A THERMOMETER MAN IN DETROIT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 125, 14 September 1876, Page 3

A THERMOMETER MAN IN DETROIT.

I • He was a ■w&ywvns mam Irwrtt the East, and hm ha«B fctsirty-aevett thermotnetets In a.basket on ht» After-standing on the steefit corners for two or three hottra ■vithettt making » singte sale, he started front the eastern part ot the city, hoping to. do fcetter aniwng the private hoost«s. He seetneci to ;*am conftdenc© from the ohoerfat look of the dwellings, and he bore htraaeM tike a banker a» he aacanded the step* ami patlect a duor-bell. " Kething for the poor,'" aatd the tacty, ii» she opened the door. " £ am &<>t sotwiting for the poof—l imt seilmg thorvnovnotera,"' he stud, in a hivhrvy voice-.. " f>on't want any—bottght ont stoek in the fid!,'"" 9R.Q said, drawing in her head. "I said thermometers, madam," he in a despairing voice. *"i know it t bnt we have got all the vegetable* that we can twe>" »he called and the door strmek hw toe*.

Cloing m the saloon on the corner the man addressed the proprietor with a sweet smile, asking—"Wowdd you ttfce a thermometer today!" "Py der fcushet {'" hwjttired the saluonist. ''"Jfe-j a thermometer— a Mttfe instrument for telling yott when it i» cold or warn."" "*Any Kii«sic-i)(!>x in it l" intuited the ntdoonist. "No ;: it record the weather." " What wetter*" " Why, the- weather we have trery day b the year. Wnen it L* warm this, littta tube runs t*p.; when it i* cold it sinks down."' "' IXmpt* I Ven it i*Tc warm I «take» toy ooat off - y ven it ish gold I put more gwd in the stoaf. Cfo. sell dat to some sehntsll

6oy as knows nodding* V* The thermorae.ter-man entered a carpetweaver's, and a how-hacked man nodded kindly, and cordially welcomed hint. "■ Accurate thermometers for only twenty-Eve- cents.," said the* pedlar, as he held one up. "New- thing V* said the weaver, as he toote erne- in Ms hand. " We have had the- thermometers for many year*. People- have- cyme to consider them a household necessity." " Zero—Zero I' Who was Zero V asked the- weaver, reading: the word behind the I Titer thermometer-man explained, and ; the- weaver, after tryinif to get hi* tnnrnh- ! naili under the glass, asked—j " Where does the olanied thing open i' r | *' Thermometers are not made to open,. i my friend!,'' was the repty. "'Well, I don't want no thermometer around me that wont ©pen,"' growled the man. ** I thought it was a new kind of stove-handle when yen came in. or I shouldn't have ieofced at it." The thermometer-man next tried a dweMng-hottso. In answer to his ring the door was instantly and swiftly opened by % rffil-ffteed woman, who hit htnn with a oh% and cried out*kl'l learn you, you young villain '" Snft apologised, and explained that several "fottd boy» had been ringing" the doorbell, and he- forgave; her, attci said : ' ** I hxv.& some accurate- and handsome tofterrifometers here. I'erhaps you "We- never have hast* for breakfast," sh» interrupted. "My husband detestsha»S|lw> I don't want to pny." "Hasl* t a-thermometer fuw nothing to do wirtf* %lmh T he- exclaimed. " WeD; I can't help that," she replied, slowly closing the- door. ** We haven't any tamps to mend, and yon shouldn't „ track mud on tn© steps that way." Th«ro was « fwr% man crossing the

f irerfc, and thethem«>nu-tvr ■ i » y him, halted l»hn, and. whew In- >.'««tH«s»ivi | en«tts*h, asked— •' ' ; • ! [eter K • - •.".•■n j I " What t\r> I want with n"ih'-rw>n.y.-tari" j , exclaimed the portly man, rawa*.* »>'? v,,iCc • : a peg. " ■' [ i "Why. to note the wenther/' • f " Yon Manned ieU.it ' Do yott suppose I | mi) the weather i" roared the fat man, growing purple in the face. _ _ [ " lint y*>u want t«> kti«»w when it i* hot I " Aw I sireh an ofd that I don't fcn<n,w wh«n it** summer and when it's winter .''"' <«hr*ek«d tfu- fat man. *• We fttf kru.w. ot c»>nrse." replied ihcable t'iwnUy ha* s thermometer nowadays." " Th'.\y have, eh ! I never had one, nor j , would u'fc have. *>ne,aml d»*y«>» dare- to tell j tu« fefiit? f ain't l-»*p«vtahle f" »dd | putt**'. | " I didn't m» v an—■ —" I *• ymt did, p,iml yt»u have made mc | ; miss the ♦.■;■»'". and J'JI eraie you !" * Tut; thermometer-man vended across the 1 mnddy street and made his cseatK?, and at dusk fc-st si-k'ht was linefeed np against the ; Svddievs*' Monument, his basket tatween ! his f«el". T ami was M§uintitv£ sadly at the I clock »m the fifty-halt tt>wrr. i