Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-06-07
Vol. xxx Whole No. 1880 No. q.
The New First Reader.
From the Detroit Free Press.1


From the Detroit Free Press
A fixture of the earth, having been in
creaslng for the last hundred years. He is
now to be found in every country which has
a dozen inhabitants, and in every community
which has grocery, drugstore or barber
shop.
THE WEATHER LIAR.
There are many kinds of the liar family,
but the best known is the weather liar. The
older he is the greater his license TO indulge
in his fayorite pastIme. Every day of the
wear furnishes him with an excuse, and all
he asks is for somebody TO talk to- The
weather liar remembers that the winter OF
1879 was exactly like that of l49l the
spring of 1882 puts him in mind of the
spring of 1924 the cold waves of the past
winter didn't begin with those IN l114. He
can remember winters when not fake of
snow fell. and summers when there was =
frost every other night for three months.
Tie has seen the thermometer drop to forty
seven degrees below i'll January, and climb
to l30 degrees in August. lie remembers
one year wheh cherries ripe in NAV,
and another when they could not be picked
un.. -,o'ehoer >o uI'ee' Nna' 'hs
worse. II il SHOWS for two dsys he has seen
II Sho" ior four II 1t rams Tor week he
can remember "heh II poured uo"h without
oreaA iof 'nree. II you nave seen y hos
enough !" Try eggs on stone sidewalk, ne
nnS seen an az Hhel' on 'he 'oP Vi iuhP
of ice.
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