Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-21
WILD WESTERN WINDS.
lone Sample Stories of Their Very
Eccentric Performances.
From the Salt Lake Tribune.

From the Salt Lake Tribune.
Agentleman from Nevada and another
from Kansas were sitting with Colo
aloan on the Walker House porch Sum-
Pay evening during the lively little dust
ft0rm which drove every body else indoors
Rnd Tiled all eyes, ears and pores ex-
posed with Utah soil.
"l'ye been here quite awhile" said the
eyada man, "but Pve never seen wind
ere yet that amounted 10 anything. l
Fell you that Nevada is the place where
Aey have winds. I've seen the wind
Ome up there all in minute and every
lng would fly. CobblestOnes, and signs,
Nd tin cans, and barrels, and dogs and
cats would all go down the street to-
ether. One day saw the tin from Il
0ol lOO feet long rolled up like the dip
0na OF young girl graduate and car
III tne whole length of the town in Vlr-
qua City, and as soon as 1t got beyond
Relty limits, where there was nothing
oOreak the force of the wind, it just
Read that roof out like tablecloth,
lu TORE 1t into shreds like it was tissue
barer."
that's nothing" .sarcastlcally re-
.pAeu Tue Kansas gentleman; "you can
mus, put I'm telling you that Kansasis
ue banner State for zephyrs. Why that's
Nie we nave cyclones and corkscrew
llus' You read good deal about cy-
vnes IN the newspapers, but you never
word about the corkscrew gales;
oso et you don't. Any man who dared
paoilsh word about them would be
soueuI II people outside knew about
reu 1t would stop immigration and spoil
npyAospects OF the whole State.
ro, hupse corkscrew winds just wind
y ,.u ana Irvine into all sorts of places
bs "e must eccentric manner possible.
av,ed nave been several cases OF people
VII. es tnelr necks wrung just like you'd
w. d chlcken's head off. People who
encao staha the country oil build their
NM III me tract OF climate where these
n,S prevail SOS to have their postholes
anS tueln. I've seen a pile OF lumber
on ru near The site of a fence for three
~ lug Hn waiting for one OF those breezes,
p2v,o'a,G!s the owner was too slack and
ON d ulg the holes and so kept waiting
riSt DAY hoping for breeze. It's
Xen ~ 'nough, because there might hap
Ind dis s0ule along an unusually big blow
opd cellar, but in that case the man
lad ,p.1oaoly build house where he
kne NJ ,h"ou 10 put q fence. pve seen
lad bso sneni gales enter q window that
ut of t,a lett open aud corkscrew a baby
Ito o'u Grlo and twist the bedclothes
eparaioa % hard that they could only be
toye Wv WIN an AK. pve seen cook
Ind an s S,tzed into the middle OF the room,
jurn" s olts or things like that occur
ave mus uaVse kind of winds. You don't
"WsnTeen wind in Colorado. do your"
on,t banno, NO." said the Coloradoan, "we
hing. b nt an, any Winds to amount to any
bow ana M. =, u blows a few minutes there
Is the w men. The winds are peculiar
Ike than, 700; never saw anything
gu mnh,a any where else. They are what
hey den,. call discriminating breezes.
|ombI0nuIt have 30 much force Ma some
o COUNT ar r. I've heard of, but what they
Ike a Ns1 = lhey don't seem to penetrate
hey do v Nv. England northeaster. but still
lave tbo Suetrate little way, and they
ou k6oS, emect, too. A Northeastern,
bones anS' VIII cut right into a mans
lick. Tbesa l, and chill him to the
put a inn nese signs Of Boreas do not 20
We seen e way, and they blow funny. TOO.
Rould b. b,n man 80 along a street, and it
him. ara living hurricane on one side
Lead CAIN S1u IN, tne other sideit would be n
galnst ~ AVe seen q mule stand braced
nth her ta,, , Mlnd blowing behind her,
ne ear NM ri oiown rightup straight. and
bile M away ahead OF her nose.
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