Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-06-01
A JERSEY CYCLONE.
The Playful Zephyrs Which Mako . Jef
seyman's Life Worth Living.

A JERSEY CYCLONE.
The Playful zephyrs which Mako Jsr-
seyman's Life Worth Living.
There is recklessness about a Jer-
sey cyclone which at once appeals to
the sensibilities of the uninitiated. Dur
ing the prevalence of one of these lung
teasers, which visited our town with
out license or the services of an adj
vance agent, occupied position
where an uninterrupted view of the
proceedings could be maintained, as 1
thought, without being crowded. or as
sailed by the peanut-shucks from the
gallery. 1 had read the prognostica-
tons of weather prophets from time to
time, and waited patiently for rare
opportunity to occur, by which could
visit Jersey and gather in few shares
of one of her boss cyclones.
This species of entertainment always
finds more patronage outside the home
circle than within. l. is malignant
type of the outside show. which is by
far wilder than the widest wild West
show that was ever blown across the
area of our territory with long-haired
leader. The average Out-of-door per-
ennial show, which comes identified
with emblazoned fence-posters, can
usually be run off, under n canvas
covering something more than an acre
of corn-field; but you couldn't crowd
the after-attraction of one OF these
March visitors into ten times that
amount of space. Free shows always
draw better than those which charge
an characterization. This is why
the Jersey cyclone has been so success
full of late.
have been saved the pain and dis
honor of lawsuit with my hay-seed
neighbor by means which 1 know
Providence alone ordained specially to
serve my purpose. This man had con-
cluded last haying-time to economic
space by building a hay-rick against
my house in such a way as to obscure
the light from the best window owned
While l was on my way to consult a
lawyer about the matter, / saw the sky
taking on an olive-green tint; then the
dust rose up. squirmed about for a
while, and tried to settle down again.
So did try. to settle down, but the cy-
clone caught and flung me against a
rail-fence with great playfulness and
had scarcely become disentangled from
the rails when l saw my neighbor's
hay-rick sailing like a balloon above
me, and, Notwithstanding my devotion
to gathering up my lost energies.
watched the great cone-shaped mass
vending its way across the inky hori.
ION and became happy. heard. sew.
eral days later. that it was still travel.
ing in south-easterly direction.
There is another eccentricity about
the Jersey cyclone: it makes itself its
own confidant. You never know it is
coming; but you may best expect il
when 'Old Prob" denies its approach.
have had an experience of eight days
with this style of grand uncertainty, and
have been taught to realize that a
cyclone is advancing when the sky as.
sumes genuine bath-brick hue. This
is caused by the peculiar tint OF the
jersey soil, which. when it rises, gives
the sky this strange color. give you
the Tip" SO that YOU will not think
YOU have struck phenomenon when
you are caught unawarcs and thrown
within reach of the burliest bulldog in
town.
Washerwomen in our district have
become respondent and morose of late
since the March zephyr can strip more
whole washes from their lines than
twice their number could hang out.
This fact never became more painfully
apparent to me than when first advised
of shirt bearing the initials A. W. NJ
having been found clinging to a cur.
rant-bush on farm in an adjoining
county The loss of the shirt was moi
so bad; but itcarried its identity with it.
Our pet spaniel has not been home
for three days. He was last seen buck.
ing against the wind mile away from
our friendly abode. having been car
ried off on the breeze while trying &c
tree a cat The cat has also disap.
peared. and it is believed she is still
clinging TO the blizzard. and afraid to
drop off.
Twas asked to give an estimate of how
of its best days Being somewhat ex.
cited with the experience of the day
before, l replied. in an unguarded mo-
meut: Seventeen miles per minute
This estimate was printed i'm the Dahl
TiSitor, the day following. rs coming
from an authority. felt torn up when
I saw such an assertion credited To me
and was compelled to publish contra
diction in the next issue to the cfcc'
that the wind at the time specified was
actually travelling thirty-eight miles per
second.
When Won feel disposed TO invest
gate into the true inwardness Of the
genuine jersey cyclone. you want ts
Danish from your mind all the preju
dices caused by the often-told tales o.
| the Western blizzard. and settle down
for something worth your waste o.
vitality.
If you have punched sand-bags. ant
spent years of hardship with the coas
patrol. then You may feel inspired with
sufficient confidence to enable You &
brace up to the occasion. Otherwise
stay at home, and bury yourself agains
the cellar furnace, and listen TO tn
eolian rhapeodies. IS they are waftes
to your ear through the draft-pipe ex
tending to the chimney.
A Jersey cyclone is q splendid thing
TO look at. 3 noble thing to get mikes
up in. and one Of the most thorough
opponents Of scientific rough-and-tum
bic humping that you ever came il
contact with. And besides AL this, j
gives you the largest number Of dislo
Gated shutters and fence-gates 70 hum
up Of any thing Of = similar natur
which ! could suggest-A- " 4Eaii
trick, ~ Puck