The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-01-01
Tough Weather, but Considerable Tougher
Yarns About 1t.

"We'er having some pretty wintrish wealth
err, said old Daddy Wotherspoon to Uncle
Sammy Honnwel, as the two gentlemen met
near the City Hall yesterday Fright for ard
weather for the season.
''JiSt so, jiSt SC" conceded Uncle Sammy.
'Reminds me of the fall of 1881. 1t com
menced long the fore part Of November and
froze stiff till March. Good, smart weather,
too. | remember that it was so cold in
Brooklyn that November that biIin' water
froze over hot fire."
Daddy Wotherspoon looked at him and
braced himself. "Yes, yes" said he, 81
mind it we'll That's the fall the milk troze
in the cows. But the cold season was in 1927.
1t commenced in the middle of October and
ran through to April. All the oil froze in the
lamps and we didn't have light until spring
set in.
SAY, Ay" responded Uncle Sammy, grow
ing rigid. ''lt'sj just like yesterday to me. |
walked hundred and forty miles due east
from Sandy Hook, on the ice, and slid back,
owing to the conveXity ofthe earth, you know.
1t was down hill coming this way. But that
wasn't as cold as the winter of 1921. That
season commenced in September, and the
mercury didn't rise degree till May. Don't
you remember how we used to breath hard,
let it freeze, cat hole in it and crawl in for
shG!ter? You haven't forgotten that?''
''Not l., said Daddy Wortherspoon, after
a short pause. "That's the winter we used to
give the horses lead to drink, and keep hot
fire under EN- so it wouldn't harden till they
got it down. But that was nothing to the
spell of 1917. got through that whole spell
by living in an ice house. 1t was too cold to
go out doors, and | jist camped in an ice
house. You remember that season of 1871?
ba 8 Il
paper to keep up a friction
'Wel, should say did," retorted UNCLE
Sammy. "What! remember 1917! Deed
do. That was the spell when it took steam
grindstone four days to light match. Ay, ay!
But do you know | was uncomtortably warm
i'll that wnter?''
Chow so?" demanded Daddy Wotherspoon,
breathing hard.
"Runnin' around your ice house to find out
where you got in. 1t was an awful spell
though. How long did ii last? From August
till Goth of June? | guess you're right. But
you mind the snap Of 1913, don't you? 1t
commenced onthe 1st of July and went around
and Tapped over week. This year the smoke
froze in the chimneys, and we had 10 blast it
cut with dynamite. Think that was the worst
we ever had. All the clocks froze up so We
didn't know the time for year, and when
men used to set fire to their buildin'S SOS to
raise the rent. Yes, indeed. | got three
thousand dollars a month for four burnin'
buildin's. There was heap of sufferin' that
winter, because we lived on alcohol and phos-
phorous, till the alcohol froze, and then we
eat the birthstone ends of matches and jumped
around till they caught fire. Say YOU
But Daddy Wortherspoon had fed. The
statistics were too much for him. Brooklyn
Eagle.
A Vermont pig ate Paris green in some
vegetable waste and was taken sick. He was
doctored to save his life. Then he had a Gu
rious SPELL The animal, naturally white, be-
gan to turn black at the tip of his nose. Grad
ually the blackness spread until its back and
sides were as black as ink. He remained in
this condition for about three days, then be-
gan to recover, and commencing at the tip of
his nose, as before, the pig turned white again.
He was sick about week altogether.
although Brazilian coffee makes up about
one half of the quantity produced in the entire
world, it seems to be held of so little account
in the r arkets that to insure sale, it has to
be labelled as Java, Porto Rico, Ceylon, or
Mocha produce. In the country there are no
fewer than 530,00Q,000 plants, covering l.
500, 900 acres, and yielding crop of 100000
tons, of which SO, 900 are retained for home
consumption.
George Lyman 0strander, aged 60 years,
was Sunday shot dead by his brother, Henry
Ostrander, at their home, near Camden, New
York. Henry was of a jealous disposition,
and the sight of their little sister caressing
George led to the crime.