The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-10
SHOWERS OF FROGS AND FISH.
Several Instances of Flesh Falling
From the Clouds.

From the Clouds.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The very singular phenomenon Familiarity
known as the rain of Frogs has been Tidi-
culed and cOntradicted by some scientists,
but there is abundant proof that Sucl Oc-
cnrfences are by no means rare. One of
the earliest narratives of this kind is that
communicated to the French academy by
Prof Pontus in 1894, IN which he gva%aa
account of shower Of frogs near Toulouse.
and states that he himself saw numerous
young frogs on the clOaks of two gentlemen
who were caught i'll the shower on the road.
When the diligence in which he was travel
ing arrived at the place where the storm
bu st the roads and fields were serve to
be abs iutely full of frogs. In some places
they appeared to he three or four deep, and
the horses hoofs killed thousands during the
passage of the vehicle through the spot.
An ms ance of no less Gu iOuS frog
shower in our own country is related by
writer in the OUer!0ud NOhthiy, who says
that in the year 1864 he was with number
of other tourists travelling in Arizona at
leasj twenty miles from any stream or
pond. The day being exceedingly sultry,
halt was made for re I of an hour or
two, when sudde Ny dense cloud made its
appearance, which soo1 began to discharge
a cOpious rain. Nearly every pers III in the
party wore Il brOld-brim felt hat which
proved great protection against the raj
as they had alrea " been agaius the sun
The atten ion of the travellers was soon ar
r Sled by a vigorous d 4ltlnp of somethinr
which seemed like hailst mes upon their
sombreros, but which, greatly to their sur
prise, proved to ne a species OF dimnutive
frogs In less than two MINUTES the grass
was fairly i've with fhese little craa tIres
They were all of one size. about a quarter of
an inch long. very lively and annarantIv in
the best condition. Tnei.. fall had avi Ie1tlv
been broken by the elastic soriugv nature
of the grass.
Alluiing to the theory advanced nv soma
scientists. that in suc i cases tha froGs T,IIst
of necessity have arison from the . o-InJ
the writer saws: at isnot nrobable that
several bundled thons,nd marina @ rriIl; ,,,,
of frogs tad suddenly been hatcbcd into
life by the rain. or. if t5av hal that IN
their infantile glee. tley had iunna1 faat
II inches from the earth to the ton of our
heads merely to show how the game of
leap frog should be PLAYED Thsy c1nn
from above. in COMPANY with the rain and
this fact was made clear bv holding ont the
hand and seeing them fail mon If as vol
as finding them 1no,, orr hot rims y
To Judge from a number of instance ra-
lated In Caambers' "BooI Of 09vsn II
wonld seem that tha GAGS IF f,,5DsJ3iIs, -; ~
the old country, at least, outnumber those
of frogs 10 "A Considerable de9rea On
April II. 1928, Mai Mackenzie. of Rosshire
wa 10 walking in a tieId on his farm s saw a
great portion of the around covered with
herring-fry three a d four inches m Iangth
fresh and entire The snOt was ali Of Tea
miles from the firta of DinqweU Abo1t
two wears later in the island Of Tslex, in
Argyieshire, after a dav of verv bea1v
rain, the inhabitants were surprisei TO fl Il
a large number of fresh herrinrs stravn
over their fields More recentIv n w.
newspaper stated that one m rni 10 a lara
quantity of the same species of fsh wsTe
found scattered in garden in that town.
These, it is ted. the Oeasant; cooked and
ate, though not with ut misrivi gs ss tn
the possibility of some satanic n rancy havY
ing been concerned ia trausferrinp fbam ~
such a spot. ~
One Of the most curious instances of this
nature Is related w an F. lplish oflicar Who
while residing in Calcu ia. saw oian+itI
of live fish descend in a beavv s6o[ca, ~
raj. THE stran.r.sr thing that ctonol-
me in connection W. h this eveot !; ssId tI'a
officer. "was that the fish did notfslI hejtar1
SHELTER. everywhere. or here a I'd tMara t,,+
in an even. straight line nor mora 40 Ouo