The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-12
PANCREAS AND WEATHER ASS.
A Rhode Island Way Of Pretending to
Find Out What Only the LORD

A Rhode Island Way of Pretending 10
Find Out What Only the LORD
Knows.
While some weather prophets refuse to
talk for publication and Others VIII not
talk at all, Mr.. Ernest Lippitt of Smith
field, who has heretofore prophesled
weather incognito under the title OF
THE Hogs Melt Prophet" Is quite
ready to set at rest the doubts about
the matter. He has killed number
of hogs and has adduced therefrom IN
disputable proof that we shall have
winter and plenty of it, in spite OF ap-
pearances so far-appearances OF
weather being, as in other things more
or less deceiving, 1t must not be I'M
derstood that it is necessary to XIII a
large number Of hogs to determine the
quality of coming weather, not even
several hogs being called for to decide
this question.
Such is the unaninity of the hog fam
lily of weather forecasters upon this
question, so dear to humanity, that the
pancreas (Which is called melt" in the
vernaculaD of one hos gives true in
dex of what the other melts will be, and
at the same time, according to the fol-
lowers of the melt theory of weather
diagnosis, Is an infall!ble guide to the
kind of weather about to be inflicted
upon mankind. This forecast is made
in a general way and does not pretend
to give the weather by minutes for a
given portion of the misty, or clear
future, and, in the present case is set
forth by Mr. Lippitt, as a period during
which he shall not lack for winter
weather or ice or any of those delights
which go to gladden. the heart of the
coal dealer, the plumber and others to
whom rising winds and falling Their
mcmeters are as the breath of life and
the increase of substance.
The last two months of this winter
are set aside by the hogs melt for
scenes of special joy to those who long
for the good old times, when it was,
according to tradition regular morn
ing task for New England boys and
girls to select a handful of snow from
the drift which had entered their sleep
ing room during the night and thaw
out their noses and ears before rising
to tunnel through other larger drifts
to the woodpile and barn. The indica-
lions of the hogs melt first viewed by
Mr.. Lippit this year showed plainly the
cold weather of fortnight ago and the
milder weather which followed it as
we'll as a return to colder conditions
soon to come. But 1t is regarded as I'M
fortunate by those who like to have
their weather prophecies, like Midship-
man Easy's arguments, divided into
minute points that the hogs melt sys-
tenn does not enter more into detail re-
garding the weatha,
Some say that the prophecies based
upon this method only lack minuteness,
because the melt, being only about a
foot long, does not contain enough
space for a detailed forecast Of the
weather. There are those who regard
this as something of an oversight, while
others point out that prophecies are
based upon the weather con-
ditions which prevail during some
specified period of time as measured for
the convenience of mankind which, it
Is urged, is but an artificial separation
Of that which would otherwise be as
that which we call eternity without
limit or bounds.
This being so it is claimed by the
advocates of the hogs melt theory that
such a system of forecasting wealth
ar as may be carried out from selecting
one portion of the year as indicating
the quality of another. Besides, they
say, if the hogs pancreas ran the whole
length of the animal, and hogs were
twice as long as they are now, there
would still be painful lack of space
upon which the faithful hog might
record his weather prophecies. That
Is, so as to satisfy that part of man
Kind who insist upon a forecast that
shall separate the hay days from the
fishing days and state definitely when
,roquet may be included in the sewing
circle program.
Mr.. Lippltt, the chief exponent of the
log's melt theory in these parts Is a
of the Narragansett In
lians, and the idea of forecasting the |
Weather from an inspection of the hogs
melt was handed down to him from his |
They were versed in mat
ers Of nature by instinct and obser-
,ation, sharpened by the desirability
If knowing whether moccasins must be |
with snowshoes for win
er hunting, and whether the running
treams would be frozen solidly Being, |
therefore,, "a natural product, it applies !
o natural processes with entire smooth
less and consistency, and it is claimed |
o be the only purely natural; logical |
method of forecasting weather now be-
ore the public. All systems founded |
Ipon chipmunks and woodchucks,
welve-day periods and the condition
# the winter equinox are said to be as
ross to pure metal
The real thing will be served up be-
ore the bluebirds twitter in these plan
atoms for the hogs melt says that we
hall have our share of winter this
ear with all it's concomitants, and the
og's melt has never yet been known to
ALL saith Ernest Lippltt of Smlthfield,
Who pins his faith on the melt and JUS
ifies it by experiences and prophecies
f the last two years, which have been
1ade public and were correct.-Provi