Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-09-13
SEI1E.G Ea3E

TIE SHOWER o. FLESH AND BLOOD -
Our readers sfe erca.ly ,a.st.c "a to tbe Prneip.l
81 thai excellent Institution lie \ N.etItt, Eo,,d
'ng - hoo, for tie follow" soisns Ge ,lueIaafiol
o, 'he phenomenon "a Ieansss,c, dcsgoa'cd b, the
ssove ltading. fNyf H.,
ALEyANDHh BuAtuI>6 ScnooL.
ne. II ISL.
fHitNps CALLS &StsroN: ! folce IN the In
'eiiise cor al todas. uHatr fHe head m Almosnhct-
zeal fhenoln'uois.' au ar4cle from the Nashville
Banner, descutlnG "hG IS stated to have been
''ho"er al desh aid boul " IA The ycIoIiy of Irb,
oou, Tennessee. Tie sumo aocuu t. 81 a suil,,
noe has also been Published la several alh,r papr,s
mere are mauY fcfsoa, OF that rreulllr tenper,.
Hent thai Is nnllFpr10iY affected b, intelligence ..
90 unusual and awful "a Character. TO such II ma,
DC fehei 10 Ieafo tn. t1e phenomenon a1Iuded
70 huds ITS ready tXldani lan "a a well ascella ned
tact IN The economy Il insects. In the interest.
'ng ,nn instructive "o'h 81 hEnf x SrENer. on
s H''u'a' II sio,s d lnsetts, ato the following
'emaihs' winch explain tie whole subject:
MA, 4peees 81 Litdobcya, Bultelniesl when
sney eat ltom The POI or chiysals stare. dis.
enarge ddIsh fuld, winch, IN some Instance.
~"ete III, numbers lave beoa COZ siderable. has
p'oduced lie appearance Of shower OF blood: and
py .h,s VA nal fact, all IN Sc loady showers. recon,
aed by l. .tss as plcloruaiua, and ,,p,,ded
""e.e 'he3 Paaed As iroiul prrgposilcs Of In,.
lending e. re st'ip. ed oi thtlf te,ro,s. and ,e.
uueed to lAs ass Of events lhat aapleu IN the COM
",o1 course 90 Nature. That insects ate the cause
o' 'bese supposed showers IS no re- cnt discoy.,,
TOR sieidan relates that, IN theyea 1888 VAST m1l
uuoe oI outelnes swarmed Though ptcat nan Al
ueimany, ana spriuklcd Ihuts leaves buIIdirps
CLONES aud men. with bloody drops as II ii had tam
&c blood. But The most interesting acrnuut oI mn
efen' ofihs blnd is gwen by Re umul, (,n wLon,
ea'n ua'' Ia tue beginning 81 Juy, zoos, the
suburbs Of AK, and considerable extent OF eounI,,
sounu u, we've covered with hat appeatrd 10 h, :,
sno"ef 81 blood. Wemay uorcoHs he a,nazemcpt
s"u s'uFof OF tue poPuldce upon suuh discovery,
a'4th q the QUEENS, the gave reasoning of the
s"' "a" ed, iomttct, IN aunbuung the
appearance 10 tie powers Of dalLness and In ,cpar
"s as Tue Ptosnosiie aud precursor OF some Dire
."' misfortune about 10 belall them Frat and mr..
JUDGE would have taken decr ,oot ,ron ms 49,,
sss'on' ana h'ehi have produced fatal effects unun
some weak minds, had not NJ peae>c n ,elehtst,d
p""osoPhef OF that place, paid attention To InsteIs
chfysalis, which he preserved IN his canine, 10,
'' 'h'o me secret OF his mysterious shower
deanng hutieing. which informed I'm, lls ,,,s'',
was arrived at IFS perecl stare, he oprned rho
~hen lie Rep Il, III animal II " ,.ut and l,u -
',"a a req pot. lie compared lhls with the spo,s
" 'ne moody shower. and found They were alike
Al the sane 'ne he observed the,e was p,od,g,nns
qoanthy o! bhutlfts aaug about, and ilal Tho
'ops " Tue MIRACULOUS TAN Ware bot TO be found
upon me tlits, nor even upon tie upper suiI,, al
'ne Stones bui CHI fly IN Cayiues aud places ub,,.
ram could MT easily come. Thus did his iad,,ns
observer dispe. he ignorant lrals atd tenor wh,el
page IS 0'' l.
Those "ishlee further Information on the subiec,
TWW nv " ~ comsto. Ks Phyaoioey, and IN No
AAAlV oi lisIe,'s Fau1, Library.
The instance mentioned Ia The NI,b,iIl. ,cco,,,
~ q, sn Al peaing viii tie tlood, 20 doub, was the
ut " ne insect having ptlsAtd 10 The process ii
BENJAMIN uALLOWELL.