Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-07
THE HOT PAST.
The Oldest Inhabitant SCOTS at Present
Day Heat.

Day Heat.
The grocer stopped half way in ty-
ing up a package to wipe his stream
inc brow. IF there was only breath
of air stirring. l could make out to
stand it," he said. This is fierce
You ought to have been around
here in the early days." reminded the
oldest resident. "This amt nothin'
-.nothin' to speak Of / amt what
you might call felt the heat this sum-
mer."
This must be a pleasant thought
to you as you are approachin' your
end" observed the grocer IF you
don't feel this you won't feel anything.
You remind me of piece that read
in the paper about feller that died
out in Arizony. He'd got used to the
climate there an -
IT remember my father readin' that
piece when 1 was a little tad, knee
high to a 'goslin," said the oldest
resident. II don't call this hot, any
way. I've ploughed where Buck
meir's store is when it was sight
hotter than this"
"I s'pose you built you a fire out o
brush to thaw out the ends Of your
fingers" said the grocer sarcastical-
ly.
"T amt foolin," said the Oldest
resident, with offended dignity. You
may think that amt so, but it is A
day like this we wouldn't have
thought nothin' of. Not at this time
O. the year."
IF it had come to 80 in the shade
along Christmas or New Years you'd
probably have noticed it," said the
grocer.
along about Christmas or New
Years it was cold" said the oldest
resident. when I first come to this
country it was hot in the summer and
cold in the winter. We had snow
that 'ud cover the top of the fences
an pack down hard SOS you could
sleigh-ride over it. Thered be a crust
six inches thick on the drifts. There
was lots of times that we'd wake up
in the mornin' an have to tunnel out
to the barn to feed the stock-gopher
right through. You don't get no such
SHOWS as that now"
II wish we could get one-now,
said the grocer.
i've ct my breakfast with my init,
tens on many a time" said the
oldest resident, defiantly. I've set ur
to the table with my cap pulled down
over my ears. No, it amt as hot ir
as it used to be-"
How about the rain?" asked the
grocer. "Is the rain as wet as what
it was?"
1--WE had more rain. too" declared
the oldest resident. 1T rained hard
er an oftener. I've rowed a skiff al
around where these streets are, in the
spring. had a skiff built out OF
some planks that was sawed by hand
What have you got to say about that?'
"Nothin', " replied the grocer
you're an old man an a customer
O. mine"
You don't believe that it got any
hotter than this?" said the oldest
resident. "I know what's the matter
with you. If you'd been here in the
summer O. SO or ga you'd have said
1t was hot. There wouldn't have been
no mistake about it,"
II may be imagining this, O course,
admitted the grocer. What makes
it seem more real, though, is the
way that there thermometer is regis
term an the way I'm a-drippin' with
sweat Is'pose you're right, though
All these buildin's around here shuts
off the hot air that you used to get
You didn't have nothin' to protect
you in the early day"
II haven't got it figgered out why
but it's So" persisted the oldest res
ident.
IT'S funny" said the grocer. 81
guess it will keep-a-goin' on this way
gettin' colder in the summer an
warmer in the winter until we won't
get no kind O. weather at all the year
round not to speak of it gettin' cold
er i'm the winter an warmer in the
summer back in '63 or ga all the
time"
You jest don't believe me- said
the oldest resident. That's all there
is to it."-Chicago News.