Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-06-11
suPERsrrrroNs OF THE DAY.
How crsdulous Ola People Interpret Com
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There was q sudden howl as IL q fog
horn had been seized with nightmare,
and something that bore a decided
resemblance to cats tail disappeared
over the back fence of st. Paul street
residence like streak of yellow light
ming.
IL don't like to see cat lying in the
sun in February" said the old gentle
men, as he slammed down the window
and resumed his chair by the fireplace.
"Why?" asked an incredulous visitor.
"It forebodes stormy March," was
the response. why, that's II proverb
I've heard since was child, and I've
never known it to fail. But here in the
city, and particularly here in st. Paul
street, they laugh at fellow when he
hauls out his country saws.
That shows their ignorance, for good
ness knows farmer knows more about
the weather in week than they do in
| the city for month. There's another
true saying, that when the north wind
does not blow in February it will have
| its revenge in March. And for every
thunder with rain in this month, there
will be cold spell in May. The old
proverb says that when the snow lies in
the bitches it is waiting for more, and
when it falls in the mud it remains all
winter. Look out for rain as the flakes
grow larger as they fall. OF course,
you remember the time honored remark
about the white Christmas and the lean
graveyard. You people never pay any
attention to these signs, but 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 so?"
II suppose every month has its own
signs?" asked the incredulous visitor,
as he gazed incredulously at \ nickle-
plated horseshoe suspended over the
mantel.
Every one of Them" was the reply,
"and n few of the most ancient and
least known 1 will recite for your bene-
fit. 1t is said that if grass grows in
January it will grow badly during the
rest of the year. The original saw for
March says that if the month comes in
with an adder's head it goes out with q
peacock's tail. 1t was believed, too,
that 'bushel of March dust was worth
kings ransom, though this was a
rather poetical adaptation. OF April it
is said that a cold, moist April fills the
cellar and fattens the cow A dry May
brings nothing.
A swarm of bees in May
Ia worth a load of hay.
A swarm of bees in June
Is worth a silver spoon;
But a swarm of bees in July
Is not worth a fly.
"A pretty rhyme, is it not?" he inter-
rupted with laugh. "a dripping June
sets all things to tune. When it rains
in August it rains honey and wine. If
the first day of September be fair the
month will be a good one. A warm Oc-
tober brings q cold February. Ice in
November forbodes plenty of sleet and
bad weather during the winter, and q
warm Christmas indicates cold Easter.
The first 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 flood for forty days thereafter. In
spring tub of rain makes teaspoon
full of mud, but in autumn teaspoon
full of rain makes tub of mud. We
heard Handicapped two weeks ago.
That was prophecy of poor year for
maple sugar but u good year for fruit.
"Do you know how to foretell rain
with certainty" he asked, "and with
out going out ofdoors? Just watch the
cockroaches. When they fly get out
your umbrella. Crickets chirp lively
and spiders come out of their nests al
so before rain. I'll tell you curious
old saw about frost. The first frost, so
runs the saw, comes exactly six weeks
after we hear the first katydid. There
will be as many frosts in June as there
are fogs 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 have spoken have their origin
in experience and observation, and there
is in them much of truth. Baltimore
Herald.