The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-21
AN ALMANAC TO GO BY.
The Curious Production OF the Rev.
seymore Briggs of the Up Country.

The Curious Production OF the Rev.
seymore Briggs of the Up Country.
OF making almanacs there is no end; but
the most unique almanac of its kind is one
which the author entities 1.-THE Great En-
terpriss of Home Talent Briggs Alma
nae, by the Rev. Seymore Briggs" COL
ored up-country pastor. It consists of
twelve small pages one devoted to each
month, and while the calculations are said
to embrace only the counties of Pulaski,
Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Appliug,
Wilcox, Wilkinson, Twigg and Irwin, there
is no reason why Chatham county should
not get the benefit OF them.
The author, in describing the merits of
his almanac, says that IL is sure guide ito
tell When to plant cotton, also how to save
pork" It further discusses the time for
planting corn. and how to keep horses from
dying in the spring, and finally how to keep
them from dying IN the fall.
As the first three months in the year have
passed by it is not necessary to note the
meteorological predictions. The authors
predictions for April were that it would be
wet M to the 10th or 25th, rather ambig-
nous way of designating the time of the
rainfall For May, he says that it will be
wet up to the 18th, 18Th or 18th, with a few
dry and cold DAYS. aud ne warns his readers
To lOOh lOE a llbtlc Win Oll buG OIL, LH6n
mild and pleasant.
June, the author SAYS, win be wet and
cold, with only few dry days, and again
he says look for a little wind ON the 4th or
10Th.
July will be wet, wet, rain, rain, with
little cold and a few dry days, and look
for q little wind on the 18th or 18th" The
predictions for August will doubtless come
true, az the author says it will be partly
a,A or+I, h.
wind on the Tth or 10th from the northwest.
Hot and sultry thunder in the afternoon
and good crop year"
In September the Rev. Briggs is looking
out for storm. He advises his readers to
look for it on the 10Th or 14th, or Goth or
18th
October will be wet a1d cold. with a few
dry days, and little wind on the 6th or
10Th.
In November the Rev. Briggs is not sure
just when the high winds will come, but he
says: Look for high winds on the 10Th, or
18th, or 10Th. or 18th or 29th.
December, he says, will be wet with few
dry days, and q cold and frosty morning on
the 3D. or Sth.
The almanac makers recipes are as
humorous as his weather predictions are
doubtful. Here is how he says to make
cabbage seeds sprout in a day: Prepare
y v.
Put on hot water and SOW your seed. Pour
the hot water over the seed, and by early
breakfast next morning the seed will be
sprouted"
The deaf win be very much interested in
the recipe for restoring hearing: "Take u
quarG of salt, one quart of sand, half pint OF
spirits Of turpentine, one gall of sweet oil
and put in spider and cook. Apply to the
ear as hot as it can be borne, and you will
hear better than v0it pVaT did y
Here is something that will knock out all
the ague tonics: How to cure the chills =
Take broom-sedge root, half pint of whisky,
two quarts of water, mix it we'll and boil,
let it stand day; take O. big drink three
times q day. Tie raw cotton strings around
the waist; do this for nine days aud the
chilIs will break"
Here is the recipe "To keep horses from
dying in the spring, and, finally, how to
keep them from dying in the fall;-Give
your horse pint OF syrup once q week for
two or three months, and the grubs will
turn loose from the stomach and feed upon
the syrup In the fall pursue the same
course as indicated above"
The unlucky should thank "Brer" Briggs
bring good luck and prosperity. "If you
wish TO have luck and prosper
carry the left hind foot of a
graveyard rabbit i'll q pocket in
your shirt. The rabbit must be killed by
yourself in the dark of the noon.n
The Rev. Briggs, TO the general regret of
the readers of his almanac, did not have
time to give a very full explanation of his
problem, The moon and the wind rule the
weather. He says: From the first of
last October, to the 18th or 10Th it was very
warm up to the 18th and 10Th Of February.
The reason for this is that the moon changed
and fell southwark. and the wind followed
the moon have not time to say more
about it.n
Evidently some one has done or said
something to ruffie the temper of the author
OF THE Great Enterprise Of Home Talent"
else he would not have put the following
paragraph in his almanac: "Seymore
Briggs is too old a dog to be called a
puppy"
A careful review of the almanac fails TO
disclose any discussion" as TO tine timo and
manner of planting corn or when to plant
cotton, as is advertised on the title page.
The only reference the author makes to