"I have the honour to remain,
"Your lordship's most obedient servant,
"Joseph William ——."
Such letters are by no means rare, though such ignorance seems scarcely credible in the nineteenth century.
Boak & Co., Photo, Bridlington Quay
HILL TORN BY WATERSPOUT, LANGTOFT, E. YORKS
Further, there are many false prophets who prophesy without science, and they rarely miss the opportunity of sending along a forecast in order to give the constituted clerk of the weather a leg up in his arduous duties.
There are also many amateur weather prophets.
One of these gentlemen issued monthly postcard forecasts for more than twelve months between 1882 and 1883.