The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-25
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Whom Willum Henry looked 10 wind ward
ar,iu tho cloud wns swollen from hand
s,3o ~ dimrnsions that wcr incorporating
tho whole sky. He was glad that he had
anchored his chicken coopa,
sweep ~ cold wind brought down q
dash II hail-tones. Jake Hail, the eSprcaa-
man. Juat then waadrivingA cad Of Saratoga
trunks. pnrt Of the Iva ggage 81 one Of the
GUNNER girls up Mt the hotel, along by the
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into a run, even with tho weight OF the
trunks behind them. A second gust Of
WIND hit the wagon and tipped IL up on the
front wheels.
The hailst ones that fell this time were OF
enormous and painful size. Jake was under
shelter in his wagon, but the stones pelted
the horses into a frenzy. h team seemed
to decide at the same moment that the only
--r.n, ,,aa ,,pIar u,atar and ltNaJ pvar tha
huIkhead into the water, taking the trunks
in with them.
Up at the store Alvah Strickland's horse
was leaning nonchalantly against the hitch-
ing post and holding up a tottering de-
livery wagon. The stanch gray paid no
attention to the first fight Of hailstones
that came f~usillading down against his
ribs, for he thought it was simply some
new trick of the Bay Head boys. But when
the tempest and hail came down in earnest
the animal decided to get indoors. The
barn was in behind the store and quite
a way Town the lane.
1T seemed as IL that dumb critter argued
the whole thing out quick as winking,"
said Alvah. He always was a wise horse.
Why, the time Blaine ran for President,
do YOU know what tina animal up and did
election night?-but let that go. Well, sir,
the gray he saw the door Of the store stand
ing open, and he gave a glance up the street,
and there was the hail coming up thick
as a wall. SO he kicked the wagon out
from behind him and loped INTO the store.
Only he got one leg into the sugar barrel,
and that sort Of ratified him, and he started
p~rancing around among the eggs and fishing
tackle and millinery and things, until he
got tangled up in that heap, OF crab nets 80
he couldn't move, and then he kept as quiet
as n mouse fill we Ont him out
Ed Pearce, an expressman, and a rival
of Jake Hall, said his experience put
Jake's into the shade. The blow picked
up his big wagon and lifted it right over a
fence beside the road, where it lay for
moment, and then a contrary gust tossed it
back on the road.
While things We're happening in town
Lawyer John NJ. Dickinson was having his
troubles out on the Meteconck River. He
had taken Miss Sands out rowing and they
storm ntil it was upon them. The lawyer
bent boldly to the oars, but the hail fell fast.
Lumps. ranging from nut and egg size
upward kept rafting into the boat. and 1t
began to look as If their great weight might
sink the little skiff, SO he says he thought.
Miss Sands it was who with great presence
of mind used a thwart as a shovel and threw
the chunks overheard as fast as she could.
Carl Priest, the druggist, made the best
of the storm In the thick OF the downpour
he went out with a wheelbarrow and filled
1t three times with choice hailstones. His
neighbors afterward wanted to know why
he did this
Il know something about hail, he said.
Now, ice is cold, but hail is just three de-
grees colder'n an ice. Ye cant hardly
melt real good hail. So I thought what fine
stuff 'twould be for the soda stand in the
warm We Their I've got enough there to
last us about n month.
Many other strange things were done by
the sudden storm. A box car was blown
clear off the Fishpond siding and landed
on the main track, giving the station master
a chance to rescue the incoming train due
three hours later, Mrs. John Wheeler OF
New York counted up and announced that
the hail had smashed over $50 panes of glass
in her two houses. Capt. Mort Johnson's
sailboats were rolled up on the beach
like a bundle Of jackstraws, Ex-senator
George +. Edmunds's house was damaged.
Halls automobile garage. was blown from
its foundation, but settled down, machines
and all a few feet AWAY,