The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-01-24

Through ana becoming healthy''plllars
ofthe .cLurcii.'y-H ut I. .ai.- a.s
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JAsuAnr.-An old English legend
says:
81 l"When,l HIT grass grows in Japivc.rH
Ii grows the werss for all ihe.scar."
but this j, not soapplieable IN our coun.
try With its great scope ofclimste Tits
the boast Of British statcsmen that the sun
never sets on British soil. we may with
equal truth claim that, grass never ceases
to grow or. ours that Wills. wo are har-
'ys,ting "a crop Of ice in the tar north,
others otour countrymen are reyclling in
tihe products of the tropics, u s.9i
This, month is named from. the Roman
deity, Janus, who is represented with two
faces, ono of which looked, back over tho
old year, tho other forward to. tie new
hence has grown the common phrase to
express luplieity. The Roman year or
iginally commenced im March At firstit
had butitcn n,qnths,s, ill Nunia Pompiliu,,
who disd-t72, b. g added January and
February. Is,iss with US usually the
coolest month, from which springs the
adago: ~ 5air,z ~ q. r
's''7. g it!As the day lehgtlicns
a''i ayf Fothc cold strengthens" 59'
The FIRST Monday after Epiphany has
long been known among the pcasautry Of
rather:land as Plough, Alohday, and is
s,ilfotscrycd as an occasion Of cravivality'
IN former ,imes plcus h.men who then, in
Eagl,nd, were almost di..inct class Of
faru laborcr. (indeed such is still the
case, the several labors Of tho farm being
moro subdiyided and systematicslly adjus.
led than Giih us) kept lights burning be-
fore their fa,oritc sllrincs, in order to OBJ
tain q blessing on their ,lab:rs. The 25,h,
dedicated by old mother Church to tho
conversion of St. Paul. was in times pat
: arfayori.e day of observation With weather
prophets, ono Of whom predicts as fol-
lows: '-.'s f. .r
nlfSt. Paul's day is fairc, and cltarc,
ltdo,li bctydca happy ycare;
But II rcrclance 1t then should rainr, 4
~ twill make dear all kinds ofgrainc, w
And fJe clouds make dark ye skic,
THEN neate aud iowles This year shall dye"
So, sung our old Anglo Saxon ancestors,
br at any ratio such were the prejudicos
and opinions entertained by them. We
are more progressive tlian they, md have
no time to spend on conj,cturcs Of tile
weather, or stop 10 anticipate or ealculats
tho measure of,good or evil to grow ont Of
events which may never happen. Ours
is the better plan to arrange for the best,
quitc content to meet each emergency as
: It arises, conscious Of our ability 10 oru
) como disasters. as vol as profit by favor
able results. A true American in its
generic sense, be he born north or south,
is full Of expedicnts aud resources, he is
no. disheartened by temporary obstacles,
even disaster itself; docs not sit down and
NOPE il rust should strike his wheat, tue
Niro.morm attack his ncwly-planted corn,
or tho army worm bis cotton, but fortify.
ing himself With removed energy, sets to
work to remedy the evil as best he may;
picks tho flint ofrcsh, aud usually comes
outall right in the end. Neither Is he
content with simply making good the loss,
but with itquisi,ivc mind studies ont the
tntises 5f defects md losss, that he may
avoid them in the future il that be posi-
bic. So much for our American training.
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