The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-09-22

With northeast 10 southwest winds, an,
: higher or lower temperature, with clear o
j partly cloudy weather. and light rains
How is il they oonirve 10 tell so accurate
ly about tho weather. DO you under
; stand ii2
Certainly, replied Mr. Spoopendyke
they do II by observation. They have
man out west observing, and man dowr
east who observes, and fellows observing
around in different parts Of tho country
They put all their observations together
and we know just what it's going TO do.
suppose that's what makes the wind so
different every morning. When one man
temperature is rising. another is falling;
and when one is clear, all the rest arc
partly cloudy, with
No they amt Each observer sends in
what he observes, and then the chief makes
up his mind from tboee reports what The
weather VIM be CANT ycu understand'
| Perfectly, said Mra Spoopendyke, rub.
bing her elbows. II one sees tho barome.
ter rising and another sees il falling, and
its cold in one place and cloudy in another,
they all say so. But should think when
one hits il right the othor must be awful
mad.
What would they get mad about9 de,
manded Mr., Spookendyke, You don't
imagine that they all get together and
fight it out, do your They take tho
weather from different points and combine
it and they parcel it out among the differ
ent regions. For instance, il il SHOWS in
the east and is warm in in the west, they
strike an average for the Lake region.
Now what is the average between heat and
snow?
Rain, cried Mrs. Spoopcndyke, delight.
ed with her sagacity, see how it is now,
They take what is usually, going on and
equalizc it all over the country. I'm glad
the democrats weren't elected.
What have they got to do with it2 Do
you think barometer is politician
No' bub ~ tuc ucluoCIatS Hhu DetH
elected they would have to change it all |
around, wouldn't they? And the south |
would have got the best share. That's
what the Repub--
Blast the Republicansl They've got no
more to do with it than you have. You
have got an idea that they throw the bar
ometcrs and observers into one end Of a
steam engine, and the weather comes out
Of the other. They don't make the weather.
II makes itself II is the only selfsup-
porting thing about the Government And
these signal men only watch it and tell
what's going TO be.
! suppose when the observers all get to-
getber and talk it over, that is called
storm centre, isn't it?
That's IL! shouted Mr.. Spoopendyke
You've got the weather now. All you
want now is your name painted on the
handle and the spring broken to be an
They don't talk it over; they
tell you all they know, aud its fixed up in
Washington. They agree on it here, and
then they telegraph it all around every.
where 1t is generally made in Manitoba
and sent down here.
How wide is it? asked Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, deeply interested. Because if it isn't
too big. / should think think they might
stop it.
Wide! It's just about foot wide! Just
, foot Just about as wide as your measly
How're they going to stop
It? Think it jaws the sleeping car conduc-
,or because there's only an upper berth
eft? Well. it don't. 1t hires horse,
lowled Mr. Spoopendyke, and the only !.
way to stop il, is to build fence around
t. There was some talk about burning
he last one, but the wood was wet
Well, my dear you needn't get angry !,
bout it, said Mrs. Spoopendyke. sooth- !,
ngly. ] only thought there might
,e some way they could make some ar
about it. think storm cen. = :
res are horrid, and the observer in Man
toba must have a hard time. II =
e has to observe much in the winter he
aust be nearly frozen. =
Does any human being know what you're ,,
linking about? raved Mr.. Spoopendyke. a,
10 you spose he goes around with spy n
lass looking behind rocks? Think he !,
rowls round all night witha lantern, .,
uniting up storm eentresi Got an idea II
hat he runs round under the bed with
room, like married woman know Of,
nd when he catches centre, pulls him N
Mt by the leg and observes him? He ss
ont do anything Of the sort. He has EN- al
1 to spend the evening with him. and IL
cts them drunk and finds out what they Vi
re up TO. Understand it now? All you "a
ant is TO whirl round twice and squeak al
lights to be weatheryane. IN
| didn't know how they did it, quoth 70
1rs Spoopenkyke. complacently, but l ol
70 now. II the prohibitionists had been pI
ected he couldn't have done that, and we &c
lould have been in bad way. Now that ~
understand TIN learn the indications u
gery morning. How does barometer
90 and fall? cl
With cork screws, thundered Mr. Spoo-
endyke. Sometimes they haul II up b'
it'll a stump-machine; then they drop a re
lrpenters shop on it, When II gets very p'
w they blow it up with gun-cotton "
nee in Dakota il got 70 high they had 10 II
ig hole and ram il down with spile. re-
river. Got ii nowl Begin 10 see m
lrough III What yon need is an VI
manac? And Mr.. spoopendyke 10