The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-22
Uncomfortable inauguration OF spriag.

Uncomfortable Inauguration OF Spriog.
THE WIND ON A BUST AND THE DUST ON RISE.
aboutfour O'Clock last Tuesday afternoon according
70 the learned calculations Of astronomers old Sol passed
TIE imaginary line called the equator and paJ visit to
the Fam, constellation Aries The real spring OF the
year, therefore, then commenced.l
IN Difference to q time honored CUSTOM we should have
had Jolly good storm OF wind and rain occasion,
b5 pavai gods refused let loose their showers
Obliged TO do without the water this time.
Rearing ventus however did not au 10 celebrate the
he has been a most uncomfortable bust" ever
sncc all those testify who have TO hear eyes
to see, and ccs,Iy clothing 70 be ruined.
There an cid proverb which says that g bushel Of
yaroh cut IL worth q hipg's ransom" This il o.
sayings which, like the oracuar responses in oden
tunes admit of hundred different and opposite intsrpre
tstops. But IT mean that captured king would rea
Oily surrendered in consideration Of bushel Of March
duet being kept away then understand the force
the s.ylpg Here We have no crowned heads or des
pots, bat II we had, ard the reckless wind hat only con
suited ns, how many Of the dvinely SAINT majeses
would hare willingly yielded up in order 70 be saved
crom the rtoersbe suffering experienced yesterday
The dust was emphatically terrific. The clouds Of
binding pa ucies continually on the 'rise and
"so, sses ping through the pathIsss ar "iise the
evcty~here in their the Yankee say they
.Ksa rshtker tmssa aen you,,, aut kicked Up most
watching The pranks aud capers Of wini and dust
bneo. Toe city vas literally enveloped in ciouds OF
throat up your clothes aod on them without tas s!ght
est ceseu-oBy. Good graciousi what wreck OF slss,
sasine, musiins, caEame,ts beavers and-crnolne. II
was really uatcaraha, that duet HAS went flying Off
heads ana many enhqustcd wigs Started after them.
The founccs, ribbons, &c, CT boIDets were nowhere,
wt,ra hui where they ought 10 be Mserabls pedsrans
suffered untold agony ana those accus'onsf to rtiug
we're 10 almost bad Ak Standpg al the
waiting col slsge sudden cloud Of DUST thick
.n stfong rushei up 20 and complied Suspension
o. chs and eshipg uniese sou wshe 10 be snohered
Or r6ed completely. When yad id get yourself al
fixed il the Omnibus rsIsad ten CHANCES to one
With The GUST tambled rigis from !oss Of sight
add consequenI unst. ally footing
The universal sentiment Of Indignation agaes the dust
40 he dust promoters, ID ct, the auho.s, was stroog
AMI 6eec Every body xas growing and BcoiiDg, vary
ing TIE tine about equally .ith rubbing, coughing,
s.ng ard cusirg right scuudy at The surposed causes
the general sgony. The substance OF all the COM
vl Nav Yojk be Kept 10 decent conditionr' 1t is not
easy solve this knoy point, but know how great
@ of the Inconvenience ana suffering experienced yes
rday might have been avoided and that Is by the pro-
per sprnking Of tho streets with water This much
needed operation has not ben Witnessed IN these quarters
for noapy long day WLose business il TO look after
tals spr1kliog? Nobojys, We believe rather every
bsdys, and what's every boiys business Is nobody's
10 particular. That is - ray sprnkcg be streets does
torn part CT their cleaning, though 1t 10 one Of the
NEST necessary branches thereof II s generally done
by private psr,irs, a1d hence the people OF New York
dependent upon the generality OF few merchants for
the opnR down Of the dust aud the pre- Of eye
,hirgs on the part Of whose duty Is to look
such mA,.ersf As the City Inspector has the super
Ycp Of cleaning the atieets the additional JOB OF water
ing them should likewise be conferred upon him.