South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-10-05
JOHN ". DiIEET.

METEnRIC SiIowEH:;-1'iiiGR EARLY Ar-
rEAEAHcEEX rEcrEn.--A comparison nr;he
cpochs Of appearance of 'It;.<u src;,; show
ers has led to the discovery tin. they arc pc
riddle, their return Icing separated from each
other by third of century. or some mali
plGi Ct Of this pGriotJ nrf licw:"n; of Yale
vestIgatlnn ofthc pcrpi;c character ofthc<e
showers, concludes that 4 prn!igicus fl -ht
OF matcorS, The most imp sing of its kind,
VIII make its appearance, probably for the
last time III this rrntary, OIL the morning "f
the bah or ! l!h cf November next. Only
thirteen OF these grca: ,hnw, RS are recorded
between the years 9Dl AMI 1883;
The great mctcorir shower, visible Ill over
North America in November, -, sas. if
VIC may believe the witnesses, grand hcyuni
possible desert p:ion. From two o'clock IN
TIL broad daylight, the sky hr;n. perfectly
serene and c!nudicsS, the whole heavens were,
liIhtcd with magnificent; AMI impnSim.,
display Of celestial fire works Arago CON.
putcs that 10 less than two hundred ar.l
forty thousand mctcnrs were visible above
the horizon on that morning "w.
pEEnIcTIoS.-AIr. Calhoun, as far back
as 1887, proclaimed a great truth when he
said
Emancipation itself would not satisfy
these fanatics; that gained, the next step
would he TO raise the negroes 10 a social
and political equality with The whites. ard
that being effected, We should find the rr:s
cnt condition a: the two races reversed,
They and their Northern masters would be-
the masters, and We the slaves the condition
OF the white race in Tic British West india
Islands, as Lad Us it is, would be happiness
to ours; there the mother country is inter
GStcd in sustaining the supremacy Of the
European race.
If Mr. Calhoun lml been prophet, lie
could no. more exactly have predicted what
IS now taking place.
Rats o" he Tramp W,y 7ssnch 7Ncn-
'clrcs-Grcot %amyh'cr Of 1ic,n,in.
The rats are swarming the country west
and northwest of this. They seem to be
migrating southwark and the wcathcrsccrs
predict that there will be a very severe win
ter. In many places the rats have DESTROY
cd the corn, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes
N''Ny h"'N SVp iiiSi tlt ana
climbing the trees, they have DESTROYED
much fruit. The great rat army reached
New Castinc, Drake county, the other day,
and forthwith their scouts took possession
OF everything catablc. A man in the place,
whose stable floor bad given out, dctcrmin
cd to have it replaced with new one. On
examining into the matter, it was asccrtaipcd
that the space under the floor was literally
packed full of rats. The owner inmcdi. !
atcly circulated the word, and all the idle
men aud dogs in the village were collected
together, and the place was Surrouutlcd.-
The worImcn then proceeded to remove tho
floor, when the men and dogs pitched in. !
and began the work of slaughter. And |
they did not cease until they had slain Gf- |
teen hundred and five rats And the SPACE |
III which these vermin was gathered was |
~ by - feet, and ono foot and half deep !. !
The statement is made to us by truthful |
men who witnessed the slaughter, aud it
may be taken for the truth cxtrayacant as ,
1t may sou,rl-Dy'on, mir, Jywnm, !
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