Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-23
Letters from the Shore-The Drouth-
Crops-Yacht Races-War
and Peace.

leled'summer. Isothermal lines have
swayed this season from the borders
of the tropics up over us. The earth
liz season cracked. Even the sound,
Long Island Sound, from our hill
looks dusty. The farmers are fod-
dering to keep their cattle from star
walton. The hills look as though
they had been dried in an oven. 1t
is five weeks the 9th Of August since
we had a slight shower 1t is three
months since we had any consider
able rain--l mean since the first of
May. The hay crop along the sea-
board, is in quantity, about two
thirds what it has been for three
years past; but good farmers think
it will spend as well as our larger
crops, which had more rain and less
sun. Potatoes are very light, | am
told, but exceedingly good. Corn
appeared the best the middle of July
that it has for generation, but the
dry weather is telling on it now
The other day | went through, what
is called large piece here, namely,
5 acres, and | found that in spots the
hills stood completely wilted, as if
the stalks were severed from the
root. Of course it argued shallow
soil in those places. Fruit, apples,
pears, peaches, are abundant but
small, owing to the dry weather.
Huckleberries, which are the most
substantial of all the New England
small fruits and by far the most val
liable because of their commences,
are this year cut off-a thing that
has never been since my recollection
before. The pastures and woodland
borders have always been black with
them in August, and children and
women and old men have always
found employment and money in
gathering them. They were the
poor mans fruit but the dry season
has shrunk the crop to mere nothing.
The heat is intense, people from
southern ATTITUDES complain of it, but
the air is dry and good health gen.
orally prevails. By intense heat |
mean that the thermometer rises
around 80 every day and the earth
is warmed down into the wells
Speaking of wells, they are giving
out, except the deep ones. Is MT
that an argument against being shall
low? The earth is fast becoming ar
ash heap. You can't step into the
highway without raising a cloud Of
dust, aud those are the only kind OF
clouds that our eyes are bIest with
The sky above us is glass and there is
no water in it.
The Creator must hear an unceas.
ing murmur from his subjects these
dry hot days. But he has heard it be.
fore when it has been wet and W hen
it has been cold. There are murmur
iDgs under all skies. In good time
the rains will come. Let us possess
our souls with patience.
The great topics here now next tC
the remarkable weather are the wal
in Europe and our Internationa
yacht races. The most of our PEG
pie take a neutral position. Two
such nations as France and Prussi,
are abundantly able to take care o
themselves, or ought to be, and a.
they have nothing to fight about W,
have no sympathy 10 waste. 1t is {
quarrel Of monarchs, and good repub
licans have no business to take sides
But if the liberty of the people was
to be gained or lost then we might
becomingly exercise ourselves
What q good providence it would b,
if the empire bubble could be prick
ed aud France could be set free. |
would be we'll for our people to re az
over school history Of the Revolu
tionary war before taking side
against France in anything wherein
she may loose honor. We owe
debt to France of love and gratitude
We owe more. France alone of al
the Old World has had faith in on
experiment, and in her efforts Il
follow it you know how cruelty tn
fates have been against her. Tn
Vaccinations of surrounding mon
archs have quite as much to do wit
her failures as have the excuses c
her own people. Let US be ready I
help France the instant she is read,
to receive our help. No one blame
Prussia for defending her border
against Napoleon, and success t
German unity we say. But Franc
we cannot see Inundated
Beware beware lest you too long
Pursue your foe you may not stay
| The scale that holds the right and wrong
In battle vibrates-where twill stay
You cannot argue. In Gods sight,
Where Justice takes her final flight
Is clear but not in yours. Be
You stand defensive and secure.
AS to the ocean yacht races, every
body wonders how two vessels, ia
king courses several degrees of lati
tude apart, without once seeing eacl
other from the start, could hav
crossed the Atlantic Ocean only on
hour apart. The Cambria, to b
sure, has the victory, but it is a bar
rem victory, for sympathy natural,
attaches itself to the yacht that los
in such a contest. 1t demonstrate
nothing but that the northern pas
sage is better than the southern a
this season of the year. In the rae
for the Queens cup, which took plae
on Monday, the DauntleSS proved tn
better yacht. Nine yachts came il
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