Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-26
What the Goose Bone says.
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Prom the Louisville Times
The foreshadowing Of the approaching win
ter, as il is read from the dots and the lines on
the goose bone, Is not cheerful story. The
promise given forth of sleet, snow, and cold ID
q gloomy picture for the poor 20 look upon,
and the many whose short purses win not per-
init them TO lay in q bountiful supply Of fuel
will shiver at the thought Of the kind Of weather
that the little bone foretells for the next four
months. There will be more cold and vet
weather than the people Of this latitude have
experienced for many winter, and the cold
spells Will be longer and more severe than
usual The bone is dark at both ends, which
indicates a long winter. Winter weather We
will have in November, and the ice and snow
will be familiar sights FAR along into March.
taken was Matched in April and killed after the
ides OF September. The bone il wonderfully
marked, the dots and breves and lines minels
all along the keel, thus indicating very change
able weather, but the breves mostly turn down
and are heavy, showing that the general char
acter OF the winter will be falling, cold weather.
The danger period Is longer for November than
any other month, running from the 10th 70 the
END, with the most severe weather falling be-
tween the 10th and 2eth, and at any time
, within this period clustering SHOWS and un-
| seasonably cold weather may be looked for.
The hrst danger period in December extends
from the LIST to the 5th, after which there Win
probably be few days Of sunshiny weather.
The heaviest storm period Of the month CEN
tiers in the Christmas holidays, beginning on
the 18th and passing to the 9th. At the OPEN
| ing Of the holidays We will have very foul ana
probably some Of the coolest weather Of the
| season. and these cold lines run along the bone
| until about the middle Of January. Watch
this period, but above al prepare for il. II il
more than probable that the earth viii be COW
| cred with snow when Christmas dawns
and that cold north wind will be blow
ing, SO that Christmas fires viii have TO
be bright and big for comfort The Oath
and 25th ofDecember will be the darkest storm
| days OF the month. On the bone all the indica-
| tons Of wet, cold, and stormy weather meet
about that time. 1t is a curious clustering OF
bad signs, such as is seldom seen on the bone,
and a mixture of weather may be looked for
with wet and cold predominating During this
long spell of bad weather some Of the dots ON
| the bone are very dark, which means very cold,
and we need not look to see the mercury far
away from zero during the holiday week.
| The new year will come in cold and clear
with the first danger period commencing on
the 4th. There are three storm periods in this
| month: the second commencing about the 18th
and the last one about the Esd Of the month.
The dots that appear on the bone up to the
middle OF the month are heavy, from about the
10th to the 18th especially 50, and during this
period very cold weather may be looked for.
| During December and January the mercury
will frequently be below zero, probably re-
naming there for days, and if there should be
low stage of water in the river there viii be
danger of a freeze over.
| For February short storm periods run all
| along the bone, and the general character OF
the month will be stormy and clustering, with
some very cold days at the first Of the month
and again at the close. These severe spells
and continued cold weather will keep the ice
and the snow in the mountains, and the first
spring month will be as hoary as old win
ter. As the bone ends very dark, ID
is very probable that March will be q
| repetition of November. In that case
the farmers will find il very difficult TO
break ground, and all kinds Of vegetation will
be very late in getting q start 1t win not be
safe TO put things in the ground too soon, as
such a winter will be likely TO be followed BY
killing frosts far into April. The writer re-
members to have seen only one other bone TO
compare with the one this year and that sea-
son there were frosts late as May. Every
indication, from the reading of the bone. points
| to backward spring, and the gardeners who
| have their richest harvest in early vegetation
| will find their work risky and dif49cult