National Republican., 1881-09-15
vENNoR AND THE WEATHER.
some Things That ue Has Not Discovered
A Challenge.

To the Editor Of TUE REruBLtcAs;
Being temporarily away from the Ma
tiOnal Capital, and down on the seashore, some
distance from my post-ofice centre, did not re-
ceive THE REPUBLICAN of the sth instant until II
was some days old From that, however learn
that Mr.. Vennor has been to Washington, and that
the knight of the pen doing duty for THE REPUB-
IIcAE interviewed him This gentleman has donaft
the world service by putting into the permss Fhent
form Of printers ink-more enduring % than a
monument of brass--the meteorological ideas OF
the celebrated meteorologist of CaWe eiada. In those
remarks Mr., Nennor is represent ed as saying lnai
certain parties, poriicuarlyc rNbout the Nraonal
~ ''''' '''''' not poxE s'inM JUSTICE.
II would bo imposyt,ible for any one to represent
him I'm n more uUf, favorable light than his own
%Ords do n l ola TOHa SSd 9S%n 1Ss MT
Vennor f4etl IN with friendly person ns the re-
portcrS or THE REprBI1cAN No lair.minded or just
PeZf con will ever put into print that which he is
u REPUBLICAN of the slh insanO agree with all that
| has been represented as coming from Mr. Vennor,
: and they are undoubtedly fair representation Of
his views. HIS worst enemy could not have wished
him worse exhibition of himself and his ante
diluvan ideas. How much better IL would have
been for him to have discovered and revealed the
beautiful meteorological system as daily shown on
the wenthermap published by our worthy Weather
Bureaui
LAST YEAR MR. vESNoR
! was continually contrasting 1880 with 1876 this
year he is contrasting 1881 with 1877 proving quite
conclusively that he has all idea that the weather
repeats itself every four years, and ne seems to
, think II a wonderful discovery. If there was any
truth or value in such an idea 1t would have been
discovered by men wiser than he, and been re.
. veGled to the world without any grand blowing o
horns and sounding OF drums, II IL not q fact
And II wise men will take the trouble--a trouble
that will only take few moments per day-tc
learn to read the geography Of the atmosphere as
revealed on the weather map they Will readily see
that nature docs not travel in regular grooves bu
instead that the changes are more like that Of 9
, kaleidoscope. Anybody who has become at al
familiar with these maps knows that
+ WE CANNOT HAVE STORM
| without the presence Of the storm centre |" low,
, and that our whole weather system depends upor
l | the relations OF "high" and "low," and tina
, | high and low on variable lines travel iron
West toward the East. Mr.. VonnOr does not seen
j, TO have yet discovered this at least nothing in hi
wri,ings,hus far reveals the fact aud It would seem
4. | that II man knew anything about n subject HI
( would not omit saying something about th'
, essential aud primary elements which maxi
u the whole of the subject will make this opei
o challenge to all weather prophets challeng,
them, IN the interest of science, to tell us wher
= high " and low A." will be from day to day. lie
i | them do this and they will find none more read!
TO honor them and sound their praises than
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