The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-17
THE WEATHER FIEND.

Pretty warm" the man with the thin
clothes said to the man in the corner seat as
the South Hill car was coming down the
Division Street steps.
What's pretty warm ?" growled the man
in the corner.
"Why, the weather."
"What weather." more gruffiy than ever.
"Why," the man with the thin clothes
said, looking as though he wished he hadn't
begun it. this weather."
WE'LL" said the man in the corner,
elbows this weather amy different from any
ot5cr?"
The man in the thin clothes looked ner-
vously at the dumb mule and said, sit was
warmer"
How do yon know It is Y' asked the man
in the corner.
The other man began to wish he was well
out of it, aud said he supposed it was he
hadn't heard how the
Isn't the weather the same every
where ?" savagely demanded the man in the
corner.
Why, no." the msu with the thin clothes
replied, wishing to goodness he had news
paper to hide behind; ono, it's warmer in
some places, and in some places it's colder"
What makes it warmer in some places
than it's colder in others ~ remorsely pur-
sued the man in the corner.
Why the man with thin clothes said
piteonsly, " the sun. with the effects Of TIM
SUMS heat.n
Makes il colder in some paces than it's
warmer in others y roared the man in the
corner, Indignantly. Never heard of such
thing"
No." the man in thin clothes hesteued
to explain. ~ didn't mean thnt. The sun
makes it warmer"
"Then what makes il coldcrf" pursued
the reInorseless man in the corner
The man in the thin clothes wiped the
beaded perspiretion from his pallid brow,
and said slowly be guessed 1T was the ice"
"What lee ?" demanded the inquisitor.
Why the victim said, with all the symp-
toms OF approaching dissolution apparent in
his tremnlous voice q the ice that was
frozen-frozen by the FROST"
Did you ever see any ice that wasn't
frozen ~ howled the man in the corner in
burst of derision.
The man in thin clothes huskily whispered
that he wished he was dead, and said "No;
thai is, he believed he didn't.n
Then" Numbered the man in the cor
ner, "what are you talking about ?"
The man in thin clothes then made an Of.
fort TO brace up, and spicily replied that he
was trying to talk about the weather"
And what do yor know about ?p tri-
umphantly roared the man in the corner.
"What do you know about the weather Yp
The msn in the thin clothes lost his grip
again, and feehly sni l. che didn't know
very much about il, tnst WAS n fact" And
then he tried 70 be cheerful aud work in a
litlls joke about nobody being able TO know
much about the weather. but the man in the
corner sat down on him with treuend.u,
outburst.
mo, sir should saw you didn't. You
come into this car and force Yourself ON tina
attention of n stranger, and begin to talk tn
me about the weather, lust as thouob Won
owned ii, and Aud that you don't know a
solitary thing about the matter yourself IA.
lected for your topic of conversation. Won
don't know one thing about meteorological
,o,ditons n,incinles or nhc,on,ana, ,o,
can't tell me win, II is werm in August and
cold in December; Won don't know icieler
form faster in the sunlight than thew do in
the shade; YOU don't know wbv the earth
grows colder as il comes near The SIM va,
can't tell why man can be sunstruck in
the shade Won can't tell me how n cvclone
is formed nor how the trade winds blow
Won couldn't find tbe col,, contra of a s,or,,