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March 20, 1843 ~ Monday to March 25, 1843 ~ Saturday 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, & 25 The week was spent in the printing office the weather has been uncommonly cold mostly through the week the thermometer has stood at Zero a number of days the signs in the heavens are making their appearance theire has been singular signs appeared in & above the sun for sever[al] days this week. O Pratt has taken a sketch of the same which will appear in the Time & Seasons their has also been other signs the light that has been represe nted as a sword has made its appearance for several nights past in the same place & also on the opposite of the horizen has been seem a black streak about the size of the light one, while one is as black as darkness the other has considerable of the appearance of the blaze of a aomet & some have contended that it was a aomet but it cannot be a comet for it appears about 7 oclock & disappears about 9 oclock rema ining about two hours thus it appears that the signs that Joel & Jesus spoke of are making their appearance
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