The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-03-26
Superstltions or the Day.
Sca;-wllack I

Scai-whack
hnrn hu1 been seized with n nightmare,
and ii Something that bore decided re.
-rmhiancr tn u cats iai' disappeared
over The hack Ience nf n 81. Paul street
'r-id,r:c like " streak OF yellow light
rtng.
II don't like to src n ent lying in the
.mn in February" paid the old gentle
u,nu, ns he slammed down The window
"Why Z" asked nm imcredul"ut visitor.
he response. "Why, ,hnt's II rr"veri
nrvcr known it To fail. But here in tho
-lr, e,. they laugh at a tellnw when he
,h.ir isnnrance, fnr gondness krfhws II
, week than they do in the city Inr n
month. There's another true saying.
tl,mt when the north wind dnea not blow
Nnrch. Aud for every thunder with
.prll IN May. The old prnvcrh says
4 j. waiting fir more, and when 1t fall.
IN the mud i, remains all Winter. LUX
II, inr ralo when the fakes grow larger
y. they fall. Of course you remember
The time hunnreil remark nbout the white
people never pay nnv attention To these
people whnm you brush past
49, he "a - r- Il. hn
rts-heiievo in them. bfcauue their
IN, her taught them 10 d" no."
az suppose every month haa its own
signs p IA. ked the incredulous visitor, IA
ne g:.zed increduiously at q nickel plated
norae. shoe suspended over the man,el.
Every one nf lbem," was tho reply,
'.and n few .nf the most ancient and least
will recite fnr yonr henrfit. 1t
Is said thai if grsas grows In, January it
will grnw badly during tho rest Of the
YEAR. The oririna, raw for March says
that &c the month Games In With an ad
.,.r's head |, gnes out with peacuck'a
tall. II was believed, ton, that 'bushel
II March dust was worth q kings ran
<nu,. though ihis was a rather pnetical
.,,a apialion. OF Aprilit IL aaid that "a
coid, maist Apri, fiila the cellar and fa,
ens the cow" A dry May bringa moth
,ug,
A swarm Of bees In May
s'ls2 Is worth n load Of has. 4
.T A Swarm OF bcss in Jnne &s
j. worth silver spoon;
g But u swarm OF bees In July
Is not worth n fly.
E ga prettys rhyme, Is IL not 2" ho inter.
rupted with alaugh. "a dripping June
>cts all things toluiie. When II rains In
e,ug0st IL fains honey and wine. II the
tir.t y day Of September be- fair ths
month will be- . good one A warm
Octuber brings a cold February. Ice In
November f0rbndes plenty of sleet and
bad weather during .the Winter, and a
warta Chris,mas indicates q cold Easter.
Tile frat three days of any season rnles
lis weather. When 1t clears on SUNDAY
ii will be clear until Wednesday, and l..
Il raina u,, The Hrst dog day there viii (.
he a food fnr firiy days thereafter. In
Spring tub Of rain mases a ateaspa0nfnl
of mud. but IN Autumn a teaspaonfai
s,f raid makes q tub nfsmud. We heard
u thunder. peal l&p weeks ngo. Tint
was a I,rapltecy Of n po0r year for maple
.,,gs,r but n gnnd year for fruit.
Z g Do you know how 10 foretell rain
he asked. 3 and without
paing out of sdaors Z iE j uat atch tho
cohkTasc chea. 4. yhen they fy, get out
yant umbrella. Crickeis tchtrp lively.
and sspidars cony ont of Iheit neata alsp
hefafs fai,. I'll tell you ii Curloass old
EawSa hont frat. The first frost no rune.
.tts saW. scnmf9 exactly " saix weeks after!
We hear The tifsf katy ydid g, There will be-
iis inni,y fIftsts III j Gns as there are fogr.
i1 February. D. GOT to- tell you nlaB.
that rais mad mice make much nolse be I
fore q rain; md horses snaf the sfr
3npticeably sist of he signs of sSt,tna
II have eapak en have their arigiHS I'M expe,.
siAaee as,,, I: d, o,issryat ian, and II here In:
them nnch 0f trut ,,1.- ltin,ors latrdlds
ss y s \ !
4 would ii0st sass soou see g fniSL
sliels,,ss The. tsiiD nf an leo dfah As
scraps lii syish tler sp6nns for ten nnigntsss
shS ts ~ y trees q ss