Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-12
4 Mild Winter.


much about n hard wjntcv.T sMid an old
banter yesterday. You don't fool
ttnzn much on the weather." he, COM
tinsed< They're better than an alma
hac. I've watched them good many
years over in the American bottom, and
/ can always tell< along in the fall
whether we are going to hcve an open
winter ~ not How can 1<tel?' ad-
ded the Eimrod, repeating the report
'er's question '"Easy enough. / don't
have to feel for it. either. If it's going
to be hard winter, you'll see the
muskrats Commence honsc~building
aarly in the fall, and by this time they
will have theis luaa,nas 0n the marshes
built up IT n,sd assd aslexs and leaves
three or TOUR feet above ssacsr. But if
the weather Is going ~ be cRild, you'll
See nothing OF that kind 4 colored
man from Eoahomue bottom where
he has lived npsst Of tbs time since the
war, ~as standing by, and added his
Testimony as to the signs OF tase seastsu.
II ted VOW, bass" said he. ""de .graun'
hog sn de animal dat goes by. lies
leai'hed zsesse aboptx1e weather aNn all
So rest OBJ 2s beasts If he kin see slis
shadow whom he comes ssrttss his lsale
ia February he gifts back i'm de gToun'
quick and stays that SIX weeks leager.
TAcn you can bet tAa7'al be a late
spring. He's Jest rs srUart about de
w:pter, foah if it's gwine to be marra
nc jts scratches 4 Smaller hole to llese
i'll; thet's all he wants Kslt if It's gwiE,e
ter freeze hard he'll goin deep and make
hissclf & warm NEST OF dry grass and
aeaayes. De- groun' hog amt troublin'
any 7shssE cold weather now. He's
made APP Ills nsiad its no use an' is
going - lib seaose laodetop oh de groun'
wiuout any bed DIS winter. amt got
any use: for a big wood pile dis winter,
nor y0u Non,t either boss" and the
coloreISciantist walked zway! Look
ing t2r farthsr information, the reporter
question: d u well known q>auMcrer in
Union market a1,d wxs iafolxaed that
the inner skin of chicken gizzards peel
ed off very easily, d never failing sign
they say Of 8 green Christmas. Another
point was gained from farmer who
says the corn husks are remarkably
thin and light this fall. another evil
dence recognized ~ q promise of thin
soc.
Ma1lard duclcs have very few feathers
this fall You needn't fear much cold
weather srhen the ducks are not well
teathered." remarked judy, the game
dealer. Another thing said he4 1.-The
wild fowls have not gore south yat.
They are feeding north of here and
w!!l come down later and stay around
here AZ they did two years ago - Chris
hIeiLerweisex, of Baden, cites the old,
tniallible German sign of the breast
bone of goose, to prove that fuel
ought to be cheap this winter. Chris
killed II goose for dinner last Sunday,
and after eating the meat from the
breast found the bone SO thin that he
could see through it. If the winter
were going to be- very eold,' he says,
"the goose-bone would have been three
times as thick :"
Ripe t4,matos. picked daily fronl the
vines are for sale da, Union market, a
luxury, Grundeme, sef, va IS, th:.. is not
afforded so late in tie season one year
in ten. f.
Ii further evidence Is needed to con-
vince the skeptical thas sAers is no NO
ctssity tor sguanderiuy 4 fortune III
coal. it is afforded in Tie ~ily catfish of
the Missouri river. When the stream
is going to freeze up. the catfish knows
it long enough in advance to prepare
himself with good thiuL hide. john.
SON, the fishmonger. declares the cat
fish had skins like whales last winter,
but now their winter covering is as thin
as silk. Lo,ss Globc-Dcnlocrat.