sunday 3d April 0 spots were" vi-Ule. Monday rainy again all day. April "ih: This day, EJ spots visible of various sizes two large ones arc close together and appear l.ke one spot.