How To Fortell Rain
Michael Grossman, of the firm of Walker & Co., said to the Argus Tuesday morning, "It is going to rain. I know his from the tact that I could smell petroleum from the earth last evening. You may laugh but I have found this to be a fact. My attention was called to this by Michael Staebler, of the American house, and I have found it never fails. The smell comes from the Ohio oil field. The heaviness in the air depresses the oil smell. I have watched it for a number of years and when the oil smell shows itself we always have rain or mist, but generally rain within three days. Mr. Staebler discovered this phenomenon when he lived on his farm in Scio. "
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