The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-11-29
The G0OSeb0ne.
And What it Has to Say About
the Cold Winter.

And What it Has to Say About
the Cold Winter.
Wa!ch Is so Rapidly Closing in Upon
Unlneay Mortals Who buy Fuel
Predictions OF Virgins, Tw:sS,
Grouidhog and Hiss Go0seb0ne.
Columbus Herald.
The weaiherwise are now en-.
gagged in telling what kind Of
IA winter we are going 10 have.
Professor Virgins Of Canada, has
given the world the benefit of his
prognos;icaiinns aud our own
dear Professor Twiss has come
ont of his she'll long enough to
tell us we may look for snow and
cold weather before the robins
nest again. In fact, every per.
son who makes it business 10
icok at the clouds or the Stale
Journal weather map, or any 9TH
Ter crazy quilt, thinks he is a
weather prophet aud can predict
what is 10 come within The next
few months.
In The meantime the common
people go ahead and take the
weather as il comes. Those who
are able 10 stand tbe extortions
of the blind pool which controls
the coal trade, lay in their win
Ter supply of fuel and trust to
good lurk 10 have the money in
hand when the collector comes
around. Judcing by all the signs
on Jack Frost's door plate, it is
going To he very hard winter
for all those who bet on Cleve-
land. BIT this large and unfOr.
iunate class can lay the consola-
ton TO their souls that there will
be large crop of snOwballs this
winter. if any or all of the alIeg-
ed weather prophets are 10 be
,.-.s--,-.-se1. Those who have tried
III say that snowbal!s make good
soup. and some even say that
they prefer them to oysters.
None of the alleged weather
wise people have consulted the
grounding. Common belief, es-
pecially with country people. is
TO The effect that the grounding
or woodchuck, knows all about
the weather that is to come. But
seeing that The Ohio Legislature
last winter passed a law Offering
a reward for wOodchuck scalps.
Ii, is hardly probable that his nibs
feels like telling the Buckeyes
/ what he knows about The wealth
er. At any rate, the grounding
is now snugly enscounced in his
burrow, far below the frost line
and don't give continental wha,
kind of weather is afflicted upor
morials during the next five
months.
The goosebone is the good
housewives main hold in the line
of weather representations. II
her 1t Is Of more value than the
predictions of Sergeant Parker
as daily set forth to Dispatch
rea .ers. Prots. Twiss or Wiggin.
may be learned men but the,
cant hold a candle TO the goose
bone. providing the goosebone
predicts anything at all, for il
must be remembered that the
aforesaid is apt TO be little con
trary al times, especially when
the goose has been plncked ol
her crop of feathers three or foul
times durlng the past season.
The foresladowlng of the ap
preaching winter, as l. is reat
from ihe dots and the lines OF
the goose bone is not Cheerful
one. The bone is dark at boil
ends. which indicates a lons
winter. The goose from whose
bone This study was taken was
hatchel in April and killed after
the ldes OF September. The bone
Is wonderfully marked. The dots
and breves and lines mingle all
along the keel. thus indicating
very changeabla weather, but the
breves turn down and are heavy.
| showing that the general char
acter will be falling cold wealth
er, AS will be seen by The table.
The danger period is longer foi
November Than any other month.
running from The 10: h to the end
F, with the most severe weather
falling be, ween ilie 20I Ih ana 26,l
and at any time within this per-
lod clustering SHOWS and anseas.
enable coii weather may lie
for.
The first danger period in De-
cember extends from the Is; to
the 5Ih. after which there Will
probably, be few days ot sun
SHINY weather Tie heaviest
storm period Of the moni., cen
ters in The Christmas holidays,
beginning on the 18Th AMI pass.
ing to the 27.h. AT the opening
of lhe holidays we will paye very
foul. and probably some OF he
coolest weather oi The season.
and these cod lines run along
the bone until about he middle
! Cf January. Watch this HeriOd :