Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-06-16
WEATHER SIGNS
INDICATIONS OF CHANGE FURNISHED
eY NATURES SIGNAL SERVICE.

Animals Who Foresee Weather Changss.
Signs Of the Moon-wind and sum.
Tho Fteld Epidcr - Cr0ws-what the |
Clouds Eoretell.
Our weather bureau, with It's flags and
hieroglyphics, is regarded a. something new
IA progression In q progressive age-and yet
It is merely an Infringement ON a system Of
signals adopted by nature, as old ~ the oldest
hillx Nature knows our needs and she
knows we must be warned OF weather
changes; hence her warnings
What are these signalsi Where are they
displaycds Everywhere; animals, birds and
insects can read them. Seamen and country
folk understand them some time ago d
statement concerning some ants was pub
lished In the paperA II seems myriads Of
these insects inhabited section OF low bot.
tom land. One day-a particularly bright
day-they were noticed leaving their DWELL
tngs for the high groundA In immense
masses the exodus continued until apparently
tho last ant had moved Then came few
clouds, then great pail Of ashen vapqr, and
terrific rainstorm completely inundated tho
bottom where the ants had their homes. A
gentleman related to me very similar inci-
dent He was In Arkansas, and In his neigh
borhood was a stretch Of rather depressed
country that, by reason of its rank vegeta-
tion, was favorite hunting ground u
abounded with game Suddenly the creatures
vanished The deer, the cougar and the cat
amount could only be found in the highlands.
A few days after this vagary was noted came
q violent storm A river burst its banks and
for the first time in many years the region
mentioned was completely flooded Now.
how did these creatures foresee these weather
changesi BY instinctl Yes, instinct enabled
them to read the warnings given by, natures
signal service What are these signalsI
Where can they be scent
SIGNS OF THE NOON
Everywhcre; the moon II sometimes used
az storm flag. oout some night and gass
at the clear heavens In which every star
lsparkles like diamond Around the moon
is curious misty halo One might almost
compare her to the palid face Of fair
saint encircled with an aureole Of glory Il
is an unfailing admonition that bad weather
is near at hand. For long time man has
been prone to credit the moon with weather
wisdom, In some cases without any good
ground, / fear.
The wind Is q rusty prophet II steady,
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