Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-05-06
miscellaneous &eadiua.
WEATHER WISDOM IN BIRDS AND NATURE.

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WEATHER WISDOM IN BIRDS AND NATURE.
The man who is out of doors at sunrise
can form pretty accurate opinion of wha
the day will be. If just before sunrise thu
sky-especially in the VESTS suffused will
red, rain generally follows in the course o
the day. In winter, often snow. If, how
ever, it be frosty weather, the downfall il
sometimes delayed. On the other hand, i
the sky be dull grey, and the sun rise
clear, gradually dispensing the vapors, i
will be fine. If he retires behind thf
clouds, and there are reddish streaks abou
it, it will rain. Should the sun, later in the
day, shine through grey watery haze, i
will probably be rainy night.
The sunset is very unreliable. Often
beautiful sunset will be followed by bat
day. After rainy day, suddenly at sun
set, in the far west, will appear a magnifi
cent streak of crimson (not copper-color)-
this generally foreteAs q fine day. A tinted
halo round the sun at setting occurs in long
continued rainy weather. A halo round th'
moon, especially if some distance from it, il
a sure indication of downfall at hand.
Rainbows are unreliable, except they oc
cur in the morning, when rain may be ex
pected. Sun-dogs, and fragments of pris
matte colors during the day, show continued
unsettled weather. A dazzling metallic
lustre on foliage, during cloudless day il
summer, precedes change.
Huge piled up masses of white cloud in
blue sky, during winter, indicate snow Of
hail. If small, dark clouds boat below tht
upper ones, movil G faster than they, rair
will follow, as it will if, in the morning, low
hanging, pale brown, smoke-like clouds arr
floating about Red-tinged clouds, high up
at evening, are followed by wind, occasion
ally by rain.
Mists at evening over low lying ground
or near a river, precede fine and warm days
If mist in the morning clears off as the
sun gets higher, it will be fine; but if it set
ties down again after lifting little, rain i:
at hand. No dew in the morning is mostly
followed by rain; and heavy dew in thu
evening by fine day. Rain follows two OF
three consecutive hoar frosts. A shower O
hail in the daytime is usually followed BY
frost at night. If, after rain, drops of water
still hang on the branches and twigs, and tt
window frames, the rain will return; but l.
they fail, and the woodwork dries, fine
weather is at hand.
Stones turn damp before wet; at the same
time it must be observed that the fact O.
their doing so does not invariably indicate
rain, for they will do so occasionally before
heat.
Smoke descending heavily to the ground
is sign of very doubtful weather.
Objects at great distances, which are gen
orally indistinctly seen, or even not seen al
all, sometimes loom out clear and distinct
When this happens, bad weather or change
of wind ensues. A well-known instance o.
this is the Isle of Wight, as seen from the
South sea. If the opposite shore is clearly
seen, there is rain about. If, at night, after
being blown out and exposed to the outer
air. the wick of candle continues to smoul
der long time, the next day will be fine
Green colored sky betokens unsettled bao
weather, often long continued.
If, on fine day, the dust suddenly rise
in revolving spiral column, rain is near
The bowling of the wind indicates, in
most houses, but not invariably, that down
fall is near. In some houses, owing to theil
construction, the wind always means
Wherever the wind is at the time of the
vernal equinox (March 81, and thereabouts)
that will be the prevailing wind through
out the next three months.
If the stars appear unusually numerous
and the "milky way" very clearly defined
with the surrounding sky dark, or if there
be a misty appearance over the stars, rain Is
coming, while if there be but few stars, and
those very bright and sparkling, in pale
steely sky, it will be fine.
Swine, before rain, are unusually noisy
and restless. Swallows in fine weather will
fly high, and at the approach of rain, close
to the ground; but the latter does not apply
if the day is cold, in which case they hawk
very low.
Common sparrows washing vigorously in
a puddle on the road, or at the edge of run
ming water, is sure sign of rain. A baker
who kept parrot in the dry atmosphere OF
the bake-ofices, noticed that few hours be-
fore rain the bird took an imaginary bath
futtering, at if splashing water, and preen'
ing her feathers.- CasseWs Family Magazine