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Russian Weather Signs

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
January
Year
1884
Copyright
Public Domain
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a Russian adniirer of Gen. Hazen wishes to inform the Cbief of the Signal Service of somo of the weather sigr.8 oí tilo Kussian oioujiks. If Eparrows are busy about tbeir nesta or fly in flocks. the woatber v.ill be olear and fair. Ií gwaas fly aouthwanl quite late in the seoson, .a y at th cnl f September, the tal I ill be wiinu and proluuged. if Bwallows fly near thegrouud, there will be ív.iuy or wind;' waather. ]f cliicks seuk shelter, the weather will be wet If ohickens nnil other fowls piek ttioii feathers, there will ie cloudy and damp weather. If, ti u ring severo frosU, roosters orow very early, the wejther will becoinmodérate or evcu wlirm. When riueks bathe ind quatk tiierc sur;ly wiíl be ruin, and when tliey are quiet there wiil bo a thtroder storm. if geese bat!ie it will rain. If a cat searches for a warm place there will be cold weather. It a cal scratehes a door, table or other objeol with its elaws tliere will be windy and snowy 'veatlicr. If dogsroll in tho winter there will be snow; if in the summer there will bv rain. If miee make their nests aijove the grpand in ricks tho fivll will bu rain; áud proloiífíei'. If they itake theii nests ijefore the erop is reapud rainy vveiithcr wiii ntgin m ugust and the f all will be bad. Fish appear on 1 he surface of water befare rain, and g' tn ihfl boLtom bo fore a stroug wind. Lobstei'í erawl upon tho banks before rainy wealher. If oak hinfls grow plentit'nl the following winter will be severo and the summer fruitful, If smoke sinks to the ground when thero is no wind, in winter it will snow aad iu summer it will ruin. If smoke rises even d uring bad weather fair weather will follow. If at 8UBet there are no clouds the next iay will be fair; if the sim sets in clouds the next day will be üloudy ani perhaps rainy. li the setting suu be red the next day there wil! be a strong wind. If the horn3 of tho new moon are long and sharp, theii i:i winter the wbule month will be eold, and in sunimer fair. If the moon looks palé it will rain; if olear and bright, theie will be fair ,,ealher. If fog lies on the ground there will be fair weather; if it rises in tiie evening tjliL' n'Ljt ftaT Triiï.bo warm. If the íirst llniuder is heard from the south, during the coming Bummer tliQro vvill bo uiflti' tViniiflp wtoi-o. If it thunáera in winter tliti-e will be a strong wir.d. If there are red clouds before sunrise, the day will be very winjy. If a person Iets the new moon shine on bis or her empty pocketbook, he or sho will not have a siogle penny during the wlivle month.

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