The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-10-08
OCTOBER WEATHER.
keY. irl L. Hicks Forecasts of
Coming Storms.

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Coming Storms.
by special arrangement with the
Rev. lrl Hicks, the noted weather
prophet, we have secured an adj.
vance sheet of his meteorological
forecasts fer October to appear in
the forthcoming issue of his month,
ly journal.
The forecasts are dated Septem-
Der II, and our farmer readers viii
Ind them of more than usual in
terest as bearing upon planting ops
erations.
As we approach the 10Th, eyes
trained to meteorological changes
VIII note the gathering elements OF
approaching storms. Higher ten
perature, falling barometer, GA.
teTly to south"rly winds -sl,s Isl
The 10th, Dist and o sra Ii.
days in the period against which
we would warn our readers. There
Is noticeable tendency to STORM.
ness IN the regions OF the northern
lakes about this time, and the ap>
preaching perturbation OF Venus,
together with other causes, will
likely aggravate this tendency at
this time into violent movements
The days following up the re-
dictionary movements about the
10Th or 9th, ought to be crisp
and cold, with freeing generally
to northward.
October should open with cool,
bright weather prevailing ia most
parts of the country. Heavy trosts
with some sharp freezing viii be a
most natural result during the
nights tiding us from September
into October.
On the I'd and Sd a sharp rise in
temperature, followed by stormi~
ness, may be look ID for, and by
the time the higher temperature
and storms touch the east, another
blast from the north and west will
have advanced past the middle Of
the continent.
About the 9TH it will begin to
turn quite warm, with soft skies
and southerly currents, which con
dition will grow until storms of
marked energy show themselves on
danger days-8th, 9th and 10th.
Meteorological laws will compel
period Of three to four days with
sharp freezing and trosts after
these storms, which condition will
break down progressively from
west to east on and next to the 14th
and 18th. Warm, southerly winds.
with reactionary storms, will be
the result-followed again by the
regular cold wave.
A storm period in which Vulcan,
Mercury and Venus are directly
concerned begins about the last
day of October. The month will
go out with rising temperature and
threatening indications, if not acs
tive storms.
The past summer has abundanto
ly verified the prediction of warmer
and drier weather, which we must
repeat, was only the beginning OF
a period of at least three seasons in
which the same character Of sum
mers will prevail-the crisis being
reached, perhaps, about 1892.
The heavy rains which have
fallen in many places os we app
preached our autumnal equinox,
are the natural expressions of deo
parting disturbance, the absence Of
which will be more marked during
the coming year.
The prediction of cool weather
and early frosts for the present aus
tumn has up to this dale been YER
ifieG by an exceptional degree, and
would seem to be a guarantee of a
further prediction of a longer and
harder winter before US than the
last.
Let US see. Meantime, what
harm can come from careful prep>
arations for a colder winter and a
drier, hotter summer to follow?
"The prudent man foreseeth the
evil and hideth himself, but the
simple pass on and are punished"
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Ripe Old Age.