Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-04-27
pRoGNosrlcs or THE WEATHER.

FROENOei It's Of IHt WEAIHERi
Red clouds In the west a, sunset, especially
when they have q tint OF purple. portend fms
weather. Tho reason OF which 10, that lhe ala.
when dry, rsfracis more red. or heatmaking
rays md ns dry air 10 noi perfectly trans,
parent they nre again rrereled iuhhe horizon.
| 4 copper, or yellow -untet, Generosity foretells
| rau hui rs m indication oil wet weather ap-
| pronohiDR, nothing Is more certain than the
| halo around he moon. wh,nh 10 produced By
the precpiaied water AID he larger the
circle the ne arer the clouds, and epnscq uently
the more ready T. lall. The old proverb is
| often correct
Aralnbow III ,ho morning Is tho shopherds wsraug
Aa,nbow nt night IN the shcpherds delight
! A rainbow AZ only occur v hen the clouds
containing or derosiling tho rain, are opposite
| TO tho SUI and Ia the evening the rainbow
| is IN the east aud IN tho morsing ia The wost
| aud as pur hoavy rains ~ this climate are
| Usually brought by the west rly w,nd rain
bow IN the west indicates ,het the bad wee
Their is on hcroad by The wiad. 20 ~ !, lefeas
the rainbow in III, east, PR We the rain IL these
cases Is passing from rs. When the swallows
fly high fine weather ~ 20 be expected or coniin
ged bul when 'hey ny low am close a. the
er lund, rain is almost surely approaching
| THIS IL explained as follows ~ allows purAue
the flies and gnats, aud aies aud gnais n.unlly
delight IN n warm strata Of air. As warm sr
is lighter. and usually moisier, than cold .aif,
when the warm strata OF air are bi b, there
| is less chance oi moisture being thrown down
| from ihem by the mixture with cold air bar
when The warm aud moist air is close TO the
surface, II is almost certain, that Us the cold
ri, flows down into il n deposition OF waterwill
take place. [Ed,aburg New PHO Jour.
An,edoie of Baron Holbact. --Thi singolar
character wa, aways ambitious ol being regrn'
dsd "a n man ufuniVersal science aud he re-
oeived, one day. from an American por', I"
letter from m intimate friend, which was "fi'-
TENN the following MANNER
| II had II very com Portable and safc passage
here, unmarked Ivy any particular event, eh'
cent the follow ing, which mink we'll worthy
Of YOU, attention A cabin boy Tell from the
main INST Oh he deck, and broke his fg u
was lied together ms strongly a. possible. win
packihrend stepped 10 rosin and brandy 10
u minute after .lhi5 operation he could use "
rs well ms he did before the accident. All me
crew were present Al the process, and wo
know nni which 10 admire most, the skin OF
him who undertook the cure, or rs entire
success" The baron lost no time 10 communist
caiiong this intelligence 20 Tho college Of sur
gcons, vouebing Tor the yernciiy of his CORES
! p0nient and The Disciples oil Escalapus de-
bated together 10 and ont The means Of so
mary eilous cure IA iseven affirmed thatons
among them was abou, 10 publish learned
di seriaiion 10 prove aud establish ~ physical
reasons, the manner which this operation
ough, to be performed, when 'he baron rs'
ces ed n second letter from his friend, which
contained this following lines
al forgot 10 mention one riding circum-
stance in the account Of the event Of which,
informed you in my last which 10. that the
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made OF W0od.''