The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-16
A Capitas Article.
From the New York Times.1
-pr ysyTrrxy AETEoRS.

TRE KENTUCKY hETEoEs.
,,her dsv Mrs. Crouch, Of Oiympisn
Ks. was employed in the open air
$Irrd,r particularly clear SKY 10 'he eele-
s..s,n of those mysterious ri'es oF Hn'In
~ sou,ew,fe trsn>mutes scraps ol uea,'
',-e. &C.. snd ,tfete oycrshocs in'o soap. ouG
,.,Fr there descended upon her sentie
.."r,r of meat. IL fell impsrusily upon
:1'' :tS r-c.nmap|y just Mrs. Crouch ana ner
:.l, 80 cat. and the latter, conceHed'y as
',,:,i,, I". ,ha, at last bis merits had oeen
..'.' .nW,. rerorrjznd. Immediately gorged
.,aiii "'i with ms punlic breakfast so uneX-
D''"' ~.''.4iv rendered 10 him. The meat was
,rod IN the shane Of hash, and its particies
...'.,I in ~. from q delicate shred as iiSht
.'.- ,Towhakc 10 solid lump three inches
I, vas in raw state, but 1t was
>tt,'a,,.ly perfcctN fresh. Two hentucky
r.r,I,p1cn 10 prosperous circumstances anu
-,'.,.trmed TO catiug raw meat tasted II, ana
,r,auunr.d the opinion that II was e'tuei /
,',,.-r or mutton, and the greater part OF
,a >,,.e Of Kentucky IS probably al lh's
.,lc,.rr covered with baskets and tuoS,
n,,rb ave hten placed in the open fields ln
.,..i;-t.. % catch the next shower OF atmos'
W. sWs,rrr , rsr,e this remarkable rain 1t
IA ra. faen a-cdic ed by the Weather Bu-
-" .,J ;,r,u'd not have been the result
n n. blowing UP Of distant ooaroing-
bnJ.e. ua>much as no trace OF bones' out.
,op.. and other compoGents OF 'ne nasn VI
commerce could he discovered py the most
searching anal,st>. TIE most OBVIOUS con-
rDns,on is that lbe hentucky shower OF
,u.,r wa. really q ne eorlc shower. Ac.
n,,,,io, ,o ,h,. presant theory Of astrono-
r,sr. an enormous belt OF meteoric stones
nor.,,r,ly rpyolyes srouud the suu, and
yhen the earth comes in contact with this
h,t me j soundIg peited- Similarly. We
may spoposc that there leroives about the
.un hl, OF venison, mutton, anu DINER
meals divided lrt0 small fragments, Whlch
are precipltnltd upon the earth whenever
the alter crosses their path OF course, the
Srippri ii, persons will sneer at this eXplapa-
,ior, jua,much as they have not been the
dr,, 10 propose it, and will deny that there
afc 4uy grounds whatever for belief IN the
,yi.,rnc, 0f co>mical meat But If they be-
liryc IN hypothetlcsl belt OF meieor'c
sl0ue., simply because certain stones
occa.lopallY fall upon the eath'S surface,
bic belt Of fresh meat. now that parh.
cirs OF vrnisOn apd mutton have fallen on
Mrs. Crouch and her appreclatipe cat? Ii
they revive the theory--now generally aban-
Gorcd-tGat the mcteorlc stopeS are frag-
meLl, of an exploded planet, then We may
r,qlrc them TO admit that the kentucky
shower consisted Of fragments OF exploded
!uhHbltuuts who formerly occupied the
wrecked planet. DrGhtIesS their final argu
meUt vii! he that Their Instruments show
them 10 traces Ui meat in the solar system
or The lncrstttlar spaces. This is very true
but 80 lar irom upsetting the belt theory II
merely shows that new instruments OF wider
powers must be invented.
There is an obvious need of an improved
spct!c,cope which VII exhibit the appro
pirate lines for beef, mutton, venison, poul
try, and ti>h as plainly as the present
-p-r!ro>cOpe shows the lines Of hydrogen,
m1-rtsum, and other chemical elements
With such M Instrument, combined Win q
,eir.rcpa sufficiently powerful TO make
visible The By pothetlcal meat belt, We might
0b'An some really satisfactory tronoml'
CT! know edge. The CrvilSery!ce Bureau
could learn " what time 10 look for
showers of meat. and could announce
them with the s,mecopfdeGce with which
II po% occasionally prophesies "clear or
cloudy wcs,heI." II We should read under
thc head Of probabilites" that "l'ght
showers Of beet>teak may be looked for in
the New England and Middle States during
The mornlur- followed tV heavy rain oil
mutton 10 The afternoon" we could abstain
from visiting The market, and could instead
slre4d on: sheet on the roof and lay in .
"erk', supply 'otrbu,cher's neat. Such pre-
oicIons would OF .couise be based upon the
Increased brilliancy of the spectrescopic
llnes OF beef and mutton. These lines would
NATURALLY grow brighter as the earth neared
The meat belt, and if The orbit of the belt
were once thoroughysknown We could pre-.
u'tt otal showers with the same certainty
WIN winch the August and November me.
'eo,lc showers are now predicted.
"bta once The scientific men accept the
n!Po'D~is OF The existence Of coSmical meat
.ncS "i'' He'll 'uN what grand and solemn
'"oueut II Is that al the distance OF whole
s4lt'uts oi lIsures vastl nebuiS Of finely
''uIAi'nu'ta meat are .circling steadily
Nouhd TIE sun. They Will tell US how as
Hotolhe1S, profoundly learned in chalk and
@ D'1I Ooaf0t7 and .i.led full to the lips
"'n 'osGlthms aud long division, saw
'n"' 'he falling of meat on the head
" .Grs. Sfnueh and her hungry ca
p"s'"ia'eo sae existence Of a meat belt,
anu lhefeuI'aa calculated lbs orbit and Its
p, p.''oo'e 'inae with an assiduity shat imme.
.,ae'' !alsea Ihe price of chulk crayons.
-. i"e>eh'. aomever, they will boot at the
'H! 'oeory %hich they will ultimately
"oP. aud VIE put forward feeble hypothe-
9 OF 'he explosion OF 4 cattle steam boat,
y tne iying OF esq of nitro-gly yceriae to q
- &c uog tail, ia order to accouuttier the
~ ~ 'eofic pheDoaenon which has alsrned
it r hentucky butchers and titled ell Other
Na!uckians With aaszemeRt and delight.
o,t LsulZenhizer, OF Goshen. Ind, is .an.
y, v'H7f. nan who has made bis name entitled
" hee on tbe imRsftal rog of fame by