Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-11
HICKS FOR DECEMBER.
Promises a Big Supply Of Snow for
Christmas and Plenty Of Cold
Weather.

While tae farmers and others in
this latitude have been congrstulating
themselves upon the extraordinary
weather We have been having for this
season Of the year, which has enabled
the toilers in the field to gaeher and
house their corn crop, they must not
complain at the brand Of weather
which Rev. Irl &. Hicks says Is 10
store for as this mouth.
We are 10 have 9ipsnorting time
and big supply of snow for Christ
mas, the prophet says. with plenty of
cold-nothing mere than what could
change of presents. A reactionary
storm period was in progress as
we entered December with the Moon
on the celestial equator on the End
and the center of the Venus period on
the Sd.
The prophet says these two heaven
ly bodies being in this position at this
particular time have q direct relation
as to cause and effect, and will bring
about mach warmer weather with
electrical storms, rain and winter
thunder; then il will change suddenly
to colder. Mars and Venus are blamed
for some doings which will cover the
period from the 9Th to the 9Th.
These, the prophet says, should be
positive warning of severe win
ter storms spread out over almost
the entire area of the country. Then
we are to have lightning, thunder
and wind. There will be no letup to
these conditions on the 9Th, the seer
says, when we are to have blizzard
Gus weather and a rough time in
general, all of which will extend
from the 5th to the 18th.
Another batch of bad weather is
cooked up for us by the "Profes"
from the 10th to the 18th, in which
magnetic storms. electrical pertur-
brations. earth currents, auroral
lights, volcanic unrest and all kindred
disturbances will have a hand. To
fix il we'll in the mind the seer fol-
lows his assertions with the prophetic
words: Watch and seep' Right
here it will not be out of place to
qnote:
The cid wise man said that death
would frown
Upon certain people in our town,
And, sure enough, il came about
Before one hundred years were out!
We are scheduled to go slap bang
into another storm of violence which
will extend from the 18th to the 21st.
This storm will not be confined to the
land, bat, octopus like, will reach out
cato the briny deep, and those who
''go down to the sea in ships" are
given an extra warning of the fate
that awaits them If they do not heed
the prophets forecast.
The Moon will get full on the 23d
and will be in perigee on the 25th. I
Probably too much eggnCgg. But
whether this exhibition of imbibing
too much in the direct cause of the
reactionary storm period which will
bring with it from the 2Sd TO the
25th renewed storms, the seer does
not say. The month will wind up
with cold wave rushing from west
to east. This, the seer styles the
Vulcan-Mercury period
Some persons with a tendency to
say 81 told you sol' may refer one
back to the prediction of Br'er
Hicks for Thanksgiving Day. The
prophet promised u, snow, which came
all right, but along with this predic-
tioA we we're to have violent auumnsl
storms, rain, sleet, fierce gales and
a sweeping cold wave. all Of whish
failed to materialize.
It is o poor prophet who couldn't
guess something of the nature Of
weather when he predicts such a
brand--much like the man who was
told by his neighbor that there had
been birth at his home and that he
would give him two guesses as to
the sex of the youngster.