A staid person is the easiest to shock. What can shock New England is hardly considered worth mentioning in Central America.
Last week it carne about that New England was shocked by a slight earthquake. Shortly after eight o'clock one January morning, an ague set in north of Boston, People rushed from their houses in Marblehead and Salem. Slates fell off the roofs at Gloucester and pictures off the" walls a. Swampscott. Bric-a-brac fell from shelves in Medford, and antimacassars were disarranged in Maiden. After 10 to 90 seconds of tremor, New England settled...
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