The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-04
A COLD WINTER.
The Prospects Decidedly sauaiiy From
tho opening of December o"-sS'e'~
Cold Weather aud Violent storms Ars
Predicted by Rev. ri *. Hicks. the ST.
Louis leather Prophet

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Cold Weather aud Violent storms are
Predicted by Rev. ri X. Hicks. the ST.
Louis Weather Prophet
ST. Louis. Nov. 23.-The Kepuollc
pu blishes the following rs the result
of a chat with Rev. lrl * Hicks the
~well-known publisher OF Words anu
Works and weather forecaster;
THE coming winter promises to be
stormy and sever one. attended WITH
many sudden and marked changes Ia
atmospheric conditions. According To
the predictions of Rev. Irl X Hicks,
the local weather prophet, whose prog
nostications have been borne out by
the weather clerk with such signal
success on former occasions, there can
be no other sequel 10 the unusual per-
turbations that viii make the month
OF December, 1896, a red-letter month
In the meteorological annals oil TINS
country.
'For on the word Of this close stu
dent of metcorologic cal, atmospheric
and astronomical phenomena, the COM
ing month will bring some of h most
remarkable and violent storm periods
ever witnessed. owing to the peculiar
Influences that will be exerted upon
this terrestrial body by "a number OF
planets.
Ito the disturbing influences exerted
upon the earth by such irritating
heavenly bodies as Venus. Mercury
and Mars will be due all the hard
ships in store for the people OF this
country. The first week in Decem-
Der is expected to bring severe storms.
The moon will be closest to the
earth on the Cd, and the period
between the 2d and Sd, when the moon
is new, will be a center of r~eactionary
storms. About the Cd there will be a
very marked change to warmer wealth
err, in the extrime western portions OF
the country. There will be southerly
winds, and rain and snow-storms will
sweep eastward across the country,
many of which will be attended by
fierce, destructive gales, especially on
the northern lakes, and the Middle and
North Atlantic coasts, up to about the
the 5th. Immediately following these
rain and snow-storms, continuing till
about the 9TH, cold weather will set in,
causing blizzardous conditions TO fol-
low the eastward moving rain. A long
season of extreme and trying winter
weather will set in at this time.
"Renewed storms of rain and snow,
following a low barometer and higher
9th to the l2th. and will be succeeded
by another cold wave. which will reach
the Atlantic and gulf coast regions
the following day. From this time on,
throughout the balance of the month,
the pernicious influences OF the
planets, stormy and variable weather.
may he expected. There will lie warm
waves, low barometer, with winter
thunder and lightning, attended by
high and dangerous gales. ending sud-
denly in sweeping Billiards and cold
waves. alternating In rapid and regu-
lar succession.
From about December 10 to Decem-
Der % there will occur one of the most
marked and violent storm periods of
the winter, and especially Of Decem-
Der. On the latter date the combined
in fluences Of Vulcan. Mercury, Mars,
Venus and Earth. which viii be at tina
time near the centers of their parturba'
tions, will exert a powerful and pecu'
liar effect upon the earth. and grave
danger will threaten life and property
on and along the great lakes ana the
North Atlantic coast.
1.-The moon will reach its full on De.
cember 10, and an intense cold wave is
predicted for that period. Should ii be
delayed for a short time, it will only
gain in force and intensity by the delay
with the result that it will penetrate
further south. If, at this period, Their,
is "A low barometer all the way south
in connection with storm areas, 1t i
almost certain that the cold wave will
penetrate clear to the gulf region ans
cause great loss to the extensive frui
groves of the south. 1t IS possible
however, that high barometric press
ure ia these regions during the north
ern storms will prevent the spread q
cold wave To the extreme southern re
gions, but it is we'll to be prepared 70
the worst.
obstructive rains. with lightnin
and thunder in the far south, chang
ing to billiards., sleet storms and 81
rious ~blockades in the northern di'
tricts Of the country, may be expecte
along about Christmas and the tw
succeeding days The month wi
close with terrific winter gales and a
extreme cold wave that win sweep IL
continent.
''The succeeding months OF Januar
and February will furnish almost
repetition of the severe weather OF I'll
coming month. and the citizens Of :
Louis may expect to put in a long ar
severe winter in return for the u
usually long and pleasant spell OF a.
turin weather they have enjoyed"