The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-08
PROPHETS DISAGREE.
winter.
PROF. VEsNoR, or CANADA, sAYs II
WILL BE COLD AND sSowY-MR.
DEYoE, OF HACKESsACE,
SAYS IT WILL BE
MILD AND
RAINY.


RAINY.
Mr.. Vennor wrote to the Albany ar
gus on Friday:
"Snowfalls will be universal this
season, and will extend, in all prob
ability, not only far to the south
ward in American, but across to Eu-
rope. The snowfall of the 18th was
marked in this respect. December
will, in all probability, open with
little snow, but the weather will be
cloudy, threatening snowfalls. Dur
ing the opening days of the month
dust, with the very light mixture
of snow why may have fallen, will
be swept III fiurries by the gusty
wind. There will probable be some
snow from about the 4th Of the
month. With the second quarter OF
the month colder weather will prob
ably set in with falls of snow. The
farmers viii be able to enjoy sleigh
rides in the cold, exhilarating air,
but good sleighing need not be ex-
pected until after the middle of the
month. There will be a spell OF
mild weather about the 18th and
18th. After a brief interval of mild
weather, during which more snow
will fall, the third quarter of the
month will probably see clustering
and cold weather. cold snap with
heavy snow storms and consequent
ly good sleighing. Very cold wealth
er may be expected during this
quarter. The last quarter of the
month will bring milder weather
! in fact, the heaviest snowfall will be
toward the end of the month, and
snow blockades may be looked for,
the snowfalls extending far south
ward, possibly as far as Washington,
with very stormy weather around
New York and Boston
DEvoE. THE HACKENsACK PROPHET.
/ Mr.. Devoe was found Yesterday
in his shirt sleeves feeding = buzz
saw in his mill on Hackehsack riv-
er, where annually he cuts up 200
cords of kindling wood for the
Hackensackers. 1t was about the
hour for stopping work and Mr.. De-
voc willingly left his task to talk on
his favorite topic.
Il find myself disagreeing with
all of them in my predictions" he
said. Here is the forecast Of the
winter that | sent to the Farmers
Club in New York, on the 1st of Oc-
tober: a dry fall /; mild in this sec
ton. Heavy northeast storms and
snow in the Western and Southern
States. Heavy southeast winds and
rain over the lake region. Great
snowfalls in lower New York as in
North Carolina during the winter.
The winter here will be compara-
lively mild. In nearly all storms
theIe will be southwest winds with
rain.
Mr.. Devoe says he does not know
how Professor Fennor works out his
predictions. He once wrote to him,
but got no answer. He understands
that the Professor adopts the theory
that seasons come in circles, and
that he makes no pretension to a
knowledge of meteorological science.
Mr.. Devoe says that storms travel
around the earth in circles, and on
this basis he has made predictions
that have been verified. He has
found, he says, that there are never
more than 3, usually only 2 storms
travelling between the equator and
the north pole. In the present cold
snap there are twostorms in the Uni
ted States, one on the southeast, and
the other on the northwest. Every
storm centre has rain on its lower
part and snow on its upper. The
upper edge of the southeastern
storm has been over New York in
the past few days. That storm is
now passing off the United States
to the southeast. The next storm
will be that from the northwest.
We will get the lower edge OF that
storm, which viii give Us rain and
warm weather here. The same
storm will bring snow to the north
west.
MR.. DEvoE's AEMoRANDCA BOOK.
In a memorandum book Mr. De
voc notes daily the range of the ba-
rometer and thermometer, the direc-
ton of the wind, &c, in Hacken-
sack. From these notes he says he
can tell what the weather was in any
part of the United States and half
across the ocean on any given date.
He was at the meeting of the Farm
ers's club in this city on Tuesday,
and offered to let any of the mem
bers test his skill.
What kind of weather was it at
Toledo on the 9th OF July?" amem-
Der enquired.
"Mr. Devoe showed his note book,
in which was a record for Hacken-
sack
Temperature, 7O'; wind north
west; few cirrus clouds in south
west; at p. m, light rain for II
hours; at 7 p. m, heavy shower
forty or fifty miles north"
1T rained in Toledo on that day.
said the prophet.
That is correct" the member
said.
"Bloodwood II. Cutter, the poet
lariat" of Long Island, was the next
questioner. Il was in Paris, France,
on the 18th of july" he said. "What
kind of weather was it there?"
Mr.. Devoe applied his theory that
storms 90 around the earth in cir
cles. I'VE ought TO have had that
weather about ten days before that,
he said. He turned back in his
note book to July Z and read his
Hackensack observation.
1T must have been warm and
showry on the 18th in Paris" he
said.
There was powerful rain there
that night" said Mr. Cutter.
Mr.. Devoe brides himself on his
ability to indicate the weather ut
points within Hackensack by OBJ