The daily gazette., 1883-03-12
WfGGINS YET WIGGLES
AND SAYS HE is MORE THAN
SATISFIED
EVEN IF THE STORM WAS WEAK
Ard lid not Raise the Wind Sufficiently
to do a Whit of Damage Along the En-
tire Coast

Whst was Il very decided storm, but what
the newspapcrs aud people persist In SAYING
is not Wiggns atmosphere npheAval, came
on Saturday. Al! day storm ragged with
what the signal service characierizrs as
grrat enefEN 'rIW Cnpn ilIt aras IT, the
Nova Scollun coast. and rhere was the
biggest snow fall ~ tll" >cnsnn, accompanied
by biting cad !. ia tue New England States
At some points in New England live feet of
snow fell on a levri
An Ottawa Dispatch dated March says:
Professor Virgins has been ia the happpst
Of moods all day, and his countenance
beams with smile Of the triumph which
he claims to have achieved over both Gen
eral liazen anl MIR. Carpmeal He is The
recipient Of innumera5le congratulations
from friends aud others, aud has been kent
busy all day answering kilograms and let
tiers OF inquiry. They wanted this storm.
and got 1t exactly on time, - he said to-day'
'It took the course laid down, but which
General Hazen said no storm would or
could take on account of the tides be-
lieve the storm was general over the world,
otherwise it would have proved more disas-
trous than 1t fortunately did. People must
not consider, however, that all danger is
past, for it is not. do not care to alarm
people, but must say that think they
should still be cautious. AS the moon was
passing meridian to-day, feel exceedingly
anxious to learn from India and the Bay of
Bengal, where the forces OF my storm
originated.
"It was only as an astronomer" the
Prophet continued, "and not as a weather
prophet, that | could foresee the storm. It
was by astronomical deduction that | ar
rived at my forecast, and consider it full
filled" Professor Virgins went on to
"a ra1 hnin 10
sky, and said that it was caused by meteors
of great size falling to the earth. GAN
planets, he continued "appear to be sur
rounded by zones of erolites. Some of these
are of great dimensions When the earth's
attraction is unusually Increased, they are
thrown from the orbit TO the earth. No
doubt a large number of these fell to our
planet and the. moon during the last few
days.
"The United States press" continued the
professor, "have condemned my theory on
the ground that all storms caused by sun
spots are owing to the decrease in the solar
light. The breaking out of these spots, no
doubt affects our electrical condition, for
we Immediately notice thrill in tbe electri-
cal needle There is no foundation though
for the assertion that these spots have any
connection with the cause Of terrestrial
storms. | frequently gave out that floods Of
Europe would be experienced iu America
during February. l predicted that the
winter of 'S3 would be remarkable for suow.
| pointly contradicted Vennor's prediction
for the Montreal Carnival, and said the
weather would be clear and cold. / was
correct, also, in saying that no January
thaw would take place. Vennor was en-
tlrely wrong. / will say nothing about his
theory of forecasts just now. There is no
living man to-day who knows my system.
1t is just as easy to predict storm 100 years
hence as "a hours, when you proceed on
scientific principles as | do"
In conclusion the Doctor stated that this
would be an unusual year for floods all over
the continent.
A Washington dispatch quotes the signal
office as saying that the storm, such as it
was, did not follow the line of Wiggins, pre-
diction, and that the highest velocity the
wind attained was - miles an hour, moth
ing unusual.