FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, March 17, 1916 "BLOWING" WELL FORETELLS STORMS C. V. Seger of near Blackwell, one of the county's well-known and most substantial citizens, was a caller at The Times office Tuesday and had his name enrolled among The Times' readers. In the course of conversation we discovered that Mr. Seger has a phenominal well on his place. In appearance it is like the ordinary wells to be found on so many farms, though a little deeper than the average, being about 130 feet deep. But this well is a regular weather barometer and foretells a storm with perfect accuracy. He calls it a "blowing" well from the fact that at times it emits a blowing sound like wind passing through a tunnel, and this blowing sound is the sure pressage of a storm of rain, snow or wind. Sometimes the "blowing" will continue for a couple of days, and a two-days' storm is sure to follow. When he left home last Monday it was a beautiful, bright, balmy day, and his wife told him that he better get back before Tuesday night, for the well was "blowing" and there would be a storm. He was here Tuesday afternoon, and sure enough the storm was on, cold, disagreeable and snowy. Who can account for this phenomenon?