The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-02
a Twenty Thousand Dollar Shower.

! 1t was delightful day in June. show.
er drove the laborers from their work. Mr.
Calender went for shelter to the house of NJ,
Thorn 1t was near the field in which he was
at work besides, he loved to have a chat
with Mr.. Thorn when he could do SO without
neglecting his work or hindering others.
He found Mr. Thorn sitting on the stcop'
as it was called, and received from him an IN.
vitation to take seat In the same cool place
Father said Julia, girl about ten wears
old, do you think it will stop raining soon?
'Well,' said Mr.. Thorn, laying his hand
afectionately on the curly head Of his child
| think there is prospect of pretty good
shower SEQ '-..t a..
/ should think said she, that it might
rain at night, and not on pleasant afternoons.
Don't you like to see it rain in the after.
noon?, said Mr., Calender.
mo sir. etrs..- .aG-r.
Why rot 2 1.s... .e. .....
Because it binders people in their work
Most people are very willing to be him
dered by a shower at such a time as this. |
suspect you wish to 20 somewhere, and are
prevented by Inc shower. .eFa '.Ft .# ...sU .i.
Julia made no reply. 1t is true that num-
Der of her acquaintance We're to come at five
O'Clock for the purpose Of going into the mead
ow for Strawberries. The rain was likely to
put an end to the expedition, for should it
cease raining, the grass in the meadow would
be too wet to allow Of any attempts on the
strawberries. - lz'.. 7a tfr'
julia, was dispeased on account of The
shower. She did not wish to have it rain
She stated the truth when she said 80. HU
statement required little Limitation. The
exact truth was, she did not wish to have it
rain on that afternoon, and on the Afternoons
when she wished to 60 out or receive company.
She had no objection to rain on other after
moons. n. its ".
FL She did not as the reader has already seen,
state the true cause of her objections to the
shower. She did not care any thing about peo-
pies being hindered in their work. The true
reason was selfish one, and she was ashamed
to own it. Hence she pretended to benevo-
lent one. / think it quite likely the reader
has acted in o similar way .g..
The shower, said Mr.. Calender, will be
great blessing. Things were drying up very
fast a'
Yes, the corn would soon have been past
help if the drought had kept on much longer
Mrs. Hamilton is glad of the rain her
corn field was almost ruined. | see she is out
in the rain directing the water from the hill
into the garden
She need not do that. There will be rain
enough before it is over to wet the ground
pretty thoroughly
How much do you suppose this rain Will
be worth to the township
q don't know. A number Of thousand
dollars -.-,.... 81
Yes quite number; from twenty to hity'
[ dare say orU .aa-ase
julia listened in establishment. shower
worth twenty thousand dollars ! When MI
Calender was gone she asked her father what
it meant. He showed her how the corn and
other crops were ready to perish, and were
saved by the,shower The value Of tbe crops
saved by the shower would amount to many
Thousand dollars. a. VIA. ra a.fal orl.-. p
Julia felt rebuked for her thoughtless SCI,
fshness la being vexed because it rained' ana
thus compelled her to postpone SO trriing az
event as going for strawberries. She resolved
that she would think more of other peopI00
interest the next time.