The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-18
WEATHER PRoxsaas.

WEATHER PROVERBS.
What the Little Blras Teil wyhls xss.ias
antl ON the wing. e.. !; .:
That birds have long been guides 70 6aii-.
ors and agriculturists every one who knows
any thing about popular weather prognos-
tics is well aware. Not only have tho flight
and general action Of birds 6een noted by
all civilized nations, says the Savannah
(Ga.) News, but among barbarous tribes Id
this and other lands the migratory habits
OF the foathered tribe have discounted prog.
nosttcs OF Government signal bureaus.
Wind, rain and other atmospheric changes.
are predicted by those who narrowly watch
the migration Of birds, and sailors in par.
ticular, who are close observers Of the
heavens above, the atmosphere around them
and the waters beneath them, base. their
prognostics on all tho peculiar phases Of
land. water and sky and the elements Of life
which people them. -
Among the birds which serve to. guide tie
sailors to look out for squalls, the sailor ex.
poets wind when tho cormorants fly land
ward. II the gull scars to lofty heights
aud, ctrcling round, utters shrill cries,
storm is approaching. II the parrots whis-
tie on shipboard it will rain: II they dress
their feathers and are wakeful It will
storm tho next day. II the petrels gather
under the stern Of n ship bad weather will
follow. The stormy pctrel surely betokens
stormy weather, and no sooner do they:
gather In numbers under the wake of ship
than sailors prepare to mcct an impending
tempest.
Hunters are close observers Of tho habits.
OF birds, and many prosnostics arc lcarned.
from the vocabulary of I'm experienced
hunter, who will stay in doors in the MORN
irtp
out by I. clear sky, to come back in tho rain,
or will find that moderate temperature in
the morning is no sure precursor of warm
day Among the progoostics the hunter
draws from Ctrds q few will suffice:
If Binds in the autumn grow tame
Tie W .nier will he too cold for game.
Bats flying late in the evening indicate,
Jair weather, but if they squeak flying 1t will
rain OH the following day. A solitary bug
card at Il great altitude indicates rain, but
If buz.ards fly high together it will be fair
wea.her Ii chickens crow before sundown;
it will rain the next day. If they run to
shelter it will not rain long. If they come
off the toost a. night rain will soon follow.
Tie Zuni Indian hunters say that when,
chimney swallows circle and call they speak
OF ram, and Indiuns predict q deep fall Of.
snow when grouse drum a. light. :: Hunters
and fishermen have saying that "thcre.
Will be no rain the day the crane flies down
the crcck." One crow flying along is a.
sign of foul weather, but if crows fiy in
pairs tue weather will be fine. II crows
mako much noise and fly in circle rain il
expected. If the cuckoo halloos in low.
land 1t will rain, il on high land it will be-,
fair. Domestic fowl look toward the sky
before ram and go to roost in the daytime.
II they stand on one leg the weather will
be cold. IL birds are fat and sleek in Feb:
ruary it is sign Of more cold weather. II.
geese walk east and tly west 1t will be cold.
An old provcrb says: "When the hen
crows, expect storm within and witholG,9'.
and hunters say that tho direction the loon
flies III the morning will be the direction Of
the wind the next day. Owls hooting in the,
daytime indicates rain, but II at night the
weather will be fair.
When the peacock loudly bawls
Soon we'll have both rain aud squalls. e.
Pigeons return to their dovecotes unusu.
ally early before rain. The habits Of wild
geese are watched, and furnish many prog.
nosttcs. The following is popular verse:
Wild geese, W ID goose, going 70 the sea,
Good weather 1t will be; :. :,
w Id geese, wild geese going to the hill,
The wcatlerit will spill.
In Kansas, when wild geese fly to the.
southeast in the fall, the people expect .
blizzard.
AuSA y hio l4slly pTUSuO6IlCSOI OF Tue season
which have their origin in the migrations Of
birds. and in the peculiar formation and ap-
l,earancc of the goose bone, which is to-day
looked upon by thousands Of people Us g
sure prognostic OF what tho coming winter
will be, and in Kentucky, IL the issue should
be raised whether the Signal Service Bus
reau or tho goos bone should go, the Ken.
tuc.sian would cling to the goose bone: in
fact Henry Watterson, If he had to choose
between the star eyed goddess Of reform
and tho goose bone, would not dare to Of.
fend kentuckians by discarding the pro-
phetic bone. The people of Kentucky say
if the breast bono of u goose is red, or has
many red spots, expect 9 cold and stormy
winter, but IL only few spots are visible;
the winter will be mild, and they furnish
the following recipe so that it may be read.
intelligently, which Instructions are az fol-
lows:
ITO read the winter Of any year take the
bresst bone Of goose matched during the
preceding spring. The bone il translu.
cent, and it will la fou.l tu DC colored and
spottcd. The dar'. cn'os a.,fs :..nvy spots
Indicate cold. If tho pots ia OF Aght shade.
and transparent, wet weather, rain or snow
may be looked for.n
When wild geese and wild ducks move
south the weather will be cold, II north,
the weather will be warm. and the birds =
migrate south much earlier /: IL. winter
will be early. A severe winter follows II
crows fly south. but if they fly north It will
be an open winter. No killing frost comes
when the martins turn to their old haunts,. Z.
and the first song Of the robin is the voice 5
of spring. The swan is said To build its nest )
high during seasons when frcshets visit the
localities where the swan broods. and those
who cultivate low lands note how the !,
swans nest ls built. II tits built low there >
will be no unusual rains. There are many
other prognostics derived from observing
the habits of birds, Of interest to the sea- !,
man and land lubber, and in concluding tho /.
popular prognostic Of the farmer, drawn !.
from watching the nest Of the swallow. is
given:
Whom the swallows nest is high
The summer 10 very dry;
When the swallow buildeth low
You can safely build and SOW.
Slips Of tho Tongue. a
A friend Of mine was attending services
at certain Baptist church In Washington,
says letter in the Salem Gazette. The
minister was very deliberate speaker.
with broad mouth. The sermon was about
the death Of Noses. In the cnurse NJ e. tte