The Sedalia weekly bazoo., 1893-01-31

* corn corn hask k
a winter ~ n,,,u a. u maiden before mar
riage A man may rely on this and get
caught out in blizzard in November and
lose both ears and pair Of his hest toes
The heavy corn shuck indicates winter as
severe and stormy as disappointed old
maid, vet firm believer in the corn husk
as weather prognosticator may see a
winter following the heavy corn husk
mild enough to rot the potatoes in the
cellar or sprout an elm back log
4 friend OF mine, who is q Kansas re-
publican. told me only last week that he
hadjlcst faith in the goosebone and his relz-
tiveS.
He said, Il have IN aunt living in Ken
tucky who nurses her goosebone next to
her bible. She wrote me last fall that the
goosebone indicated very mild winter.
Being an ardent admirer Of republican
principles and having faith in
.:..,e reliability Of my aunt's
nowi dge OF the goose-bone, l
bet III: money on Harrison thsr should
have laid away to buy me a new overcoat,
, thinking that If the winter was going to be
mild anyhow. il lost the bet ! could get
through the winter ON my last summers
ulster. But my aunt and the goose-bone
baScly deceived me. The thermometer has
been ~ degrees below zero for over n month.
At nv home in Concordia, | have been fish
ing coal out of the snow mp Ia my chin
whiskers and dad-draited democrat is
wearing the oy.roat ought to have"
No, the goos-bone won't do, said the
kansan. IL he broke the icicl,s ON his
mouStachc with the handle of hi> pocket
knife.
Hicks predicted that January Il wonid be
th. coolest day al this winter IL Was the
only ,iay during the entire winter that your
viii. could hany her clothes ont in the back
vard without freezing her no>c a. stiff as
The dignity ni 4 woman whose husband
used to have money hci"rc the war. WHY
Dn that very dav ! stood in INV shirt
sleeves i'm the kiirhcn door and suggested
/" nv neigibor. who lives next door, that
il would be AN aci ri humanity Ia remove
his poultry from the cherry tree Ia hi>
wood->hei Hicks said We would have Il
warm wave follow ing Christmas day. |
knew a man who started down town that
morning. and before he got three blocks
from hi> interesting liIIlc family. hi>
breath irozc up H. tight IL the head of the
Mississippi river. The c"ngealel channel
tu his anatomy lonke'l like one vi Lemp :
cold storage houses. When his -xpcctora-
tion would come in contact with the side
walk. il wa> champagne on Ice. pure and
simple That j. the kind of weather
prophet Hicks l..
When | was :; boy had the promise "f
u visit la nv dear old grandmother. the
! -.
SUNDAY il rained all day. and a white
haired old c"lorel man who did the chores
at our house for his board and chewing
tobacco. said 10 me that evening:
'Boy. f>e sorry for We. You won't
yiI ter SCI va gran'ma for --bcn weeks
When ii rains "n Easter, it, III" gwine ter
rain for ~ebcn SUNDAYS"
The old darkey'> face wa> Il study the
following SUNDAY when the >iin rn>. in all
the glory oi bright >pring morning. and
mounted Il roam mule To- ride sixteen
miles Ia visit INV old grandmother. "
rode OFF. Uncle Lou. rubbed his forehead
with the palm "i hi hand and said:
Pore dc Lord, ncl,cr seed lc like "i dat
brio': rain all ,iav vi>tiday, den stop.
bar mu> be sumpin wrong wild ,lr .lc
ment>.'
All signs and all prophets fail except the
gru,Iml-hoc. II Lee comes out "i hi hole
and >ot.> his shadow hc Immediately
go,> back and pulls hi hole IN after him.
and ii v"u are thinking of >citin. hen Won
had better put il oil Tor -iN weeks. Gou
had all" better h"u>,. the >lrin. lambs and
take that editor The load al w"nd you owe
him "n subscription. But ii the ground
he. can ,rampcI around irneaih the
haZv mi>t> oi heaven witiiuui -ccin. hi
shadow traiin. beneath him. YOU can
,rpIInt on u he has c,,iuc STAY AMI you c:in
:" from >eialia Io II. Paul in v"ur shirt
>lccvc> "n a hand-rar with perfect safety.
Ii ha> always h'en u mystery in mc whv
the ground-h hog Is ~ much like some
men, afraid oI hiS shadow |
have laid awake "f nigir,>. when
had the tuotharhc and couldn't
sleep. wondering why thi- j.. that ~
soon IL the grounding wakes from hi
winters >lumbcr AMI >e,.> hi shadow hc
immediately dod.c> hi own >.~i,Iy aud
seeks hi, hole. lie ism, afraid "i anything
else except himself. which shows III least
that hc has Il conscience.
Perhaps hc has been 1ut all night with
the boys aud don't want hi.. wife {" know
il, ar perhaps he contributed S:j'a, ,n the
fund and only pnt a nickie in
the contribution hnx, or mavbc again lac
owes hazard bill and i dodsing the CON
stable fr,m the next town down the road
All ;he>r things and MANY morc have >iig-
g.>te,i themselves {" me a. accounting i"r
the peculiar action ri the gronnd-hng'>
shadow in chasing the. hny. ~ law
awake ii nights in my cabin home l""king ,
out upon the ci,,crlc>> and voicele>> .
stars.
And hereby hangs tale. We need a
in the life oi the grounding.
A. we'll A. in humanity. ior upon his con-
-,iencc depends our early POTATOES. Reform
with capital X big H. the X in Rad
WAYS Ready Relief j. demanded i'm the life