Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1912 — WEATHERMAN SAYS IT IS COMING TONIGHT [ARTICLE]

WEATHERMAN SAYS IT IS COMING TONIGHT

Prognosticator Says That Jack Frost Will Lay His Icy Fingers on The Corn and Pumpkin Vine. If the forecast of the weatherman comes true we can recite James Whitcomb Riley’s famous poem “The frost is on the pumpkin and the fodder in the shock” tomorrow and be literally proper and truthful in doing so. When the weatherman has a little doubt about the change in the temperature he says “cooler,” but when he really means business he says “colder.” And he says “colder” for tomorrow. Folks with insufficient red corpuscles in their blood will get busy with the underwear clerk and get out their last winter’s overcoat, while some fellows will begin to review the past few months to ascertain what became of their summer’s wages. You can notr bribe the weatherman. He says “colder” with his lips firmly set and we can all get ready for the corn husking, fire building and football stage of life.