The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-11
znvrrNa a WEATHER PROPHET.
. Pike County Man Who Will Give
s3 so TO Meet Simon Purdy.
rom the NelT York SUI

e SO TO Meet simon RurQy.
From the NeiC York Sun.
p,,-r COUNTY, Jan 29-"rm lookin' fer
.t,- weather prophetiu' gent, Simon Purdy.
=, TN give So to the man that'li tell me
--.,- kin find him." said a severe-looking
-.o1 from the back country. What do l
mi him fer! want to reason with him.
-, 7 want to reason with him powerful
, I'm q confidin' man, an wen they telrd
o-b,r if 1 wanted to know anythin' bout
--,,+ kind O. weather we was gointer hev I
~ nump Simon Purdy, hunted him up
L., october an pumped him. What did he
'7li ,Foks., says he, wat hain't got no over
.ats al IS hopin' th't we're goin' to hey a
lii wInter,' says he. SOS they kin skin
+rr,urn without gittin' any, mOwt ez well
I1oke I'D their minds to go an order one,'
savs be- an good heavy one at that, fer
m comm winter IS goln' ter be a hummer
IS re How do | know it? says he. by
af tine good OF fashioned signs, an they
fain't never failed yet, by JocksI That's
the way know it, says he.
"sSel. Simon l says, waits yer signsp
s,Tl tie fust place. says he, look at the
,orn busk>. Be they thick an a good many
NJ 'sa, or be they thin an durn few? Peel
an ear O. yer corn, if yer a min to- says he,
sam ven see th't it's got an undershirt, a
to1 shirt, a wes'cut, coat, an a Overcoat,
an, All Of 'em made o. good stiff material
Zoo saws he 'Natur' knows wen it's
no,e'n likely th't her doins III need a leetle
extFv perfection, says he, AN she slings it
If on to 'em an that's Wy she's put good
crock O. kiverin' on the corn. That's ez
rood a sign ez l want says he, 'tn't the
COMM winter III come fer bus ness. an III
TEND to it right up to the handle till some
time in the Tag cad o nex' March or some'rs
about that time says he.
sis tn any more signs th't We kin fix the
comm winter leetle stro lger by, SimonH
"'Wali,' says he, 'lhar'S the gr1un' hogs
Wat dye think the groun' hogs has been
dom of says he. 'Natur' didn't build the
groun' hog owe powerin' purity, but she
seems ter hammered an inklin' o sense inter
his wuthlesS conk, somehow or other saws
Simon. Wall, waits the 9roun' hog ben
dom of tint smart this fall1 says he.
'Nuthin' 'cept buildin' that cellar O. ism
sumpn' like two stories deeper toards
Chny thin usual, an a putin inter it a
few extry linin's o leaves an sitch,' says
do all winter but to sleep.
o course; but then ez long ez he
sleeps wants TO be warm, or else be
mowt jist ez well be runin' round in the
snow wide awake says he. AN so the
grouu' hogs weather eye tells him th't OF
Blryus IL be along this winter with all sails
SET lays he, AN tn if he ketches any
thing init hain't ready fer him he'll give
him felix. So says he, that's wy the
groun' hog has dug down further thin usual
from whar the zsphyrs III be blowiu' in a
few weeks says he, 'au' that's WY he has
added a few extry feather beds an COM
forte7s to his bunk do N below says he.
"'W'y.' l says to Simon, it's worth $40
to know all this here l SAYS DO we know
any more weather prophetin'P l says.
"'Sh'd think SOP says he. = hairs the
musbrat. He's the best sign Of ell. Wen
the mushrat thinks it's with vile fer him
TO rig up house fer hissslf along in Octo-
ber' says Simon, then tn hain't no doubt
about wat the comia' winters gointec be.
The mushrat don't hev much time to vase.
says he, an he never fools any of it away
buildin' reglar stOppin' place fer bissetf
fer the winter less he's liable to need it,
says he Wall, that's jisJ wat the mush-
rat Is dom of now. l see one busy at it
over long the pond to-day. says he.
"'Goshp says. Wat dye reckon we
better do to rig up agin this ring-tail roaler
of winter that's conf - l says.
I" 4 don't keer wat you fellers does,' says
Simon. You fellers kin do ez you please,
says he, but ez fer me, Pm agointer t. get
me- an overc at an inch thick, eff hef to
mortgage the clearin',' says he; AN Pm
agoiater TO bank up my shanty from cellar
TO wlnders, says he; AM I'm gointer lay in
an extry lot o. pie knots says he. The
comm winter hain't only conf ;, says ne,
but it's bringin' business with it, an it's
agointer tend TO business for keeps says
he.
WALL" continued the severe looking
man, "bein' confidin' an inherent, wat
did | do. arter hearin' all this weather
prophetin'? didn't lose no time, but went
over to town an picked out 500 overcoat.
That we're at the rate of about 81 pound
the coat were so heavy. greed to haul in
eight cords o wood dJrin' the winter to pay
for the coat. Then Teller at the county
seat offered me Sc load for seven loads O
pine knots.
ooh, mop says L I can't spare no pine
lznotsl The comm winters gointer be a
hummer from the 'ristocratic part o Hum
nerstowE,' says l, AN me an my OF woman
ha'lnt agonter freeze says l. But me be
| didn't want them six dollars a load for
pine knotsp
Then hauled more thin an acre o dirt
often my place to b nix up around my
dwellin' to keep OF Boryus from swoopin'
in az congealin' of US, an l hain't got no
land to spare often my place, not by a ding
nASIU, IubHFl1 w dli3 w dt OL0 udUUoE U
me now? Nuthin', only I've jist onloaded
the fourth cord y wood payin' on that
overcoat, an thun four more to haul in of
it, an | hain't never took the coat outen
the paper it were done up in las October
Thar's them seven loads o. pine kno layin'
on my w0odpile, ez ferlorn an wuthless ez
a def an blind coon dog Thar's that acre
O. ground piled up agin my dwellin,' an US
havii4' to keep the doors an wiz ders open
to prevent it from smotherin' of usl Thu
haint nuthin' the matter O. me, but I'll give
anybody IS so th't III lead me to Simon
Purdyi want to reason with him, an |
want to reason with him so powerful th't
Wen git through with him he won't know
whether he's a weather prophet or coon
skin tackled to barlp'
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