Extraordinary
appearance of the Moon,
The following
advertisement, copied from the Daily Advertiser, we consider as a curiosity worth
communicating to our readers:
A lady
in passing over London bridge on Monday the 3rd of February, was accosted by a
boy under seeming agitation of spirits, who pulling her by the gown, earnestly
requested her ot look at the moon, which he was inclined to believe (from its
alarming appearnace) was not the moon: he lady looked up, and to her great
surprise perceived the moon rock for a considerable space; and when it ceased
she saw the appearance of great armies of soldiers, both horse and foot, pass
over the orb. This lady, as well as the
boy, saw repeated three times between eight and nine o'clock in the
evening. If the boy, or any one to whom
he may have mentioned the circumstance, should see this advertisement, and will
call at Mr. Clarson's, chinaman, Market street, St. James Market, or send a
line to A. B. to be left there, mentioning when and where he may be spoken to,
he will be handsomely rewarded.[1]
[1] The
Gazette of the United States and Daily Evening Advertiser.; Date: 06-12-1794;
Volume: VI; Issue: 1; Page: [3]; Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Transcriber by John Peter Thompson, April 20th, 2013.
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