Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-07-11
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few days ago, we called the attention
81 the people ot the ARID regions to the
fact that Uncle Jerry Rusk was out
among the squash vines IN the expert.
mental gardens OF his department shoot.
ing ut the clouds, Tor the purpose -
demonstrating To u scienti6c certainty,
the fact that ws have the power Of pro.
ducing rain ut wIll,ii We only have amnu.
milton enough, We also called attention
To the fact that nns ot his agents up IN
South DAKOTA, who was evidently an
apprentices and had only learned one part
VI the businesA, had aucceeded in shoot
my the rain On, but didn't know how To
shoot II on again, and the whole country
was 10 danger ~ belrg inundated We
incidently referred ,n the fact, also, that
an Australian. Temporarily eojoufning IN
Ohio, had invented u machine 10y which
he could Gauss the rain Ia come down m
sheets and buckets full. over II district ~
country two huudrcd Nud hfty miles
square, and that It would keep ou com,ng
NJ I'LL he reversed tho machine. Now
anyone could Ecc that such man as thus
was dangerous character tO be ut large
Being II foreigner, aud without much rs
spect Tor our institutions, he might turn
the celestial hose on us at any time, and
wash us and our institutions all INTO tie
sea together. 90 course, that IL u chance
VIZ couldn't afford to take, and 90 W. al.
vlsei the secretary 10 exercise his author
iiy M superintendent " the water ser
Wee, to ronliscate the machine and sup
press the Australian, as matter u pub.
lie safety. Now comes wicked Tucson
paper and trl"s To deprecla,e the impor
tance VI both the secretary's shooting
and the Australians machine, by n re-
matksble snake story. II tells ~ IA man
who was iishlng IN the Rio pnercu aud
caught "ht"r snake, aud says: lie
was advlEed 10y an Indian present, To
hang II NJ 10y tbs tail and make the
ram come Ihis he lid and to hls sur.
prise, although the dry seasou waa veil
on, II ralned hard all the l. iht following.
la hls op,n,on the snake process knocks
high explosive, colder than Slater eau
knock comet tutlonal law. By this
method the expense a. ditch digging and
reservoir builiIrg wuuld bc avoided and
the windows ~ tho heavens be- made tu
open at the wrgglc ~ the snakes tail.
Bu, have wo tho suakea or has New Mex
leo monopoly OF those terrible water
witches: We fear so, us the discovercr
has resided IN this town for fully twenty
five years, and has in the meantime seen
many suakes, but they were never ~ the
New Mexico kind. Between high px-
plos,vo, and Australian machine. Igua
titus Donncily, the Farmers Alliance
and the Tucson mans snake tail move
an artesian deluge ought to be az smooth.
ly dcns as water rolling from n Guck's
back"
IL that story is true We gladly accept
the snake method, ani give II p place
along With the aecre,ary's gun and tho
Australians ruAchine, in our collection of
hydraulic facts. Indeed It is preferable
10 either OF the others, because II is 80
much more convenient, aud costs less
The Australians machine evidently costs
n good deal for fuel, and has to bc
watched very closely to keep IL from
OVERRIDING the thing, like the Methodist
circuit riders prayer, and the secretary's
shooting method Ia open TO the objection
that Il makes II necessary for the farm.
or % tire dynamite bombs and sky rock.
cts, aud raise Fourth OF July generally.
every time ho waats a shower; while the
snake process IL just No simple as falling
of log. A man eau lay out work for n
rainy day 10 be done in the barp, and
when he starts out In the morning oil he
has To do il 10 tic mp his snake, and then
let il rain--and when he thinks there's
water enough, 4 hc don't want the hircd
man 10 get wet, he eau 20 To the barn
door and holl-r To his wife ar one Of the
children 10 "turn the snake" and before
milking time the rain will be all over. II
the Tucson man isn't deceiving us about
this matter and We don't know Of any
motive he could have in doing 90 then
the snake method Of producing rain 10
destined 10 have a much larger circula.
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