Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-12-12
The Weather of 1889.

Prof. G. @. Blake, of Topeka, Kansas,
has cut out for us, so to speak, cur wealth
er for the coming year He has issued
an almanac (Which, by the way, is sold at
70 cents; and the Professor doesn't want
people to forget that-his only fact) which
contains tables showing the precipitation
in rain and snow in inches
These tables inform US that we are to
have wet January The precipitation
is placed at 4 81 inches for Wisconsin,
against an average for many years of 1.65.
February is to be little more moist than
the average, but in March there is to be,
according to Mr.. Bake's figures, pre-
cipitation of ATT inches, against an aver
age for many years of 2.18inches. Then
April is to step in with fearless eyes and
humanity is to walk dry shod; for Prof.
Blake allows precipitation of only "a
inches against an average of $50. The
drouth will continue throug hout the year,
with the exception of November, when
there will be double the average rainfall
-3.78 inches against 199 In May we
are to have only 1.06 inches of moisture
against an average of 1889; in June .03
against the average of 40; in July the
faverage visitation of .8S against theager-
/ age of 4.37; in August 1.65 against the
average of 81; in September l. SO against
the average of 4.12; in October 1.40
against the average OF 2.67; and in De-
cember only .83 while the average is 81,
The total rainfall of the year is to be
24.10 inches against the average for many
years of 1888 inches.
| What has Wisconsin done to Prof. Blake
that he has been so ungenerous as to our
allowance of the gentle dew of heaven?
Is he getting back at Badgers for past
chatting OF 'droughty Kansas?"
AS TO the temperature, Prof Blake pre-
diets rather mild winter followed by
very hot summer Our lowest thermo-
meter is to bes 20 degrees below zero in
January, while in February the mercury
will not 60 under degrees below. There
is to be no zero weather in March.
There ought to be a law in this
country providing that none but pretty
women should ever wear wells. Then
all the homely women would break the
law for obvious reasons, while the
pretty women would discard the wells
through vanity-and the eye of man
would be gratifed. Of Edatca-
ton.
Wife (reprovingly)-"The great
trouble with you is, John, you buy a
good many things you don't need simply
because they are cheap. That is false
economy" Husband -'Hereis alady's
watch | bought to-day for twenty dol
lars that's worth every cent of thirty
dollars" Wife-'O, thank you, John;
why, it was real bargainr' 2.
San.
One of the latest feats of endur-
ance is that of playing the piano for
thirty-six hours in one inning. 1t is
the player, and not the listener, who
is awarded the prize for endurance.
The listener generally becomes ex-
hausted and wants to die in the fourth
hour.-Drake's Magazine.
Miss Clara (blushing)-''Do you
know, Ethel, that young Mr.. Sampson
proposed to me last night and / accept
ed himp" Miss Ethel (heartily)-'I
congratulate you sincerely, Clara. Mr..
Sampson is a noble young man." Miss
Clara-''Do you know him wellp" Miss
Ethel-'O, yes. 1t was only a few
months ago that I promised to be a
sister to him. "-IEs,ae-