The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28
SHOWERS.
OCCURRENCES THAT ARE
NOT FAIRY TALES.
r,ogs Until Four Feet Deep
~ y, ,,ers OF Fish and Pieces
tIcsb THAT Have Also
:" r.,Icp to the Earth.

- hut there is abundant proof
u ~ occurrences are by no means
~, on0 of the earliest narratives OF
"a o !. that communicated to the
Academy by Professor Pontus in
!. which he gives an account OF
-, Of frogs near Toulouse, and
.h., he himself saw numerous
,.ogs on the cloaks Of two gentle
~ ,S were caught in the shower on
i 4 when the diligence in which
!. travelling arrived at the place
,bs storm burst, the roads and
,"rc ' observed to be absolutely full
!. In some places they appeared to
!. or -FOUR fee, deep, and the horses
s1led thousands during the pas
: ,bc vehicle through the spot.
,,,tsnce of a no less curious frog
. n our own country is related by
=. IN the Orerldnd Monthly, who
nd in the year 1864 he was with a
!. If other tourists travelling in
/, q, least twenty miles from any
s- pond. The day being exceed
mi,ry halt was made for a rest OF
/. or two, when suddenly a dense
,iord made its appearance, which
..un to discharge a copious rain.
every person in the party wore a
|b,immed felt hat, which proved
I-'icction against the rain, as they
5dv been against the sun. The
Of the travellers was soon ar
|bya vigorous pelting Of something
emel like hsilstones upon their
| 5,. but which, greatly to their
proved to be u species of di-
he frogs.
! IS than two minutes the grass was
| live with these little creatures.
ere an of one size, about a quar-
I an inch long, very lively and ap-
in the best condition. Their
evidently been broken by the
.pringy nature Of the grass. AL
20 the theory advanced by some
:. that in such cases the frogs
necessity have arisen from the
The writer says: ut is not prob
several hundred thousand, per.
lions. Of frogs had suddenly been
into lie by the rain, or, if they
at, in their infantile glee, they
i've feet eleven inches from the
the top of our heads merely to
wv the game of lcap-frog should
ed. They came from above, in
with the rain, and this fact was
ear by holding out the hand and
hem fall upon it, ~ well as find
b upon our hat rims"
dge from number of instances
b Chambers's "Book of Days" it
en- that the cases of fish falls, in
try, at least, outnumber those of
q considerable degree. On the
Apil, 1928, Major Mckenzie, of
Scotland, while walking in a
bis farm, saw a great portion of
bad covered with herring fry,
four inches in length, fresh and
About two years later, in the
lslay, in Argyleshire, after a
ery heavy rain, the inhabitants
nr.sed to find large number OF
rings strewn over their fields.
cntly a Wick newspaper stated
morning a large quantity of the
les Of fish were found scattered
cn in that town. These, it is
hc peasants cooked and ate,
oi without misgivings as to the
y Of some satanic agency hav-
copcerned in transferring them
spot.
the most curious instances of
fe was related by an English
no, while residing in Calcutta,
a quantity of live fish descend
shower Of rain. "The most
hlng that struck me in connec.
the event. said the officer,
the fish did not fall heller
Eerywhere, or here and there,
even straight line, not more
pit in breadth.
emarkable events Of this charac.
yer, the most sensational wa.
as Kentucky meat shower
'illied so many people somt
irs ago. This "flesh fall" took
be farm of Mr.. Crouch, which
pot surrounded by high hill,
ptains in Bath County, Ky
nj given by Mrs. Crouch wa,
y as follows:
en- eleven and twelve o'clock
: yard, not more than forty steps
louse. There was light wind
pm the West, but the sky wa,
q. he sun was shining brightly,
: y prelude or warning of any
exactly under these circum,
>. ie shower commenced. The
4" ho' less than one or more than
, duration, When the flesh
y u ! saw a large piece strike
close by me, with Il swapping,
D' when 1t struck. was inn
D the conviction that it was
/. 4 or a warning. The largest
el saw was as long as my hand
r. aali an inch wide. 1t looked
IsJ 1t had been torn from the
ne PINE animal. Another piece
4 pas half round in shape and
4 <e ol Il half dollar"
d 'n'er residing in the neigh
n oemg showed a piece of the
\ y ed II to be bear meat, and
N1 II had "that uncommonly
SS peculiar to the flesh of that
butcher who was persuaded
nnlc meat changed his mind
e \ wing any of it and declared
3 neither like flesh, fish nor
lt Dked 10 hin, liln r,nttnn h,,.