The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-06-05
RAN AFTER SIX WEEKS.
"a Dry nay is Followed BY a Net June. .
crops--Proysr6s.

"a Dry Nay is Followed BY Vet June. -
crops--ProYsr6s.
The farmers attending court this
week are in good spirits, caused
by the rain last Wednesday ard
Thursday.
Before then there had been
nothing more than sprinkle in
SIX weeks, and the farmers com.
planned considerably about the
dry weather all through the month
ofMay.
They say that the crops, espe>
eial Y cotton, suffered greatly tos
water, though in some instances
they were surprised at the green
color and growth of corn. They
had become very appreheusive
about the growth of cotton. The
dry, hot days and cools nights pro-
duced much damage.
There are many weather prov>
cribs relating to May, but the one
which will most interest the pros
proprietor Of the scorchcd truck
farm and cotton ard corn fields is
that "A dry May is followed by
wet June" Certainly May was
dry enough. 1t was windy May,
and there is a Portuguese proverb
that GA windy May makes fair
year" The Scotch have a saying
that
"a cold Nay and wind
Makes tull barns and a pridy."
There are quite a number of en-
couraging proverbs which appa>
rently fit the month just gone by.
Some of them are given below:
"It May will he a gardner be
will not ill the granaries."
"Look at your corn in May,
And you'll come sorrowing away;
Look at it again in June,
And you'll come singing another
tune"
"a cold May enriches no one"
ga oldand windy May will fill
the barn"
"a dry May and a leaky June
Make the farmer whistle a merry
tune.
Be ii early, or be it late.
May will bring the cornquake."
The Germans have a prover1
that "A wet May means a dry
july"
There is an African proverb
that If a dead snake be hung up
it will soon rain. This is account
ed TOR from the fact that snakes
hunt food be.ore a rain and are
oftener met with and killed. There
is also a proverb that "the loud
er the frog the more's the rain"
1t is Il remarkable coincidence
that during the drought the frogs
held their peace and the sound
OF the frog was seldom heard dur>
Ing last mouth, when they usually
croak all through the May night.
The absence OF glow worms and
fire flies was also noted last
month, showing that they we've
also affected by the dry weather,
as there are proverbs predicting
rain when they are seen in consld-
cradle numbers.
The peculiar color of The sky at
at evening and morning has for
centuries been watched, and the
weather predicted from the ap>
pearnnca Of the sunset. The sun
sets during May were invariably
red, and as long as they continued
so dry weather was expected. 1t
is this observation which has led
to the saying:
Evening red and morning gray
viii set the traveller on HIS way.
But ev'ning gray and morning red
Will bring down rain upon his
head"
This was a sign in the days
when the Saviour was on the
earth, as may be seen by the mar
rative Of St Matthew, who, in re-
lating the incident of the Phari>
sees and the Saducees coming to
the Master and desiring him to
show them a sin from heaven.
were answered:
when it is evening, ye sly it
will he fair weather; for the sky is
red. Aud i" tie morning it will
he oul weather, tor the sky is red
ard lowering. x x Il Ye can dis
Germ tie fee Of the sky. Mat
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