THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN — JULY 29, 1899
A Famous Lightning Strike
As J. W. Bolton sat in front of his barber shop last evening gazing at the approaching storm it occurred to him what a remarkable change had taken place in fifteen years. But the sounds of thunder were the same and he could not help thinking of an incident of fifteen years ago. “I’ll tell you a strange, but true story. I was sitting under a tree milking a cow. The clouds were appearing on just such an evening as this. Then the lightning commenced. The bolts struck all around me and suddenly the cow reeled over. She had been hit and was stone dead. The shock affected me and my mind was a blank for a time. When I awoke from the stupor I found that I had been milking the dead cow. And when I looked at the milk I found it was sour.”
From— Arizona Republican. (Phoenix, Ariz.), 29 July 1899. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
