Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-11-02
GANDEBONE'S NOV. FORECAST

Muen the HrStcOme SHOWS of Winta
drift along the window sill; when til
hunter finds pneumonia waiting 70
him at the lake, and the pies We &c
resemble those that mother used t
make.
| Everybody fond Of mince pies
l Dances nimbIy, feeling good
Now and then an old subscriber
Comes up with load OF wool.
| Winters coming, and the bad bows
| In the school room sing and dance
For the teacher cannot feaze them
| When they wear their winter pants
| November was the ninth month il
the old Roman calendar, and gets It,
name from novem, meaning nine. The
Der, which we would spell burr. wa,
added by Nimrod, the quail hunter
He had an Irish setter with which he
hunted in Novem, and the dog got Sc
many burrs on its tail. that he called
the month November. Like all burrs
this one stuck.
| November's place in the calendar
was changed when THANKSGIVING was
| invented. The Romans debated this
in the Senate. Some of the Senator's
thought November should continue
the ninth month In the year. Turkeys.
they pointed out, were large enough
to eat, and there was enough to be
thankful for by that time in the year
TO go right ahead with the fireworks
and the escalloped oysters. Cicero
had been very silent all this time.
When the Senators who wanted to oh.
serve Thanksgiving three months be-
fore Christmas had said all they had
to say, he arose and disposed Of them
forever by simply saying: But Gran
berries won't be ripe,"
Inc hills are painted red and gold.
The frost is hoar and white.
The moon is sailing white and cold
Across the skies of night.
The days are growing short and
soft, and hazy is the air, the country
editors who once had money in their
tills, are selling all their diamonds
now to pay their paper bills.
Sagittarius the Arcsher is tho ~
diacal sign for November. His name
is from the Latin word sagitta, mean.
ing arrow, and is typical of the sud
den cold shooting into the earth and
causing the turnip to run for the cell
lar like a whitehead
Mercury, which will be an evening
star during the first two weeks of the
month, will tire of lovers and buggy.
riders on the 18th, and will be a
morning star for the rest of the month
1t will cast enough light on key-holes
for sports to find them without using
a funnel and will look with contempt
into the chambers of mollycoddles
and miksops.
The girl who sued summer man
Where cool sea breezes course.
viii keep on suing-in the courts
And capture her divorce
The watered railroad win contrive
To have few more wrecks.
And the press viii print more lists
| of names
| With broken backs and necks.
I The flower for this month will be
the chrysanthemum, and the birth
stone will be the topaz.
| A red or pink chrysanthemum is the
| symbol of love: a white one signifies
truth, and yellow one despair
When you wear a yellow one, i
imeans that the gas bin has. come in
If you were born in November, yol
will be thrifty, ambitious. strong AMI
earnest. If born in the latter hal
of the month. you viii be brave, kind
honest, Just. generous, quick of TEN
|per, and have keen sense of humor
But you can never be President Thi
IS great disappointment, but yo'
can't have everything.
This will be a very busy month
The trusts viii try and arrange it 81
nobody can live, the moon will be full
on the 10th and the wolf win take u
Tits winter quarters on the front porch
iHurrah, Wen all sit down to feast
| Within three weeks or SO,
THE rich viii have their turkey then
| However high they go
but most of us will sit around
Il And eat a piece of crow
1 And then December will arrive
with wintry winds and raw, the pa
pers viii be busy then retryin
, Harry Thaw; the boys VII go to Sur
Iday school a-fying then. because,
! lwont be very long until they hea
| from Santa Claus.