NEWSPAPER UNIDENTIFIED

(Either Waupaca Post or The Republican)

Date Not Noted

(Should be 1880s)

 

STORMY WEATHER

Dozens of Signs Said to Indicate the Approach of Storms

 

            Red clouds at sunrise indicate storm.

            Foxes barking at night indicate storm.

            The weather usually moderates before a storm.

            Soot burning on back of chimney indicates a storm.

            The aurora, when very bright, indicates a storm.

                                    Sounds traveling far and wide

                        A stormy day will betide.

                        North and south the sign of a drought,

                        East and west the sign of a blast.

            Peafowl utter low cries before a storm and select a low perch.

            Domestic animals stand with their heads in the coming storm.

            Distant sounds heard with distinctness during the day indicate rain.

            Coals becoming alternately bright and dim indicate approaching storms.

            Wild geese flying over in great numbers indicate approaching storm.

            It is said that blacksmiths select a stormy day in which to perform work that requires extra heat.

            When a heavy cloud comes up in the southwest and seems to settle back again look out for a storm.

            When oxen or sheep collect together as if they were seeking shelter, a storm may be expected.

            Fire always burns brighter and throws out more heat just before a storm, and is hotter during a storm.

            A long strip of clouds, called a salmon or Noah’s ark, east and west, is a sign of stormy weather, but when it extends north and south it is a sign of dry weather.

            If the clouds be of different heights, the sky being grayish or dirty blue, with hardly any wind stirring, the wind, however, changing from west to south, or sometimes to southeast, without perceptibly increasing force, expect a storm.

                                                                                                            N.Y. Mail and Express.