Mower County transcript., 1869-12-30
A Literary Curiosity.

paintings, just puD1Shed by the auction
eers who are to dispose cf these works of
art, is literary curiosity of very novel
and interesting sort. Each painting is en-
tered in the catalogue with the prefix of a
poetical epigraph attributed to some emf
nent author. It will occur to very few who
run over the list of the pictures :hat these
little gems of poetry are all imitation, that
is to say, that they were never produced by
the poets to whom they are imputed. Gems
they are, nevertheless, and not paste, and
their close resemblance in rhythm and
style to their supposltious authors consti-
tntes their excellence. How very like Browi1-
ing is this:
when you 60 out in . garden to walk,
Sweet darliugs!-and talk.
BE sure before you 60 under = tree
There is no one to see.
The ny,nph in the fountain may keep up clatter.
But he don't matter;
But the spruce little gentleman hidden r.
Do you want him to hear?'
I. Sir Walter Scott is said to have remarked
of the imitation of his ocro-syllabics in the
REJECTED Addresses" that he had a con-
fused recollection of having written it him.
self; and We can very we'll fancy Emerson
hunting through his published poems for
this passage, which is signed with his name:
''With eyes upturncd she reads tho skies,
All heaven is in her raptured eyes,
The Fatal Sisters with their shears
She sees, unfearing; and she hears
The planets at their DDdal hymn;
Also the voice Of Cherubim.
Who is this goddess that brings news
or Chaos, and old Time renews?
Who but the dear, Immortal Muse
And the following is so exactly in the
Win Of The May Queen" that any Ten
nysonian might be deceived by it:
S.T,
With laurels III her hair. mother, and lilies in her
hands,
Pure the pearls on her neck and beautiful as the
She shall be Queen Of the May, mother she shall
be Queen of the May
1t is abundantly evident from these frag-
ments (and there are many others quite az
clever), that Messrs. Leavitt, Strebeigh &
Co. keep poet" of high order. With
such a catalogue for the pictures, there
should be great master of oratory or elo-
cution for the crier, and each work ought
to be knocked down to the music of Phil
harmonic symphony.-N 7. Post.
Weather Predictions.
AS the weather is q subject of interest we
append the following representations.
They are based upon phenomena to be OBJ
served during the month of Decembcr:
If Dccembcr's bright and clear,
1t portendeth good year.
Should December be cold with snow,
On every height fair crops will grow.
In December frosts alternating with
thaws indicate a moderate winter.
December weather, changcable and mild.
Shows the whole winter fickle Is q child.
A dry, December IL dry spring and sum-
mer.
December thunder oft brings for it's train,
In The succeeding summer, wind and rain.
So much for observations on the appear.
ance Of the weather during the whole
course of the month. Wha, follows relates
to particular days:
i. When it happens upon the first of the
month, that wide around severe winte,
weather sets in, it (the winter) will last
four months.
2ith- Follow highly blessed year,
Should this Iii t;lt DO bright and clear
Should it snow on the night of the oath,
it betokcns q good hop harvest.
As many are interested in grape culture,
the following prediction, though somewhat
unccuth, POLITICALLY considered, is gwen
With the hope that it may prove auspicious
When Christina. eve clear you find,
Without rain and without wind,
And fair tho mornings sun did shine,
The next yer will produce much wine.
Christmas bare and green,
Faster with snow is seen.
IT'S fair sign OF propitious year,
When the bright sun Oh Christina day shines
clear.
These weather proverbs are the folklore
of other days. Their value may be easily
tested. Many agricultural operations are
regulated by the supposed future state OF
the weather. Let turner's note these pre-
dictons.