The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-12
UNCLE MINGo ON THE WEATHER.
The Old Man Thinks He Has the Best
barometer of All.


barometer of All.
- see," said the waiter. "dey is
maxim a whole lot O. fun but dat fell
Ter wot prophesy all kim o. wedder,
specially de big storm on de twenty
eight"
"Yis, 1 see," said Uncle Mingo; but
1 dunno wot dey make so much fuss
for. We sho did had all. kin O. wedder.
an de storm come all right. wy, I
see de cloud myself, an as for de win,
femme tell you how hard it blow. 1
was out cen di feel. an I was lightin
my pipe, an, it was de las match
had. Jis' as l strike de match, blame
if de dog-gone storm didn't come an
blow 1t clean OUT
Does you blieve prayin' for rain eb-
Der do any good?' asked the waiter.
"Mebbe it do sometimes" said Uncle
Mingo. II ricollic once de Kunnell had
me to paddle for him one day wen he
was takin' de parson out for a fishin.
Well, dey was talkin's bout de aw-
full dry wedder an how de crops was
burnin' up. an de parson say he was
goin' to hab a meetin' Sunday to pray
for rain.
Den de Kunnell say, 'Parson, did
suits to foller from prayin' for rain"
De parson look up at de Kunnell wild
out crackn' a smile, 'Nebber knowed
it to fail, sab, he say; 'nebber knowed
it to fall
DE Kunnell he look at me, an he
wink one o. dem weekit wink o his'n,
an had to look one side an cough to
keep fun laughin' out.
How did it come out?' asked the
waiter.
20, de rain come all right" said
Uncle Mingo," after bout a month, wen
de win change.
Den again. continued Uncle Mingo
dere was dat case o. Nebrasky de I'D
der day."
Were is Nebrasky?" asked the wal
ter.
20, it's a good size town up mort bout
Virginny or else Arkinsaw. 1t was so
dry dere dat de town pump glib out, an
de milk wagons was all cen debbil
OBJ a fix.
$50 de mayor he pint Friday for all
de people to pray for rain. Well on
Friday de wedder bureau Teller he up
an say dat ole General Maximum was
prowlin' 'roun' an causin' a great deal
of Corporal sufferin an Private on
comfortableness all troo dat regium. He
say de bar-room metical pressures was
all los cen de swamp, an de icy-ter>
NAL lines was all tangle up wild de pre-
cipitations mongst de valleys OBJ de
hillside. Ontell, he say, we kin git dem
lines ontangle, an also locate de area
OBJ de mejium oh humility, dey amt no
prospic OBJ no rain.
well, de Nebrasky people didn't pay
no tention to him, dey didn't calker-
late to pray to him, no how. So dey
gone to meetin' house. an dey rastle
enn prayer endurin' dat dey an night.
Sho 'nough, mex day de rain come. l
amt hear frum dat wedder bureau
Teller sence, but l spec he done jine
de church befo' dis"
Il don't tink dey don't none o. dem
knows anything about it, said the
waiter, in a tone of conviction.
Oats one time you's dead right"
essented Uncle Mingo. Some little
vile ago de Kunnell come to my
house"
'Mingo,' he say. vans you to pad
die for me day after to-morrer If it's a
good day
"'All right, Kunnell, say, but Use
fraid it amt goin' to be a good day;
de alminax say its goin' to rain.
Indeed say de Kunnell, femme
see dat alminax.'
80 1 bring out de alminax, an de
Kunnell say it was fack, it did say
rain for dat day. But sakes alive,
Mingo,' he say, wy. dis is a ole almi-
max for way back yonder in 1877
Yes sah,' 1 say. I knows dat; but
Use been usin' dat same one ebber
sence. an fine it's jis bout as good
for one year as anudder'
Den de Kunnell he laugh an say
he guess 1 was pretty near right. How
somebber, l had sumpen better to fol-
Ter by dan dat ole alminax.'
"Wot was dat?" asked the waiter.
dis ole knee O. mine" answered I'm
Gle Mingo. Edible time. bout two days
befo' a rain I feel de rheumatism
strike dat jint. Well. it had jis strike
me dat mornin'. so 1 knowed VERY
well 1t was goin' to rain"
AN did it rain?" asked the interest
ed waiter.
The old man looked at him reproach-
fully.
Did it rain?" he answered, "cose it
rain