The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-03-01
WEATHER TALK.

| sa ~ WEATHER TALK. alba
Experience OF a Man Who Found
@ 9ie It Above.
d ey, Burlington Hawkeys. sn i, +
Fairly on the road, q, man F. came and
sat down in. front ofsme, and. turned
around and faced me gssi4, .fe
"Cold. this mornin'," be said.,,
i folded my paper, and famed myself
with itvigorouslv moment orstwo Ee-
fore / replied. Then / unbuttoned my
lcoat( (''priyate to editurs"--it was origin
ally lhfee.buttoped coat, hut the exi.
geneies Of the season,i the long absence
from home, and the necessity of Drop
ping something into the contribution
basket every. time goa to- church, has
9reduced, IL TO the minimum OF snpe).
(, wised nav frigid bro NTH my handkef-
chief, and said in painting tones: ssslS.
| II don't 6nd it so tsisrsea
| The maniooked astonished. But pres
entyi he, said: as ...,l ~ a,,iigs .tfstgs
1 m" M ay be you've been rtntltn. !" !, fsss
4 No." ] replied, 81 have, been asleep
A fol. the past two hours, in o. Sleigh"
4 Sand We didn't feel the cold?" the
man inquired h7ii ~ 80 3s'aHi 4 z
'a"Man ~ I said, in tones Of amaze.
ment ssCold on the 9th Of June 7'' :
"June ?" he echoed, straiehtening up
scare YOU crazyp 1T is the Och Of Janl.
Earv p aaoFi iRn~ = gg.,e '.ua q,
"Well," Iisaid, ,iait felt like the 9th 81
June TO me-" eGi 70 lasm4Yo1qmi se1
4 "It's mighty fine sleighin', oil the
same, tibe5 maH said ~ aass,lrss1
4 h i tpld him, -,sith q blush, that i had
never, seen che mud worse on Ohio roads
4 sipce, could. remember. ,seysi st,ar
4 3."Where on earth, he asked, in utter
astonishment fdid you come from r. :
\ ris;Daytou, i said,ee b4er,sis peIliss
| ii His eyes, began to creep. out and look
ct each other, over the top Of bis nose.
"Whenf"' he asked s's,eog s,nts,
"This morning." ! said. calmly, 'ssince
eight o'clock" h,ns yis,s,,s..g -, ,gs.
4 Howl he fairly shouted. 7.r i 81,
/ Tin a QUE horse Sleigh i said. :
"Sakes alive 7, he. shrieked ...it is i'm.
possible LIS only eleven o'clock now,
snd DAYTON, ia fifty miles ,away!, 81 /,
\ "Couldn't help it," | insisted. II LEI,
\ there little over two hours ago in Q
sleigh, bad . poor horae. drove slowly,
and the mud was up to the hubs of my
wheels all the way. 1t Was warm Is
4 May, and l haven't seen enough snow
to make one-boy slide 10 Eve thousand
l-miles." % s-i7n3a ~ tesh9Uilsi8g =
G. The man 3 hair stood IN end, and hi
gotup to start for the other end of alls
car. s' e''oliss.'i hue pfessssaso la
"If you amt crazy. and believe you
be-" he said. with grave earnestness
'I.syou are-an awful liar z" 'sdi asni H'Feh
"Good man. I said, ,ssI expect am
but I am not q fool, l may tell startling
lies, but / do not talk like an ass, and
would be thoneht q liar or maniac rsth.
er than an imbecile. lido not come into
a car where the thermometer marks
: three degrees below zero, and tell llv
ing, breathing intelligent, sensitive mar
that it is cold, just.as though / was i'm.
: parting some informstionto him.aI di
; not watch him drive up to the train in
3 sleigh, spinning over the dry, wisr
snow, on the smooth, perfect pixies o
Ohio, and then attemptts instruct, ,amuse
or starlle him BY telling him the sleigh.
Ing is good, i would rather as.onish .
man than bore him III Ishave nothing
better to tell him than something hf
knpwsalready far better than L do, my
mouth is sealed, and j will l.never speak
In order to. astcnish shm or stsrtle him
IemaY have to lie, 10 sh i'm, but that is bet.
ter than boring him. You; might as vel
sit down and tell me, that twice, two il
four as to tell me that il, isg cold Yor
might as well tell me that George Wash.
ington is dead as to- .elt me that the
sleighing is good. Go away, good man
go to sleep i tell you,it is June; there
is no snow; there is dust and there arr
roses 1t is two buBdred miles from
Das ton, to Loyeland, and / walked, from
the North Pale this morning, Gn ge
thee to q nunnery, aod, when you car
modelsyeur conversation on, something
besides the Uaited States Signal Seryics
reports. comesand wake me up, and hole
me in the matehless charm of your, in
struetive talk know not what cours,
others may take, but as for me, gau
blast the man who talks tome about. th'