Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-09
Forecasts Based on Work Done
by Deicately Adjusted Apparatus
Observations Taken simultaneously nj
200 stations Scattered throughout
the Northern Hemisphere
Trite Weather Sayings.

Does not change the weather.
IT we'd no moon at all,
And that may seem strange,
We still should have weather
That's subject to change.
What makes you mad? The weather
What makes you glad? The weather
What makes you sad? The weather
Mad. glad or sad, it's IL ten-to-one sno,
that the weather is an important factor
in the condition Of your state of mind.
Don't blame the weather man. He has
his troubles too.
Probably no subject is more fraught
with superstitcus fancies or woven into
more curious axioms than the weather.
To-day, Burlington shares with other
progressive cities a first-class weather
! factory" where the making OF reports
! on weather conditions is conduct
| ed on scientific basis. 1t re-
! CURES more than a glance at n 'mackerel
B sky" or high flying geese nowadays to
produce accurate weather forecasts.
| Shippers OF perishable goods, committees
! In charge Of lawn parties and thousands
I of other individuals look to the big brick
building on the hil where Weather Fore
caster John *. Hooper and his corps Of
| able assistants are ensconccd for daily
. information about the weather. And they
get the information toe, unless a refrac-
! tory storm glides out to sea instead Of
! continuing on it's course to Burlington,
! rs any well behaved storm might be ex-
| pccted to do when once Mr.. Hooper has
! notified the confiding public to expect its
4 arrival
y word concerning weather foIklore' II
Is safe to assume that our first parents
acquired weather wisdom by OBSERVING
weather sequences and noting the fore
shadowed effects of certain atmos-
rheric conditions on objects animate and
nanimate. This knowledge was handed
down from generation to generation and
, the wisdom thus acquired perpetuated In
the form OF trite sayings and proverbs
Many OF these sayings are polished gems
of weather lore as witness this time
honored by sailors:
'Mackerel scales and mares tails
Make lofty ships carry low sails.
hut THIS uncertain interpretation or the
signs OF the air would never do for the
twentieth century ana il Is well worth
any ones time 10 take hri'k walk some
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YOU like to know how hard the wind Is
blowing OF how hot or how cold it is at
any moment of any day in the week
Drop In and see Mr.. Hooper. Would you
IKE to know how cold 1t is out in Cherry
huske where your third cousin Hank
Spievins resides? Call up Mr.. Hooper. He
will consult one Of the delicate instru-
ments right at his elbow and tell you
cheerfuly what you wish 70 know.
only a brief summary Of the methods
employed in making weather forecasts is
possible here.