Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1910 — LONG, HARD WINTER AHEAD [ARTICLE]

LONG, HARD WINTER AHEAD

Blackbirds Going South and Chipmunks Getting Into Their Bur- -- rows, Says Zoo Keeper. New York.—“We are going to have an yearly winter this year and a long and severe one,” said Head Keeper Snyder of the Central Park menagerie the other day. “AU signs point that way, and I have been studying these things for a quarter of a century. "Blackbirds, chipping sparrows, bluebirds and other summer visitors

have been flocking for over a week. I saw a flock of several thousand blackbirds flying southward over the city last week. Migration to the south is unusually early this season. "The chipmunks are very busy laying up a supply of beech nuts and other provender for a long winter. Woodchucks up the state are going into their burrows for the winter with a big layer of fat on their ribs. Usually they stay out until September. You had better get your fur overcoat out of the tar barrel for an early cold snap, for frost will be here early.”