Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-28
NOT HOT BUT HUMID.
Clothing Dealer Queercd Any Prospect Of
Relief from Yesterdays Weather.

The instrument for measuring the
| temperature and that for measuring
the humidity were at variance. ycster-
| day, and the public suffered in conse-
quence. The quarrel was on early in
the morning, and while the thermome-
ter was climbing up. it opponent was
crawling down until every article of
| clothing a person had on stuck with
| the tenacity of pair Of new spring
| trousers.
Not only was it hot, but the air was
damp and sticky There was no re-
| lief anywhere. The business men who
| had the coolest offices on the street
wondered If the furnace fire had been
| started. Those who had hot Offices
| wondered if the bricks were so not
that the building was in danger Of be-
ing fired
The few remaining people in town
pitied those at the State convention.
and the college men made up their
minds to leave on the afternoon trains
and go to the college campuses. where
they could meet their old chums and
have a humid time.
The Thermometer did not run as high
as every one supposed. for at no time
but there was that close affinity that
Il persons clothing had for his body
that made him wish he was a poor
heather and could go without clothing
In the morning, the streets were
practically deserted of Str0llerS as
there were 50 many people cut of town.
In the afternoon, many of the young
women came down town. The pure
white nj fhnir
cooler. The modest man who stuck to
his coat and vest wondered if the time
would ever come when the dress re-
form would give him the license to 20
in his shirt sleeves like his sister who
wore nothing heavier than a shirt
waist.
when the bricks Were fairly sizzling
from heat in the afternoon a rush of
wind indicated a change. \ glance ut
the heavens showed that a shower was
approaching from the north and every
one hoped that the shower promised
by the clouds would come. Everything
seemed bright for sharp heavy show
er, until an enterprising clothing man,
who, fearing that his straw hats ana
golf suits would be wet, took them in
and filled their places with umbrellas
anu hlIltOSltS. nat uuttrtu Illb
whole show. The wind at once changed
the shower shot off to the east ana the |
city missed the only blessing that was
in prospect for the day. \ fine cloud
display followed but people We're not |
looking for cloud pictures. They want
ed cooler weather and again wished |
they We're heathcns. dwelling in places
where there are no clothing dealers to |
queer the prospect of relief from heat. !
ana whore there are no blue laws !
against INDUCING in wicked expires |
SiOnS
Up river the people did get change |
from the heat. The afternoon express
from the East showed that it had |
passed through a heavy shower. Pas |
sengers stated that the train ran into
the shower near Clinton and did not !
escape it until they had passed through |
Riverside. And with the shower 'camc |
hail stones as big as a mans thumb.
The storm seemed to act in n crazy, |
undecided manner. like a whirlWind. |
In the north the clouds passed from
east to west while over this city the |
clouds We're passing at an express rate
from west to east.
by 4 o'clock. the air was cooled off |
and there was prospect Of a fairly cool
evening with normal conditions to in
yoke good nights rest.
The promised relief came in the even |
ing The clouds began to gather, at ! |
o'clock. Half an hour later the storm |
man had emptied the whole |
of his ink bottle into the clouds |
and in few moments the |
down pour began. Two weeks
rain was stored up and it began to pour |
with the fierceness of a cloud burst. |
The cutters We're transformed into |
miniature rivers and each flash of light |
ming only lit up the street to show a
miniature lake. Frequent blasts Of the
fire whistle only served to make the
storm seem more terrible.
To the farmers the rain was like 50
many grains Of gold. Everything was
as dry as could be before the shower,
but when it had passed over enough
moisture had fallen to do great good.
Travel was suspended on the cleo
tric cars as the trolleys We're pulled
down and the cords made fast The
electric light service continued unin-
terrupted. The storm was fierce Will"
it lasted, but formed a fitting wndup
to the most oppressive day of the sea-
son.