Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1912 — Coming Winter Is to Be An Unusually Cold One. [ARTICLE]

Coming Winter Is to Be An Unusually Cold One.

The coming winter . will be an unusually severe one, according to the weather prognosticators of the old belief. They base tills prediction on the time-honored rales laid down by nature. The prophet says the moM on the north side of the trees is much heavier than usual. This is a sign of cold weather and plenty of it. The squirrels are busily engaged in filling their dens with food and woodsmen say this indicates heavy snows, with cold weather. The bones of geese, both old and young, are said to be heavier than usual and the down thicker. The goose bone is one of the best known methods of prediction in rural districts. In addition to all these signs it is said the wool of sheep Is heavier than it has been in years, and people who have been close enough to muskrats and other animals to examine them declare that their fnr Is going to be thicker this winter than R has been in- ten years.