Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1904 — An Indignant Scotchman. [ARTICLE]

An Indignant Scotchman.

A sheep farmer in the Cheviot hills of Scotland had been told that it was useful to have a barometer in the house, for it would let him know when the weather would be good or bad. He was accordingly persuaded to procure a mercurial instrument with a large round dial, \yiiieh he hung up in his lobby and duly consulted every day without much edification. At last there came a spell of rainy weather, while the barometer marked “set fair.” The rain continued to fall hefivily and still the hand on the dial made no sign of truth. At last lie took the instrument from its nail and marched with it to the bottom of the garden, where a burn, swollen with the drainage of the higher slopes, was rushing along, brown and muddy. He then thrust the glass into the water, exclaiming. “Will you believe your ain een uoo, then?”