The Nevada journal., 1857-11-06
The storm which

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kens "reminiscences of the damp old sea-
son of 40, when we Struggled up as well
as we could in tents and saw the ele-
phant for the first time. The autumn
that is passing is almost precisely such
a one as that we first experienced in
California. During the early part of
October of 1919, came a smart fall Of
rain for two or three days. The same
| circumstances occurred i'll the same
month Of this year. About the first of
November the rains of 1S49 set in in
cold earnest From the data given us
in the last few days by the storm we
Judge that a serious intent to commence
the rainy season is entertained by the
clerk Of the weather There are many
indications more or less relied on, that
we are on the eve Of very rainy win
ter. 1t was remarked long since that
the oak trees were more than usual pro-
life this year, from which circumstance
not only the natives but the whites
themselves foretold severe wet season.
Such signs have been considered as
prophetic in ages agone. Men have af-
fected to despise them, but there are
those that still exist who place as impli-
cit credence in them as in the patent
evidences of a storm in the heavens a
moment ere it bursts. Why, if the friv-
olous instruments of man discover the
storm in advance of its appearance,
should not Nature furnish her barometer
in the fruits of the earth which her sons
may read to their benefit That state
of the atmosphere, electrical and other,
long antecedent to winter NAV be-
why not Favorable to the production
and growth Of fruits. As we progress
in a knowledge of the things by which
we are surrounded, what once were
deemed wonders, those phenomena pro-
nounced inexplicable are found to have
solution in natural causes. Lieut..
Maury has demonstrated, on purely sci
entific principles, the causes of the Gulf
Stream, and exhibited its uses in IL e
economy of nature. In the world
around us every thing has its uses -
There is, when the truth is evolved and
mystery dispersed, wonderful adapta-
ton of means to ends-a transcendent
economy in all things. Not phenom-
enon exists but is key to something
the mind of man is destined in its inf
mite progression to unlock-a something
to accompany something, as effect and
cause are fellows.
1t is not unreasonable then that SUI
perabundant crop of acorns may have
its design in the economy Of the seasons,
and the "poor Indian whose untutored
mind sees God in clouds and hears him
in the wind" may discover it and be
guided by the wisdom it imparts.
But we are told by men of experience
that peculiar seasons are periodical on
this coast, and that in the revolution of
years the time has arrived FOR wet win
ter. 1t is said the records of the past
show it, and that no less than the atmos-
pheric phenomena of the past months.
How this may be we are not able to say;
but it strikes us there is a remarkable
similarity between the falls of 40 and
81 so far as the parallel can run, which
taken in connection with other facts
might well lead us to anticipate an ex-
traOrdinary fall Of rain, and create no
surprise should we discover in the calen-
dar for the month of November, stretch
ed from top to bottom OF the page--"eX
pect-much- about this--time."
Tie Storm.-On Tuesday night the
gates of leaven opened in earnest, and
the floods descended and the wind blew
and beat against several houses. The
streams have risen, the ground has be-
come well soaked and the hearts of mi
ners are glad. Snow has fallen to some
depth in the upper part of the county.
At Forest City it is reported to be some
two feet in depth. The storm taken III
connection with the South Yuba Ditch
just completed is bound to work wonders.
Gone to tie WarS-The last heard
of our venerable friend Capt. Ferg' of
Sierra, he was armed and equipped as