Garland City Globe | 1919-07-26 | Page 6 | Leech as Weather Prophet

LEECH AS WEATHER PROPHET Those Familiar With Small Creature's Habits Can Foretell Changes . That Are at Hand. An excellent weather prophet can bo made by placing n leech In a glass Jur of water. If tho weather Is to continue fine the leech lies motionless nt the bottom bot-tom of tho Jar, mid rolled together In n spiral form.' If It fs lo rain! cither before or after noon, It will bo found to hnve crept up to the top ot Its lodging, whero It will remain till tho weather Is settled. If wo aro to have wind, the poor prisoner gallops through Ills limpid habitation with nmazlng swiftness, nnd seldom rests HU it begins to blow linnl. If n remarkable storm of thunder nnd rain Is to succeed, tho leech, for some days before, lodges almost con. tlnually without water, and gives Itself It-self up to violent throes and convul-slve-llko motions. In frost, na In clear summer weather, It lies constantly nt tho bottom; nnd In snow, ns In rainy weather, It pitches Its dwelling on the very mouth of tho Jar.