The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-07-06
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

"See," said Mrs. SpOOpendyke as she
laid the paper down. 81 see that we are
to have rising followed by falling barO--
meter, with northeast to southwest
winds, and higher or lower temperature,
with clear or partly cloudy weather, and
light rain. How is it they cOntriye 70
tell so accurately about the weather?
Do you understand it?'
Certainly" replied Mr.. SpOopendyke;
"they do it by observation. They have
a man out west observing, and a man
down east who observes, and fellows OBJ
serving around in different parts of the
country. They put all their observations
together, and we know just what It's
going to do"
81 suppose that's what makes the wind
80 different every morning. When one
mans temperature is rising, another's
falling; and when one is clear all the
rest are partly cloudy, with"
mo they amt. Each observer sends
in what he observes, and then the chief
makes up his mind from those reports
what the weather will be. Can't you
understands"
rubbing her elbows. "If one sees the
barometer rising and another sees it fall
ing, and its cold i'll one place and cloudy
in another, they all say so. But should
think when one hits it right the other
would be awful mad"
what would they get mad abOut?"
demanded Mr.. SpOOpendyke. You don't
imagine that they all get together and
fight it out, do you? They take the
weather from different points and com
bine it, and they parcel it out among the
different regions. 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," cried Mrs. SpOOpendyke, de-
lighted with her sagacity. 81 see how it
is now. They take what is usually
going on and equalize it all over the
country. Pm glad the Democrats weren't t
elected"
"What have they got to do with it?
DO you think a barometer Is a pOliti-
cianP"
"NO. But if the Democrats had been
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 Republicans They've got
no more to do with it than you have.
You have got an idea that they throw
the barOmeters and observers into one
end of steam engine, and the weather
make the weather. The weather makes
| itself. 1t is the only self-suppOrting
thing about the Government. And these
signal men only watch it and tell what
it's going to be-
81 suppose when these observers all get
| together and talk it over, that is called
| a stOrm-centeT, isn't it?"
That's it!' shouted Mr.. SpOOpendyke.
You've got the weather now. All
you want is your name painted on the
handle and the spring broken to be an
umbrella. They don't talk it over, they
tell you all they know, and it's fixed up
in Washington. They agree Oh ii here,
and then they telegraph it all around
everywhere. 1t is generally made in
Manitoba and sent down here.
How wide is it?" asked Mrs. SpOOp-
endyke, deeply interested. Because if
1t isn't too big should think they might
stop it,"
wide! It's just feet wide! Just a
| feet. just about as wide as your measly
| information. How're they going to stOL
it? Think it jaws the sleeping-car con.
| ductOr because there's only an upper
berth left? Well, II don't. 1t hires a
horsep' hOwled Mr.. SpOOpendyke, "and
| the only way to stop it is to build fence
around 1T. There was some talk about
burning the last one, but the wood was
wet"
Well, my dear, you needn't get angry
| about it, said Mrs. SpOOpendyke, sOOtE.
ingly. 81 only thought there might be
some way they could make some arrange,
ments about it. | think stOrm-centers
are hOrrid, and the observer in Mani.
tOba must have hard time. If he has
to observe much in the winter he must
be nearly frozen"
"DOes any human being know what
your are thinking abOut?" raved Mr.
| SpOOpendyke. "DO you s'pose he goes
around with spy-glass looking behind
rOcksP Think he prOwls around all night
with lantern hunting up storm cen
ters? Got an idea that he runs round
under the bed with broom, like mar
r1ed woman l know of, and when hC
catches center pulls him out by the les
and observes him? He don't do any
thing of the sort. He has them to spen(
the evening with him, and gets then
drunk and finds out what they're up to
Understand it now? All you want is tt
whirl round twice and squeak nights t.
be a weathervane."
81 didn't know how they did it," quot
Mrs. SpoOpendyke cOmplacently, "but
see now. If the PrOhibitiOnists had beel
elected he couldn't have done that, an
we should have been in bad way. Nov
that 1 understand it I'll learn the indica
tiOns every morning. How does the bare
meter rise and fall?"
"With cOrk-screws," thundered fMl
| SpOOpendyke. Sometimes they haul i
up with a stump-machine; then the
drop carpenters shop on it. When
gets very low they blow it up with gun
cotton. Once in Dakota it got so hig
they had to dig hole and ram it dow
with spile-driver. Got it nowP Begi
to see through it? What you need is
box of pills and a cOnundrum to be a.
almanacW And Mr.. SpoOpendyke jumpe
out of the house like a conical shot an
banged the door after him.
81 never quite understood it before
. soliloquized Mrs. SpOOpendyke, specI
lating as TO whether she would put tn
plume on the side or back part of he
hat; "but now that he's explained it
me, wonder they don't observe by stean
1t must be awful hard on the poor man
And, having decided about the plum
Mrs. SpOopendyke filled her mouth viii
pins and crawled under the bed in scare
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