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Three brothers are farmers hit by a prolonged drought. Thus, they try to make it rain using a rain machine, that is a weapon they bought downtown. Their performance is so successful that a tornado storm is triggered and their farm destroyed by the consequent flood.
This poem was written in 1891 by a well-known scientist, F.W. Clarke, after the failure of a weather modification experiment in Texas, which was richly funded by the Congress of the USA.
European American settlers in the Great Plains depend on agriculture. Since they were plagued by drought, they would develop an interest in rainmaking. The earliest attempts involved the concussion method, which was premised on the theory that gunpowder explosions triggered friction and generated nuclei to produce rain. In 1890 Congress appropriated funds to put this theory into practice. The task was given to General Robert S. George Dyrenforth. Experimentation began on the C Ranch in Andrews County, Texas, in 1891 and continued at San Antonio, Texas, in 1892. No rainfall occurred. General Dyrenforth was dubbed “General Dryhenceforth,” and the remaining funds appropriated for rainmaking experiments reverted to the Department of the Treasury.
Frank Clarke (1847-1931) was an American scientist and chemist, sometimes known as the "Father of Geochemistry". Clarke is credited with determining the composition of the Earth's crust. Clarke was not a hearty laugher. He was known to "ripple" quietly at exceptional displays of wit or humor. Clarke's humorous use of language was compared to Lewis Carroll and the talent was renowned at Washington D.C.'s Cosmos Club. He wrote this poem to banter the Federal Administration for wasting a lot of money to support weather modification without any scientific evidence. Take note that Dyrenforth was not entitled to a military title.