| Show THE STORM STORI for fleice ness the storm monday afternoon was about in fit a class by itself while it lastel during daring the short time the elements were on the rampage things looked mighty interesting te if not terrible the ether was first rent with lightening which re echoed in loud peals of thunder enough to scare even the righteous and then hall hail began to fall ending up in a regula cloud bursts burst water went flooding down the streets and sidewalks in streams cutting gullies and carrying the sand along making small dunes in the roadway the wind blew a gale a and nd the elements generally shook themselves in a manner calculated to convince the most skeptical that chete was something doing it appeared that the llie storm blew up from the south and north the two tact factions ions coming together down at perry and those who watched the result on the spot tay say that never have lieve they seen such weather at james stokes farm arm on the hillside his son soil joseph was erecting an adobe house tile walls being partly up the wind blew in one wall arid and the old homestead itself was maje made to rock on its foundation an eye witness stated slated that when the black clouds which came rolling together front from the north and aiu south ruet met a wonderful phenomena le ie ExIl exalted ted when the crash came the black opponents were sent swirling back in the direction from whence they came and the wind blew from every direction the ashes from the recent grass fire on the mountain sage brush willows rocks and gravel filled the air which coupled with the flashes of lightening arid and peals of thunder almost teri ten ifield ifie the inhabitants town down there pandemonium reigned supreme for lor a short time and the citizens wele very thant thankful ful when the rain began to descend putting 1 a I stop to the electrical display one of the boys was coming town down the canyon with a load of strawberries when the storm broke loose and he had a job cont controlling roling ills his team tile the hall hail fell as large as pigeon eggs pelting the poor animals until they were nearly beside thern them selves elves with pain and fright mr air chas 0 anderson of mantua was coming across the field till lip there when tho the electricity was flashing through the heavens and a 1 bolt struck the ground a few feet from him throwing the gentleman to the ground partly dazing him he was uninjured however and when he came to he made a bee line for home in a hurry while the rain fell in torrents no iia particular damage was done as there was not dot much hay or grain lying in the lie field and the berry season is just about over the shower lad had the beneficial effect of cooling off tile the atmosphere mo sphere and from this on we are not likely to suffer so much with the heat |
