The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-02
MARCH IN LIKE A LAMB.
Proverb Says 1t Bodies No Good
for Rest of Month.

March comes IN like a lamb and goes
out like a lion, says the book OF
weather Proverbs which is a part of
the records of the United States weather
bureau. The Droverb seems to be cor
rect in the first statement. as Sunday
was balmy enough with the thermon-
eter I'D to 40 and the wind blowing 20
miles an hour from the southwest. The
second statement can not be proven
for a few weeks. Other proverbs relat-
ing to March. as recorded in the book,
provide for any contingency. Winds in
March and rains in April promise great
blessings in May ..As much dew as
shown in March so much fog rises IN
August The unqualified promise that
in the beginning or in end March its
gifts Will send is made. and also As It
rains in March SO 1t rains IN June.
There seems to have been a rush in days
gone by for the saints to appropriate a
have homesteaded a day in the month
govern the elements as follows.
''Is't on St. Joseph's day (29) clear
So follows a fertile year:
Is't on Mary's (25) bright and clear
Fertile is said to be the year
The farmers are expected to put faith
in the proverb "A damp, rotten March
gives pain to farmers" and the follow
ing policy" combination is said to never
fail: "A dry March, wet April, and cold
May. fill barn, cellar. and bring much
in March, poor harvest" There is re-
ward for dust in the prOverb Dust in
March brings grass and foliage An in
junction should be gotten out to prevent
snow for Snow in March is bad for
fruit and grape vines
It viii be well to have a goodly store
of medicine on hand for March Will
search. April will try. and May will tell
you whether you live or die" Here are
some more:
March wet and windy
Makes barn full and findy.
March damp and warm
VIII do the farms much HARM
a peck of March dust and showers in
Make corn green and fields gray
IF March comes in with adder's head
1t goes out with peacock's tall
March wind and May sun
Makes clothes white and maidens dun"
"A March wisher
Is not a good fisher
The French say "A rusty March. a
snowy February, a moist April and a
dry May presage a good year" The
Scotch say March dust and March
wind beaches like a summers sun.
Those who object to movements in real
estate must remember that "A bushel
Of March dust is worth a kings ran
SOM
! The proverbs seem to foretell the wealth
/ er III February. The mean temperature
/ for the month was 27.7. The warmest
February on record was in 1886, when
the mean was 37.4, and the coolest was
in 1899, when the mean was 1879. The
maximum temperature for last Feb
ruary was Sc on the LIST, and the cold
est was 10 below on the 18th. The high
est February maximum recorded was in
1895. when the mercury got up to IS,
and the coolest was in 1896, when the
thermometer reached 25 below. The pre-
clDitatiCn for last month was ia, and
the normal is III. Observer Jennings
records show that the wettest February
was in 1900, when 3 So inches were re-
/ ceived. The driest February was in
1890, when A hundredths of an inch was
/ recorded.
The forecast sent out today is Gen
orally fair tonight and Tuesday; warmer
/ tonight" The wind today has beer
from the south. blowing Is miles an
( hour The hourly Temperatures record
ed today by the government thermom-