The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-26


April 8, 1893. Wheat sown at this
quarter OF the moon will not smut
And the same publication for 1900
says under date Of August 19:--
Now bushesl Nov bushes now!
For 1904 the same Thomas annual
says:--
September IL. Haul up and destroy
pernicious weeds before this date OF
the month.
SO according to this mirror OF old
time customs the latter uart of August
becomes the proper time for the farm.
er to cut weeds.
Benjamin Franklin, in his Poor |
Richards Almanaclk, makes the fol-
lowing statements which are so plain
and SO much TO the point that "he
who runs may read" though they have
especial significance to the farmer
"He has changed his one-eyed horse
for a blind one" IAN egg TODAY is
better than hen tomorrow" Every
woman will agree that Men and mel
ons are hard to know, especial the
first mentioned. "If you ride horse,
sit close and tight, If you ride a man
sit easy and light" And here is this
hit at those who keep their minds on
the future, and stumble over the shad-
ows Of the present: cut the wings
of your hens and hopes, lest they
lead you a weary dance after them"
Anyone who has ever tried to live in
the country will appreciate this, not
only metaphorically, but with realism:
Two dry sticks will burn green
one" Like King Solomon Poor Rich
ard" has It i'm for the lazy, thus
Plow deep while suggard sleep
And you shall have corn to sell and
, to keep. .s-c
A great many people have the idea that
If girl whistles she is doing some
thing unspeakable, but there is an old
saying that proves tho contrary
Whistling girls and merino sheep
Best things farmer can keep.
There is grand story of an old
farmer who once asked Benjamin
Franklin If the heavy taxes would not
ruin the farmers, and how the farmers
would ever be able to pay them.
Franklin gave this answer Friend,
the taxes are indeed very heavy, and
IL those laid on by the government
were the only ones we had to pay,
we might more easily discharge them:
but we have many others and much
more grievous to some OF us. We are
taxed twice as much by our idleness
three times as much by our pride,
and four times as much by our folly;
and from these taxes the commission
ers cannot ease or deliver us by al
lowing an abatement However, let
us hearken to good advice, and some
thing may be done for us: God helps
them that help themselves as Poor
Richard says"
The Israelites, Gods chosen" we're
an agricultural people and among the
sage sayings of their great philoso-
pher, King Solomon, are many pro
verbs that are as applicable to the
farmers of to-day as they were to the
favored nation" so many years ago.
Among the more striking are: "The
sluggard will not plow by reason of
| the cold, therefore shall he beg in
harvest and have nothing" BE thou
diligent TO know the state OF thy
fiocks and look well to thy herds"
The ants are a people not strong yet
they prepare their meat in the sum-
mer." HE that tilleth his land shall
be satisfied with bread"
Some of the old adages have refer
ence to a particular date or time OF
year. as, PLANT turnips 25th of July,
wet or dry" Many people have
| thought that the moon had an in.
flucnce on the tides, love affairs and
few other important matters; but
the old time farmer knows he must
plant his potatoes on the dark" OF
old of the moon else they will turn
to tops" SO, too, the onion must be
! planted on the "old" OF the April
moon or the crop will amount to moth
ing
Observe a hornets nest. II Il Is
very high much snow may be ex.
pected; il low, a small quantity OF
snow. Geese are not such geese" as
some folks think they are, according
TO the farmers maxims, When wash
ing or taking wing with clamorous
noise and flying to water they por.
tend rain. When wild geese migrate
southwark and westward in greater
numbers than usual in the autumn
they indicate hard weather; when to
tho northward warmer. The early
appearance of fiocks of geese or Other
wild fowl in the South foreshadows a
severe winter.
Some plants too, are considered tc
have the power OF Indicating weather
The fringed gentian is said to close
its petals against the approach of q
shower The satisfy, or oyster plant
will not unclose its flowers in cloudy
weather. This same characteristic Is
also true OF the hawkweed.
The gnats are very useful to the
observing one, for, If they bite keenly
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