Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-07-03

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1858, Ills though, ihe production Of, ,he
present s,esr, will exceed ,baI Of ihe las,
year, in plmos. ihes raIio as iha, Of ihr
last year did over The one previous, ~
r observations On the weather.
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hurry never stopping to correct, reviews
copy; indeed five were to do SO, 'we rii0ht
iall into the error that a gentleman atthe
bar did on a Certain oceasion,,t when he uni
dertook to make some apology add explanal
ton to- the Courtfor some disfespectful IAN
guage, namely-make the matter worse
We'are like apocr penitent,, free to acknowl.
edge ignorance Of the rules Of gram
mar; not even knowing anoun from pro.
noun nor a verb from an adverb, having
never received lesson in grammar in our
lifetime. We are blessed with a retentive
memory; are pretty good, at least for one
Of our calling, in photography, when words
are gsOen us to SPELL; but when we write we
make blunders. We at least could pass an
examination, we think, as well as some
twenty or thirty young ladies' and gentle
men did if we were requested to ''write to
John iNrightto know whether he had any
right to perform therite of baptism, ~ there
being too only of the pumber who did write
it right-our observations &C." may be
looked on'by the learned who have been ac-
customed to reading profound tracts, nov
els, and romances, as mere superficial mat
ter-freaks Of the fancy or imagination;
coming as they do, from farmer, unac
quainted with the rules Of grammar, &c.
10 such, We beg leave to observe, that the
weary traveller may quench his thirst the
lonely and obscure rivulet, as well as at the
broad and boundless river, and that the at
tentive observer may learn lessons Of fru-
gality, and derive some beneficial instruc-
tions from a close observation of the work
ing Of the lsullen spider and drowsy bat, as
well as they can from the noble and bound
ing 'stesd or aponderous elephant, capari-
soned in an oriental costume, or, to bring
the matter nearer home, we might receive
information and be directed to our place of
destination as we'll from the aas,oer Of a
poor little mill boy as the pompous sounding
of the Statesman or military chieftain. With
these remarks, after again thanking you for
the many favors we have received at your
hands, we win proceed With our "observa-
tions on the weather" promising not to
trouble you any further than observations
through the month of June" 81 'N'''.'
We will resume our observations &C.,
beginning where we left off in our first
number-namely, Monday Morning, June
M.-Nearly clear, and cool, wind west
About ten o'clock began to look hazy. in the
west. Soon clouded over and rained light
though cool shower. Remained cool and
windy balance Of the day, Sun etrather
watery looking. Cool and windy through
the night. Wind W. by S. W. ~ wy"
Tuesday NOrming, June 5th.-CoA and
windy. as luspal-wipdS, however sopth.
red towards the east, Sun looks rather
watery-about 10 clouded over and rained
q fine shower, much warmer. than yester,
days shower--remained nearly clear the
balance Of the day, and much warmer than
any, of the preceding days; warm and clou-
dy through the night, wind S, W. till mid
night when it veered and blew from the
south till sunrise. III
Wednesday Morning Jane &,-Every-
thing indicates rain,to day; andeold Jacob
says it will rain, AT 8 o'clock we had to
make our way, to our cottage we'll drenched
with rain. After, drying ourselves blythe
fire, we at 10 are writing, listening to the
heavy thunder and copious rain that is now
falling. Thypdsrs hard and passes off
North. Ceased raining about IL, NJ. and
remained nearly clear until 5 P. NJ, when
itbegan to cloud upin the west4-the most
dark and grand we have seen for some time
Thnnders hard--it shakes our little cottage;
so much so that we write with difficulty.
Up. M, it is nowraihing and eyery''sign'
indicates rainylnight ia aaaflal 4i79,
THarsddy Morning. Juss s7M.- Got up at
4 o'clock, and found it raining hard d-Acom-
nenced raining about o'clockin the morn
ing and continued. with but little ihntermis-
sion Until 6,LAthe time Of the present wri4
ting. Stacked raining at {, ,Aheavy clouds
flying, and dense clouds of yapor ascending
fromthe surrounding valleys, and settling