The Vineyard, an important part of the Earth which was scheduled to plunge through the tail of Halley’s comet last night beginning at 10.55, may well be congratulated upon its successful emergence from the passage. The early night was damp and foggy, and nothing startling locally occurred until just before midnight, the Earth then having penetrated possibly two or three hundred thousand miles into the tail, when peals of thunder and vivid lightning accompanied by a smart downfall of hailstones, convinced many that our good old Earth was stirring up the comet’s tail somewhat. In a very few minutes the tempest had passed, soon the sky cleared, and by two o’clock the moon was shining bright. This morning is clear and sunny, and the finest air for a week. Of one thing we are quite convinced, that the tail was not a million miles wide as announced beforehand by the astronomers. We estimate that at the point where the Vineyard went through last night it could not have been more that 400,000 miles, and perhaps not as much as that.

But seriously, the sure and swift passage of Halley’s comet around the sun, and in proximity to the earth, in this year of 1910, without disaster to this or other planets, proceeding silently and gradually along its orbit of billions of miles, and now about to depart again on its long journey into space, and all this contrary to the published misgivings of some scientists who thought it possible many dire things might happen, should, by its visit, make better men and women, and cause all to be thankful of a Divine Director who hold the worlds in the hollow of His hand and who doeth all things well.