The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-08
Song of the weather Man.

Song of the Weather Man.
'Tis a grievous Job to please the mob
For skies of blue and raindrops, too.
can't bring heFc together
] When SnoWflakes fall somebody will call
When the warm winds blow III be cussed,
Because it's too hot to freeze.
When the sun comes cut I hear a shout
Because 10 is not raining.
When there comes storm, like an angry
OF bees. / hear complaining.
w pen the heavens are clear / am filled
or the ones who wanted clouds.
When the sky is o'ercast rush madiy
The angry, mutterine crowds.
When my forecasts correct do not OK
A Word of communication:
When, . hit it wrong there comes from
the thrOng
A howl Of condemnation
But l am resigned and 7 do not mind.
The things that people say.
SO just keep guessing and call il a
That / am alive today.
The Turkish troops have already
killed some hundreds Of people, burned
a few dozens of villages and captured
everything they could, but the sultan
has not yet decided to begin offensive
operations.
If. as reported. the Panama canaI
treaty is practically dead. fine oppOr-
tunity viii be afforded some Of our
statesmen to repeat statements pre-
Viously made in regard TO our inter
uatiosal relations" having become
since the late war with Spain a world
power" etc.
That Danville. III. sheriff who, with
his deputies identified several best
citizens" and citizenesses as members
of the mob that attacked the Jail and
thus sent them to the penitentiary.
might as well prepare TO take up some
useful pursuit in unofficial life after
his present term runs out.
In Kansas City they also have a ty-
phOid epidemic and are blaming the
recent floods for it, claiming the disease
is traceable to the water from springs
and cisterns used after the overflow.
Some men have to get arrested for
drunkenness and dis0rderly conduct
and come around 20 get the facts kept
out of the paper before they really ap-
preciate the Importance of the news
paper man.
The Emery County Progress Review
says The hum of the thresher can
be heard in our city" If it does not
hum "Hiawatha" let it live
From London comes a proposition
to have Canada try to capture the cup
next time. That would come as near
to settling the international supremacy
should take the trophy from the New
York Yacht club
The glue makers have struck. They
ought to hang together and make it
stick
The announcement that the victory
of Reliance was not unexpected on the
other side comes as further proof that
the two great nations are very close
together in thought The victory was
not unexpected on this side
The Turkish railroads appear to
know their royal masters rating in the
commercial agencies, and have de-
manded that the cost Of transporting
his soldiers be paid in advance.
Has a Title Himself.
While Major Charles stanton was
moving about the streets greeting old
friends the other day he encountered
Senator Kearns, and something like
the following took place:
Hello. Tom"
Hello. Charley"
"Oh. I forgot you were senator now.
What do your old friends call you2
Tom or senator"
well, they call me both Tom and
senator, but l am the senator, you
know"
TO be sure"
We'll hOw's everything. Charley?"
Excuse me-major. if you please. I
am the major. you know"
There is every reason to believe that
II Mr. Jack Munfoe would consent to
meet Mr.. Jeffries at once Mr.. Munroe
would save the expense of training and
would not materially affect the out
come Of the contest.
So it appears that Cardinal Gibbons
is not TO be expelled from France for
minding his own business.