Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1900 — A Coffee Barometer. [ARTICLE]

A Coffee Barometer.

It is claimed that the “coffee” forecast is a reliable way of determining what the weather is going to be. In order to tell what the weather will be you must drop carefully Into your morning cup of coffee, prepared; with a little milk, two lumps of sugar. Do not stir the coffee. If the bubbles ascend rapidly, separate quickly and fly to the side of the cup, there will be much rain within the next twenty-four hours. If they gather slowly and gravitate in a cluster to the side only posslble showers may be expected. But if they remain placidly in the center of the cup you may wear your best bat and leave yoqr umbrella at home when you take your walks abroad.