Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-03-18
RAIN, HAIL AND SNOW STORMS.
To the Editors If tie Eaqairtr:;



MEcK.ySrrRG. Va. March S, 1850
Mcss-s. Editors: In this heightened age Of
world. when time is but n Unit, space nothing
but links in the electric chain is it no: surp'l-
sing that we do TO; take lessons from the sage
admoni;ions Of Nature 70 guard lis from famine.
from disease and death: have long been Of
opinon-and the experience Of the past winter
hss confirmed me in that belicf-convinccd Inc.
as 1t should convince every thinking mar-that
there is q way, that there arc means within our
reach to produce showers of rain at any season
of the year In passing through tho country,
we sec our farmers cutting down and burning
the wool and br,.sh Of the piny Old fields; AMI
this is 4 general thing all through the land,
and. AS natural consequence, where there IS
so r:uch smoke ccnera,cd-and what Is bet
Tor calculated 70 forrn the clements OF
cloud than smoke from green pine brush :
we might haze expected quantities oi
rain. VIC all remember the deep Slow
and hail storm Of las: winter and the winter
before. ard should remember i: with regret.
because the means were within our reach TO
haze removed every particle OF hail and snow
from the face o.. the Garth in forty'eisht hours
from the time it fell; and believe, 1t remained
or the Garth fnr two months or more All that
was necessary was Coz elery farmer. where tt:c
hail and snow fell, 20 create dense vonme oi
smoke from some green or wet material. W.i.cH,
through its quantities, would ii>e no hlsh,,
tlnn the first regions of the air, where II wouiu
he charged with water from the reservoirs y!
! Nature when rain would descend, aDdih Sno"
ani mail would pass away, and thus nave re-
/ r,ovc,i the cause Of the death al tho:Sah1S oi
dumb animals Of the Garth, besides the su'''r.
;.,- w;,h coli :na hunger of . large portion 0!
n,;r failcw men. 60 and ask the aged man.
vlosr homo has been from his childhood years
m prairie land how long IS j: from the
ti,rc ,lc p-alrcs are set on fire until II
-1;ns and he will answer that it will
ra;, u twelve hours or less time. but
t;,c s,,ocrst;tious would regard this as an inter-
position of Providence 20 save the Garth from
fiery death; but men OF reason are obliged to
acknowledge that it Is natural consequence
when the ar IS filed with the clements, tho
essentials Of cloud, that tho rays of the sun
will charge it with water 20 descend in showers
Of rain Then le. us treasure up these cXarIpir'
Sc, bv nature ard rrophe: by them, ere me
scorchinc rays Of a summers sun appears 70
burn and wthe- up recitation, and drain 'he
nelson :ro,n those foctii stagnaat pools. 10 ioat
through the c:r until they find resting place
in rh. crave with our fellow lncn. Bc WISE anu
he,, each ether TO bring these dc.irabie results
;p,o ,c,io, md there will be no more ha'i'
sto-,ns n summer 10 lcve! oar graharieS, ou'
h,rns and fences 70 INC ius;--for every man
u,ba y;ves tho subicc, passing thought, Is
o.lgc 70 acknowledge :hat Tie haii Is ioTneo
, in tIc sccopi regions Q. the air, through ne
, ..,r.;,y cf rayer or .,aoie 10 form elo'"l
~. ,,a;. or in other words. the vapor that
: = Grawn from the fenr quarters Of tho
=, '.iobe Is 100 ligh. 70: the first and as
ccnds 10 the second res;9n OF the ar, anc
!. storm Of hail IS the resut-and an firmly
Of the belief. that any farmer who had SIX o.
ci-ht good hands. and had t"o hours waTnin,-
OF The approach q ha. s:oru'. tha: he couL
generate enough smoke from green pne'.brasn;,
or other materials, TO 81! the empty al, anu
blockade the winds-and the same cloud .'.'
brought destruction 70 the farms OF those wne''
it passed, when it arrived at tn; dense vo'u','i
Of smoke. the tempest would lose It's 'c'ce, ara
descend 70 inc first regions o.. the ar anu
ocr,Ie r.;n wl,hnu, wind, would he the iruit
of hi rowa-d Then Jet the glad iidInsS D
y. nd 70 III the nations Of the earth-ie
itt>Nt hardr SOM Of TuA know that their !abo
!. not ;n va.in: tha. they can. at an time "ate
.te;r lands with the fertilizirs rains from IN
= iin.yens which arc worth more than al ii
- ,.sr.rcs from the East-;han al! the guam
q, f-ou the Peruvian isles.
a. ave can. :: any day. st .ny hou-,
ef Raise tie .ap5r .or = Ea""er'
no And hy u,tpu " ra.n, 4. 'Iey sanuia D,,
:, We can cheek the storms on Land snd sea-
r y asrr-n