Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-10
CYCLONES.


train. and some one spoke Of the free
ard democratic way In which people In
this country get acquainted With each
ether while travelling Then We go, 20
talking Abou, railway soeiabiliiy and rail-
way etiquette. when young man from
Eas, jasper. Who had wildly jumped aud
grabbed hi. vsli.e every time the train
h,siia,sd. said ,hs, II was queer What
railway travel would DO in the way Of
ihrowing PEOPLE together. lie said ,ha,
In Nebraska once he aud q large, oorru-
len, gentleman. both total strangers.
we've thrown together while trying to
Jump a w,.hou,. and an intimacy sprung
up between them iha, had riPened into
open hostility.
From ,ha, we got to talking about
natural phenomenA and storms. spoke
Of the cyclone with some feeling and
little bitterness, perhaps. briefly telling
my own experience, and making the
81, TN a. loud and vet and ,iolen, {. po'-
sible.
Then gentleman from Kansas named
Gsoree l.. Murdoek. an old ea,,leman.
~. telling Of a cyclone ,ha, came across
bis range two years ago las, September.
The ky WAS clear TO begin With. snd
then AL a, once. as Mr.. Murdoch states.
little cloud no larger than a man.
hard nigh, have been seen. !, moved
tos,rl. The soa,hse., gently. with iis
hand. in lie pockets for few moments.
and then Mr.. Muidock discovered tbs,
/, wa. Of pale green color. Abou, Elk
teen hand, high. With dark blue name
and tail. About mile from where be
stood The eyelone. With grea, force,
.~ooped down and. with muillsd roar,
swept quarter section Of land on, from
under heavy mortgage ~iihou, injurire
the mortgage in the least lie says ,hs.
people came Tor mile. the following day
TO see the mortgage. s,ill on Gle ~ The
Office q the register q deed. and just a.
good a. ever.
Then gentleman NAMED Bean. Of
western Mihneso,a. man Who weai
there in an early day And homts'esded
il when biz nearest nsishbor was fifty
miles away. spoke Of cyclone iha, visit
ed hi. county before the telegraph or
railroad bad penetrated that P.', q the
state.
Mr.. lleAn .Aid il VAS very clear up 10
the moment that he ro,iesd cloud in
the northwest, no larger than q mans
hand. l, .aunisfed down in south.
w,,,srly direction like cyclone ,ha, bad
al summer to 60 iis chores in. Then Il
gave two quick snort. and roar. wiped
out u existence all The farm buildings be
bad. sucked the we'll dry. ,our,d ell the
milk in The milk.hoase, ard 'p'ead desc.
lAlion all over ihA, quai,sr.sciion.
Hut Mr.. Besn .aid that the mos, re-.
maikAble thin < he remembered vi" this !:
He bad dug pin, Of angle worms ,hA,
morning. intending 20 10 over 10 The
lake toward evening and catch fe~
perch. Ba, when The cyclone came IL
picked up those Ansle worm. aud drove
them head fret through BIZ new grind
,,ore. lie would have bad the grind.
stone photographed. be said. 1.-THE angle
worms could have been KEEP, .,ill long
enough lie said ,hA, they were driven
a,, 90 enough through TO hang on the
other eide like lsmbrquin.
The cyclone !. certainly a wonderful
phenomenon. ils movement. ate % err.,.
&c. aud ia direct ,iol.'ion Of all kno~n
rulss
Mr.. loui. T.. Barker. Of northern
Iowa. wss also on the car. and be de-
.eribed = eyelore that be 'aw Ia the 50'
along ia September =, close q a DO, bu,
clear day. The frs, in,ima,ion tina, Mr..
Barker bad Of an approaching storm va.
= small cloud 20 larger than man'
hard which be discovered moving slowly
toward the ,ouihwts, With a gyiAioiy
movement |, then appeared TO be a
fann,l.,hspsd cloud which passed along
near The surface Of the ground With it,
apex nov and then lightly touching a
barn OF veil and pulling 1, out by the
rot, Il ~oull then bound Lightly into
the .ir and .pi, on II. hands. What he
noticed mot carefully on the following
day wss the wonderful evidences Of is
powsifal suction. II sucked mich
Gov absolutely dry. pulled all the water
on, Of hi. ei.,ein. and iien wen, aroatd
10 The vase w.trIife iha, led from tie
bath room ard drew iwo-yeai.old
child. who vas taking bath AZ the timr.
clear down through the t~o.ineh waste
pipe. a distance Of $50 feet, lie had
two insts. Of The pipe with him and a
loek Of hair from the ehilds head.
II i. such narration. o.. these. coming
TO vs. from tie mouths Of sye.~i,nssss'.
iha, lead u. TO eIelaim How prolific is
nature and h,w wonderful ATE all hef
~oiks-ireludirg poor. weak man
Man. who eom,s into the world clothed
in little brief authority. perhaps. and
nothing else 10 speak Of. lie rises in
the morning. pre,ArieAies. and dies.
Where ATE our liars to-day, Look for
them where you will and you will find
,hA, they ATE passing away. 90 into
the cemetery and there YOU will find
them mireling with the dust, but s,riv-
Ing till TO p-rps,uAie their business by
marking their tomb. with a gentle pre-
variation. ohis,lei in enduring stone.
lh.se heard il ihiims,ed by people
who seemed TO know what they were
talking sbou, ihs, truth is mighty and
will prev. u. bu, DO 70, zee much show
for Der till The cyclone season ]. over.