Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-23
WILL BE A SEVERE WINTER
Al Least That is What The BlckEoOds
Prophets Predict
All the rime-honorcd signs Appoar 10
Agree Win Them weather
Proverbs

hlhu OF winter THIS one viii be,
Farmer Duun, the New York signal
service ouleitaln, H. not In the race
with his county rivals, who base thor
representations upon ilmo.h9uorel
proverbs aud the doiBgs o; wild and
domestic animals. The sun Insists
that hvis clearly at disadvantaye,
because hls limited quarters on top VI
the Equitable building do not admit o.
the keeping Of iafmyafd animals, aud
he HASN'T time % 10 over 10 jersey to
zee what the wild ones are doing. 80
Mr. Dunn d0c,a't try 10 compete with
the rural prophets, ant confines hls
representations 10 the daily forecast
Of the weather indications for the COM
ing thirty'six hours.
lie says that the old proverbs, In
which tue modest prophets OF the
country place tuch confidence, are all
fuubiHh, aui that n IL not possible,
even with all tho costly and now.
tangled machinery OF tho Weather
Bureau, % tell what kind ola viutef 4.
Will be. Coons anu 'possums, chickens.
anu even the breastbous VI the goose.
lie thinka, are utterly unreliable.
The county prophets are practically
uuanimsut, however, Ia announcing
tnAi TINS Will DO an uncummUnly
severe wintur aud they ray that all
/ the signs agree with their prediction.
! Al ONO farmer, who says that hu has
| closely observed the dOiugs of tue
weather iOf more than forty Year., has
is,urd a ttatsmUnt, wnicn reads AZ
| follow;
"CoOns and 'pntsums have a heavy
/ growth oi fur coming on. Toe chin.
muuk AMI the squirrel are tue husirst
little animals Ia tue world. Tue inBtcta
nave lUit tho north eide OF the trees In
tho woods, as you will notice, aud the
iealhcfs ON thc geese nte heavier than
ever before. NV young lambs are
growing wool that seems ma Vicious,
and eheep that nave been shtafrd arc
rapidly rogaining their fleece. These
signs were Visible Ia 1867 aud 1855.
Another sign OF u hafd winter IL the
large hazslnut crop. This means also
mat lots Of boy baUies will he born q
take tho place Of those who will be
killed Ia the coming war"
That prediction Il followed by othrts
OF tue same Import from all paris o the
I
usual occurrence at this season, brcauss
u II ust tho time Of year when the
rural weather prophets ate busiest, and
nine years out OF ten they insist that
very cold weather Ia coming.
An Indiana man comes 10 the front
with the announcement that corr.
husks are thicker this TALL than usual,
which, he says, Is Ru infalliUlo Sign
that there VIII be- cold weather during
January aud February. B1st1n's most
famous unofl oial prophet says that no
has been close observer OF the English
sparrow Tor years, aud that the BIRDS,
which abound Ia tho vicinity VI Boston
CommOn,Ara growing feathers on their
logs. There 10 no doubt la his mind
that this IL u sign OF an eSgTom sly cold
winter.
Clear moon
trJat soon
is a saying that may be heard frequent.
ly In Pennsylvania. An old.llmu
weather sign was the activity uis.
played by the beavers Ia laying ia an
extra large supply Of winter food a
month earlier than usual whea rold
season was at hand. similar aclivi- |
" on the part Of bears gave warning |
Oi severe season 10 tho hunters |
In the early days. Bear tracks after |
the firut fall Of snow indicated a mild !
winter In the fall before a cold aud |
early winter chlpmunHs are usually |
abundant. They are always housed |
by October Isl. Before "A mild winter, |
however, they are 10 DO seen as late AZ
December lot.
The farmers say that when COWS bel.
low In the evening II u safe TO Look out
for tnOw during this night. When |
cattle collect near the barn long before
night ana temain huddled near IL un. |
til late In the morning, n severe winter
10 coming.
When the donkey blows bis horn.
'ila time 70 house your hay aud cora.
Il mn old saying. A lhaw IL TO be ux
peeled when cat IL seen washing her
face with her back 10 "a fire,
The old German ssying. "If on
Caudlemas day FEB. y Il Is bright anu
clear the gtOuud-hOg VIII stay IN It's
den, thus indicating that more snow
ana cold are 10 come, but u 1t anOWb
Or rains Il will creep out, a. winter has
ended" IA responsible Tor the popular
superstition regarding gtlundhog Jay.
Rural Observers assert that hogs
gather ami store straw, leaves an 3 hay
N'fNAN NNAA HNANNfA hNkN AAs ~ n mole
digs a hole two anu half feet deep, IL
an Indication that very severe winter
10 At hand; " this hole IL two feet deep,
the cold will not be- quite =, severe; n
one foot deep the winter will be mild.
PArttidges drum only IN a fail when a
mild anu open winter follows. A
scarcity Of squirrels m the autumn iu-
dictate the approach VI co III winter.
Tue old standby Of tho farmer pro.
phets, however, IN the breast bone OF
the goose. Tho whiteness Of the bone
Indicates the amount Of snow that Will
fall during the wiuter.
u tho November goose bone be- thick.
10 MI tnc winter weather be-,
" the NpYumlur goose bone bu thin,
20 Mul tnr winter Wrtthur be-,
II The bouo Is red or has many red
ipot, expect a cold aud stormy winlel;
but II only tow spots are yiBiulc, tur
winter viii be mllI.
Al authority says that the sayinr,
Everything is lovely and the go1,u
hawks high"-not change high" asit
9 frequently quOleG--ia weather
.rovefp, ne ming that when wild geese
~ high tie sign Of lair weather.
When birds Of passage arrive early
n thelr southern passage Fevefe