The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-04-05
AROUND THE COUNTY.
SrRlNGrALE, march 9th, IS


If these arc not the times that try
mems souls, should like to know the |
ones that are For three weeks We have |
been nattered with the prospect OF COM
mcncing spring work; but now 1T looks
more like the middle of winter, than the
sunny side of the vcrnal equinox. | re-
peat it, Mr. Editor, it Is trying to the
temper Of humanity, especially the agri-
cultural portion oft, to contemplate the
deceptions of the weather during the
present month. First, we had lively
thaw, that soon converted the huge snow
drifts into water, forming miniature
lakes on the level roads and valleys;
making every hillside alive with streams
Of tho "snall fry' order; aud transform
ing our usually small creeks into mighty
rivers, that amused themselves by car
rying off bridges, much to the discomiit-
ure Of people who wished to travel, COM
pelling them to make Il circuit OF from
| one to three miles in order To advance
about two rods on their journey. Then
we have had alternate frost and thaw,
wet and dry, one time almost believing
we would SOW wheat in Il few days, and
waking up the next morning to Ind it
| showing, raining or freezing like dun
der and bitzcn," and all our bright
hopes blasted; and we unwillingly
brought to mediate upon the sublime
| virtue of patience.
As little else but the "chores' can be
done, it is Il good time to acquire intor-
nation through the medium of reading.
! I'll take that back, though, in part. So
far rs regards the acquisition of informa-
ton by the perusai Of nearly all oli iio-
titious literature, / doubt the value of
/ the information to be derived, or the
moral advantage to be obtained from
that romance which pictures life all sun
shine or shade. or what benefit to the
millions who read them, are the "yarns'
| that abound in our journals of litcraturc'
They may all be summed up a. follow:
/, TO make the poor, the humble and toll
ing thousands, discontented with their
lot; to paint riches and high station as
the great end and aim OF life; 10 raise
| within us the fires Of passion; to present
"A phase of life useless in its nature, and
simple in its conversation; 80 much 50,
that were it adopted by any one in real
life, they would be regarded IA a soft
lrae and bore to society. Our ltcra-
ture tells of life where its heroes and he
roincs are surrounded by wealth and al
its attendant luxury, with servants tt
command and wait upon them; but
nothing can be found suited 10 tho COZ
t dition Of those servants, or calculated t.
! inspire them with respect for themsclvcs
) or their ayocation. We read Of rura
) life, sometimes, where these creatures O
the writer's fancy condesceaI to soj0url
, for a brief season among Il simple mind
; ed and unsophistcated people, wh'
look with open mouthed wonder ant
J awe upon the superior beings i'll then
: midst. But what do we hear OF the rus
= tic population" except that they may b'
| possessed Of medium attainments, rathe
q coarse III their manners and language
i, with All occasional exception i'll the pei
son Of one who is superior 10 the rest i
: intelligence but by no manner Of mean
:. approaching to the sublime and elevate
position which the favored ones occupy
|, Ifonc Of them aspires to be somethin
@ else, he Is made 10 cut loose from his Il,
f. sociatcs and skcdaddle to parts unknown
D where he remains undiscovered until Ii
has amassed Il fortune, and then reai
,e pears to view again. with a eountenanc