The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-11-11

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"Now, where's tho harm in il 7.'
Mortimer, il / have tol you once,
| have told yon hrndrei times.
that singing causes vibrations in the
atmosphere which interrupts the
How OF the electric dii I. ani--W What
on earth are you opening the dor
for 7"
q G'olness gracious. woman, is
there any har,n in that 2"
alarm There's death in il.
Anybody that has given this sub
ject my attention kuDws that to
create draught is 60 invite the
lightning. You haven't half shut
1t shat II tight--anl IL hurry, or
we are all Destroyed. Oh, it il au
awful thing 10 he shut up with II
lunntic ut such time as. this.
Mortimer. what are you doing Z"
Nothing Just turni0g GA the
water, This room il smolhoring
hot nnl close ! waat TO bathe my
face aud han is."
"You have certainly parted with
the romnant of Your mind Where
lightainS strikes any other SUBJ
stance once, il strikes water tilty
times. ID turn il of. On. daar. [
am snrosihat nothing in this worl
eau save rs. 1t does seem {, me
that--M rtimar. whIt was that p"
1t was dat was u picture.
knocked 1t down."
Then you are close 10 tho wall
! uevrr beard Of such impnlanct {.
/ Don't you know that there's No bet
ter conductor FOR lightning than u
vail = Como away from there
Aul yon cane As near "a anything
10 swearing, too. Ol, how cau ypl
b) 81 desperately wicio |, aud, unl
yonr family IN snch peril Morti-
mer dii you order feather bod. ~
| asked yon tc 40 T.
40 Forgot it,
"Forgot it It may cost you your
lie. If ybu had II feather bel. nov,
aud could spreni it 10 the middle ot
the room and lie on it, you would
Ia pirf,'tly slfo O. a. IN hsro--
- na qriii. bif)re you have n
rh1nr" t. 60 u nlt any mJre frantic
.niii,r"5,p,-.'
trls | btt the lit'lo cio77. won, |
not hold III bltn with the dor snut.
1pless wo c)ili ns content b
4n1thor | gtspsi awhiln. then
forced ny way ont. aiy SIfe callei
out -
Mortimer something must be-
lpIe frr yltr pros irvltl)l. Give
ne thtt Grrnn book that il on the
end of the m,ntle-piace, ani c.n-
lie but don't IiIit il; give mc ~
match sill IlyIt 1t IN h're rItL
/ pppk niS some directions in it,"
| Ut the b)pk--it cost oi u vase
AMI some other ncItti, Things an |
the madam shpt herself mp with h.,
can llo' | hIi u IN pmcnt's peace
"Nlortincr, what Sts That e.
"NJtAinI bI' .ha c,l.''
"fue cut Oh. destruction Catch
/ her, uni eirt her up in tho wash,
stand. D. be quick, love ;cats ar.
FOIL of e!'c'r.sity. jI1t knov my
nllr viii tuu NIlts With this d, ,at',
tSfil periis."
| mart tho mrAJi spbb'nys
.aslin. Bat for tl,t, shpu! not
'htVe moved hand or foot in such u
viii enterprise in tho lark.
However, u mt ut my task
or chairs, an ! ~ inst all sprt, of
distractions, a.. 1f thsu harl ones,
too, aud most of then with sharp
edges -aul at last | got kitty coop,
el mp in the commpis, at au expense
Of over -four hunirei dollars in bruli
en furniture and shins. Then these
muiilei words came from tue closet
81 say the safest thing is to stand
on chair in the mid lie Of the room,
Mortimer aud the legs of tho chair
must bs insulated with non,conduct'
ors. That is, you must set the leg,
of the chair in glass tumblers
Fz !-6oom !-Jang !-mash Z
Uh, hear that ! ID hurry, MJrti'
mer. before you are struck, "
/ managed to find aud secure the
tnmblcrs. | got tho last four
broke nil the rest. insulated the
char legs, aud called for further in
structiuns.
mortimer, it says, "Wahrd zines
GewItters entferne man Mettallo
vie z, B., Rluse, Unrcn, 5cllaI,el,
etc, Won sich und ha'te sich auch
NIGHT an solchsn Stelleu auf. We
viele Metallic bei eininier lie5eu,
o Ter init audern Korpern verbnn,
lea sind, vie an Herden, Ooien
ElsenSittern u. dgl.' What doe
that mean, Mortimer Does il
mean that you must keep metals
about you, or keep them away frou
you 7"
"Well, | hardly know, 1t appear
to be little mixed. All German
advice is more or less mixed. How
ever, thiuk that that sentence is
mostly in the dative case with lit
TIC genitive aud accu sative slfted 10
here and there, for luck. 80 | reckol
it means that you must keep SON,
metals about you
: "Yes, that must be it. They ar
in tho nature OF Lightning rods, yol
know. Pat on your tiremans hem
let. Mortimer that is mostly me
tai"
/ got it aud put it on-a yer.
heavy aud clumsy and uncomfDrta