The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26

Tom squats down with his head to this
west. I've watched geese a good many
years, and I've never knew this sign To-
fail. Kiss me- Tom," said Hester TO the
gander rubbed its bill affectionately
against the woman's cheek.
She put him down and picking up the
drake, Introduced him as Jerry
He tells me all about thunder storms.
If he sits round with his head tucked UNI
der his wing, / know rain Is coming.
and II 1t Is TO be a thunder storm he
waddles around the yard muttertng to
himself. ! have always thought that His
restlessness comes from a fear that ducks
they are always fo men bda Ie6rm y on
under cover somewhere. 1t may seem
strange to you but brakes appear to be
more timid than female ducks in a tims
ike that, and II lightning is vivid they
VIII seek shelter in the midst OF a flock
of ducks and stay there until the storm
is over"
This is Pete" said Hester, lifting the
rooster, which was a magnificent specimen
or Brahma, and he tells we when there
going TO be a snowstorm. Every night
when the chickens go to roost go out to
the hen-house and look the brood over.
and If find the hens all on the top roosa
and Pete below them / make arrange-
ments for snowfall. 1t sometimes hap-
pens that the hens don't want to take
the high roosts, then there is trouble, for
Pete knows his business, and he keeps
busy until he has driven them all up. In
hens. but when he scents snow he seems
10 want to get them up high, as though
there was danger Of their being showed
under II they stayed down below. Then
he stations himself as II he thought he
was kind of guard against danger.
1T sometimes happens that haven't got
the hen-house ready when the first snows
storm comes, and the hens are still roost-
ing In the trees. When that happens Pets
drives the hens down TO the butt Of tbs
limbs near the trunk OF the tree Whero
they will be sheltered. and he is not easy
until every hen IS looked after. He's q
knowing rooster. He's ten years old nexs
spring In the summer, when there's GO
ing 10 be a storm, he drives all the hens
that have small chickens into their coops
and makes them stay there until the storm
is over.
Grow for the people, Pete" said Hes
ter patting the rooster on the head,
whereupon the fowl lifted his head and
crowed Justify.
While the woman was talking the gob-
bier had been struttng around, changing
the colors in his head and scratching the
barn floor harshly with his wings. This
is Sam" she said, pointing to the tur-
key. 81 can't lift him, because he doesn't
like to be treated that way. l suppose
he's afraid he'll get his feathers mussed
up. He's fifteen years old. and he's q
better weather Indicator than any Of the
others because of that long thing that
you see hanging over his bill below his
forehead. When it's pleasant weather
that hangs limp at length of about
three inches but twelve hours before
storm comes, no matter what kind of q
storm it is. that thing shrinks until IL
looks like a large wart, and it stays that
way until the storm Is over.
"Tll- put that appendage against any
almanac that ever was printed. I've
watched it for fifteen years, and it has
never failed. A few years ago, before
the great blizzard, 1 went out one morn
ing and found the thing on Sans nose
drawn up to almost a pimple. | told the
neghbors that IL was going to storm,
and they laughed at me, beause there
preparations for it, and was glad did,
for the blizzard came and caught my
neighbors with their stock out and no
fire in the house
They're all the company I want.
know they understand what | say some-
times, and / can read them like a books
Freddie, why did you drop the baby
on the fioor?" ''well, / heard everybody