St. Paul daily globe., 1890-02-02
W. KELLOGG.

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Isa latter e, end end of tt the m month, M which
fall of the ice palace if
that structure were erected. The
thaw came as predicted, and it seems
pretty safe to assert that the effect
thereof would have been disastrous to
the palace, had that structure been in
existence. Mr.. Kellogg is totally blind,
and has been so since 1879. The meth
DDS by which he continues to keep him.
self Informed as to the positions of the
various planets and the atmospheric
conditions are of such character as to
make still more surprising the extraor-
dinary accuracy of his deductions. All
planetary observations are taken by
Mrs. Kellogg and her two daughters,
both Of whom are
FINELY EDUCATED YOUNG LADIES,
and who, from their constant reading of
works on astronomy and kindred
science to their sightless parent, are
probably the best-inf0rmed girls on that
particular science to be found. These
young ladies are familiar with all the
planetary information known to the
most modern works on astronomy, can
pick out the planets without diff
fculty from their myriad COM
panion bodies, and have pet
names of their own invention for many
of them. Mrs. Kellogg and the girls are
on the meteorological staff of Kellogg
pere, and are almost constantly en-
ployed in taking observations and re-
porting to the chief of the bureau. All
the magazine articles on matters relat-
ing to his pet science are read to the
prophet by one of the family. Thus
with the store of knowledge he had ac-
umulated prior to his affliction this
wonderful man is enabled to keep pace
with the march of science in this dlrec-
ton, and even to outdo the scientist
himself in the accuracy of the obserVa-
tions and predictions he Is constantly
making.
During his whole life MIR. Kellogg
has been an ardent student of astrOn-
omy and meteOrOlogy. In his youth, a
student at the Delaware academy of
Delaware county, n. Y, he attended
course of special lectures on atmos-,
pheric phenomena and astronomy, and
later in life was to be found in any
gathering of his locality which offered
opportunities for the pursuit of his
faVorite study. In his connection with
the st. Paul Meteorological Society he
was instrumental in the collection of
much valuable data. which to the ire
parable loss of the state was destroyed
with the records and other documents
of the society at the burning of the old
capitol building in 1881. There Is moth
ing in the appearance of the prophet to
Indicate that he is blind. The pupils
of his eyes are perfectly natural in
color and even animated in expression.
In addressing anyone his eyes look, by
intuition probably, directly into those
of the person addressed and never move
during the conversation except when
some other occupant of the apartment
ventures remark or suggestion. In
answer to question as to whether he
claimed the possession of God-given
power for the divination of weather
futurities or whether his prophesies
cave been made purely from scientific
calculation. Mr.. Kellogg replied.
THE PROPHET TALKS.
81 am not spiritualist, and what
ever statements L make are made after
careful investig alton of the atmospheric
conditions. For February ven ure the
statement that cold, windy weather will
prevail. There will be storms of more
or less severity about the 9th and 9th;
also on the 18th, 18th, 18th, 23d, 9th and
2Sth. AS far as have been able to de-
termine there will be no electric storms
In February. No l am by no means
claimant to any special power to di-
vine weather conditions other that
given me by my long and
close study of the subject.
Before lost my sight was. of course,
much better able to carry on my obser-
vations. [ was five years in the army,
and served through the Mexican war as
a clarionet player in the Sixth regiment
band. was the first American to plant
the stars and stripes OH the walls of
Chapnltepec, and was one of the party
who dragged a howitZer into church
and kept the enemy at bay with it while
Gen. Worth and his brigade marched
up the st. Cosma road into Mexico. It
was from the results Of disease con-
tracted while in Mexico that / eventu-
ally lost my sight. | believe I started
the first drug store that was opened in
the territory Of Minnesota. HickoX and
ran a drug store together in 1850 at the
corner of Third and Cedar streets.
Later | went into the toy business, and
was very successful until 1882, when /
was compelled to relinquish the busi-
ness on account of my falling sight. As