, 1877-05-13

your corus with the weather system without /"
with tue which wheFe?" said the genteG1ann gh.tt1a
the Gulf Coast, and 20 on" said the observer,
II These wires connect
| with the obuervatoEcs ut Pixies Peak Atlanta:
Bangor, Galveston, and other places. Your corn
doubtless have, still further DEVELOPED that htel
gencc by educatton but the sphere Of ,ts
is circumscr1bed 1t can't reasona biy De espectSa
Plains or on the Atlantic coast region. want to
put you equality with myself BY placing yoi
in instantaneous electrical communication with
the atmospheric area OF the whole Union"
'.Well. that SCENE only doing the square thing;
said the reassnrcd denizen q Evanston, as vta ne
TnE TltiRcsE, said the observer. and he will
hold the stakes and net as referee. !" - Be you ~
Colbertt'' nn1iously inquired the farmer: - No:
thought yon wasn't, I'd like to hnve had him. be-
cause he knows more about comics. ano sfan1ta'
Iiowsever. THE Tis1nusE is my favorite paper.
borrow i. every day from man that takes 1t.
An An awfal silence q expectation exp followed, dur
ing which the observer busted himself about me
observatory, and gently touched e the M key sryine
man from the Ridge almost Instantly yelled
''ouoai' and bounded into the air with an agility
remarkable in one Of hia years: Your corn;
an adept In weather pro.nostication than thoughs
it possible for corn 10 De. fondly fancied that
snpaa axs afsa &of sad
Eyanstoniall, with scared face, will you gather
up my foot and empty i into this boots' Why,
your foot ia uil right wouldn't takc thousand
dollars for that corn II had 1t, sympathizing-
tthat foot isas in a da{d condition aud tannias
all over the hoor." said tho old man doubtfulIy.
under the water tap and quench the tlanlcs:" he
continued - II isn't fire. said the reporter,
and then the observer asked with smile: What
sort Of weather do you expect we shall hare, for
observe that We are substantially agreed that
come atmospheric disturbance Is impending: Do
you think it will rain or snow,"
''Well, young man." said the farmer, .'yon
Thoughts and reduce my experience. That corn
has ached before now. In the rainy season OF 1849
] mind that came near cutting off my foot had
1t up on the sawbnck and the meat-ax III my hand
when recollected that without that corn l mieht
in u season, and at day wages that was equal to a
good many days spent in uching. But it never
had such twinge as 1t gave just now. Mister, we
are going to have great deal OF weather pretty
up my mind. Perhaps the end Of the world is near
ut hand, or Chicago is going to 80 up in fire and
birthstone, like Sodom und Gomorrnh but II It Is
wet ruin we Ase going to have then there IL going
to be another deluge that's all, regular old CHI
cago Hood, to which Noah's WIS only st. Louis
side. show. You boys high up and us Fellows On
the Ridge have got better chance than the chaps
In the basement saloons, but we hadn't ought to
boast ourselves before the morrow brings forth its
volcanoes. and waterspouts, aud whirlwiDds. and
The referee decided 1t draw. and the old man de-
parted, saying, 'tWel, boys, s'long; we'll meet |
in Heaven, maybe, or on Taft- There is more In |
your signal service than thought there was, but
corns, If you've only got language to express your
feelings j."