Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-25
APIKEwEArHER Prophet.
He Reads the Signs and says the Coming
Winter Will be a Hummer.

From TIE Veso York Times.
BLOOMING GROVE, PA, Oct. 9.-"folSs ez
hain't got no overcosts an is hopin' that It'll
be a mild winter, so s they kin skin through
without one, mowt ez well make up their
minds to go an order one, an good heavy
one At that. for the comm winters gointer be
hummer. less all the good oP-fashloneu
signs Is all wrong this fall, ez fur ez I've oo-
sSrved EN-
This cheering bit of information was vouch-
safed by An old Pike county resident tue other
night, and De gave the reasons for the be!leI
that was IN hun as follows:
"ln the fust place look at the corn husks
Be they thick and good many of 'em, or be
they Thin an durn few? Peel an ear o. corn
II yer mlneter, an ven see that lts got a
undershirt, top shirt. 4 wes'Cut, coat an
overcOat, en- all OF 'em is made o. good stif
material. Natur' knows when it's moron
likely that her doins III need a leetle eXtrv
protection, an she sings it on to 'em, an
that's why she's put good stock o kiverin'
on the corn. That's cz soOd II Sign ca want
that the comm wintcr'll come in for business
an tend to II til some time in the flag eend
O. mex March, or tharabOuts.
Then, what dye think the groun' hogs has
ben doin' Of: Natur didn't butld tho groun'
hog oyerpowerin' purity. but she seems to hev
hammered inklin o. boss sense inter his
wuthless conk, somehow or other. Wei.
WHAT'S ne ben d0in' Of that's smart? koth.
In 'cept dlggin' that cellar o hiS'n sump'n'
like two stories deeper to- ards Chiny thin
usual. an a putin inter it a few eXtry linins
o leaves an thing The groun' hog don't do
notbin' but sleep all winter. o. course, 'Crpt
on Candlemass DaY wen he getsup an walks
out to see If he kin git a mpse o. his shad-
der, SOL TO know whether to go back an sleep
| SIX weeks more or not; but then
ez long ez he sleeps he wants
to be warm, or else no mowt ez
well be runnn' round in the snow wide
| awake. An so his weather eye tells him th't
| sails set, an th't if he ketches anything th't
| hain't ready fur him he'll give it beelix. So
| that's why the groun' hog digs down furder
! from whar the zephyrs lie be BLOWN IN few
| weeks, and adds a few feather beds and com
| torters to his bunk down below,
| NV har was the wind wen the sun crossed
| the line last month? An did We see the sun.
| or was he behind cloud? Well, the wind
| was IN the northeast, ruther, an the sun
| didn't shine no more n it's shinin' now, here
| at O'Clock at night. An that means th't
| from the northeast our weather's gointer
| come mex winter, an th't we won't git much
| heat on en- OIL sol to ssrcumventit.
! "But the best sign of all Is the cunnin' little
| muskrat. Wen he thinks it's with while fer
him to rig 40 house fer hisself long about
| now then tn haint no doubt bout wat the
| comm winters gointer be. The muskrat
| fools any OF Il away buildin' a regular stoppin'
| place for hsself durin' the winter 'less he s
likely to need it. Well, that's jst W at he's a
| dom OF now. see one at 1t over long the
| pond to-day. You fellers kin do ez ye feel like
| dom, but eZ fer me m agointer baRk up my
shanty from cellar to winders an lay in an
extry lot o pine knots Winter hain't only
! acOmin'. but he's bringn' sumpin' with him,
| an he's agointer play fer keeps