The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-03-14
WEATHER PROPHETS
WITHOUT HONOR,
Mr. Fulton Has His Double in
the South.

There has been considerable chatting
of Mr.. Fulton for the kind of weather he
set up in February, but There are 9TH
ers,n who have shared his honors.
The following extracts from Tennessee
papers were sent to Mr.. R. F. Randall,
by his daughter who lives in southern
Tenne ssee, near the Georgia line. They
are interesting, as showing the ex.raor-
dinary cold weather they had in the
South, and also as showing that good
humored raillery that predominates
everywhere, and tries to make fun out
of even the discomforts OF life:
GETTING TOO CARELESS.
"Old Mother Nature has been very
caprlcious in her moods lately, and keeps
one on the qui vive and tip-toe OF ex-
pectancy, looking for sudden changes.
Thursday at 10 o'clock q. m, the mellow,
warm sunshine flooded the earth, and
we thought the pretty spell in February
had come at last. But in just twenty
minutes "blue norther'' struck the
town. the like of which was never known
even to the oldest inhabitants in this
section, All of this proves that our the
orv of rotation in office is best for the
people.
Brother L M. Pindall, observer in
charge of the weather bureau, has been
in Office 40 long that he has become
careless, and Indifferent to the wants OF
his constituents, and when they call for
balmy, spring weather, he, as like as
not. will send an old Kansas blizzard to
tear around among the tin roofs and
frighten the women and children half to
death, 1t seems that Brother Pindall
has got his labels mixed, and that the
weather he has been sending to us was
designed for the Klondyke region, but
even this is gross carelessness. Ard 1t
NAV be that Brother Pindall has entered
into a conspiracy to supercede the
ground hog. Be this as it may, in the
name of the readers of the Herald. and
| long suffering people, we enter protest
against his sending US any more biz
ards, and he will "please take due
notice and govern himself accordingly
Dayton Tenn. Herald.
Another Dayton paper takes another
turn, and sees a benefcient side of tht
situation as follows:
The euphonious appellation the
sunny SOUTH" which has been used il
contra distinction of the colder climate O
the northern states, will now pass int
s'inocuous desuetude, for nature has pro
vided one uniform temperature for thu
whole nation, wiping out all visible
grounds for sectional complaint.
Benign nature has confined and sealet
the reconciliation and fraternal friend
ship of the people of the northern ant
southern sections of this great republic
by q uniform. distribution of temperatur
to every section alike, thus obliteratin
and removing every trace OF national dis
tinctions of a complete union ant
fraternity of the whole people.
The thermometer of Ellis Brothers
berry and fruit growers, of DAYTON
registered last Monday morning Is de
grees below zsro. Their thermometer
| a government standard. The weathe
was the coldest on record here. Sewers
inches of snow fell Saturday night. an
lSuuday was bitter cold.
The extreme cold weather we hav
had dpring the last ten days placed
heavy hand upon the poor, and muc
suffering has prevailed among them
Many of them have been without fuel O
only limited supply, with poor an
Insufficient clothing and food. Ever
moment in these homes has been on
of ruff,riuo