Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-08-13
SATURDAY WAS A SCuRcHeR.
Old Sol Made II Pretty Warm Over Our Usual
~ Cool City.

| The most atrocious deed that the
weather sharps have yet committed
was showed upon suffering humanity
Saturday. Nothing in the history OF
the year has touched it. There was nc
relief anywhere. There was but one
thing to do, that was to suffer, and the
people did that to the Queens taste.
| The night before was something fear
| fui. Peoplt vent to their chambers
Friday mig only to find them raging
| furnaces as lJr as heat goes \ sheet
! was all that even the most cold blooded
| wanted over him and even that was dis
carded after hours of tossing and turn
| ing. Every one got up unrested and
! unit to meet the duties of the dag
There was nothing to do but accept the
inevitable and bear the heat
! The mercury got in its work, early
in the morning. AT 3 O'Clock in the
morning it had struck a winning pace
and registered at 81. Even that did not
satisfy its an 5ition, but it begaa to
climb; by II o'clock, thos, living IL The
upper parts of the city felt 4 breeze, rLt
it was as hot as though it had passed
through a furnace. At the state House
one Of the eoolest rtaces il tra city. tho
| thermometer regi- ed al gI on thr
u"rtu side of the bl.l. ling.
OF Water street there was rel a
breath of air and the thermometer be
gan to climb At / o'clock. the mer-
curry was at the 80 mark in the shade
on the east side of the Beef Cos build
ing. But by o'clock it dropped back
to 96 and hung there. This was in a
place where there was no breeze and
the heat from the railroad tracks was
| intense. At the railroad station the
| thermometer was at %.
| In the afternoon. a slight cool wind
was blowing. When people began to
| think the heat a little more endurable
the people at the Beef Co. lying in wait
for their victims, would leisurely steal
to the door and tell those who We're
passing of the OUTRAGEOUS mark mad
by the thermometer and peop,e started
off mopping their brow With their
coats q ked under their iritls.
The \. orst place i'll the ely was at the
steam laundry on Water street. There
the employees We're working with the
thermometer registering l12. How the
| pecrla food it is mystery but,
sti u.se as it may seem no one seemed
to suffer any i'll effoc;s.
| The morning train messed a de-
parture of big crowd Of people who
were on their way to the islands ia
spend Sunday In fact, every one
seemed to be thinking of finding some
place where he might find a relief from
the heat
| The soda fountains uiu q land Office
business as was shown by the waste
barrel that stood il front of one of the
stores. There s"Ecrll hundred straws
that had been used by drvotoes of the
fountain We're dumped t. be carted
away.
Every one had a kind word for the
soldier boys when they arrived on the
train, for they were nearly exhausted
from the heat and to further add to the
discomfort o. the cars there was the
close fitting. heavily padded blouse
with stand up collar and to make 1t
seem more severe the men Were in
heavy marching order.
The skies promised relief by shower
during the morning, but they We're I'M
reliable as the thermometers, and the
suffering public were doomed to disap-
pointment
A relief to the heat came at about 9
o'clock in the evening. when a smart
! shower started in. 1t was n refreshing
sprinkle and by 1880 the moon was out as
bright 3s ever.
When people won't to bed nothing more
| than a sheet was drawn over them. but
at ? o'clock a breeze sprang up, the wind
| having shifted to the north. and from
that time on the night was cool and ideal
for sleeping.
The weather. Sunday. was as cool as
could be asked for and yet the sun shone
as bright as during the day before. The
weather tempted many people to take adj
vantage of the excursions and before II
O'Clock in the morning a team could not
be hired al q livery stables under any