Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1882 — Did She Die? [ARTICLE]

Did She Die?

“No; *he lingered and suffered along, pining “away all the time, for years, the doctors do“ing her no good; and at last was onred by “this Hop Bitters the papers say so much “about. Indeed! Indeed! how thankful w« should be for that medicine.” i Hence it happens that stones become moist, that wood swells, and salt becomes deliquescent by the moisture. When the stones after being moist become dry it is a sign of fine weather. On the other hand, when the weather inclines to rain, the water is seen to diminish in vases and fountains, because the humidity is then carried away by the evaporation It is certainly a surprising phenomenon to see the earth, after very long and very abundent rains, to be sometimes almost dry, the roads quite free from dirt, and the lands to become arid and parched; this is a sign that the rain has not altogether ceased. There is sometimes, however, a great deal of dirt even after a moderate rain, which, in that case, is a sign of fine weather because it indicates that evaporation has ceased. Dry earth and moist stones announce rain. The hoar frost, which first occasioned by the east wind, indicates that the cold Will continue a long time, as was the case in 1770. If ftthunders in the month of December, moderate and fine weather may be expected. A fine autum announces a winter during which winds will prevail ; if it is damp and rainy it spoils the grapes, injures the sown fields and threatens a scarcity.