The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-02-15
IN THE sunny SOUTH.
Singing Await the Right Sign
% the Moon.
IowAN IN MISSOURI WRITES.
u. o. Petts Sends Interesting Letter
to the Review. Urges Timber Guilt
walton Throughout Iowa.
DURHAM, Mo, Feb.9, 1870;

DURHAM, Mo-, Feb.9, 1905.
EDITOR REVIEW:
Winter and spring have begun their
annual skirmish There are indicat-
ions that spring will soon have the
best of it. Pewees, Cardinals and other
spring birds are hear again. Ground
hog day was bright and clear every
specimen of animated creation that
walked 'si'the SUM- that day cast d
shadow. This fact is regarded with
grave foreboding. Missourians may
need showing in some things in others
they are much learned, indeed some of
them stand high in sign lore and can
tell more about the zodiac andIits in
fuence than you, and | have learned
from all our Almanac. They know how
to escape the mischief which they say
the moon and stars work upon animals
plants and things at certain times and
conditions.
A farmer building large and costly
barn held back his carpenters two
weeks from placing shingles. When the
moon had swung around to the right
GRGse then all hands were hustled TO
the work and now those shingles will
behave themselves, will neithes warp,
become moss grown nor decay. These
people have time for doing every
thing from shingling roof to build
ing a rail fence which they say must
be made in the right moon" or the
rails will settle into the ground and
the fence be thrown "out OF tow
which may mean into "innocuous
desuetuden This class of farmers
(which is not numerous) consult that
part of the almanac where is a picture
of the man with much openness OF
countenance and conduct all farm OPP.
,erations with reference to the signs
that radiate from his person as faith
fully as conductor works his trair
ito. each and all stations on schedule
time.
We are told that farther south are
a people Ia minority who are held il
srmer grip by superstitions some o
Fem so gross and ludicrous we are
inclined to believe they were brought
from Africa when the negroes were
invited to those states against their
wishes and they have evened up b.
teaching these things to the "whit'
trash"
While driving along the south Fabil
we passed through a large
sAatural grove of sugar naples. Th
"a sight brought memories OF boyhoo'
y days when fifty years ago we enjoyed
making maple sugar in northern NeN
York. We consider maple syrup on
of the most "delectable' of food artic
les. Upon inquiry we found that NJ
sugar is made in this forest 'only
gallon or so of molasses now an
then Just to show the kids what the
are like"
About twelve years ago compan
was organized at Arion to manfac
ure pure maple syrup. That pure
article when made consisted in part {
second grade sugar a decocuion {
embark and blind extract of re
corn cobs. Whether the owners {
those Missouri naples had tried tn
commercial article or had deprave
appetites from the use of tobacco an
wet goods we cannot say but it is Gel
tain those fine hard naples have neve
been mared by auger or chisel w
have about learned that Lewis an
a Clark counties were named in homo
~ of those men whose memory will h
further honored this year by an ea
/, iposition at Portland. Ore.
s$N There is yet in these counties SON
gwhole section of wood lands a part {
(which farmers wish to bring undo
asgltivation. Timber is now so val,
Ole all but the small branches al
:ssd. Wood is worth 1915 pr
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