The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-04-14
A HEAVY STORM.


Right you are, stranger" observed a
quiet man at another table. 1--WE seen
storms that would break the back of any
thing he ever thought of, and not half
tryP'
that meteorological effort manifested?"
INQUIRED the heavy man of the party,
making room for the stranger, who ad-
vanced glass in hand to join the party.
"In Northern Greenland" replied the
new conner.
THAT'S pitching it pretty high" sug-
pested another.
''And it was winter thunder shower
at that" continued the stranger, heed
less of the Interruption. 81 spent one
winter up there cutting black walnut,
and we had it hefty the whole season.
But that thunder shower was one OF the
worst things of its kind L ever took
hand in"
Would you repIenish your glass and
tell us the detailsP" asked the heavy
man, politely.
'It was in the winter of no." said the
stranger, stirring his glass reheetively.
'Pd heerd there was good deal o. wal
nut timber in them sections, and L was
keen to get it. &c. me and my son took
steamer and went up on the Northern
coast, where no white man had ever
been before. AS soon as we landed we
knOwed we'd struck it rich. Gentlemen,
there was millions of acres, all cut, and
ready for the market"
"Might enquire who cut it?" inter
rOgated the heavy man, sOlemnly. You
say no white man had ever been there"
"The polar bears had gnawed 1t of,
searching for hOneyp' replied the strang-
er, calmly. "The bees settles thick in
walnut through that country, and the
bears bites down the trees to get the
stuff. tell you, sir, man can get rich
in one season there, If he'd plant them
trees full o. bees at different heights iii
them treesP'
'What would he want the bees at diff
ferent heights fOr~ asked another.
'You dOn't want your rawalnut timber
all the same lengths, dOyOu?" retOrted
the stranger. where there is a bees
nest there's where the bears going to
bite. so, if man puts in his bees at
the proper heights from the ground, he's
going to get the timber any length he
wants itP
"True," assented the heavy man. go
on with your thunder shower"
swell, as was telling you, we started
right in, and in three weeks we were
richer than any eight men in the States.
There was no end to the luckl Every
thing went our way from the start. We
had all the logs down on the dock and
were only waiting Tor the boat to come
and take us off, when | seen clouds max
ing to nOrth'ard and knOwed itwas go
ing to settle in for thick weather. L told
my son to look out, and IN less than half
an hour there broke the dOggOndest
storm ever seed. Rainl Why, gentle
men, it rained 80 hard into the muzzle
of nv gun that it busted the darned
thing at the breachl Yes, siTl And the
water began to rise on us, too. Talk
about your floods down Soulful Why,
gentlemen, the water rose so rapidly in
hof mn ha oh
and streamed three hundred feet up in
the airI We got it both ways that trip,
up and DOWN.
"Do we understand that you are re-
lating facts within the scope OF your eX
periencep" demanded the heavy man
with his mouth wide open.
Partially mine and partially my
sons" answered the unabashed stranger.
HE watched it go up and watched 1t
come dOwnl The man don't live who
was quick enough to watch both ways at
the same .timel Rainl Gentlemen, |
won't deceive you about that storm. I'll
draw it very mild. There were things
about it that you might not believe.
Those details will leave out. But you
can get some idea of how it rained when
tell you that we put out barrel with
out any heads into II, and it rained into
the bunghOle of that barrel faster than
itcOuld run out at both endsI'
(which of you saw thatp" inquired
the listener.
1--WE each watched an end, my son and
me-" returned the stranger. I'm telling
you about a storm now, gentlemen. But
the worst of all was the lightning. Ii
wasn't in stTeaks, it just stood still in
one flash, and when it got through you
should have taken a look at that timber!
That timber was chopped into the finest
saWdust you ever got your eyes OnI Fine
qnnRt Waqn'f atipk left half
inch lOngl You never saw anything
like it'll There was over twelve billion
dollars gOnel We thought we might
save the sawdust to mix paints with and
save couple O. million out of the
wreck, but while we was thinking that
over, the wind sprang up, and then
there was musicl I've seen some wind
in my time, but no such wind as that
ever blOwed before or anywhere elsel
Well, you can get an imperfect notion
OfhOW that wind blew when | tell you
that it blOwed that sawdust right back
into its former shape, and when that
storm passed Off there stood them trees
justwhere they stood before the bees
got after themp'
~ suppose you had to wait until the
bears bit the trees down again, didn't
yon% asked a bystander.
''NO bear could ever bite them trees
again" replied the stranger mOurnfully.
ludb Wluu phCh6u Jlioul 81 ublu Jnhb a
bear couldn't get claw in if he had a
buzz saw to help him for a starter"
-"Then the bees are pretty safe in that
section how, take it," observed another
interested listener.
THAT was the worst of ALL" returned
the stranger. Gentlemen, every bee
on the northern coast of Greenland was
blown inside out, his bones was melted
by the electricity and his honey making
power washed away by the rain"
did you manage to keep dryp' asked
the heavy man with sigh of relief as
the narrative was concluded.
Gentlemen, being as you wasn't
there, I've got an opportunity to deceive
you. But | won't. l didn't keep dry. L
haven't been dry since. I'm not dry now.
If I,was, I'd reciprOcate your kind
hospitality by setting 'em up. As it is
And he went out of the saloon, three
drinks ahead and with six or eight glas
ses following him.-BrOOklyn Eagle.
Concord Iirape Vines.