Eureka Reporter | 1903-10-30 | Page 7 | Weather Wisdom

weather W odom dom A very curious method of making weather predictions has been dincov ered by an old french farmer on christmas eve he says when the bells begin to ring for midnight mass take twelve onions and place them in a row an a table the first onion will represent january the sec see ond february and so on next make a large slit in each onion and pour some salt into it it if at the end of an hour you find that the salt in the march onion has melted you will know that there will be much rain in march and on the other hand if the salt in the april onion is not melted jou ou may be certain that april will be a dry month moreover it if the salt in any onion is melted at the top but not at the bottom the first fortnight of the month will be wet and the second fortnight dry