The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-11-07

fWs publish bdpw, sith,grca. pleasure,
an explanatory tier from Dur highly res
pected scholastic frfhd Prof. SnAw of
Eastnan. Howeycr dnbclleving the edit
ors q this paper may be on predictions,
candor demands the acknowledgement That
many of our readers tell us, "the Professor
seldom errs."
M ~ EASTMAN, WIS, Nov. ID, 1866.
MEssRs. EplroRs;- have been frequent
ly asked by some, Of your readers how
lhss my lcIdIations in )ptcssqiins the
weather SO correctly, acknowledging, like
ycarselves, their sa;e',caief in the posstbii-
y pf any person doing it: fhave, there
fore concluded to give the answer through
the IiNrs-G = IT z z IT O.
It may appear prcsumptuous and impcr-
tincnt that should have the effrontcry to
tell the weather SO, far in advance. ltsis
now about so ycars since first COM
menced the study Of meteorology, when /
became disciple of the late renowned DR..
Hcrschell, who was not only great as
trcnomer, but also an Observation-Disclosures,
and from SO correctly foretelling the great
frost in England during thewinter Of 1914,
which SO astonishet the people, was de-
termined to apply. myself to the study Of
astro-meteorology, abstruse rs it is, until |
mastered it, which i succeeded in doing,
after one years application. In 1927
must become . prophet too, on the same
principles taught by the learned Doctor ;
for on the Goth II january of that year, 1
predicted, month previous to that day,
that great storm would rage over Eng
land. 1t came, causing considerable won
dermcnt all over the country.
The prediction vas FIRST publishcdin the
''Fclix Farley,"a newspaper published in
Bristol, and the "Albion' in Liverpool
I am thus particular in naming the cir
cumstance, in case it should meet the eye
Of any person now residing in this coun-
try, who lived in either of those places ut
that periQJs sTAes London Archaeological
Society, under Lord Grosvenor, forwarded
to me diploma, through their Sec'y, y.
L. White, as an honorary member Of the
Society, Wishing NE to correspond with
them as often as convenient.
~ trust this explanation will dis-abuse
the public mind from supposing the calcu-
lations monthly send you are not the re.
salt of i'gpess work. as many suppose
but are the results Of many years examin.
alton into the doctrines held by the an
clients, as regards the mutual action Of the
bodies OF the solar system upon each othe,
and, therefore upon this Earth. / do not
pretend that sufficient has been discovered
to constitute a perfect theory as much re-
mains to be observed, much to be rejected
and much to be confirmed, before we car
determine the laws by which that actioni il
conducted; yet, the brief prediction
monthly send to the TINES will, / believe
demonstrate that there is truly such apow
or in nature, which is perpetually opera
| ting on the atmosphere, and producing
those versions and notifications in thu
state Of its temperature and the extent O
its pressure, whence ensue the numerou.
and cver-varyins phenomena of rain, wind
clouds, hail, frost, &c. rs,sI ~ ,*
| Most extraordinary to say that not
withstanding man is SO highly gifted il
the arts and sciences, should be so unac
quainted with the theory of the weather
although there is nothing concerns hin
more. This is sufficiently remarkable
when we consider. that almost all the op
era.ions necessary for the support Of hu
man life, and most all tho comforts of cor
poIeal feeling, depend upon the state o
the atmosphere. The ancients were fa
ahead of the present generation in tn
study Of meteorology I; in fact it wa
for many years regularly taught in thei
; schools. -.saa ts ~ r
The present Sir John Herschell, one o
; the first astronomers now in England, Sol
, of the late DoctOr-in his early days oppos
ed his fathers doctrine of astro-mcteorolo
gy, but about 20 years ago he changed hi
mind, after considerable study in watching
} the effect on our atmosphere, of the differ
ent mutual aspects of the heavenly bodies
). on the principles taught BY the ancient as
, tronomers. as. rstgi 5t.7 d
Z l would dilate on this interesting sui
jcct, but at present this must DE sufficient
4aa7gg r.a.' TIos. S. SHAM
) IT is good thing for young man to b