Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-11-06
GAAOERBONE'S NOV. FORECAST.
(copyRrGHrEp 1907 BY G. II. RrErH


when the winds are swift and chill,
when the first come SHOWS of wiuter
drift along the window.sill; when
the huuter finds pneumonia waiting
Tor MIN at the lake, and the pies we
get resemble those that mother used
to make.
Everybody fond of mince pies
Dances nimbly, feeling good;
Now and then an old subscriber
Comes up with load OF wood.
winters coming, and the bad boys
In the schoolroom sing and dance.
For the teacher cannot feaze them
When they wear their winter pants
November vas the ninth month
in the old Roman calendar, and gets
us name from novem, meaning nine.
The Der, which we would spell
burr, was added by Nimrod, the
quail hunter. He had an Irish setter
with which he hunted In Novem.
and the dog got so many burrs on it's
tail that he called the month Noyem-
Der. Like all burrs, this one stuck.
November's place in the calendar
was changed when Thanksgiving
was invented. The Romans debated
TINS In the Senate. Some of the
Senators 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
escailoped oysters. Cicero had been
very silent all this time. When the
Senators who wanted to observe
hapksgiving three months before
Christmas had said all they had to
say, ne arose and disposed of them
forever by simply saying: "But
cranberries won't be ripe!"
The 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 Fish and Hartman dispute
Will become a mortal strife;
Instead of proxy ballots,
They ii demand each others life.
SO each will take of strychnine
A good and deadly lump,
And then they'll shake the dice to see
Which gets stomach pump.
The President has gone for game
and killed lady bear, the days are
growing short and soft, and hazy is
the air; the country editors who
once had II oney in their tills, are
selling all their diamonds now to
pay their paper bills.
Sagittarius the Archer is the 10.
diacll sign for November. His name
is from. the Latin word sagitta,
meaning arrow, and is typical of
the sudden cold shooting into the
earth and causing the turnip to run
for the cellar like whitehead.
From the first to the twenty second
OF the month the sun will be in the
constellation of Scorpio, which is
Mr. Bryan's unlucky constellation,
and will make it difficult TO tell
whether he is coming or going.
From the 22d to the 3oth, the sun
will be in the constellation of Sag
ittarius, in which Mr.. Taft and the
White House are at aphelion, and
} he will look as If he would finish
about fifth.
On the 4th the sun will rise with
the transit of Mercury on its disk.
For 3 hours and 80 minutes the
planet will describe short chord
on the northern limb of the sun,
causing money to run TO its hole in
Wall street, and Standard Oil TO
tell everything.
Mercury, which will be an even
ing star during the first two weeks
Of the month, will tire of lovers
and buggyriders on the l4th, and
will be a morning star for the rest
Of the month. 1t will cast enough
! light on key holes for sports to fbd