The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-01-23
For THE ARKANsAw TRAvKLER.
 NEW YORK LETTER.
BY ALEX. E. SWEET.
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 Editor 7yaveler:
 We are having some very fine hog kill ing weather just now. There is about a foot of snow on the ground, and notwith- standing that there are innumeia able red noses on the streets, they do not succeed in warming the atmosphere.
 The small boy no longer splashes around in a nude condition and Eas, river, as he did last July. You might have found this out without my assistance, but l am striving to keep up with the Associated Press in furnishing the latest and most reliable information. Yes, it is cold-particularly out ot doors, and yet yeu can't rely on the thermometer. took one in by the fire where could ex- anime 1t more closely, and turning it up- scott down to do so, discovered that it was II5 in the shade with rising ten- dency. How wonderful is science If you don't believe it, I'll send you the thermometer by express.
 N. B.-l see you have a column of Scientific Miscellany" in THE TRAVELLER put this item in it under the head of Startling Meteorological Discovery "- made it myself.
 P. S.-I have just taken another today inwardly.
 This cold weather came very unexpect- edly, and there is much suffering among poor people who neglected to take the precauton of buying an extra dog to help them keep warm. The regular size of a ton of coal in New York has dwindled away like the mugwump vote. Now is the time when the country editor, all over these United States, gets out an extra to the effect that cord-wood will be taken in exchange for subscriptions. There is no mistake about it; the cold wave is open for business.
 But to deal with this question seriously l must say that don't perceive any such wonderful difference between New York weather and Texas weather. Perhaps my habit of crowding on all the clothes can borrow from my neighbors, camp ing in close juxtapesition to a red-hot stove, and applying inwardly a lotion composed of whisky and hot water once every fifteen minutes, may have something to do with my cold, clammy indifference to the atmospheric changes.
 N. B.-I am thinking seriously of swearing-.I mean swearing of.
 fit were not for the northers, Texas would have tropical climate in winter. as the state is in about the same latitude as Egypt, but the feathery palm, the lam guid banana, the dolce far niente pine apple and other tropical fruit, including leprosy, do not flourish in Texas, because the mortimer comes down and chills the very marrow in their bones.
 N. B.-My metaph ors are little mixed, but am going to swear of on New Years.
 The Texas norther comes straight from the north pole-on free pass. There is no range of mountain across its path to break its force. The norther comes down from the north pole along the eastern slope of the Rocky mountains, passes over Texas and portion of Mexico, and loses itself in the south Atlantic ocean. l don't know whether or not Arkansaw is included in the diocese of the norther, but Kansas is. The Kansas blizzard is an older brother of the norther. It is much more severe The Texas norther may be compared to the rheumatism The Kansas blizzard is like unto the gout complicated with delirium tremens.
 This explains how, few days ago, the thermometer, at Corpus Christi, Texas, stood at ten degrees below zero, and fisherman was frozen to death at Calves ton while comparatively mild weather was prevailing on the Atlantic coast. Texas imports her cold weather from the polar regions and her warm weather from another place. They are both very good in their way.
 As write these lines the sleigh bells are jinglng merrily, so see by the morn- ing papers, a small boy with . glistening tear drop hanging from the end of his rsd nose is pounding on the window and o(aezing to shovel off the snow from the | sidewalk for dime. Ihave got my head | tfod m in q vasn e<fnx% %s ~.n,~s1;>s> sA>