The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-23
WEATHER WAS A BIT WARM.
Asphalt Streets Melted and Made In
habitants Take to Hills.
New York SUM-
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''PheW, but II not. tACtdlIlVu eAS
red-faced man, as ne mopped the latest
crop of perspiration beads of his
brow. whats the coolest thing
v'kuow bartender? ! want one"
Lochinvar Leary gulped down his hot
toddy and stared at the fat man VINO
had just spoken.
Hope y'dOn't call this hot weather"
he said, with slight SILVER. This is
downright chilly, stranger, compared
with some of the weather we get out
in Kansas when the mercury starts
off on one of its periodic higher-up in
designations.
why. out in Hotarea, where I come
from. it's the regular thing every pleas
ant summer afternoon to see the lnhab-
itants standin round in front of the
town hall a-bOilin' their dinners in the
city fountain But, as 1 say, that's only
ordinar. weather.
THE really hottest day 1 remember
ever bein' through out there was just
two years ago tomorrow. [ tell you,
sir. I'd like to be able to draw a veil
over the happenings of that day, but
'tWOuld have to be an asbestos veil to
hold the heat
That morning I got up before sun
rise and took spin. down to the post
Office on my bike. All the pavements
out there are asphalt, and 1 might have
known that the dag was goin' to be
sort Of sultry from the depth my wheel
sunk into the street.
But somehow or nuther l didn't sus-
pect il until after both my tires had
melted off on the way back.
when / reached the house, though,
and found my little Wire-haired fox ter
rier pup a-lyin' dead on the porch, l
begun L realize that the weather was
likely to be right close a little later in
the day g
Good heavens. mani" interrupted
the fat man. DO you mean to tell me
that there was enough heat before sun
rise to kill a dog? / don't believe
We'll, l reckon you don't quite UNI
derstand me" Lochinvar explained. II
don't mean that the heat itself actually
killed this little wire haired fox terrier
pup of mine. But it made his hair
crinkle up so durn tight that the poor
little crittur was squeezed to death,
which is almost the same thing
But. as I was about to say. when I
saw this little wire-haired fox terrier
a-lyin' dead there. / began to realize
that it was going 70 be somewhat warm
a little later.
'S'posin' the ices melted thought
I, and l rushed to see.
We'll, sir. that bit Of fool rashness
| Of mine durn near cost me my eye
| sight. Just as | yanked the door open
a gush of hot air rushed in, and the ice
box thermometer exploded with bang
/ that splattered boiling mercury all over
my face
| Il flew out of the house with a whoop
| Of pain. and made for the doctors
/ house as fast as my legs. handicapped
( by bubbling pavements, could carry me.
What I saw at the doctors house
made me stop short in spite of my pain.
! There was the doc and his wife and all
| the little docs a-sittin' around a rOarin'
| big bonfire out on the lawn.
The whole blame family's gone Dip
/ by with the heat says I. but before I
had time to turn the doctor had spied
me.
What on earth's the matter?' he
shouted, running toward me- What's
/ up with your face? Here. jump in the
| fire and get COOL
With that, before could tear my
self from him. he picked me up and
tossed me into the roaring blaze.
was the doc crazy? Not on your
life. Why, do you know. the weather
was so hot that that fire was actually
cool by contrast. L wondered I haunt
! thought of it myself
1t didn't do much good. though for
hadn't more than got comforta bly,
settled in the cooling blaze when a man
on horseback came gallopin' down the
street, yellin' for every one to make for
the river; that all the asphalt streets
/ IN the upper part Of the town had
meited ana were flowing down hill.
We jumped to our feet, but twas
TOO late. Just as we reached the gate,
! Winter street and Spring avenue came
/ sizzling and bubbling down Frost bouI-
eVard, carrying all before them.
I We turned and made for 81. HI =
the rear OF the docs. Six hours later.
burned and blistered after our hard
! struggle, we succeeded IN reaching a
point of safety.
When It was all over we found that
1t had been lucky for us that we had
been forced to the hills, for soon after
the streets had begun to flow the Cold
stream river had boiled over its banks
and cut off all means of escape in that
l direction
Now that, stranger. is what call
toieraoly warm weather. Give me an
other hot one, Mr.. Bartender"