Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1900 — Noisy Fog. [ARTICLE]

Noisy Fog.

A dear old lady from the country went to Loudon to visit her married daughter, and came back with wonderful experiences. London did not show its best face to the simple countrywoman. It was enveloped in fog during the first two or three days of her visit, and as her bedroom looked out upon the railway, she was troubled by the very necessary noise of the fog signal. She came down to breakfast after her first restless night, and anxiously inquired the cause of the strange banging she had heard so often during the hours of darkness. “Oh, that was due to the fog,” explained her son-in-law, and as she asked no further question he let the subject drop. Her visit over, Ihe good woman returned to the country, full of the wonderful sights nnd sounds of London life. “Did, you see a Lonnen fog, granny?” asked one of her listeners, as granny expatiated on the strangeness of the great efty. “Ay, that I did,” replied granny; “and I heard ’un, too!” “Heard ’un, granny?” exclaimed another listener. “How didst hear a fog?” “Why,” answered the old lady, in perfect sincerity, “Lonnen fog baiut like ours. Every now and then it goes off wi’ a rare bang.”