The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01
Hicks for December.

Rev. Irl R. Hicks horoscope for
December is illustrated with scenes of
chilling character. When one views
them one lnstinctively commences to
shiver and wish to back up to hearth
filled with blazing logs. Snow banks,
snow and then more snow are the sub
jects with which he provides his readers
in his almanac for December, 1911.
His forecast, also, make anything but
cheerful reading, and those who may
have any spare cash after furnishing
the annual outlay for Christmas presents
and the ''bird" which is usually found
the centre of attraction on the table
in almost every American home, may
just as we'll make up their minds to
hoard the remainder from the wrecked
pocketbook and hand it over to the
coal man. From the very start OF
December until it's close Rev. Mr.. Hick.
says we are going to have a blizzardy
time, with thunder and lightning thrown
in for extra frills, but the prophet
dosn't ask any extra compensation
for this additional information.
There'll be bowling time-that is,
old Boreas will do the vocifererous act
from the End to 7th. The reason
assigned by Prophet Hicks for this is
that the moon will be on the celestial
equator on the 1st, when the barome-
ter will begin to fall, followed by gen.
eral winter storms. To get him correct
ly we quote: Grain will turn to heavy
sleet and snow, and fierce gales and
blizzards will sweep most parts OF sea
and land" That is the exact prognos-
tication of certain event happening
to the exclusion of many other events
all equally probable. Now, if that
hasn't got the reader going equally as
well as Prophet Hicks when he speaks
of apogee, perigee, celestial equators
and other things pertaining to the
etheral world, then We'll not try to pry
loose any more vocabulary, prose or
otherwise. But TO resume:
Seismic shakes are also predicted to
take place between the End and 9Th,
followed by great cold wave, which
will spread to the South and East from
the 5th to the 10th. Get your furnace
in trim and shovel in the black diamonds !!
The magnetic and electric crisis OF
winter solstice is central on the 1lth
18th and 18th; which will bring a
reactionary storm period. 1t will be a
bad time for those who go down to the
sea in ships, and will also be perilous
for those who tread terra firma.
We are to have respite, however,
from the severity Of winter weather,
for Seer Hicks promises that 1t will
suddenly change to warmer from the
18th to the 17th, when we will possibly
have a little display in the way of
lightning, thunder and rain. Then it
will get colder again with sweeping
gales from the rear of storm areas.
Renewed rain and snow from the 10th
to the 22nd will bring warmer weather.
Along about this time the new moon
will be in trouble, for the seer says
that the disturbances will center about
Luna. Then we're going to have more
snow, "and winters cold will tighten
its grip with the high barometer
following the storms.
Although he dosen't say so. it is high
lv probable that We'll not have ga green
Christmas to make a fat graveyard. -
Seer Hicks leaves the date of old Santa S
visit a blank as far as weather con-
ditions are concerned, but the old fellow
may feel pretty safe in donning his
furs, for he'll find plenty of snow left
over from previous storms. Rain,
thunder, lightning, snow and sleet are
some of the things Seer Hicks tells US
we may expect as we cross the thres-
hold into 1912.
opening of the "sping election boxes, ="
all the tumult of the election will have
been thing of the past, even if we
do have to listen to the squabblings of
the doings at the session of the pro-
posed extra call of the Legislature.