The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-09-05
THE SEASON.

in the number oflhat valuable agricutu.
raj miscellany for the last week, has the
following well adapted remarks, rel1ting
to TIE prodlctivcness of the scason:-
In looking back upon the season thus
far it would be difficult to say, how the
weather could have been made better for
,ae general productions the earth. la
some Cases the drought has been severe
and farmers have begun TO complain, for
when was ever IA timc that some of them
did not complain, that the corn ears would
have no grain upon them, and the potato
top no bJttoms. There are many per.
soEs belonging to the family oflhe grum-
blers, Il family, which no MAJ can
number, who never were and never can
be suited who are always seeing spots
upon the sun, which, to their perverted
vision are continually growing larger
aud who are sure even i'll the clearcst sky
to predict storm. We pity these people
on their own acco INT, because they never
enjoy any thing and they see poison a.
tue bottom OF the fullest and mos, spark
ling cup and we pity the community in
which they are foInd, because to such u
community they are always miserable
nuisance. Dir. Franklin, in his ingenious
aud striking style, wrote IN essay upon
what he called, as well as we can rcmem-
ber, the Philosophical Log, which Illus.
trades some oi'thc leading characteristics
OF different classes Of mankind. He speaks
OF a man, who was unfortunate enough,
or rperhaps we should say fortunate enough
to have lame or dciormed leg, which he
used to say always afforded HIM an intal-
lIblc index to the characters Of the per-
sons with whom he associated. If meet
ing with an individu i, he observed that
the frs, thing which caught the attention
Of this individual was his dcformity, and
he perceived him in conversation frequent
ly glancing at his lame leg, he thought
him at least uncivil and quite disposed to
be censorious. If he met with another
man, who Immediately upon coming Into
his presence asked him what was the
occasion Of this deiormity or injury and
If it did not Inconvenience or pain hun.
he took him for downright savage,
whose temper inclined him TO look only
at the evils in the world, and TO make
others more unhappy by reminding them
of their misioriuncs. If next he met
with another man who not nsly took no
notice of his deiormi,y, but was evidently
at some pains to make it understood that
he did no, consider it,or that he was anx-
ious that the sufferer himself should not
be sensible to it or mortified or cmbar-
I,y In, hn N
gave his heart as 10 IA man oftrue keueyo-
lence and sound philosophy.
We hope this story 50 full of luselul in.
struc,ion will not be deemed unreasonable
az misplaced because ii perfectly Illus
rates the dispo siti5ns and character OF
some persons i'll regard to the weather.
she season, and every thing else. No.
thing with them is just right and defects
tor faults are the thing which always first
arrest their attention. The seasons nev.
er as they wouA have it. As we have
heard this very week, =" the wheat looks
well, but then it has some blighted ears -
or" have observed that though the ear
is long. and the straw large, yet it has not
so many keraeis in il as il sometimes has,
good crop, but then have observed it
does not look of so dark a color as like
to see it," Now there is no suiting such
people and we almost believe, it AN an.
gel from Heaven should visit them in
robes of light and glory. they would at
once set about trying to find some shades
upon them or soms ront in them; or If
they could not succeed in this, they would
pretend that the fashion Of these celestial
garments was not exactly" whit they
would have had them.
SO it is with the beautiful. productive
and enchanting season, which is Just pass
ing over US. The drought has been il
some places very severe. but it has not
been universal, and there has been no.
where any suffering. If frequent rains
had been intermixed with our hot suns,
hen rust and mldew would huve blasted
our wheat, which has now elomst every
where been gathered in excellent condi-
lion. As 10 our potato vines, which al.
most every where exhibit an extraodna.
ry luxuriance Of growth, having no bot.
'ams to them, il will be time enough to
make that discovery, when we come TO
dig them ; and then again if our oat crop
IS small, as perhaps in many cases it
seems TO be, though by no means univer.
sally so the corn crop promises every
where to be extraordinarily abundant
The season as a whole, for general he lth
ard abundance Of production, and the ia
verable opportunity of the early harvest,
for ~ al nj a.