HIS BAROMETER.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 39, 26 September 1891, Page 428

HIS BAROMETER.

A GENTLEMAN riding on horseback one fine summer day was accosted by a herd boy in the following manner : — * Sir, ye’ll hae to gallop a’ your pith, or ye’ll be drowned atore ye gang a mile.’ The gentleman at the time paid little attention to what the boy said, but had not rode far till he was assailed with a tremendous shower, as the boy had foretold, which set the traveller a-wondering how a herd boy knew the weather better than himself; he immediately put about and inquired of him how he came to know the weather so well. ‘lfyegi’eme a ha’f-a-croon I’ll tell ye that,’ said the boy. • Well, my good lad,’ said the gentleman, * be judicious, and here is half-a crown for you.’ * Weel, man, to be serious wi’ you, we ha’e an’ auld broon cow. Whenever she turns her tail to the wun', it’s aye sure to be rain soon.’