People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1893 — A Judge of the Weather. [ARTICLE]

A Judge of the Weather.

The spider is a weather prophet by no means to be despised. He can tel| you whether the wind wiH blow soft or rough, whether the rain will fall or the sun will shine. Long before the approach of the wind or rain he will shorten the long threads by which his web is suspended, so strengthening his net during the time of storm, and be will not alter matters until the weather has settled down agald. Whenever a spider rests at his ease look out for a spell of rain; let him, on the other hand, be active during the shower, depend upon it the rain will not last long, and will soon give way to fine weather.—Sydney News.