Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-11
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signs and Portents.
SoNr or THE WEATHER WISDOM HANDED
Down FBoM GENERATION TO GENERA
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Scat-whack!
There was sudden howl as if fog
horn had been seized with nightmare
and something that bore decided re-
semblance to a cats tail disappeared over
the back fence of St. Paul street resi-
dence like streak of yellow lightning.
II don't like to see cat lying In the
sun in February, said the old gentleman,
as he slammed down the window and re-
sumed his chair by the fireplace.
"Why p,' asked an incredulous visitor.
at forebodes a stormy March, y was the
response. s.Why, that's proverb I've
beared since was child. and Eve never
known it to fail. But here in the city and
particularly here in St. Paul street. tney
laugh at fellow when he hauis OUT MS
country saws. That shows their ignorance,
for goodness knows farmer knows more
about the weather in a week than they 90
| in the city in a month. There's announcer
true saying, that when the north wind does
not blow in February. it will have IT'S re-
yenge in March. And for every thunder
with rain in this month. there Will De
cold spell in May. The old proverD says
that when the snow lies in the bitches, 1t
| IL waiting for more. and when it falls in
The mud. It remains all winter. Look out
for rain when the flakes grow larger as
thew fall. OF course. you remember the
ltime-bonored remark about the white
Christmas and the lean graveyard. You
people never pay any attention TO these
sions Int the farmers, the truckers, the
milkmen-people whom you brush past
every day on the streets or in the markets
believe in them, because their fathers
taught them to do SOL
II suppose every month has its own
signs ?r asked the incredulous visitor, as
he he gazed incredulously at nickel
plated horseshoe suspended our the man
tie.
Every one of Them" was the reply,
land few of the most ancient and least
known, will recite for your benefit. 1t
is said that if grass grows in January, it
will grow badly during the rest OF the
wear. The original saw for March says
that if the month comes in with an adder's
head, it goes out with peacock's tail. 1t
was believed too. that 'bushel OF March
dust was worth kings ransom though
this was rather a poetical adoption. OF
fills the cellar and fattens the cow
dry May brings nothing.
"A dripping June sets all things to
tune. When it rains in August it rains
honey and wine. If the first day OF Sep
TENDER be fair, the month will be good
one. A warm October brings cold Feb
ruarv. Ice in November forbodes plenty
of sleet and bad weather during the winter.
and a warm Christmas indicates a cold
Easter
THE fir,t three days of any season
rules its weather. When it clears on
Sunday it will be clear until Wednesday,
and If it rains on the first dog-day, there
will be food for forty days thereafter.
In spring, a tub of rain makes teaspoon
full of mud; but in autumn. teaspoonful
OF rain makes tub of mud. We heard
handicapped two weeks ago. That was
a prophecy Of poor year for maple SUI
gar. but a good year for fruit"
''Do you know how to foretell rain with
certainty" he asked. land without going
out OF doors ?"
Just watch the cock-roaches When
they fly, get out your umbrella. Crickets
chirp lively and spiders come out of their
nests also before rain. I'll tell you Gu
rious old saw, about frost. The first frost,
runs the saw, comes exactly six weeks af
ter we hear the first katvdid. There will
be as many frosts in June as there are
frogs in February. | forgot to tell you
also that rats and mice make much noise
before rain. and horses snuff the air
noticeably. Most of these signs of which
I have spoken, have their origin in expe-
rience and observation, and there is in
them much of truth. "-BaltimOre Herald