The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-08

cuss put down in black and white
How the weather man has tried ia
kill off the entire population-The
oldest inhabitant has official record.
! pulled on him--He will have to pro
duce equally conclusive proof Of hi,
yarns or take back seat.
The oldest inhabitant has been
puzzled to keep up with the yaria-
tions in the mercury this winter and
to produce more wonderful stories
Of the lightning changes than that
recorded by the tiny column OF met.
al during the two months of winter
that have just closed Never have
the changes been SO marked and so
frequent as they have been during
this time. Hardly any two days
have we had temperature of the same
degree The thermometer has been
engaged in a game of tag and the
records have al been broken in the
game.
A record has been carefully kept
by Prot John L. Johnston, of Para
disc, and he has kindly given It to
us for publication. The records
were taken at seven in the morning
when the minimum variation would
lie shown. Had they been looked up
during the day greater degree of
variation would have been observed.
From it can DE seen some very curl
Gus things.
December came in just on the
freezing point. The next day it got
Il little colder marking 16. Then
up to 20, then bound to AZ, then
back to 80 down to Is, up to %, back
to IL, slight sinking to Is and ID,
then Is again, next 80, the old favor
lite IL, again the slump to and
then the only time it went below
zero during the month was the 18th it
marked A below
The patient was convalescent the
next day and had rallied to ten
above, the balloon went to AZ the
next day, back to 40, to 80, bounce
to Sc, back to so, to 30, reaction to
3S, back to 80, to Is, aud the record
was broken by remaining there for
two days. This was followed by a
warmer day and then back to lS,
then up to 40 and more ambitious to
60 the warmest day in the month.
The month closed with the mercury
at 26.
January fell from grace the very
first day and came in 5 below, the
second day it felt worse than ever
and went twenty below, the coolest
day of winter so far. On the third
it relented and took the elevator to
% and still higher on the 4th to So.
1t hit the tobaggan here and went
to 90, 81, 10 and s when reaction
set in and it started back getting to
80 when it slipped and struck 26
and fell back to s Here il went
| up to 40 where it remained two
days taking breath and then spurted
to GO equalling the warmest day in
December and also being the warm
est during the last month.
Back to 80 it slid discouraged; up
to Sc it toiled, then to 40, when it
got it's hold loosened and fell back
to % and grasping at thin air slid
down to s. A slight rally placed it
at IL and jump to 81 and AZ fol
lowed this relapse. Thirty was the
next station and then leap to so
followed Then an awful slump the
greatest of the winter. The tumble
was awful and when it stopped the
mercury brought up with terrible
jar at ten above. 1t was so hard
that it bounded back to 40 and then
the India rubber pulled it back
to 10 again and tearing small hole
in the bottom Of the tube it sank to
8 discouraged at having to return to
ten. A slight rally took place and
it crawled up to Is and then slowly
sank to IA and the montk ended
with it at 8 and no apparent chance
of recovery.
The LIST of February saw it still
further degraded and it had reached
Ia below.