Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-06
ON WATCHING TIE WEATHER.

Wv W hi1t1i4Nb III W II \ ! II Liz
he that obse,rsih The wind shaH mol som
and he that rega1dch The clouds ataH mol
reap"
railways looks to me very suspicious. when
| | see Il farmer turniug his eye frequently "a
the cohds, and watching sednlously tue action
OF the winds II appears rs hongh he want-
ed an excuse TO get rid OF labor, aud is Will Ing
~ throw lhe blame of hi4 own idle aud do no
thing disposition upon he weather.
=" he wind is very high TO day, and it wont
do 10 SOW al all all the grain will blow away
there wont a kernel Of il light IN the burrows
ii will ali D. "hisiIed away 10 the moon.or car
LED mo yondsr swamp, where | shall never
&c it again. fieIgho it will never do 10 SOW
IN this wealhe-, I'm persuaded, Jose, yon may
ung oke the oxen, We shall have no US fQr tue
harrow to-day
ouCl were he observations Of Mr. Lacka.
daisy, ohe hue morning, alter wettng his fin
eer III his mouth and holding II up TO see
"hIch oay the Wind was. lilo could no SOW,
poor nau, BECAUSE the wind was So high II
y auid bio all the gram away, and he should
lose his Lack ana the aCain luto The bargain.
But Ibr ron of il was he had ~ disposition
to sow, an "Hs glad even for bad exGLsr,
oipnltGg of.--Aud tins he continued 10 do
from day % d., though the weather was AS
-" ~ "ot ~ Ib MS var Ecu ip'' 'hN kichhi
Is The inos careful farmer could desire.
A, leogth. ,owever ,ine gra'u vas so"n. though
50 iae "a In season as not 10 produce allow
! half a crop. But when The time OF harvest
came, thtra as the same dIsiEulnatlon 10 pot
IN the sickle, that Ihete had formerly been 10
put IN cue sead. Poor Mr.. Lsckadalsy could
never make up his mind 20 commence teapIns
b cause he was So rutrHty Watching the clouds
" o thS weather this " ather - lie would
/ p 1claim---" | sh II never be able ID secure
nv grsin-If beats all never saw such
wealth / il all NY lifc--eoaslan,y cloudy -
cloudy !"
Aud So, turning up his eyes to the heavens
and shaking his head, though there vas scarce
ly a cloud TO be seem he would hang uj
his sickle shoulder his angling rod, AMI 60 fish
| ing. Even when the sky was perfectly cleari
/ he could mol think ofreaping. But alas ! cas-
| my a dubious eye over the VII ole blu canopy,
| he wound say" TINS is the weather breeder
| We shall sOon have a Storm never kne II
tail " hen the SIX, was Ithont cloud ! 1t wal
never do 10 thlnk Of reaping with such-a pros
pect The gram Will all he spoill, II viii sproui
! IA a. gravel; il w,N mould IN the sh't. No
| I'd much rather have II standing thah cut IN
such weather.
So saying, Mr.. Lackadasy would again
shoulJer M, a,refing rod and post off two or
/
thing but ihen n sometimes had some glo-
rious nibbleg, K evenlbese lie considered as bet
| ter than respng with the Signs OF a storm
coming on .-Inus, from day TO day, he kept
anxiously watching the weather, and wonder,
| ed how his neighbours could be SO rash, SO bind
| 10 their own interest, as To think OF cutting
/ then grain with sucha prospect before their
ewes. But, thank heaven - sad hr, IN
derstand the signs oil tue weather better than
| that comes To-.
la his manner, the harvest OF Mr.. Lacka-
dai>v MAS nut Oft uli his grain was IDilde"-
ed. broken down, add shelied out TO snch de-
gree, as 10 be hardly worth resp'ng. tie dio'
However, cut il at last, but with The loss of
great part oil his hall crop.
/" lis strange - SAID he" very strange
-, her neonle dash on, and SOW without re-
eard,ns the wind, and reap without raging
anv attention TO the clouds. And yet they ge'
| soods crops--e,cellent crops while |, VINO
spend neatly all the tine 10 watching the "'"o'