Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-19
WHOLE NO. 2, 1913.
spOopendyke on weather 0bserva-
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tions.
81 see,D said Mrs. Spoopendyke
as she laid the paper down--fs1 sei
that we are to have rising, followed
by falling, barometer, with north
east to northwest winds, and high
er or lower temperature, with clear
or partly cloudy weather, and lighi
rains. How is it they contrive to
tell SO accurately about the weather
do you understand it ?"
"Certainly," replied Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke. "They do it by observation.
They have man out west observ-
ing and man down east who OH
serves, and fellows observingaround
in different parts of the country.
They put all their observations to-
gether, and we know just what it's
going to do"
81 suppose that's what makes the
wind so different every morning.
When one mans temperature is
rising, another's is falling; and,
when ones is clear, all the rest are
partly cloudy, with"
No, they ant. Each observer
sends in what he observes; and then
the chief decides, from this, what
the weather will be. Can't you un-
derstand?"
Perfectly said Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, rubbing her elbows. tIf one
sees the barometer rising, another
sees it falling, and its cold in one
place, and cloudy in another, they
all say so. But / should think that
when one hits it the others would
be awful mad"
"What would they get mad
about ?v demanded Mr.. SpOopen-
dyke. "They take the weather
from different points. For instance
if it SHOWS in the east, and is warm
In the west, they strike an average
for the lake region. Now what is
the average between heat and
snow? ?"
"Rain," said Mrs. Spoopendyke,
delighted with her sagacity. 81 see
how it is now. They take what is
usually going on, and equalize it all
Democrats wern't elected"
"Why so? What have they got
to do with it (? DO you think that
barometer is a politician ?"
"No. But if the Democrats had
been elected they would have to
change it all around, wouldn't
they? That's what the Repub-"
tBlast the Republicans They've
got no more to do with it than you
have. They don't make the wealth
er. The weather makes itself.
These signal men only watch it,
and tell what is going on"
81 suppose then, when these OBJ
servers all get together, and talk it
over, that it is called storm-center
isn't it?
"That's it," shouted Mr.. Spoop-
endyke. "You've got the weather
now. All you need is your name
painted on the handle, and a spring
broken, to be an umbrella. 1t is
fixed up at Washington. They
agree on it there, and then they tel
egraph it all around. 1t is general
ly made in Manitoba, and sent
down here"
"How wide is it ?" asked Mrs.
Spoopendyke, deeply interested.
Because, if it isn't too big, should
think they might stop it,"
"Wide! It's just about a foot
wide. Just about as wide as your
information"
swell, my dear, you needn't get
angry about it," said Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke soothingly. "I think storm
centres are horrid, and the observ-
er in Manitoba must have hard
time. If he has to observe much in
winter, he must be nearly frozen"
"Does any human being know
what you're thinking about ?' raw
ed Mr.. Spoopendyke. Do you
he goes around with a spy
glass, looking behind rocks Got an
idea that he runs around under the |
bed with a broom, and, when he |
catches a centre, pulls him out by |
the leg, and observes him? He |
don't do any thing of the sort. He |
has 'em in to spend the evening, |
gets 'em drunk, andsfinds out what
they're up to. Understand All |
you want is to whirl around twice
and squeak nights, to be weather.
vane or, box of pills and a con-
to be an almanac"
And Mr.. Spoopendyke jumped
out of the house like conical shot,
and banged the door after him.
Il never quite understood it be-
fore" soliloquized Mrs. Spoupen-
dyke, speculating as to whether she
would put the plume on the side or
the back of her hat; 81 wonder why I
they don't observe by steam."
And, having decided about the
plume, she filled her mouth with
pins, and crawled under the bed in
search of her thimble.