Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-01-04

to them, they Will turn you OFT.
" We shall see," was Mr. Suroly's reply,
and he took up book he had commenced
reading,
This was a signal for the wife to desst
from further conversation on the subject,
and she obcyed.
Time few on, and the days Of midsum-
mer were at hand. For three weeks it had
not rained, and the young corn was begin
ming to curl up beneath the effects of the
drouth. In this extremity the people be-
thought themselves of the promise of their
pastor, and hastened tc him.
Come said Sharp, whose hilly farm
was suffering severely, eve want rain
You remember your promise"
"Certainly," returned Mr.. Surely. flf
you will call for meeting of the parish,
l will be with them this evening"
With this the applicants we're perfectly
satisfied, and forthwith they fastened to
call the flock together.
"Now you'll see the hour Of your dis
grace" said Mrs. Surely, after the visitors
had gone, "Oh, | am so sorry you ever
undertook to deceive them so.'
did not deceive them
Yes, you surely did"
HWe shall Sec."
So we shall SC ," added the lady.
The hour of the evening came round,
and Par,on Surely met his people at the
Church. TLoy were all there, some anx-
ious, the remainder curious.
Now, my friends said the pastor,
ri,ing upon the platform, II have come to
hear your request. What is it ?"
"Wc want rain" bluntly spoke farmer
Sharp, "and you know you promised to
give it TO us
"Ay-rain--rain,' repeated half
dozan voices.
"Vory well. Now, when do you want
to have it ?"
"T4 might, Let it rain all night long"
said Sharp, to which several others imme-
diatoly asscntcd.
"No, no, not tonight" oried deacon
Smith. have six or seven ton of well
made hay in the field, and l would MOI
have it wet for anything"
A" So have hay out added Mr.. Peck
eve won't have rain to night"
- Then let it be tomorrow"
1t will take me all day to morrow to
get my hay in, said Smith.
Thus the objections came up for the two
succeeding days, and at length, by way of
compromise, Mr.. Sharp proposed that they
should have rain in just four days.
For" said he, "by that time all the
hay which is now cut can be got in, and
we need not cut any
A" Stop, stop" muttered Mrs Sharp
pulling her worthy husband by the sleeve.
"That is the day we have set to 60 to
Snowhil, 1t mustn't rain then"
This was law for Mr., Sharp, so he pro-
posed that the rain should come in one
week, and then sat down.
But this would not do. off we cant
have rain before then, we'd better not have
it at all said they.
In short, the meeting resulted in Just nc
conclusion at all for the good people found
it utterly impossible to agree upon q time
when it shall rain,
"Untl you can make up your minds on
this point" said the pastor as he was about
leaving the church, eve must all trust in
the Lord" And after this the people fol-
lowed him from the church,
Both Deacon Smith and Mr., Peck got
iheir hay safely in, but on the very day
Mr. Sharp was to have started for Snow
hill it began to rain in good earnest Mr.,
Sharp lost his visit, but he met his disap-
pointment with good grace, for his crops
smiled at the rain,
Ere another month had passed by, an
other meeting was called for petition for
rain, but with the same result as before
Many of the people had their muck to dig
and rain would prevent them, Some want
ed it immediately-some in one, some il