Dodge City times., 1882-10-05
POPULAR WEATHER SAYINGS.

Upon What the weathcrwise of New
Hampshire Base Their ..ProbabiIities.''
The Chief Signal Officer at Washing
ton is seeking material for collection
OF popular weather sayings, proverbs,
and prognostics used throughout the
country, and by all classes and races,
including Indians, negroes, and all for
eignerS.' The readers OF the Journal
may be interested to see collection
made in New Hampshire for his use.
The writer does not vouch for the cor
rectness of the prognostics. He gives
them as they We're given to him, and
the reader may judge for himself as to
their value. The divisions made by the
Chief Signal Officer are twenty three in
lumber
/. The sun. A halo around the sun
indicates that there will be rain or snow
soon. If the sun rises clear and soon
goes into a cloud it will rain before
night. If the sun shines while it rains,
it will rain the next day. A sun dog. or
mock sun, indicates that there will be
stormy weather very soon-
=. The moon. "One Saturday change
is enough for seven years. as there
is always severe storm after it.
The nearer the time of the moons
change to midnight the fairer will the
weather be during the seven days fol !.
owing. The nearer to midday the
phases OF the moon happen the more
foul or wet weather NAV be expected
during the next seven days. The space
for these calculations is two hours be-
fore and two hours after midnight and
noon. A halo around the moon indi-
cafes coming storm. The number of
stars seen within the circle shows the
number of days before il will occur. If
the new moon stands upright, so that
the crescent will not hold water, there
must be rain. rs the water must all de-
scend. If the new moon is horizontal,
SO that the crescent UU hold water,
there will be no rain. Grain should al
ways be sown in the new of the moon,
that it may grow with the increase of
the moon. The same rule should be OBJ
served in planting flower slips. To kill
bushes they should be cut after the full
ofthe August moon, when the sign is in
the heart. Pigs and hogs should always
be killed during the increase of the
moon. or the pork will diminish in bulk
while cooking.
). Stars and meteors. The aurora
borealis always indicates change Of
weather; and if it is very red the wealth
er will be very cold. If there are no
falling stars to be seen on bright sum
mer evening. you may look for fine
weather; if there be many falling stars
on tine summer eve. you may expect
thunder and heavy rain.
4. Rainbows. '.If you 90 to the foot
OF the rainbow. where it touches the
earth, you will find pot of gold"
When there is a rainbow in the morning.
there will be rain soon; when there is n
Rainbow at night, it will not rain the
next day.
A rainbow in the morning
Is the sailors warning:
rainbow at night
Is the sailors delight
=, D. Mist and fog. A sheet OF fog along
The river in the morning indicates that
the day will be hot one. When the
log settles on the mountain in the morn
hg. It will certainly rain before night.
When the fog goes up the mountain.
you may 90 hunting. When it comes
eown the mountain. you may 90 fish
ing In the former case there will be
une weather; in the latter. rain.
o. When you feel the dew falling
;aeavliy in the evening, you may be sure
xviii be fair next day. When in the
morning You see the ground covered
"'a webs. covered with dew and no dew