The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-05-28
A LUCID DESCRIPTION OF AREAS
AND STORM CENTERs.

81 scc,' said Mrs. Spoopendykc. as she iaiL the
paper down, "I see that We are To have rising.
followed by falling barometer, with northeast TO
southwest winds, aud higher or lower temperature,
with clear, or partly cloudy weather and light
rains. How IL IL they c"Btri'e TO tell 80 accurate
iy about the weather! DO you understand IL"
Certainly" replied Mr.. Spcopendyke. They
10 IL by Ob,ery ation. They have n man out West
observing. and = man down East who observes.
aud fellows observing around in different parts Of
the country. They put all their observ ations to.
gcther, and We know just what it's going to do
81 suppose that's what makes the wind 80 dif
fcfcnt every morning when one man : temp perature
Is rising. another's Is falling. and when one is
clear all the rest ARE partly cloudy, with"
mo, they ain'i. Each observer sends In what
he observes. and then the chief makes up his
mind iron those reports what the weather will be.
Can't you understand.'
"Pcriectly,' said Mrs. Spoopcndyke. rubbing
her elbows. "If one sees the barometer rising aud
another sees IL falling. and its cold in one place
and cloudy in another. they all say 80. But
should think when one hits IL right the others
would be awful mad"
"what would they get mad about ?" demanded
Mr.. Spoopendykc. "You do not imagine that
they all get together and Eight IL out, do you p
They take the weather from different points. coin
bine Il, and then they parcel II out among the dif
fcrent regions. For instances, II il SHOWS In the
West, they strike an average IN the Lake region.
Now. what's the average between heat and snow
"Rain," cried Mrs. Spoopendyke. delighted with
her sagacity. 81 see how II Il now. They take
what 10 usually going on and equalirc II all over
the country. I'm glad the Democrats weren't
elected"
.'what have they got To do ~i,hh. Doyou 'hink
barometer Is n politcion ?"
"No. But IL the Democrats had been elected
they would ha . had 10 change IL all around,
wouldn't theyl And the South would have got the
best share. That's what the Repub-"
"Dod gast the Republicansi They've got no
more 10 do with IL than you have. You've got an
idea that they throw the barometers and oh
servers into one snd of n steam engine aud the
weather comes out the other They don't make
weather. The weather makes itself It's the
only self.supporting thing about the government.
And thcse signal men only watch IL and tell what
it's going to be"
er and talk IL over. that Is called storm center.
isn't h,"
"Thats !" shouted Mr.. Spoopendyke. you've
got the weather. now. All you want is your name
painted ON the handle. aud the spring broken. to
be an umbrella. They don't talk il over: they
tell what they know, and IL. fixed up in Washing
ton. They agree on Il there, aud then they teie-
graph Il all over the country. storm center
travels around everywhere. It's generally made ia
Manitoba and then sent down here.
GLOW wide Is it:' asked Mrs. SPoopsndyke.
deeply interested. "lecausr, IL Il isn't too big
should think they might stop H."
"wide. It's about foot wide Just u toot.--
Just about rs wide rs your measly information.- .
Hover they going to stop IL! S'pose II travels
n railroad train! Think IL jaws the sleeping car
conductor because there's only mn upper berth
left p. Well, Il don't. II hires u horse !" howlcd
Mr.. Spoopendyke, land the only way To stop IL IL
to build fence around IL. There was some talk
about burning the last one but the wood was wet.
"Well, my dear, you needn't get angry about
H." said Mrs. spoopsndyke soothingiy. II only
thought there might he some way they could
| Al. n
centers are horrid. aud the observer In Manitoba
mast have . hard time IL he has 90 observe much
in the winter he must be nearly Frozen"
"Doss any human being know what you'ie
| thinking about!" raved Mr.. Spoopendykc. "Do
you spo.e he goes around with sPygiass looking
with dod gasted lantern, hunting uI~storm cen
| ters. Got an idea that he runs around under the
bed with q broom, like q mcasly married woman
| I know Of, and when he catches n center pulls
him out by the leg aud observes him lie don't
| 10 anything Of the sort. lie has cm In to spend
| the evening with him. and gets EN- drunk and
| finds out what they're up to. Understand Il nowl
Al you want IL % whirl around twice aud squeak
at nights 60 be q weather. vahe."
81 didn't know how they did It," quoth Mrs.
| spoopendyke. complscently, "but see Il nov.
II the prohibitonists had been elected he couldn't
have done that, ani We would have been In bad
way. Now that I understand Il, III learn the In l..
| dieaticns every morning. How does barometer
rise aud faii."
"with Jack screws, dod ga,t L." thundered Mr..
| Spoopendyke. "somstimes they haul u up with
/ . stump machine then they drop carpenters
shop on u. when Il gets very low they blow Il up
| with gun cotton. Once in Dakota Il got so high
they had TO dig hole and ram Il down with y
| spiie driver. Got Il now! Begin tc see through
u. What you need Is box Of pills and y eonun-
drum TO be an almanac" !" and Mr.. SpoOpendyke
jumped out Of the house like q conieal shot, and
banged the door AFTER him.
"Inever quite understood Il before" soliloquiled
Mrs. spoopsndyke, speculating whether she'd put
the plume the side back part Of her hat, "but
now that he's made u plain 10 me, wonder they
on the poor men," and having decided about the
plume. Mrs. Spoopendyke hilsd her mouth with
pins aud crswlsd under the bed In search Of her
| thimbie.