Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-07-19

1t seems TO US, that with the sun az
NEARLY vertical as it ever gets in this
latitude, and the mercury at about its
greatest latitude, the following sound
sen ntimenis. conveyed in simple and beau
r,iful language, will be read with equal
pleasure and profit. We find them in
the editorial column of the Philadelphia
Ledger:
KEEP Cool. The seasons, adjus.
ted with beautiful harmony. and rolling
sround 10 give birth 10 fruits and flowers
shade and sunshine, heat and cold, pro.
life in every luxury that ministers to the
very sensual de light of man, or instruct
his intellect in knowledge of the mys-
ferrous power of God, are hailed with
JOY by all his creatures, save man. who
.criticizes what he cannot comprehend
condemns what he cannot Judge, and re-
Ipines at what his wilfulness only disqual.
.iies him from approaching. And YET
the variation Of the novelty only being
considered. In nature all is harmony
seveu when the magni6cence of the sum-
mer eve thunder storm darts its vivid
through the air. and flashes
winged fire to the skies. In man only
Turks the discomfort Of a thankless heart,
.and the peevishness of a fostering spirit.
With the peevish, fretful and ill-natured
ii is always too hot or too cold, too moist
sor too dry, too calm or too windy. Some
writer has said "neyer marry woman
who frets at the weather." and we Join
lin the advice, for she will always find
something else to fret at, besides what
she cannot control. Thank God we
have no weather mongers but the altman.
sac makers, or what hotch-potch of i
would pelt US about the head, swelter US
with heat or freeze US with cold, all in
the same minute, and it is no little salts
faction to think that "patent'' has no,
Fvet been taken out to regulate the sea-
Esons, so as TO suit all tastes at the same
time, especially tidy housekeepers, who
always want the dust laid, or growing
Farmers. who eternally want rain for the
grass. II it rains for day. "Oh!" cry
these rebels against God, sit is always
Training" If it clears. and a fine shower
OF silver light pours down from the face
Eof the God Of day, .Oh. this horrid sun
|are we never TO have rain!" allow
Ehlow, blow, the wind is always blowing
Ecries peevish jeremiah; and then follows
q calm, when some gentle pet-lamb Of
the other sex cries in despair, .Wha
would give for a little 6reeze!'' and fol
want Of one "out OF doors" she is sure
10 raise one in the house, all which ID
weak, silly. cnlpable, and unworthy Of q
reasonable being, who ought to know the
useful operations of the seasons for ths
sustenance and health Of man. b
thankful equally for the summers hea
and the winters cold. fit is hot seeth.
ling, steaming hot, patience and good ma
|tnre will make il twenty degrees cooler
besides securing your health from dam
|age by that irritation which is so apt tc
Throw one into q fever. "Take things
coolly." Don't overhead yourself; don'l
overdrink yourself, and don't eat inordi'
nately. Put steam on anything but YOU
own brain, and you may survive many
worse things than the summers scorch'
ling rays. "Keep COOL" for the ther-
mometer Won't 60 down by scolding
and every breeze you raise only makes
it hotter.