The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-12-23
BILL NYEs WEATHER REPORT.
How he is Enjoying the Genial Cline
of North Carolina.
In MY sunny SOUTHERN HoME,(
AsHEyILLE. N. c., Dec. 6.

Wllte IleSc llHCS lIOHl viz oNuVh' l,
came here in order to eyade the Sc !
,ere winters Of the North. | have :,
,ried to show in the enclosed sketch \
low l appear in the act of eyading !
he severe winters Of the extreme
North. It's, Of course, only rough :
lraught, but that is the kind OF a /,
lraught we were having when ] made il
The sketch,
TIE tracks in the foreground are
only ideal tracks. They did not exist q
in reality at the time l made the I
sketch. In the left middle foreground
stands the author Of these lines, wrap s
ped in earnest thought and a pair OF
adult ear-muffs. He is about to be-
come the author Of the tracks shown
in the foreground These tracks lead
to the kitchen, where there is q warm
FIRE.
A large magnolia grove may be seen
by going over the range oil hills
shown in the extreme back
ground and bearing off to the
left about three hundred miles. In
the house there is case Of Budweiser
beer and a case of Group.
The earnest gentleman in the fore
ground has just been out playing IN
the snow with a fire shovel and is
about to return it to the owner. he
is less fluent with this instrument
than with the poker game Of which he
is passionately fond.
In the background, to the left OF the
toboggan slide, may be seen family
of Christmas trees in repose. This
re gion is noted for its Christmas trees,
rhododendrons and rheumatism.
Many people come here to spend
1.-The winter and what spare change
they may have on hand at the time.
Beyond the farthest line OF hills at
the back OF this picture, and extend
ing as far as the eye can reach, may
be seen broad expanse OF climate
Climate here is as free as air. Such
as it is, everyone can help himself tt
it.
l thought before came here that
would find the oriole fitting TIN
soughing boughs of the magnolia ant
, the mocking-bird cooling to its mate
but as write the snow is nearly tw
feet deep on level, trains are not eS
pected for six days and the snow
still falling.
Imagine a slight, almost girlish, fiji
ure like my own, clad in crinkle
seersucker, Mackinaw hat and
fre-shove battling with the elemen
and digging holes through the virgi
: snow in order to get to the grocer
store.
8 aYet. once was pure as the beaut
g full snow"
+ 1t wasn't over twelve or thrice
q years ago at the outside.
I. had thought that the odor OF Il
|, orange blossom and the mint JUL
! would float along upon the gent
: brow of the soft and voluptuous a
" | had pictured to myself land OF &c
: tie suns and soughing breezes, inste
g of which seem to be the princiI
q sougherer myself.
q was fool enough to imagine this
j; broad and beautiful green State, wi
/ here and there dark red isothern
4 line across it, but the whole surface
,f the earth is covered knee-keep VI
the same kind OF snow that the p
: Pile select up in Manitoba when th
decide to perish and want somethi
in which to do up their remains.
50 People here say this is an unus,
10 winter, and that is why | am bite
Is disappointed. I've been in Utah, c
he orado, Wyoming, Minnesota, Wise
is sin, Iowa, Maine, Montana, Washi
ne ton Territory, Pennsylvania, Michig
b. Ohio, Indiana and Chicago in win
n. but in each one OF these localities
70. was so unfortunate as to strike an
=, usual winter. For thirty-fve We
~ in various parts Of the United Sta
. have been the victim OF unusual v
w tiers. came here to evade this v
d. thing | said to my family last +
rO- at looks now as though we are GO
tx to have another of those unusual '
he tiers here. We will go South just
ID, soon as we can to see how it will
en- there"
ny The result is, that old-timers
ma they never had such an unusual
"a ter since they have been here, altho
80 the winters have been growing n
- and more unusual for ten years.
''' | thought that here | would SIT
lSn the yine-embowered porch all the
oon long day and smoke cob pipe, v
drowsy influences and enerva
nv. sloth would soothe my troubled br
re- So far it has been different. &
this houses are made to resist the
,ent cold Of usual winter, but, great
any the surprise Of every one, there b