Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-11-24
WHAT THE GOOSE BONE SAYS.
An Elaborate Study Shows Tint There Is
Goln- to Be uard IVintcr.

An EiaDor0te Stuuy SnoWb Afht AheTo A
Coin. to Be Hard Winter.
The foreshadowing of the approaching
winter, as it Is read from the dots end the
lines on the goose bone. is not q cheerful
story. The promise given forth of sleet,
snow and cold, is gloomy picture for the
poor to look upon, and the many whose short
purse will not permit them to lay in boun.
tiful supply of fuel will shiver at the thought
of the kind of weather that the little bone
foretclls for the next four months. There
will be moro cold und wet 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 Mt both ends which indicates long
winter Winter weather wo will have III
November, and the ice and snow will be IA
miliar sights far along into March.
Tho goose from whose bone this study was
taken was hatchcd in April, and killed after
tho idcs of September The bono is wonder
fully marked, and tho dotcs sad brcves and
lines mingle oil along the l;eel, thus indicat-
ing very changcablo weather, but tho breyes
mostly turn down and arc heavy, showing
that tho general character Of the winter will
be falling, cold weather. As will be seen by
1.-The table, given, the danger period is longer
Tor November than any other month, run
ming from tho 10th to tho end, with the most
severe weather falling between tho Goth and
26th, and at any time within this period
clustering SHOWS and unseasonably cold
Weather may be looked for.
The first danger period in December e1-
tends from the LIST to the 9th, after which
there will probably be few days OF sun
shiny weather. The heaviest storm period
Of the month centers in the Christmas holt
days, beginning on the 18th and passing to
the 9th. At the opening Of the holidays we
will have very foul and probably some OF tho
coolest weather Of the season, and these cold
lines run along the bono until about the mid.
die of January. Watch this period, but
above oil prepare for it. 1t is moro than
probable that the earth will be covered with
snow when Christmas dawns aud that cold
north wind will be blowing, so that Christ
mos fires will have tn DO bright and big for
comfort The Oath and 18th Of December
will DO the darkest storm days Of the month
On tho bono nll the indications of wet, cold
and stormy weather meet about taat time
1t is curious clustering of bad signs such
as is seldom seen OH tho bone, and mixture
Of weather may be looked for, with wet and
cold predominnting. During this long spell
of bad weather some of the dots on tho bono
rrc 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 como in cold and clenr,
with the first danger period commencing on
the 4th. There are three storm periods in
this month, the second commencing about
tho l4th and the last ono about the 23d OF the
month Tho dots chat appear on tho bone up
to the middle OF the month arc heavy, from
about tho 10th to tho 18th especially SO, and
during this period very cold weather may be
looked for During December and January
the mercury will frequently be below zero,
probably remaining there for days, and If
there should be low stage. Of water in the
river there. will BIO danger of freozo over.
For February short storm periods run oil
along the bone. and the general character of
the month will DO stormy and clustering,
With some very cold days at tho first of the
month and again ut tho close. These severe
spells and continued cold weather will keep
tho ice and tho snow in tho mountains. and
the first spring month will be as horny as
old winter AS the bono ends very dark, it
Is very probable that March will DO repc-
Triton Of November. In TINT case, tho form
ers will find it very dflcultt TO break ground,
and all kinds of vegetation will be very late
in getting start 1t will not be safe to put
things in the ground too soon, rs such o WIN
ter will be likely to be followed by killing
frosts far into April The writer remembers
to have seen only one other bono to compare
with tho ono this year, and that season there
worc frosts SO late as May. Every indica-
ton from tho reading of sho bone points to
a backward spring, and tho gardeners who
have their richest harvest II carly vegetation
will find their work risky and difficult
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