The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-07-11
NINETY-NINE ~ THE SHADE.
Mercury Rampant, Causing CaIefn-
Client Curses-I isc E1 pnnding power
Of Heat ln the City-lncreas. in the
Price Of Icc-Casss of SuastrOke-An
Appalling Catalogue.


From TIE New YORK Word July 2.
As some philosopher has insenious!y re-
marked, examples are contagious, and 1t
prevalent, had imbued the weather itself,
Tor apparently each day does its best to
see if il cannot be hotter and more I'M
comfortable than the day which proceeded
it. On Sunday ni.sht hcit fell down like
a blanket of fire, to 5corch and smother us
at the same time. The very cats which,
at ordinary times, viii 80 through rain anu
snow to meet together and hold sweet
converse Of melody, utterly refused to at
tend tie Sunday night sacred concert, and
lay lar.u dly along she and fence, or tried
to keep cool ~ remaining quietly among
the grass. V .eE u weary mortal went to
bed, if pcrci.ancg, sleep visited his cyciids
1T all, it vas not OF tmat sort winch the
poet calls Tired natures sweet resiorer,
but of that sort which puts etran9c, unc;'I!-
nv thoughts into oncs head, and makes
him dream that he is being smothercd by
miles ard miles Of super imposed feather
beds, or swimming in boring pitch, or
enyelopel in the fiery tail Of Plantamours
comet. Sometimes, too, the wretchci
dreamer will see u thermometer, long as
m obelisk, its base planted on his breas,
- ID e.a"f1: ryvIfo 80. ->,..--.l~'-~ ~ nn
awakcs VIII. shrek, bat alas, not in i
cold perspirasion, for even that nouE boon
Is denied one in sach weather as this.
n such seasons IL this, when - the or
dinary calctaciCnt powers is added that
new and awful one, the approach OF Plan
tamour ) cUTct, what is the use of fan
ning yourself That only makes you ,o,
ter; and if once you begin to seek relief
III SO thougl,tless away, You must keen or
with your excrtion, for rs soon as YOU ,top
you are worse off than YOU were at first.
1t is silly, too, to try TO take matters
coolly; and any ont who pretcnds that he
does 20, is an effected ass How can ono
have sang ,froid wh.n the mercury stand,
at 100 in the shale :? Of course il is
absurd to speak Of tie mercury standing
:" in the shade as distinctive quality, for
then ali IS silade-til' most malenc species
of deadly nishtshah, only it won't send
you to sleep In old times there was a
sort of pen'rlce imposed upon grea. SIM
ncrs v.rssGe;1ys called woodward going"
cent of us havte" wearing wool or fame,
ward-soing, for the very atrn1o;.s9,st inno-
Of flannel, warmed in the fires Of topbe,
1t drives people mad, and it is said that
on Sunday nigh; Certain PHILOSOPHICAL
Was rendered so cr,yr
by the heat that he bounced from hi, bod
and, running through the streets Like the
pale martyr in his shirt of fire. ("w;tb
his shirt on fire. would have been more
true to nature }, at length reached his sbop. |
burst open the door, and ru,hlcssly sbiy.
cred to atoms every thermometer within !,
TO his disorderel imagination it seemed
AS thougi, they we're all snec-ine At Aim =.
one who had contsived means IF measur-
ing his OWN misery; they twi.ted him, and
he swore he would have his reyence
Mother man, on whose pren,iessr there i.
hat most unusual of things in the city-
deep well-ruhed madly from his couch.
quatted in the bucket and lowered him.
elf to the waters edge. In the morninc.
= hen the servant girl went to draw wate1
be pulled up the bucket and found it full
the choicest butter, but tie husband
nd father rctlTed no more. Bad NJ
iere the tortnres of the night, they were
nothing to thuse of the day. The pen
lmost meits in the hand that would speak
them Men felt themselves "exrand-
g wlsib'y,' getting bigger and bigger.
I'd continually exposing greater surface
the clustering rays Of the sun, and oven
the shade, which radiated heat in arpe
'antitics- Ladies walking in the streets
rre surprised to find that their parasols
% become huge umbrellas through the
paHdins power of be n,ea did p.t 7
%" each other, and New York was one
eat blister Hypocri:os who bIc~ hot
u cold at the same breath were upcb
5e,i, for the heat was bu. that of tho ~
'spherc, wh,le the cold vas that of the
rth wind ihe polar bear in the Cen
4 park Was IN agony and had tn Ic
SSel IN ice; Dat toads and frogs and i
'kes, being cold biooded anin,aIs ~
IN and cianny as so MANY c,rnzos
ere were CAGES Of sudden dis,ppean,,c,. r
icsi were very surprising. Two Ger.
rs were talking together in Nass,u
re-, hen ono Of them suddenly vanished
NJ cot Ike bubble, Having not a ,y.ee
The AR Or on she Garth. Ito hal a.
hy b>en dissipsted, rs many other men
e been, by heat; he hai been converted
'nee into gas without going through Tie G
aue'iEa'e state Of Auisiity. But surA
srTesees VIII re too frequent AZ t:,e
soa aivanccs. The best vsv to ,ro;;
r. Is fo- man to Gil his hat Wit. ice
n be starts fSE home, a. tins viii ef
zsils Percent Congestion or dixx;r.ar;or a
et as BE- earn and wait for the coming
es zhsssI zh.IAtree ~ from all he
- Of Geieara. y