Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-18
NATURES BAR0NETERS.
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St. JEmes Gazette.
NNure's barometers ere tie only ones
Of which most country folk have snv
knowledge. These they consult 1t all
timer, and they know them By hesr..
Almost sill haid workers are "weather
WISE" ard their conversation on this
head has no town cor ventiolslism about
1t. The f1rner has been so beaten sbcu.
by wind and westher that he himself
Is SCARCELY sensible to chsDsirg stmos
oher!c coudliicrs, bur that does not
prevent his observing it's il huerce On the
.nings sbcu. him. Bsf1re rain his dogs
grow sleepy and dull, the ca: constantly
ticks herself, geese ssgie in gle pond,
fowls and pigs go early to rCCst, and the
farm horses grow restl6ss. AbEood tho
suts ere s!l hurry snd scurr7, rushing
aither and tbither; spiders crowd on the
Wall, to.ds emerge from their holes, and
.hs garden paths ere everywhere covered
With siuss snG snails. When the chs1lzch
| says "weet weet" 1t is An iltaln5le sign
OF rain.
as tie Iain draws nearer peacock5 cry
| md f:cgs crosk GENEROUSLY t;Cm the
bitches. These are signs which almost
very oae has heard who lives IN the
| country, though one Of the surest WAYS
| If predicting weather changes is by OBJ
sewing tee habits OF srsils. Snsils Fever
| drink, but imbtbo moisture during rain
.rd exude it sitter ward. They are
seldom seen abroSd, except teiors rsiZ,
when they commence climbing trees sud
getting upon The leaves. The tree sEsil
IS so sensitive to weather inst It will
! commerce to climb two days before the
rain comes. Nthe doTrpour Is to De
prolonged the snail seeks the under part
Of the leaf, but If short or light rain is
eon5ing it stays on the outside. There is
sho! her SPECIES which is yellow before rain
II and blueish sitter 1t. Others indicate
changes by dints snd prctuberarces re-
sembling tubercles. These begin to show
themselves ten days before rain, and
when i: comes the pores 81 the tabetcles
opSn and GlaT n the moisture. In
others kgsip, deep indentstious beginning
II The head, between the horns. sad end
irg with the ,inture Of The .sil, sppesr a
few days before stern.
One Of the simplest Ct NATURES ssraue-
sers IS SPIDERS wed. When there is 6
prospect Of wind or rain the spider short
ems the ii sruents By which its web is sus-
taired and Leaves it in this stste as long
as the weather is variable. II it elon-
gate its threads 1t Is 9 sign Ct cslm, fre
weather, lie durstion Ct which may
oe JAGGED By the length to which
the tnrtsds are let op.. II the srider re-
msins Inactive 1t is sign OF 1ail; If il
keeps At work during tie r6in the down
pour viii not LIST long and will be fol
lowed By fine weather. Observation hiss
taught tEas the spider makes
Charges in its web every twenty
four hours, arc tis: i. such
changes are made in the evening, Just
before sunset. the night will be clesr ard
beautiful. Ire constant iteration Of the
green woodpsckel's CRY before storm
has given 1t LIE names Ct rain-birc, rain
pie and rsinfowl. Storm-cock is q p-o-
vircial nsme shared by this bird and the
missel-thrush, the latter often singing
! through gales CT V7ind ard rain. Storm
bird Is also applied to the d ed fare.
The abhOrl ence il which mariners hold
the swallow-like stormy De.rel is well
known; its appearance is believed to de-
Mother C1ray's chicken Of sailors, and it
! witch. Herors, says an old author,
flying up and down in tie even
ing as II doubtful where TO rest,
! "ores,ge some evil approaching weather"
s legend IS old ss Virgil, though prob
ably devoid OF foundation. Concerning
sul in general, children who i've by the
ses say: "Ses gul', &c, gull, sit on the
sand; It's neytr good wsathSr while
- no ~
know that when the sea news dy out
may be expected.
TO Scotch shepherds the drumming CT
tie sn.pa indicates CRY weather snd frost
at nigh:, End Gilbert White cosalv yes that
wood hsve been observed to be
remarkably listless sgsilst snowy, foul
Weather, while, according to smother
author, their eaIlY arrival and coz
tinued abode "foFetels q liberal harr
vest" Ia Wiltshire the coming OF
the dotterel te.okens frost sLd snow,
and there is proverb that the booming
CT the bitten Will be followed by rsin or
worse. 10 Morsyshire, when the wild
geese 90 cut TO sea they say the weather
will be hue; but If toward the hill,
stormy. The ssW-like note CT the grsss
titmouse is said TO foretel rain; that Of
the blue tils, cold.
L In the south Ct France 80 much store is
| set By the wisdom CT the msgpie that II
| i. builds it's ne st on the summit OF q tree,
| the country folk expect s season OF calm,
but il lower down winds and tempesls
are sure to follow. When 8 j.ckdsw is
seen 70 stsnd on one of the vanes Cf the
cathedral tower at Wells /. is said thst
rain is sure to fsll in twenty four hours.
Wells must be q wet place. In Germany
jewellers in the country l6ck faith in
| the skYlsrk's song SO announcing the
weather, but when the lark and the
cuckoo sing together they know that
summer has come The -Obin, buzzMd,
lapwipg. starting and number CT other
birds are said 10 fortell weather charges.
We have noticed that in nearly ell the
species named the various calls and cries
are closely connected with the birds food