Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-06-18
From the Baltimore Evening Commercial.
The Weather, Etc. Something for the
Grumblers,

he Ione ar;fh S' ia the imnatient excIama-
tion Of 4 friend-doub1less reneated by
thousands more. as the sight of the sun is
denied us. and the skies continue to weep.
Listen few moments. good reader. Who
ever is troubled too greatly at such con-
dition of things in this latitude: for per-
|haps. on reflection. we are not vet SO
badly off that we cannot gather comfort
from comparison with what is dispensed
to the rest Of the world.
Now Il is trne that the season Is. an ex..
|ceptional one: that we have net been "a
yored with the apparently due ouantity Of
sunshine usually dispensed to us that we
are reminded Of rainy Oregon, Alaska and
other proverbiallY wet regions, where sun-
shine is exception and rain the rule. -.
And worse. perhaps. we hear that a great
philosopher has formally announced that
because of change in the course of the
Gulf Stream. consequent either upon the
|ill-omened conjunction of sundry stars. or
Eof the earthquake recently purchased by
Mr.. Seward, at St. Thomas. that we are
neueri meUeri a -, - .... :.
An this is bad enough. we admit. al
though we must express a reasonable in
credulitv as to the said nh;losonher,s dire
conclusions. But then. even if Il were SO.
we cannot see that In regard to this mat
ter Of excessive moisture. we are really
much worse off-to begin with--than
"merrv England - n,errv from time i'm
memorial. a country which. with the ex-
ception possibly of Holland. produces more
red checked lasses and stalwart men. than
any other whatsoever noble region, in
short. in which to raise men
| Besides. are. we. after all. so verv bad
lly off as at first glance NAV annear? We
hear that the average amount of rain for
the Nav inst mast was onIv about the
same. less in fact than the corresnond-
inc month Of last wear: the merely ciondv >
DAVIS being accredited with far more wa
ter than was actuallv discounted bv them.
land further. notwithstanding the uniyer-
sallv savage orumb,;no the wheat gene.
rally looks we'll we learn. and # The corn
:--11=.~-e--s..~-:'.,~s '.,~s-.,,s..:ssN whoeua-
knew corn crop in this region fail be-
cause it got plenty of rain drought too
often being its most deadly foe.
Besides-once more-are not farmers
,proverbially out ofhumor With their crops,
or their crop prospects, until they are
more than secure? Who has not heard
of the ''in6dep' lawyer, who, visiting the
county church-the farmers change
where from time immemorial they have
met to compare notes concerning crops
and all else; and who, accosted with the
query, "How is your garden, Squire p is
said to have answered thus: q -st
Il have no garden, and I should be a.
fraid to plant eve, potato I am afraid
it would make me distrust the promises of
Divine Providence. If it rained. Ishould
complain: There goes my potato; it will
die of the rot And if it was dry,
should say 'Confound the potato; it will
dry upr No.. should be afraid to plant
anything, evenva potato, lest it should
make me continually doubt the goodness
of God-the promise of seed time and
harvest. .:se s 15 st-3sl.
1t is said this little incident went far
toward correcting the bad practices Incl
dent at that farmers weekly gathering, as
it ought. ,7r9a i ,aea-
But let us see further, by comparison,
what are some of our blessings here in
the Atlantic States-here, especially, in
Maryland. In the first place, then we
are blessed with climate remarkably IA
vored in almost every regard which can
command the appreciation of the most
querulous,a even. however, we NAV be
troubled temporarilv now. When the
Bible characterizes as a ..goodly land ;"
one ..full of streams and running water
the great essential to fertility and pro-
duct;on-we are reminded of the terrible
wont of othor renntna forfun.to countries
wh;oh & y i.raaIr [ onmm.n "a .ha nre.suce and nj
favor ] Of msn(;nd' Anstral;a for instance
which % drawsan immense i'm mm;orat;on from
otber lands and wbereN EnoI;sh trav-