Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-02-06
GOOD OLD WINTER
Cold Wave Makes Humanity
Warm Up to Every One.
fled Discussion Around the Stoves
in Favorite Meeting Places

After all theirs SOmethin' fine an hui
manizin' about a good stingin' cold
snap. 1t seems t bring us closer
t'gether an cause a friendlier feelin'
all around. Most any O. us are willin'
t. let bygOnes be bygones before we git
square from home or a zero mornin',
fer theirs somethin' about a cold wave
that makes us want t. warm UP t. tn
first Teller we meet. We jest seem
t. feel that we must release everything
on our minds that's pleasant an
frOthy, says Abe Martin, in the In
dianapOlis News.
Around tn grocery stove, in tn
close, ill-smellin' depot, in tn stuffy
crowded car, OR wherever folks are
wont t. huddle, like marooned sail
ors, in zero weather, we find tn best
O. fellowship. We hear O. ole winters
in tn seventies; we hear a lively ex-
change O. views on tn probable extent
O. tn cold weather; we learn tn in
ner wOrkin's O. tn homes O. others !;
we're brought face t. face with reSur-
rected Overcoats an muffs O. doubtful
vintage.
formation regardin' tn respective
claims O. tn various heatin' systems !;
we learn valuable facts about tn heat
units O. this coal or that; we find out
who gifts up first in tn homes of 9TH
ers we hear pitiful stories O. destitu-
ton n how tn pumps an water pipes
have stood tn sudden drop in temper
allure; we learn tn thickness of our
neighbOrs' underwear, an almost
allus there's somebuddy in tn crowd
who has jest received a letter from a
friend in FlOridy an we gain much
interestin' information about tn eli
matte conditions in tn Southland.
eve burned twenty-One tons O coal
so fer an we have t. live in tn dinin'
rOOm," says tn blustery little man,
with an icicle danglin' from his
goatee.
eve heat our house fine an we're
on our seventh ton o. COAL" says tn
tall, faithful clerk with a purple nose.
81 let my wife run tn furnace"
says the frail bookkeeper with wa
terry eyes.
9Th only trouble we have is shoot
in hot air in q southwest bedroom"
says tall man O. cOmmandin' appear
ance an buckled OvershOeS.
81 stayed at Aunt Elias house last
night. She has tn steamed heat an
her house is jest like toast" says tn
narrOw-gaged stenographer, with bare
powdered throat, transparent shins an
ponderous goat muff.
eff you're goin' t. heat a house,
you've got t. burn coal. I don't care
whether it's, steam or hot water or
hot air, you've got t. loosen up an
pile on tn coal. I never knowed that
till this winter. We used t. spend our
winter evenin's in tn nickel the-aters,"
says a round, positive Teller, wearin'
an ole reversible ulster.
"Our friend is right. You've got t.
have a fire. You can't put any o. that
economical stuff over on furnace. No
economical wife ever made a good cup
o. coffee. There's two things you've got
t. use literally if you want results, an
them's coal an Coffee says a fierce
lookin' man with thin red whiskers an
a prehistoric fur cap.
But zero weather clumps an crowds
are allus friendly, fer Their seems t. be
somethin' in tn cold, bitin' winds that
warns us t. keep off O. politics an con-
fine our observations t. tn more home
ly topics.