The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-06
With the Long BolU
The Coming Winter to Mild One, Says Uncle Ezekiel
Bonzey Of vease Mane-Unkle zeke Gives His Reasons
and incidentally Knocks the Goosebone-X. Y z.
the United States Government.
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winter going be- Of his corncrb, spits
sagey the coming winter to be mild
for the forecast founded the belief that
plants endowed with precedence which has
been given to mankind g1ven has been neglected
so long that it is longer Of value.
eve going to open winter said Uncle Zeke,
Because the wild geese stayed north month longer than
usual because the farm poultry neglected to mout until
month than the average because the shells beech
nuts and of and the heaps Of earth
the mole burrows thinner than common because
cider ferments in weeks and turns to hard cider
month"; the muskrats have not put thick
under coating Of fur because the hares still about the
woods their brown garments because the
and robins have not migrated to the south as yet and be-
cause T say 500 ."' -.%
Uncle Zeke takes little stock the goosebone sign
in the u s. government SO far the latter hampers with
the weather. Zeke shows exactly why the goosebone
is falacy. IF ~..
*An old goose fat and well fed has congesed
brasbone account Of the great amount OF blood it
tains Such interpreted to open winter
the dark standing for bare ground and the light ones
indicating
''Bu young and healthy goose that has not been
fed shows white breastbone at all times Any who
will his faith the goosebone without knowing the
kind Of goose FROM is risking his reputaton'
Zeke says that the government is all right to collect
the tariff tax and food and threaten South America
but when it to weather. the government bureau is
useful to folks icechest would be to the
people Of the internal regions.
''The system of predictions use,'' says Uncle twas
father when he had pracced it for fifty and made
many improvements it turned to don't hit
the conditions every tme but if should give % cents for
every time miss and you should give 10 every
time fail and both Of should live for 1000 years,
would be in the almshouse and would be rich old man,
interesting to notice that Uncle Zeke's opinion Of
weather identical with that expressed by
Y T. In the Progress last week that veteran forcaser
stated:
II have been sending weather reports to the Progress
for nearly year, and ruthfully say that have
monkey out of local and general weather prophets
employed by the government
"The government tells that electricity no effect
the weather. They make their forecasts from maps on
paper and artificial while make my forecasts from
clouds and upper air currents and electricity and they
natural ELECTRICITY is the energy Of e also the life
weather.
"The government not in it with me. Take up the
morning paper most any morning and watch the 4s-hour
forecast given by the government
''Fair tonight and tomorrow,
Brought the day so fine and clear,
That Prof. Moore used mud and saw-dust
.r-- To any who brought a tear.''
That x Y T. is pretty good it would be hard to deny
at forecast written during the storm of last week
and printed in Progress Friday:
This storm should pass off by Sunday afternoon of
Dec Warmer before the storm decidedly colder after
the storm Weather should up again close Tuesday
night Of Dec followed by second storm inside of fo
eight hours followed by colder.
P S. There enough of electricity atmosphere
at present to the temperature to between SO and
ABOVE during the warm weather predicted above.''
Let the government put this in it's pipe and smoke It'll
T. Y T. is already working the crop 1906 He says
II am now going over my weather calculations the
second time for 1906. to farmers if thew
for at least 80 per less crop for 1906
than produced this year. believe that such
shortage in store for but will put it out as FORE
east till shall have gone the figures carefully once
more''
We have been tempted several times to throw Hicks
Word and Works into the fire and follow x Y g. but
where has stood by Hcksy for the past thirty
it Is difficult to change moment Hcksys weather IS
sometimes delayed little but if you give time it is sure
The weather gets here about the same time
with the prediction We sorry hear Uncle Zeke knock
the good old goosebone The lives of many of us have
been frightened and cheered by this simple forma
tion and hate to hear it decred this late day.
The weather prophets all agree that matter what the
winter as whole turn OUT cold weather may be
pected about this time.
who has been working with the section crew at
Pierre s. d. for number Of years. drawn fine Italian
line the ISSUE and refuses be assigned to
composed of "Dagoes He says he won't associate with
any such class nohow and off the railroad
pay roll account Of his the question Race
prejudice luxury and in this it seemed to come
pretty high.
Sam Jones has been stirring Indiana to the dregs with
brand Of pulpit oratory that bites one place woman
said to him.
Nobody else could talk like you do Mr. Jones; they
would be lynched''
1We," said JONES' eff nobody talk that way but
me- / ought to be at it, should not?''
SWel,' she said, 'syou ought not to talk the way
you do'
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