Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-01
WHAT THE GN"sR BONE SAYS,
An Elaborate STUDY shows That There 10
Going to Be Hard Winter
Louisville Times,


Louisville Times,
The foreshadowing of the approaching
winter, IS it Is read from the dots and
lines on the goose bone, is not cheer
full story. The promise given forth of
sleet, snow, and cold Is L gloomy picture
for the poor to look upon, and the MANY
whose short purses will not permit them
to lay in bountiful supply OF fuel will
SILVER st the thought OF the kind of
weather that the little bone foretells for
the next four months. There will De
more cold and wet weather than the pao-
pie OF this latitude have experienced for
many winter, aad the cold spells will be-
longer and more severe than ususl. The
bone Is dark at both ends, which indi-
cstes long winter. Winter weather We
will hsYe in November, and tie ice and
snow will be familiar sights lar along into
March.
The goose from whose bone this study
WAS taken was Matched In April and killed
after the ides Of September. The bone
Ia wonderfully marked, the dots and
breves and lines mingle all along the
keel, thus indicating very o1angesble
weather. bat the breves mostly turn down
and are heavy, showing that tina general
character OF the winter will be failing,
cold weather. The danger period is
longer for November than any other
month, running from the 10Th to the end,
with the most severe weather falling be,
| tween the 20 n and 26.h, and ct any time
within this period clustering SHOWS and
| unseasonably cold weather may be looked
for.
The first danger period In December
extends from the first to the fifth, after
which there will probably be few days
Of surshinY weather. The heaviest storm
period OF the month cen.eIs in the Christ
mas holidays, beginning on the lSlh and
| passing to the 27th. AT tbs opening of
the holidays We will have very foul and
| probably some OF the coolest weather Of
the season, and these cold lines run along
| the bone until about the middle CT Janu-
ary. Watch this period, but above I'll
prepare f0r 1t 1t is nore than prob
able that tie earth will be COW
cred with snow when Christmas dAwns
and that cold north vino will be blowing,
SO that Christmas fires will have to be
bright andi big for comfort. The 24th
and 25th OF December will be the darkest
storm days OF the month Ga the bone
all the Indications. OF wet, cold, and
stormy westher meet about that time. 1t
Is curious clustering OF bad signa, such
as Is seldom seen en- the bone, and S
mixture Of weather may be looksd for,
with vet and cc.d p: edomiDaticg. During
this long spsll OK bad weather some of
tie dots on the bone are very dark, which
means very cold, and we need not look TO
see the mercury far sway from zero dur
ing the holiday week.
The new year will come IN cold and
clear, with the first danger period ccm-
mencing on the 4.h. There are three
storm peliJd in this month; the second
commencing sbou. the 14sh ard the last
one about The 231 OF the month. The
dots that sppear on the bone up to the
mid 'le OF the month are heavy, from
about the 10 b to the Ism 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
10. days, and If there should be & low
stage OF water In the river there will be
danger Of freCza cv,r.
For February short storm periods rud
ell along the bone, and the general char
ecter OF the month will De stormY and
clustering, with some very cold dsYe 4!
the first OF the month and sgsin ~ tae
close. Inese severe spells ana CONTINUED
cold weather will keep the ice and the
snow in the mountsins, and the first
spring month will BE- as hosry ss old
winter. AS the bone ends very dark, it
is very probable that March will be
repetition Of November. In that case tie
farmers will find 1t very difficuls to
break ground, and sll kinds OF vegetation
will be very late In getting . start. Il
will not be safe TO put thin gs in the
ground too soop, az such winter will be
likely to be followed by killing fros:s far
into April. The writer remembers to
hsve seen only one other bore to CON-
pare with the one this yesr, and that Sea-
son there we're frosts az late az Mxy.
Every indication, from the reading Of the
bone, points to backward spring, aud
The gardeners who have their richest hnr-
vest In early vegetation will fod their
work risky and difficult