Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-03-21
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,Be patient, swains; thsss cruel seeming winds
Blow not In vain. Far hence they keep repressed
Those dsepning clouds ON elouds surehargsd viii
That s,i Ger the vast Atlantic hishsr borne
In endless train, would quenth the Summer blaze,
And, chseriess, drown the Grade, unripened year.
The North east spends bis Iase; ne, now shut up
Within his iron cave, the efusiye South .-r.
q, Warns the wide air, and oerthe void OF heaven
Breathes the big clouds with vernal showers dsent.
| - tNt"1l -ft1te aatB Hya THOMSON.
March lisa conflict between the winds Of th
North and the South, and In this respect the eli
mate of America at this season bears close re
tsemblance to that Of Britain, The same Gul
Stream that flows along our coast, producing
such marked changes " our temperature
sweeps the western shorsB of Ireland and Eng
land, carrying the heat Of tropical seas, ant
the floating wrecks Of tropical lands, thoupandl
Of miles toward the poles. The Laplander
IL he INDUCES In that luxury, with the palms
that were Aoated out into the Caribbean Sea y
As we are nearer to the tropics, and the Gull
Stream has higher temperature, and as oui
northerly winds come over snow .clad-lands, VIC
have greater alterations of heat and cold In
spring, than are known In England. These sud
den changes are the characteristic features oil
this month, To-day we have the wind from be.
yond the great lakes, and the thermometer goes
down to the neighborhood of zero Tomorrow
Il comes from the warm South, bearing rain
laden clouds and the balmy air of the Mexican
Gulf. Now we have fierce snow-storms and
pinching frosts, and it would seem that Winter
had resumed his iron sway. Again the SHOWS
dissolve, the banks disappear from under the
walls, and In sheltered hooks the grass lifts its
green spires above the withered vegetation of
the old year.
Nothing can be more charming than these
first indications of spring, after the long and
dreary winter. The notes Of the bluebird are
heard In the orchard, and he Is seen peeping
Into the knothole that he occupied In the sum.
mer. A stray robin Is seen hopping on the
meadow In search of grubs. What lands have
they visited while their old haunts have been
wrapped In snow7 The wild geese fly over.
head In long wedge-shaped aocks seeking their
breeding places on the coast of Labrador, and
further north. This is q sign, universally ac-
cepted, that winter Ia broken, The unerring
instinct of the bird does not push northward
until certain Of finding a congenial cline for
laying Its eggs and for brooding. The ducks
are disappearing from the bays and inlets along
the shore, and seeking by easy fight the same
northern retreats They know their appointed
season, And among domestic animals there
are lcheering indications Of saring. It's will
soon be yeaning time with the fOcks and herds,
and the boys and girls will be rejoicing over
the calves and lambs, that So suddenly and
mysteriously make their appearance in the
yard. Though all is dead yet in field and for
est, there is . stir of preparation that heralds
the coming spring. The buds swell little in
the bright warm days. The water runs mer-
rlly from the dripping caves and spouts, and
the uncovered. earth drinks in the food, aud
the cheering rays of the sun. Could these
sunny days last, the spring would be upon US
at cnce. But here is the fatal weakness Of
this fekle month. She does nothing persist-
emily, and often closes in snow banks and frost,
apparently as dead as December. 70 oH