The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03
! Sand-Piper. ESQ.

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Sand-Pfper, ESQ.
If you live on the Jersey coast, or
any Of the neighboring ones, and wake
up on a September morning with a
good southeaster, which has been
blowing since thu preceding evening,
rafting around your windows, accom-
panied by drizzle, get up and put on
your shooting ''togs," oil your gun
we'll, and prepare for a good days
sport. The birds do not fly in the high
wind, and will almost always come up
into the coast bays and rivers to feed
on the overfowed meadows that such
storms produce.
1t is a rather difficult thing to deter
mine Oh what kind of ground yon will
find the snipe; some days they will be
found in great abundance in one To-
callty, and the day after hardly a
Dlrd will be seen. The weather has
something to do with this, and by a
careful study of it some idea may be
gained as to where TO find the birds,
though this will not always prove reli-
able.
When the wind in a storm is not too
high the birds usually remain on the
sea beach; but when it is violent you
will run q pretty fair chance Of find
ing them inland During the south
easter mentioned, Hf the wind is rath-
er high and there Us heavy tide, the
sand piper likes nothing better than to
spend the day padding around on the
hooded salt meadows, picking up the
little worms and bugs that have been
soaked out of their homes in the grass
and soil. Here you will find them in
large f1ocks, travelling by short flights
from one end of the meadow to the
other, showing very little disposition
to move on. But above all, his happi-
ness seems wholly complete if he can
lind a meadow on which the grass has
been cut but not collected in mows at
the time of the overflow. The floating
grass affords a refuge for all the
Washed-out bug inhabitants of the
meadow, and the snipe make the most
of the rare treat offered. This kind of
Notwithstanding is very pleasant. as
the bird will not fly far when flushed,
and it is possible to follow flock all
around the meadow, securing several
good shots before it takes flight for
good. The sedge islands at the
mouths of rivers and bays are great
feeding grounds when the wind is
not so high, and the tide not sufficient
to flood the felds.-Harper's Round
Table. Isl. IT, .-
Every Boy Il Weather Prophet.
There is no reason why every boy
<i II rif1,n,. 70, f1o4
not be his own weather prophet. It is
simple matter to make a cheap but
serviceable little barometer which will
foretell nearly all the changes in the
weather. And that's a good deal Of
advantage if you happen to be going
fishing or camping.
Buy one ounce each Of camphor,
saltpeter and ammonia salts at some
drug store, and dissolve them in about
thirteen drachms Of alcohol. Shake
the mixture we'll and pour it into a
long, narrow bottle, which must then
prevent air from getting inside.
Hang this barometer on the north
side of the house, and here are the
weather indications that it will tell
you about:
absolute cleafneSS OF the uQulQ de-
notes fair weather.
If the liquid becomes disturbed or
roily, as we say, it is sign of rain.
If downy masses form in the bottom
Of the bottle, it will freeze, or at least
the thermometer will descend: the
more these masses rise to the top the
more rigorous will the cold become.
Little stars in the liquid foretell a
hard storm.
Thread-like objects on the top of the
bottle indicate wind