Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-07-21

Well" said Mr.. Dooley. 'I've done
II an injustice. I've spoke Ill iv 1t as
weather prophet. FIR years that
rhoomatic prop has been indicatin' tn
weather. II Clancy was seen walkin'
briskly down tn sthreet fvryhody up
an down tn road made plans f'r a
buggy ride. III Clancy come along
leanin' on a shtick, they begun to keep
their eye on their umbrellies. liver
since was a young man. Clancy's leg
has tipped off rain storms befure they
got as far as tn Rocky Mountains an
NANNY bark has 1t previnted frm
xoin out on tn canal whin tn sky was
clear overhead but twisht in tn knee
told Clancy a hurricane was BROWN
down below Lemont. That leg dealt
in amy kind iv weather, hot or cold,
wet or dhry. Clancy used 10 make
verse about It. What says ne. is
tn use iv raypinin', he says. Dhrive
care an sorrow away. To-morrah,' he
SAYS, TIL leg may be aisy, although 1t
is he says, 'achin to-day People
bought their coal an ice be Clancy's
leg. arranged their parties an menced
their roofs. 1t predicted tn hard
frost Nv sivinty-nine an tn hot spell Nv
eighty-eight. TIL night befure tn big
wind come that blew down the steepIe
" tn church, we cud hear Cheney howl
in like a wolf an befure tn heavy
foods two years ago, he had 10 De
wheeled around in a chair f'r week. l
used to laugh at tn people that watch
ed that oil peg, but mind ye., IL was
Mack, I'd have tn weather bureau
take observations on Clancy's leg an
issue bulletins: Clancy in gr-reat
ag'ny Look out f'r storms on tn
lakes Or: Clancy wint to dance
last night. Continued fair an clear,
with light southwesterly breeze wuc
SO.
Las Foorth iv March, Mack STINT
FIR tn la-ad that r-runs tn weather bu-
reau an says he: 'Pro-fissor, says he,
what kind Nv weather ARE ye goin'
TO give us to-morrah?' he says. Can
wear me plug hat?' he says. 'Ye cud 90
in tissue pa-aper,' says tn pro .fissor.
Since tn Lord STINT you an me to bless
Il is gran country he says, there
riyer was seen such a fine day as to-
plorrah will be- he says. TIL sun viii
shine in tn boochus sky, he says. an
III bur-rds will carol firm tn three he
says. Twill be gloryous day an yen
DC glad, he says, that ye give me tn
ioJ.' he says. Well. sir, Clancy come
in to see me that night. groanin' with
pain. What ails YEP says |. Me
leg says he. TIL weather's got nto
it, he says. sTis goin' to rain diluge,'
ne gays. But, says /, tn arya " low
barometer is statioD'ry over Texas an
III arya Nv high barometer Ia tearin'
around in tn neighborhood iv Goshen.
Injianny,' / says How can 1t rain?'
says 1. Il don't care says he. It's
goin' to rain,' he says. Well, sir, dye
raymimber, Mack had to put on life
presarver befure he got half way
through tellin' what he'd done IF us.
Twas a great victhry f'r Clancy's leg.
I don't know what tn pro-fisser said
about it. Maybe he blamed 1t onto tn
popylists. But anyhow, he wint back
to his wurruk an begun to believe
in him agin, fr tn weather got good.
Ye always thrust weather prophet In
good weather an that's because we don't
raymimber what he prophysied. TIL
pro- issor'd be wan Nv tn mos popular
men in tn country II nawthin' liver
happened. But along in April afther
tn grass had begun to come out. Clancy
dropped in on me, carryin a shtick.
Y'ed bttther put in some coal. says
he. I'D betther be putin In ice.' says
Il. f'r twas as warrum as summer. Me
leg is snowin'. says he. Let's look at
what tn professor says. says ]. Here
it is. An arya Nv high pressure IL cir
culatin' in tn upper lake region. pur-
sooed be an 1rya " low pressure. tn