The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-03-01
Selettrd a}listrllang.
A History of remarkable Cold
Seasons what Sn0W rs, AND
How Composed.
From the Cincinnati Gazette. J

The scientific world, for the sake of tech
nicalities, gives various abstruse theories
concerning the formation of 3nOw but the
generally accepted conclusion is that snow
is formed, in tho middle region OF air, OF
yapor, raised from bodies of water by the
action of the sun, or else by subterraneous
fires it's parts consaipaled, its specific grav-
ity increased, and thus returned to the earth
in the form OF little white Will or flakes.
The suow which reaches tho earth may
properly he ascribed to the atmosphere,
through which it passes. II the tempera-
ture few hundred feet above the ground
is intensely cold we have hail if, not so
cold we have snow. If moderate, the con
realng process dissolves into rain. Place
Il small quantity of snow under powerful
microscope and the small particles will be
found to have many forms. Locke, Mitchell,
and others, attribute this to electrical ac-
ton. Snow is simply thin ice ); its appar-
ent lghtness is owing to the great surface
it presents for its real weight this is the
same with gold; if you take small piece
OF this precious metal, it will appear quite
heavy, but have the gold-beuter make it
into foil and it will seem to have lost its
weight, although nearly as heavy as before
the skillrul artisan by his manipuatlons
changed its form.
Various virtues are ascribod to. the Old
Crone's Chickens" In Italy, if the first
snow of the season falls on certain day,
| NOV. ~ it is good omen, and consldered
a sure harbinger of national prosperity.
The Danes use it to cure plurisy, and al
ways keep snow-water until the month oi
May for that purpose. The we'll known
| Bartholine, in his celebrated work; DE
! 4 4 v t.taa 70 1
fruclifies the earth, has tendency to pre-
vent plaques, cures cancers, levers, cones,
toothaches, sore eyes, neuralgia and bys-
terics. and prolongs life. The latter idea
he derived from the fact that the Alpine
and other people who live in the mountains
where snow is almost perpetual, are noted
for longevity. In Norway, during the
winter, the inhabitants drink snow.water
exclusively and persons who have been
bewilIered and lost in the snow, have sus
tanned life for ten days without any other
food than snow, which proves that 1t has
some nutritious properties. Margraal. the
naturalist, and Watson, the chemist, IN lI9l
by royal decree, made some interesting and
valuable experiments to see if the snow had
any fructifying qualities, and reported tha'
il had not.
Whenever we have an uuusual quantity
of snow. farmers invariably anticipate All
abundant crop of certain cereals the follow
ing harvest and not without good cause
for the temperature of the earth is 40 de
grees, and of snow 30 degrees, the ditferenct
being so slight that the ground, when GOV
cred with heavy snow, retains its natnra
lheat, and whatever is growing Is not ex
posed to tho intense cold winds, out KEEP
warm and thrifty.
This fact will also explain the wonderful
phenomena of Siberian (snow covered
plants dying from the effects OF frost IN th'
I"Gardn des Plantes," Paris. There is
shrub, the lichon rangilerinus,' found II
Lapand, at all times growing under I'M
snow, which is the only food relndeers ge
to eat and Sir John Frank'in--wnoge nam'
will ever be sacred to men OF science
mentions in his account of his first Hola
voyage, Of having seen this animal dlg&,hl
in the snow for many yards N search OF thl
esculel t.
We know that bodies will not decompos
while buried in snow drifts Que case o
recent termination will be sufficient to prov
this. In l840 party OF Englishmen ah'
Americans were ascending Mount Blanc
uLder the leadership Of an expert, careful
and celebrated guide. When about nal
way M, large mass of snow and Ice bt
came detached, and in its fearful rush t
the valley, carried with it the most OF tn
, party, including the guide, and altnong
the most indefatgable search was institute
at the time, the body was not found. Bu
! some twenty-five years afterward corps
2 was discovered embedded in the ice, whicl
upon examination, was at once recognize
as that of the long missing guide. Not
lineament of his features changed not
single sign of decomposition. In exlremel
hot countries land on Vine street. tool Ine
mix ice and snow with their vines wnlo
; fact made Piny say Iii nives, illeglacieI
! potant, poenasque montium in voluptale
gue Vertunt."
Snow, the same as icei can be preservt