Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-05-04

higher or lower temperature, with clear or
partly cloudy weather, and light rains.
How Is it they contrlve TO tell 50 accurate
ly about the weather. Do you under
stand it2"
Certainly" replied Mr.. Spoopendy Ike,
''they do II by observation. They have .
man out West observing, anu man down
East who observes, and fellows observing
around in different parts OF the country.
They put all their observations together,
aud we know juSt what it's going to do"
'I suppose that's what makes the wind
80 different every morning, when one mans
temperature Is rising, another's is falling;
and wnen one Is clear, all the rest are
partly cloudy with -"
'.No, 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 an
derstandi"
Perfectly" said Mrs. Spoopendyke,
rubbing her elbows. ''If one sees the ba-
rometer rising, and another secs it falling;
ana ito cold in one place and cloudy in
another, they all say SO. But should
think when one hits it right the others
would be awfu! mad"
"What would they get mad abouti de-
manded Mr.. epoopendyke. "You dont
imagine that they all get together and
fight il out, do youH They take the
weather from different pclnts and combine
IL, and then they parcel it out among the
different regions. For instance, il it
SHOWS IN the East and warm IN the West,
they strike an average for the lake region.
Now, what's the average between heat and
snow2"
'Rain," cried Mrs. Spoopendyke, de-
lighted with her ssgaclty. Il see how il
is now. They take what is usually going
on, and eqaliZe it all over the country. I'm
glad the Democrats weren't elected"
"What have they got 10 do with its Do
you think a barometer is politcisnt"
'No. But il the Democrats had been
elected they would have had TO change il
all around, wouldn't theyi And the South
would have got the best share. That's
what the Repub-.'
"Dod gast the Republicans! They've
got ne more to do with it than you have.
You've got an idea, that they throw the
barometers and observers isto one end OF
a steam engine and the weather comes out
of the other. They don't make weather
The weather makes itself. It's the only
self-supportiug thing about the Govern.
ment. And these signal men only watch
1t, and tell what it's going to be-"
81 supp 1Se when these observers all get
together and talk il over, that it I'D called
q storm center, isn't itf"
"Thsts i'll" shouted Mr.. SpoOLendyke.
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 dom talk 1t over; they tell what
they know, and it is fixed up In Washing
ton. They agree on it here, and then they
telegraph it all over the country. 1t is
generally made in Manitoba and then
sent down here"
"How wide is itl" asked Mrs. Spoop-
endyke, deeply interested. Because if it
amt too big, | should think they might
stop it."
-"Widei It's about feet widel just
feet. Just about as wide az your measly
information. How're they gong to stop
NJ S'poss it travels on a railroad traini
Think it jaws the sleeping car conductor
because there's ouly an upper berth left
Well it don't. 1t hires a horse. That's
the way 1t oomes. 1t hires a horsel"
howled Mr.. Spoopendyke, land 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, sooth-
ingly. II only thought there might be
some way they could make some arrange.
ments about 1t. / think storm centres are
horrid, and the observer in Manitoba must
have q hard tine. If he has to observe
much in the winter, he must be nearly
frazen."
"DoeS any human being know what
you're thinking aboutl" rsved Mr.. Spoop
endyke. ''Do you s'pose he goes around
with a spy glass looking behind rocks1
Think he prowls aronnd sn night with
dod gasted lantern, hunting up storm GEN.
tres1 Got an idea that he runs around
under the bed with broom, like measly
married woman 1 know of, and when he
catches centre, pulls him out ly the leg
and observes him7 He don't do anything
of the SORT He has 'em in to spend the
evening with him, and gets 'em drunk,
and finds out what they're up to. Under
stand 1t now1 All you want is to whirl
around twice and squeak nights to be O
weather Yane."
II didn know how they did it," quoth
Mrs. Spoopendyke, ccmplacently, shut |
ses now. If the Prohlbitionists had been
elected he couldn't have done that, and
we would have been in bad way. Now
that understand 1t, III learn the lndica-
lions every morning How does barom-
eter rise and falif
"With iack-screws, dod CAST i'll" thun
dercd MIR. Spoopendyke. sometimes
they haul 1T up with stump machine;
then they drap carpenters shop on 1t.
Once in Dakota 1t got so high that they
had to dig hole and ram it down with
pile driver. Got 1t nowf Begin TO see
through iti What you need is box OF
pills and conundrum to be an almanac!"
And Mr.. SpoependyKe jumpen out of the
house like conical shot, and banged the
door after him.
81 never quite understood 1t before, !"
soliloquized Mrs. Spoopendyke, specula-
ting whether she would put the plume On
the side or back part Of her hat; "but now
that he's made il PLAIN to me, wonder
they don't observe by steam. 1t must be
awful hard on the poor men," And, hav-
ing decided about the plume, Mrs. Spoop-
endyke filed her mouth with pins, and
crawled under the bed In search of her
thimble.
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