The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-10-11
ON Saws .Nn MopERs INSTANCES

1t would seem from the multitude OF
proverbs and saws left on record, that IN
the old time our ancestors had but little
else to do than manufacture predictions
for each month in the year, these gath
cred together read funnily in these
practical days. Here is an autumn
wreath woven out Of old proverbs in re.
card TO October. First we have this
chronological precept:
do not let October flies
Lead you to expect warm skies.
But if, notwithstanding, the skies are
warm, look for the chilling rec ompense
herein indicated:
October warm, with certain speed,
Makes February cold indeed"
The leaves, too, bear their part in the
protents; faded and thickly strewed on
every hand they cannot fail to be noted
in the search for signs. The proIostic
below, though rudely expressed, is
based upon good physiological princi-
pies:
"The earlier in October the leaves do
fall, so much the more fruitful will the
next season be"
The next two are of similar import :
Stop the leaves long on the trees, you
had best
Prepare for winter a good warm nest:
When late in October the leaves still
remain fast..to the trees there will follow
hard winter.
OF rain in this month we have this
trite saw:
Much wind in October, much wind
in December"
And this which TO superstitlous
mind might be cause of dread, God
acre being the beautiful German desig
nation for a grave yard
October rains when many and great
Gods acre best fill and cultivate"
Thunder in this month is decidedly
out of season, but should its reverbera
tons be heard they are not to be regard
ed as consoing sounds, as witness what
follows:
October thunder storms plainly say
Changeable weather all winter will
stay =.
And this, which is more obscure, is
still less satisfactory
winter thunder-misplaced and un
kind
Showeth much solid weather behind.
Or this triplet, which institutes com
parison, must he taken in an allegorcal
Sence:
"In October the thunder though sound
ing drear,
Than that OF February is better to hear
The last is but pleasing to the Insurers
ear"
As for frost and snow, whose advent
is not desirable so early in the season
but which occasionally put in an unwel
come appearance, we have these:
Frost and snow in October arr
courier to say that January will b.
mild"
(Now let the weatherwise event anC
hereby forewarned predict the usuaI
January thaw y
'If there is in October much frost anC
wind,
January and February both mild you'll
find;
But when in the autumn the weather il
clear,
The cold wind full, soon appear.
This relating to the first snow, is 1
quaint expression of popular belief:
should in mud and slush the first snow
fall
Look for a mild winter, and mudd,
wthal'
The last of the general observation
on the month is the following, whicI
seems to derive its inspiration from tn
doctrine of compensations:
STOPS the winter long away,
So much longer will it stay"
Of set days we have this, relating t.
the 10th:
when it is. dry at st. Calls day tn
summer that follows will be dry"
And this of the same day, which act
as a reminder to those who last year ha'
their trees broken and fruit damaged b,
the early snow:
AT st. Calls day every apple shoul'
be in its sack"
OF the 2lst this
Just as begins Ursula's day,
SO the winters resolved to stay"