Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1909 — Same Old Question Again: “Is It Hot Enough For You?” [ARTICLE]

Same Old Question Again: “Is It Hot Enough For You?”

The weather man is doing his mightiest to make us uncomfortable. Thursday was not only hot but there was not a breath of air stirring and the humidity was increased by the rain of the evening before, which fairly steamed as it evaporated. The discomforts were but slightly mitigated with the setting of the sun and there was nothing to do but to swelter and make the best of it. Outside the house mosquitoes of the meanest kind kept up a constant attack and drove one indoors, where the temperature hung around the ninety mark and It was too hot to read. In the language of an unknown rhymster it was: Too hot to sleep, too hot to lie, Too hot to laugh, too hot to cry, Too hot to eat, too hot to drink, Too hot to read, too hot to think, Too hot to ride, too hot to walk, Too hot to write, too hot to talk, Too hot to play, too hot to sing, Too hot, too hot, for anything.