Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-24
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HOWleCtS s NICtOrld Golden almanac tells how to forecast the weather on the changes of the moon.
 Dr.. HerscheIl says if the moon changes in, summer. at 12 noon. it will be very rainy; between 2 and 4 D. m. ehangeabie; 4 and 6 D. m., fair; and 8, fair if wind is northwest; 8 and 10, rainy if wind is south or southwest; 10 and IF. fair; 12 and. 2, a. in.., the same; 2 and 4, cold show and 6. rain; 6 and 10. changeable; 10 and F, shewery. Winter: t2, snow. and rain; between 2 and {. fair and cold; 4 and $, fair; 6 and s, fair and frosty; and 10, if wind is north or northeast or south or southeast. rain or snow; 10 and 12, fair and frostyi F and 2, frost; 2 and f, snow and stormy; and 6. same; and 8, snowy and 10. snow or rain; 10 and F. the same.
 The above table is constructed upon philosophical principles, being the re- suit of many years actual observations and will show. the observer what kind of, weather will most probably follow the entrance of the moon into any of her quarters.
 Representatives of the v. M. C. As of, North America and Canada have received the following telegram from the prime minister of Englaftd Please convey my greetings to the representatives of the Young Mems Christian associations of North Amer ica. and Canada assembled in conven- ton at Detroit. and my congratulations ] on the conspicuous service rendered to the allied armies by the Y. M. c. A. The succor and support given by the thousands of devoted men and women | pn yeI traf V s,, valuable both to the comfort and moral of the fighting men. We are most grateful to them all I hope the experience gained during ! the war will enable the association tc | render still greater service in rhese years of reconstruct tion. and that this work may have the effect of drawing ] our two great countries even more closely together in the service of hu- manity.
 The Gray Lag-Geese grow scarce | as the demand for them grows. less and if we continue to despise them as | food the domesticated gray, lag may | in few generations. become as scarce
 as the great auk. Yet a few years agt Norfolk farmers freely imported in ths autumn geese from the continent. es pecially from Holland, to be fattenet
 on the stubhlei fields in time for tn, l Christmas tabfe.
 Geese have not had for many day much value except as food. There f nothing like the profit to be made iron
 their feathers as in the days -whel quill pens were used by all who, coult write But some of us have heard ou grandsireS tell how once the Britisl farmer, being of a commercial if crue
 mind, used to pluck his geese fiv
 times a year to make a profit iron their plumage.
 caroIing by Gramophone-The pro posed. motor lorry carol party (write Ia correspondent) is in the traditiona !, line of carollers compared with the up I to-date method of Christmas serenad ing with which my suburb is threat
 ened.
 1 This. is, nothing less than a seiectio 1 of "seasonab1e music for the tf1re nights preceding Christmas day b
 means of an itinerant grarnophone. "Mr. - and his son. so a pre-
 liminary notification runs, who hay l arranged this festive entertainrnen l twill call .pon householders on .Boxin day" And probably they will be suit . ably rewarded.
 .Peers' Privileses.-If Lord Astor I , be in more fortunate position eve , than Irish peers who have been tt : most fortunate hitherto. An Irish pet l has two chances of sitting in pariia
 rnent. He may be elected either as
 member of the house of commons 6 Lord Winterton is case in point-t 7 he may. be elected as a representati, . peer for, Ireland. 4
 It was fin order to reserve. the rigi
 of making, this choice that Earl Curze , accepted originally only an Irish bal
 ony. Scots peers have not this chofc
 ! If they are not eligible for the lords representatives, they cannot stand f,
 the. house of commons. Under this b:
 & peer, may stand for. the sconnrno, - with the happy, knowledge that if l C is beaten he can enter the lords witt o out an election.
 Woodland Traeedies.-Now that Il
 leaves are thinned, the honeysuck
 has to. come out of hiding and, sho F itself in, it's true cSfaracter-the cutti IS fish of the vegetable world.
 Few who in high summer have watci
 ed the rain scented eglantine if Give temperate sweets to the wel it wooing sun,
 Q have any idea what q monster tf same beauty is. But watch, her no
 I have seen venerable oak cfok is to death fin that deadly grip, its ia It masked all summer in mass of gre l. leaves and wine-red stems and crear
 | and -ciaret blossoms, but now laid ba As to the plying regard of the NoVemb