Show WILL BE A SEVERE WINTER when it to th figuring out oat what od of a winter tats one will be farmer dunn dann the now new york signal evice chieftain ie 18 not dot in the race with his country rivals who base their ag prognostications upon time honored proverbs and the doings of wild and domestic animals the sun insists th that athele be la clearly at a disadvantage beci because luss his hia limited quarters on top of the equitable building do not admit of the keeping of farmyard animals sad and he be time to go over to jersey to see ee what the wild ones are doing so bo mr duon dunn try to compete with the rural prophets and confines his hie prognostications to the daily forecast of the weather indications for the coming thirty six hours he sayd that the old proverbs in which the modest prophets of the antry place such confidence are all rubbish rob bleb and that it is not possible even with all the costly and newfangled lan aled machinery of the weather bureau to tell what kind of a winter it will be coons and possums chickens and even the breastbone of the goose he toli ake are utterly unreliable the country prophets are practically however in announcing hat this will be an uncommonly milers severe winter and they say gay that all gas avree auree with their prediction ap an ohio fa farmer riper who says that he be has observed the doings of the leather for more than forty years has issued tied a statement ata ement anich reads as fatowe V boone and possums have a heavy growth 0 of fur ur on the chip mun ak and the squirrel are the busiest etue animals antho in the world the insects have left the north side of the trees frees in th woods as you will notice and the 1 leathers on the V geese goes are heavier than ever ver before my young lambs are growing wool that seems marvelous mar veloue alfi sheep that anve been sheared are aft regaining their fleece these hm were visible in 1867 1857 and 1858 ir another sign of a hard bard winter la Is the large hazelnut crop this meana also jago at lots of boy babies will to ike kethe the place of those who will be ii kited ed in the be coming war ta thai lt prediction is followed by others ap be same import from all parts paria a of f the 69 batry vatry however this is not an unusual I 1 occurrence at this season because 7 it ip ie just the time of year when the rural weather prophets are busiest and nine years out of ten they insist that very cold weather is coming an indiana man comes to the front with W ith the announcement that corn husks ais are thicker this fall than usual which blob he saye say is 18 an infallible sign that there will be cold weather during january Iii nuary and february most famous unofficial prophet says that he has hag been a close observer of the english sparrow for years and that the birds which abound in the vicinity of boston commonage Commo nare growing feathers on their lop legs there is no doubt in his mind tt that this is a sign of an ext extremely cold winter clear moon aroet soon to a saying that may be heard board frequently 1 in pennsylvania an old time weather sign was the dig als bythe ayt te in an a af arl winter a usual buea A hand q d similar activity on he wao oat part rt 16 of a bean ako warning of a severe season to the huntera ho ate re in the early days bear tracks after the first fan fail of snow indicated a wild mild winter in the fall before a cold and early winter chipmunks are usually abundant they are always housed by october let before a mild however they are to be seen as late as december lot the farmers say that when cows bellow la in the evening it is safe to look out for snow enow during the night when cattle collect near the barn long before night and remain huddled near it until late in the morning a severe winter is co cominic comi ofir when the donkey blows his horn born tie TIB time to house your hay and corn is 18 RD an old saying A thaw to Is to be ex pecked when a oat cat is seen washing her bar face with her book back to a fire the old german saying if on day fob feb 2 it to is bright and clear the groundhog ground hog bog will stay in its don den thus indicating that more snow and cold are to oame egme but if it snows or rains it will creep out as winter has bus ended is responsible for the popular superstition regarding groundhog day rural bural observers assert that hogs gather and store straw leaves and hay bay before cold weather sets in it if a mole digs a hole bole two oro and a halt half feet deeply is an indication that a very severe winter is at t bond band if the hole is in two feet tool deep lh told will not be quite so savere evere it one foot deep the winter will be mild Patt partridges drum only tn in a fall when a mild and open winter wouter 1611 kWO A scarcity of squirrels I 1 in a the he out autumn u in n I 1 in D dacate the approach of a oo co id winter the old standby of the farmer prophets however is in the breast bone boo of the goose the whiteness of the bone indicates the amount of snow that will fall during the winter if the november goose bone be thick ise will ul the winter weather be if the november goose bone be thin thid oo do will vie the winter weather be it if the bone to is red fed or has many red spots expect a cold and stormy winter but li it only a few spots are visible the winter will be mild an authority says that thea the saying ying everything is lovely and the goose hawks high PP not hangs high as it I 1 is frequently quoted is a weather pr proverb overn menning that when wild goose geese I 1 fly y high it Is ie a sign of fair air weather when birds of passage arrive early in their southern passage severe weather may be looked for soon blackbirds flo flocking oking together in the fall indicate a spell of cold weather it if crows crown fly by south cold weather will follow if north a warm spell may be expected it if birds in autumn grow tame the winter will be too cold for game turkeys perched on OB trees and refusing to descend indicate snow to the initiated when wild ducks docks fly to the south it is a sign that winter is coming when the woodpecker disappears in the fall look out for a cold winter when the ivory billed woodpecker goes to work at the bottom of a tree and goes to the top removing all the outer bark on his way it is au ai indication that there will be de deep show h ow and plenty abit of it A fog in fe february oils nary I 1 indicates noi cates a I 1 rout in may au an old saying is he that would ave ave ad a bad 0 day must g on out V la ia wak ader biross nod another ie A wan tog tors togs s tog fog will freeze a dog oil bearded fro frost st la in a forero fore D nei of mow an ow Frest that occurs in the dark or of the moon kills fruit buds and frost in the light of the moon will not kilt kill early frosts are usually followed by a long and bard winter the first frost of the season the farmers say occurs six weeks after the first song bong of the first katydid heavy white frost is a sign thai that waimer weather is coming black is the forerunner of a spell of dry cold weather bearded frost indicates Inae Inde oates cates a cold winter with much snow roar hoar frost Is a a sign of rain rural observers say there will be as many frosts in june as there are fogs in february three white they say will bring a storm every time christmas comes on tuesday this thi year here is a curious stanza from the harleman Har lelan manuscript in the ibe british museum it christmas day on tuesday be that year shall many women die and that winter grow great marvels ships shall be in great perils thal thai year shall kings and lords cords be slain and A n d many other deop people le near them A dry summer that year shall be As all that are horn born therein may see atney shall be strong and covetous if thou steal aught thou closest thy life for thou die through sword or ork knife but it if thou fall sick tin tia certain ahou turn to lite life again old sayings have it that it if all AIL saints sainte 1 day will bring out the winter st martin martins a day will bring out the indian summer it if joe ice will beat bear a man before christmas it will not bear a mouse afterward the three lays days of september 20 21 and 22 rule tow the weather for Cia october november and december toe the flast fiest three days ot of january indicate that of the tao coming three months Us the twelve days bo be tween december 26 25 and january 5 6 are ago the keys key to the weather for the twelve months of the ensuing year it if october is warm the follow following lag february will be cold it if october brings heavy f roots and winds january and february will be mild much rain in october ot ober indicates much wind in december A green christmas christinas makes a aill nil churchyard is familiar saying others via are that a green christmas makes a whits white caster top the more snow the more healthy the season A snow year is a rich xich year in winter expect fair weather from one ome night nights a tee ice an early winter is severely winter after a warm autumn a long winter A clear autumn brings a windy winters winter when the birds andi badgere badgers are tat fat in october a cold winter may be looked lor for onion skins very thin mild winter coming on onion skins thick and tough coming winter cold and rough perhaps the best general winter proverb is from the persian in winter a fire is better than a muscat roee 00 |