THE CLERK OF THE WEATHER.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 102, 24 December 1879, Page 2

THE CLERK OF THE WEATHER.

Magginni-, who is at present on a visit to the- metropolis,- sends -«ie. the- fpUowjug,-; which certainly deserves to be rescued from oblivion. It is not often, that a man three years overhis major ity.and.whohai'actually: spent years at sea, i9. so grossly emeraldic [copyright reserved] - aa : the foUbjTmg.tt.prj* would lead one tp believe; In an office in the city one of the clerks was using strong, but merited; and almost pardoDahh) l_Jtt*rui_*S in connection with the weatTie-V aha wa&" heard by the aforesaid, "old salt", to anathematise the Clerk of the Weather. "By the bye," said he of « tlie briny,' " who. .9 the C3erk of the, Weather in ton ?" The^fiwt speaker eyed him caatiously r but not a wrinkle appeared on the face^pf the "nautical ;" then a thought struck'thethe man who bad been profane.: He Would have a joke. He, addressed ati epvelope tbZ " The Clerk of the Weather, Wellington," and wrote a note still-. f drtber',- andmpre strongly, condemning the weather, and" wound up with the 'request that hewQuld give his . full-name and addre.**'; to bMrer^ This he sent out -by the "man from -the' sea"— who wa_' hisyjiwlbr in : the ; office^' with the order that he would deliver it to the Clerk of the Weather, and get an answer. The soft one went oiit r tolbok'for the>m*n, and. innocently inquired where the d-fica 1 ' of that functionary was ?■' No one knows what bef eU hini; |n> his. absence, ( r ah*h he? maintains a sad reserve whenever he is asked for the reply to that letter. A question aa to who is the Clerk oirthef Weather; almo9t.mal.es his tears flow.' .