Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-04-05

and general rains which would otherwise take
place, as they do in vii ter!
There is at present, and will be for many
years to come, vast amount OF timber cut down
and burnt every summer, IN the western parts
ofthe United States. enough perhaps, to produce
the wide extended and uninterrupted rains so
much desired wthout any expense. Until the
government ofthe UNITED States can b. ndu.
ccd to carry into effect the above plan, earn.
es,ly recommend 10 all persons who have fal-
lows or other large masses Of combustbes to
burn, save them I'LL the very first dry s2el in
the summer. and to ensure Simultaneous action.
let all west of west longitude 81 degrees set
fire to their materials only ona Thursday, those
west of90 degrees in the morning at ten o'clock,
and those at 90 Gcs'ccs at six o'clock IN ih" e.
v-ning AID let all east of 81 degrees sc, fire
To their materials on a Friday, thnsc west OF II
degrees a, ten in the morning. aud those east OF
n degrees al six o'olck in the afternoon and
IN no Gaze lie, any ialIows b. burnt unI' SIS there
has at least week elapsed without rain.
hope this request will be complied with. not
only because all ore interested III the probable
results, but because il will be attended with no
expense and the beet time o; burning is IN very
dry weather.
1t is not at IL probable that all will be ready
TO burn the fret dry spell, or even on the Sc
cond or third, md thus on every Thursday and
Frlday during the season on which there may
b" draught. materials enough may be burnt 10
produce general raln.
For some time after these general rains, par
tral rains cannot take place, both b"c"nse "t the
scarcity Of vapor eii in the air, hccaus' any up
mo, ing colnmn of AIR VI hIch may be formed will
not rise very high before they enter into the
stratum containing much of the cal"ilc oi elias
tlcny given out by the condensed vapor ot the
pr, vious ram, in which The up-movIng columns
cannot SWIM and 1t is only after The low air
becomes charged with vapor, and the upper air
becomes cnoled by radiation, that ano,her gene.
raj rain can be produced, and II is not probable
that not either of these can be effected IN less
! than abou, seven days
| hope that all editors ornewspapers through.
ont the United States, who think there is the
least pIsusblrty in The plan here propose d. will
publish this letter or at least enough of 1t Ia let
all Who have mateElsls lo burn know how 10 act
| IN concert.
Fmally, desire all who burn their materials,
to watch the phenomena, and send description
of the whole 10 The Surgeon Generals Office,
! Washington.
| A mass of information will thus be accumun.
! ted. which lead 10 modIfcatioas in the plou ioi
! future operations JAMES =. EsrY.
| II Dabrczhofftr, in his account # the Abb
phones of Paraguay. vol 3, page 80, says:
myself have seen clouds and llghtnnI producer
from the smoke over the TIL aross and hurush
! q that tho Indians are not Ia blame tnr srliuug
| fire 10 the plains IN order la prudCce rar, they
! having learned that the thicker smoke turns IN
To clouds which pour forth water"
January l, lSl5.