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THE SIGNS OF A TEMPEST ARE THESE 



For ere the rising winds begin to roar, 



The working sea advances .to the shore; 



Soft whispers run along the leaft^ woods, 



And mountains whistle to the murm'ring floods; 



And chaff with rddying win^s is toss'd around, 



AIM! dancing leaves are lifted from the ground, 



Ajid floating feathers on the water play. 



DRYDEN'S 



PROGNOSTICS CONTINUED. 



20th Rule. If the last eighteen days of Fe- 

 bruary, and the first ten days of March,* are for 

 the most part rainy, then the spring and summer 

 quarters will be so too : and I never kn^w a great 

 drought but it entered in at that season. 



2 1st Rule. If the latter end of October and 

 beginning of November are for the most part 

 warm ana rainy, than January and February are 

 likely to be frosty and cold, except after a very 

 dry summer. 



22d Rule, If there is frost and snow in Octo- 

 ber and November, than January and February 

 are likely to be open and mild. 



Mr. Claridge gives us the following observa- 

 tions made by our forefathers : 



Janiveer freeze the pot by the fire* 



If the grass grows in Janiveer, 



It grows the worse for J t all the year. 



The Welshman had rather see his dam on the bier, 



Then see a fair Februeer. 



March wind and May sun 



Makes clothes white and maids dun. 



Old Style. 



