The Washington times., 1917-03-24


aganda in this country, was authority
for the statement that Mr.. Viereck
possessed a violet-or may be 1t was
a pansy-plucked from the grave Of
Oscar Wilde. It interested us, as
showing the tenderly sentimental side,
the gentle, dewy. flower loving
phases, of this defender of the men
OF blood and iron. Mr.. Viereck is a
quaint little blossom.
The AutobIography of Cyclone
Snlder.
From Snider's Cyclone Almanac,
published at Griffin, Ga, by Prof. A.
L. Snider:
HOW I BECAME A WEATHER
PROPHET.
j first saw the light in Molsna, Ga.
In the year 1871. when I was quite
young I began to notice the clouds
and the weather, for my mother vas
a weather prophet. She used to sh.w
me the clouds and explain to me about
them, and I began to take an inter-
est in the weather. I. would read
Grier's Almanac and make q predic-
tIon on the weather and 1t would hit
once in awhile, so I kept on until I
could hit 1t first rate. Finally,
laid Mr.. Grier in the shade, for the
people, in general, say am the best
young weather prophet in this coun:
try. l studied under the Rev. Ira
r. Hicks. of st. Louis, Mo-, for six
teen years, and now 1 am one of his
best weather prophets. The rest are
be that am a natural born weather
prophet, for I have some OF the best
signs in this country. My weather
predictions are based on the moons
and the planets. After thirty years
OF observations. / have some secret
signs on the weather that I have
never known to fail. Therefore, /
fear none in the field. The first school
teacher that : went to was Miss Mat
tie Darnaill, and the next was Mrs.
]. c. Gorham, and the next one was
the public school OF Prof. Bizian. He
was a Frenchman. My last school
teacher was Miss Belle Jennings. One
day Prof. Bizian was whipping a boy
by the name OF Joseph Rain SO hard
that he hollered out Scatter the
licks." These times aren't like the
old school days. / used to have lots
OF fun. At night l would go opossum
hunting, and I would fall in bitches
and get tangled in the bamboo
boughs, but did not care, for some
of the rest would go to cross a log
and 1t would break with them, and
they would fall in the water. Then
would laugh at them, but we did
not care for we had some of the best
old peach brandy that ever was
handy. One night the woods were on
fire and I said, Look over yonder.
suppose the world Is on fire" !
said IL IT was we would hear Ga
briefs trumpet blow, SO we laughed
and went on. We caught a large opos-
sum, large as a good-sized leopard,
and we all enjoyed 1t very much.
These days aren't like the old slavery
time days when old Uncle Pete and
Uncle Ephraim used to go opossum
hunting. You could hear darkies
singing and shouting a mile. Now
times have changed and we don't
have near the fun we used to. The
laws are so strict in this country
that you are not allowed to hunt un-
less you anu
Therefore, we boys don't go much
now like we used to. AS far back
as 1 can remember the first preacher
that heard at the Baptist Church
was DIR. Mitchell. He preached here
in 1873. The first Sunday school
teacher that / went to was Miss Es-
telle King, and she offered a prize
for the one who had the best lessons
and i won the prize. My next Sun
day school teacher was Mr.. Ray. and
when ] quit his class l Joined the
Baraca class. Now we are a very
large class and stand as a number
one Baraca class, which shows a very
thriving class. / Joined the Baptist
Chupch in 1887, and was baptized by
the Rev. F. NJ. Daniel. After he left
US DR.. Thomas o. Kelly came. The
next one was the Rev. Joseph L.
Gross, and the next one after him
was DR.. Joseph Bennett: the next
one after him was DR.. Acree, and the
last one. at the present time, is the
Rev. J. E. Sammons. l feel grateful
that so much success has attended
my work, and profoundly appreciate
the confidence of my friends.