The sun., 1889-01-27
IN EARLY RISING WEL TIER SHARP
He Has Strong Views, and Despises the
Equitable Building Prophets.


Equitable Building Prophets.
Rain, eh ?" quered the Grand street car
driver as he let out the brakes with q whirl.
and shifted what appeared from the outside to
be a gigantic tongue from one side Of his mouth
to the other. 80 you think it'll rain, do ye?
That jes' shows what you fellers with thin
soled shoes amount to when it comes to
weather. Ye don know nothin' about the
subjec'. an ye might as well shut up yer CAB.
Now. don mean to be nasty. young feller
Ye needn't be glttin' yer backbone up or
hunchin' yer jaw to sass back. fur l didn't
mean nothin' personal SEQ But 1t kind o.
goes agn O weather eddicated car driver to
hear young thin solers a,puttin' in their CAB
to the tune o. sech rot about weather. Rain |?
Why you dum-sasted ,Uhd Thite-aced ace eeIet
a;snorin on @ feather bed with M silk aSiit atop
O. ye An where was II Why, was a ling
SsT aand he Rs
bsye as Gs clear aS f fs Sesn TsS
fog, that hugs the cutters IKE as though it was
a-coqrtin' EN-. about foot up and only hang
Rg ge w. shoSed hat ho
was dead sure to cit up an git afore noon. Two
hours later 1t was down clost ,es' as 1t is now.
to be early to ketch the weather worm, young
that % ye kin ms See II ye Tumble out ear early zen enonah.
Why. ye know don't git OIL my base in siSin'
the weather 0Pi. ,b month S9ne o sa
over the line fur years with me. come out on
the front platform here the mint they gifts on
ny + Tom m the Newspaper says it's goin to clear
up. What ts i eoin' to do. any wayr
nP up the s m
rain Al ito today. an iii rain ike Newtown ,ccrisk
Az AZ, don't you lose no money a-bettin ag'in
AN, sir. It's dead sure to rain II / say so. an
don't you lose no money agin that either
Ies e. me css ts s4mee aS9ot
whatever he is. don't know the feler. SEE !
es wsIts to say RC ,hGSggh ,S shSt II he writes
out In the newspapers he'd better drop hisself
of the top O. the Ekitsble buildln and be done
give him the lie straight level two days out O.
three. III tell ye the way the General gifts his
self in tn soup; He proberly gits fat salary,
tits O'clock, That's whar the ,divii Is. He's
lazy, Seer He won't git up early. Ketch on 2
IN In tryin to to tell the weather sforehand ] unisss
ye gifts up above the sun. Seer Say. II you ever
haPpsn to NEE, the roSnd 70 Dare
the mornin' an, he'll stan better show o
keepin' his posish. Seer"
weather. Signs sS SS % the ie youGe
man with the thln-soled shoes.
froa. nj head to m foot While something Ike snee sneer
passed over his weather-stained face. Then he
said:
Il Amt putin no premium on lazness,
youngster. What I know about weather
learned BY gettin' up early these past twenty
Ss Ssrsd Sq ssE fl
pretty, durn bad. / will tell We somethln'.
though. bein' as ye wear such dod
blamed thin soles on yer shoes.
an winters comm. Don't wear no rubber
oyershoes an when yer feet gits cold
don't jump from ono foot 10 t'othGr quick See !
lOull warm yer Toes up duined eight quicker
II ye stan ON one foot for two or tlroe minutes
t'other foot for same length o. time. an 30 on.
Seer Whoa, tharl
"dosh durn that red headed. sky-eyed. snipe-
nosed copductor, he's too almighty fresh. O.
ringing that belll"