The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-12-09
For the Wilmingtonlan.
DEAR MEssIEURs PRINTERS:


DEAR MEssIEURs PRINTERS:
You cannot think how delighted have been
in peusing the very able communication of the
"Wilmington Farmer" Itmay be said without
fear of contradiction, that nothing has appeared
so worthy of attention since the commencement
ofthe present century.
He has not only discovered that "the con iunc-
tons the Moon and Sun are capable ofproduc-
ing amiaJie e6ects" but he has ehcctually s'clear
ed away the fogs and msts in which thetwo Doc
tors IIerschcll and Clark have left the subject
concerning the weather." He has not only ex-
planned the causes of wet weather and dry wea-
thcr, but he has given us, "the people ofWil-
mington in the state of Delaware, rules fitted to
our latitude and longitude" whereby we may
prognostcate with comfortable certainty, the
weatherwe shall have in this neighborhood some
hundred of years to come, and may as certainly
know what kind of weather we have had ever
since the creation.
These advantages must be highly appreciated
by discerning public We shall hereafter be saw
ed the great trouble and loss oftme necessarily at
cling difficulties which, the most acute observer
could never explain. By them we are furnished
with key, unlocking the hidden arcana ofnaturc
and unfolding with indubitable precision the caus-
es of those evervarying and perplexing phenom-
cna exhibited by THE WEATHER! We shall now
be enabled to do justice TO that powerful goddess,
hitherto deemed tickle, uncertain and whimsic-
al coquctte, but now ascertained to be grave
steady matron, as regular in her movements as,
Jupiter in his orbit, as gravitation to the CEN
trc!
These advantages are of the highest order;
they affect every class in society. The Indian
when he goes out on hunting expedition, may
now tell whether to take one blanket or two
The mariner may prepare for storm or sunshine.
The farmer may calculate with as much GER
tainty as if he held the clouds under his wagon
coyer-and the the ladics-I say the ladies may
now know, when preparing for tea-party, whe-
ther to take their shawls, pattcns and parasols,
or to leave superAuity ut home, and sally forth
as trim as mayrole!!
But who can sufficiently admire our authors
sublime description of those "amiable effects"
produced by the lunar orb in conjunction with
the sun!-that So silent soemnity which peryades
the elements"-that something in the air that
reaches the animal senses,' and which cannot
be accounted for in any other way than by at
tributing our feelings 10 the influence OF the
moon upon the body and blood"! Who can
doubt for moment, the conclusive nature OF
these reasons, when at the time Of total eclipse,
"this silent solemnity is not all the retgntng pc
cularities of the scene," for the influence OF the
moon on the bodies and blood of turkies, geese,
and dung-hill fowls, is also percepti6ie! Even
the birds under this esilent solemnity" produced
by the influence of the moon acting on their bo-
dies and blood, will SO to roost at noon day--the
very owls feel it. have seen them start from
the hollow trees and hunt mice like cat-and
| think with our author that :" all who are incln-
ed 10 attend to their change Of feelings on a sud-
den transition from light TO darkness, will agree
that impressions are diScoipr0bh"t-Indeedh how
can any one be so stupid as to deny it-when e.
,cn the geese and owls proclaim it!
Yours respectfully,
TONY GUBBINs.