Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-11
MODERN PARALLELS.
The Peculiar Winter

AgcS ago. long before iolkS gave w
the idea uf irving to control the weather.
by predicting ID, prplc used ~ think ~
nothing hut the Kind ~ \ day thrNd
have w the morrow. And when friends
ar relatives met. they'd never use thr
classic salute ~ the present day. and
say. ~GrcctingS. q Soul uf the Higher
Higher Thought Hast thou read thine
ipling this daN?"
Instead. they would change The posi-
tion of q strange hcldgcar called The
Derby. and shout. 'Go"d morning. kidd".
Think it'> gonna SHOW
And when h. vOumrn folk. they ran
across old aquaintanr~. would net greet
each other with. "Salutatinn>. - Sister
~ The ErautruuS Soul, | cam >cc TIM th"
light III thine ewes that thou haS p%rru>rl
thine Emerson this Wondruu> morn.
Far from such.
II would BE-. Nice dav. Alice. Hope n
don't rain this after. Wasn't Yesterday
Just the most horridc>t weather '
One winter in the latter part ct the
lfir>t half Of the second drcadc in the
Twentieth Ccntur, weather prophets lHd
and regular people gave an expecting
Il SUNNY day hv saving the da before
It's going ~ TX \ peach M \ day TONER
row
For \ time they tried The Hntithr>i>
stunt. II was invented y, accident a
man exclaimed: n hope We hlvc i hliz
lzard Tuesday, I'm invited to = party
and I've got Dyspepsia" TUESDAY. Fa
|thrr Winter gave one of his best imrcr
>onation> Of Miss MARY Spriugtimr.
Then everybody began wishing for hliz
yards.
a. soon ~ IA Winter finished the im
itatiuH. they cot en-.
- they put the opposite opinion IN the
discard.
This particular uupartiGul1r winter
was most pcculiar-whcu IL started
Picnic> were held ou Thanksgiving Ia,
and Chri>tma>Trcc Exercises were I'll,
en- on the back vcraudaS of al the Ills
Itrict schools.
Even ia January rich people hooked
their "ycrcnat> and poor folks sold their
loan tickets.
" was the earnest hope NJ alI that
Spring would beat Winter. This >ultr,
Winter Weather will soon hr over.
they said. and the cool spring Iuv> will
surely lr d relief"
Along about the middle 90 February
fhc thermometers began tn smash records
that had stood for - wears. The temper
allure WAS anywhere from zcro to H. hc
lo~w-arording 10 the price uf the Their
lnomctrr. a. y place n WAS - below
hut their glass only read II un the hot
test day IA >Hmmrr.
o%vrrrult> began Nv leave the Happy
Hooking Grounds. clearance sale MI fWr>
and hot water BATTLES were postponed
cab horses rcrrivc,l extra cnmfnrtcrS and
coal dealers held ~hanquctS iwirr 4 week
The piuiuH of the optimistic was.
Just. a cold >pcll-thc birds viii be-
back from Philadelphia tomorrow"
But the morrow wasn't u bit equator
ial. Aud for weeks and weeks aud weeks
aud weeks the coke teams kept SILVER
lng for folk awake.
People started fHrHacc fires with their
punrturrd predictions and M read the
muller adds. MaHN uf the winter birds
went south. and even y few English spar
rows flew a. far - Newark. New jersey.
Along about MAY. Spring sent word to
expect her some time iu June. When
she finally arrived. \ Muse asked her
what kept her. aud She said. with "a sigh
III took Sis AUTUMN place last fall and
after she returned I hoped Papa Winter
for few weeks. was all IA ami nrriIcI
4 rest - took ~ few months on