The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-11-04
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mantle place in Connecticut, seven
mules from a railroad depot, ard some
thirty in all from New lcrk Juv The
distance from the dci'ot make. the
weather an object of some consideration
IN visiting the city NeNctAay was
arc, clear day, pleasant, fot either ralk.
ing or riding. there being sufficient
breeze 10 moderate and comfort the
heat Of the sun. Quite eshilcrnird by
these circumstances, Declared at din
ncr my intention OF goint cariy ,hc
next morning To New lork. rs il wns
insi the weather for travelling.
"lou cannot 20 tomorrow. said my
aunt, graycly. II is going to tain"
II see no signs Of it" said my wife
"Wind like this often continues for some
DAYS together without any Storm"
Il do not Judge from th, wind, bot
from sign that never hils, and that
il, the boiling entirely away of the wat
rr from the potatoes lhi, morning"
did You put in as much water ~
usual ?"
"About the same You laugh, see;
bu, it will rain tomorrow, in spite OF
your laughing"
Incredibly did make us merry, and
zach one began to recount tale. Of coun-
try suprfsiiiion generally. In the
course oi the conversation, some one
told n story of an English gentleman,
wei known in the scientific world, who,
while on visit 10 friend, started one
morning on hunting expedition, bnt
missed his way, and inquired bf lad
tending sheep TO iItcrt him. The boy
showed him the desired path, but told
him it would rain shortly. and lac had
better return home as soon rs possible
The gentleman. observing no signs OF
the predicted storm, ridiculcd the boys
notions, and procee ded In the course
of two hours, however, he was rctnc-
ing his steps completely drcnched, and
found the boy eating his dinner in lit
lie hu, near where he had left him. 49,
Curiosity rs to the source of the knowl-
edge which he had found thus verified,
prevailed over his desire for speedy
shelter. and lac stopped his horse and
offered the boy guinea 10 enligltcn
him on this point. The boy took the
gunca. and pointed to the closed flow
ers Of the Scarlet Pimpcrnel, some
plants of which happened 10 be growing
near the hut. The gentleman himself
had written about this very fact, men
tiohins iba, its open buds beiokened fair
weather. and its closed flowers album
dance Of rain, and Hence its tile to its
common maine Of Shepherds Weather
Glass. Fully satisfied, he rode On.
We all allowed that there was some
sense IN the sign, and that II could be
ascribed to the instinct with which Ma
/ ture endowed her children, 10 guard
them from injury.
"But are there moi" said my annt,
/ some contrivanccs made TO forcicll rain,
have seen u long glass tube filled with
quick silver TO which there was dial
plate attached, aud the rise and fall Of
the quicksilver regulated the hand on
the dial, so that changes Of weather
| could be told ! do not see why the
boiling away of the wafer from the po-
ia,ocs may not bc as good - sign m the
rise and fall of the quicksilver"
Again there was laugh at the conf
parison of water around the potatoes
with the handsomely furnished and er-
ptn,ive philosophical instrument termed
a barometer.
The weather cGntiuHed II: flrdsdut
a. before, so last evening packed up
my carpet bag, nnd made the necessary
preparations, relative 10 my departure,
and requested them 10 wake me at FIVE
O'Clock, and have the carriage ready in
time TO convey me to the depot.
awoke ihi. morning, and all was
still in the house. Quite pleased TO be
beforehand with them, ] looked at my
watch, and with some difficulty, on ac-
count Of the dim light, found il TO be
fifteen minutes after six. Much sur
prised al not having been called, jpmp-
ed up, and threw open one Of the blinds
Of the window, but directly closed il as
driving rain poured in. The reason
why had been permitted to sleep on
was evident enough dressed and
went down to the ircakfasi table, where
"a, Aunt II. enjoying lict triumph
On my return 10 my study, forced as
it werc by circumstances TO do 80, be-
gan Ia reflect on the boiling away Of the
water from the t'1moes, and tried 10
discover whether the ensuing rain va,
mere coincidence, or due IN some way
TO cause and rdrci, whether il Was really
connected With it or not. The result
Of my deliberations. and subsequent
conviction of the connection Of the phe-
nomcna with rain, viii ggs proceed
to give.
The pressure of The atmosphere
which is about fifteen pounds TO the
square inch, forces many substances "a
maintain their liquid condition that
would. were the pressure removed. a.
suu1c ttr form a gases. Oi this either
is an example.
Chemistry assumes that all matter Is
made up oi exceedingly small particle.
called atoms. and that around every al
ON iberrhfe two hemisphere, the inner
une Of attraction and the outer one oI
repul,ion. Bolics cRi-i Ia three forms
m solid, hquid., add gases. When ihs
attractive force prcdominaics the form
s. solid When the attractive and rrpul
,isc forces are balanced. the form },
gas Caloric ~ ihe principle II hes
!, considered by many. sn,l Pcrhsp'
Rightly 90 a. synofs nuls With rrPul
s,e forre. Ilrnrr, ar increase 81 heaI
wil mnt te ihs I'D i-rum- huid. aaa
fAs hgid Lerors gaseous. ihus ir'
rhanrc, 70 ~ater, Hsi saieF 10 q um
Tie Aim,.pl.ere. ly hs pfe.'ure
asTi-ss ths a'ifarf.Fe force in ihs san.'
, nwinef hat heat a-sisis ilao f-ppl.i, %
snd pres,ufe ani hrai a rpars~. asiip.
in opfs,,iie wAys Whatever then
rnuh l.ssen ilir amount u beat, snd-