April, lOio. 



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summerlike, of taking a gun and going 

 squirreling. The coon, cliioniunk or ground 

 squirrel, and tlie like, were ransacking the 

 bush, appearing like vernal life again. As 

 chance would have it, myself and 4 other 

 men with seine or draw-net on Candlemas 

 Day, in 67 or '08. it being a very mild winter 

 up to I-'eb. :d. had done some fishing, it be- 

 ing a fine, warm day. and no ice on the fish- 



ing "ground." we fished a lot, of all kinds of 

 fisn with the draw seine, simply showing 

 that one extreme can be followed by another. 



Second, the lion has his play to perform as 

 well as the bear, in as much as the sun en- 

 ters constellation Capricorn, which places 

 our earthship in constellation I^eo or Lion 

 on the meridian at midnight. \ow, the lion 

 being at home in a warm climate does not 

 shake his head the first half of the \vinter, 

 and it not being cold and stormy will switch 

 his tail in the last half of the w-inter, repre- 

 senting the cat when mousing, the nearer 

 the mouse will approach the more anxiety 

 the lion will show as well. 



Third, l-'ebruary ;4th, called Mathias Day. 

 the writer observed more than once that the 

 winter Boreas didn't form much ice, and the 

 February thaw made its appearance, and 

 made it like spring weather. The white 

 mantle was laid aside, both on land and 

 water, so the ice-men lamented of having ice 

 stored away. XIathias with Boreas in com- 

 pany showed their power; March 20th there 

 were 10 or 12 inches of icp in inlet waters in 

 shape for the ice-men to store up. 



The bumble-bee and honey-bee give good 

 forecast of the future weather. Last No- 

 vember there had been a pleasant squaw 

 winter of u days duration, and the last i 

 days of that month the honey-bees carried 

 in pollen and some honey like dew. They 

 have not had a cleansing flight since, but 

 seem to do fine so far, most of the time be- 

 ing nearly covered with snow. The bumble- 

 bee in wet summer weather has the nest 

 made in sheltered places, and in hot sum- 

 mer weather in the ground to escape tlie 

 summer heat. 



In summing up the three prophecies, the 

 whole creation is so interlinked that the 

 wise observer can understand the financial 

 welfare of the future, whether prosperity 

 is in store or not. J. M. Wismkr. 



Jordan Station. Ontario. 



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