The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-03-24
MARCH.
porrsy AND PROVERBS or rus~ MONTH";.

The annual circuit OF our planet ha,
brought round again what should, &C
-cordimg to the almanac, DO the first o
spring With dis,rssrd for his Get Oh
legations tho almamacs- which
the clerk Of the weather is NOTED, Il !.
not yet spring, although the siernncs,
of al winter is pcrccptibly modified by
his seat in the Flap OF spring." tits moi
the purpose to pursue these preliminary
observations further. Preliminary Oh
ecrvations are usually skipped, yet some.
thing must be done to start off with
Even locomotive that rapid cleavei
of spacc rings the bell, blows the wills.
tie aud gives few preliminary puiss AT
the start. All preliminaries being thus
gone through with, We open the Free
Press usual budget Of poetry and prov
cribs for the month with the fancics Of
that ever to be respected old special ar
list" Pcacham-
tured IN a "tawny dress, with fierce as
poet; a helmet upon his head. to show
that he is dedicated u Mars, his father !;
the sign Aries in MS right hand; lean
ing upon spade; in his left hand al
mond blossoms and scions, and upon his
ann basket full of garden seeds.
Phillips, who was not servilely led by
other people, had ideas ofhis own about
March. He would distinguish this brus-
que herald of spring by a birds n, st en-
cirl ii by garland Of amygdalus.
Phillips was inclined to be botanical, if
not pedantical. He meant garland OIL
the almond.
THAT blooms OH lcafess beugh,"
As il is in the habit so we are told o.;
putting forth its blossoms even before
the leaf buds have deckcd the boughs
with vcrtlurc.
March is robnstious, pcrrivig eyed,
braggart sort ola month. IL is, after all.
. salutary discipline that it forces no to
undergo. March, to quote Shakespeare.
---l.kc the tyranncus breathing ofthe
North,
Check, all our buds from blowing.
Blpslcrcr as he is, and questionable as
j. the shape he comes in, his proper
m );to evidently woull be:
Il must be cruel only to be kind"
In March the first Of the wild flowers
put IN their appearance. Beside some
sheltered wayside spring may be seen
1.-The earliest blossoms of the year.
The sweet briar and the violet"
The birds too or rather the advance
scouts Of the fcathered tribc-come du-
biously aud shivering 10 reconnoitre, to
zee if indeed Winter has surrendered ]
his sway over the land.
1t were waste Of time to relate from
whence the month derived its name, or
to speak about the elton and"-no more
begin we at once with the unhackneyed I
proverbs Of the month.
And first this, which is evidently q
rather forced metaphor in one resm ct,
but rather true as to the average weather:
Three days sunshine
To ono days rain,
The heights and depths 6
OF grace makes plain.
The next is OF consequence and SEEM
ingly sclf-assured:
Much snow in March the orchardist
alarm:
Unto the fruit trees they forbode great
harm.
The fogs Of March are also prophetic 1
The fogs Of March have in their train
For the coming summer much rain.
Grouping all the spring months,
though owing to the exigcncics Of rhyme
not in order, together, We are Informed !.
that:
March, May, April, =
Dry. cool and wet, II
The barn will fill,
The cellar full yet.
This, Of course, is barbarous as poetry, n
but AS provcrb first class, unique.
OF the dust Of March that so vexes a
tidy housewives, this Cor consolation: p
The dust Of March, Of dust is chief
1t brings the earth both grass and leaf :
The propensity Of this month to bois. G
terously raise the elements al some time
IL set forth in this manner: b
Like a crafty scorpion March will bring.
Either first or last his poisonous sting.
or the above. it may be objected that
poisonous sting" is rather strong ex- G
preston to use of March. Go out. good
sir, into genuine March gale : chase.
mayhap, your flying hat, or work your h
wcarisomc way against the wind and if
no strong expressions come to your lips,
strong temptations to utter them will n
only be kept down by strong determine j,
ton.
Ofparticular days, there Is not much :
note made Of March.
The tenth being, according to the Ro-
man calender, the Gay Of the Forty oil
Knights (thcrc is chance here for but Isl
VIC forcgo il: look at the orthography),
this rather dismal outlook is asserted:
For forty nights the frost will STAY,
When i Ircezcs OH Forty Knights day.
Of tic soy cntcenth- historic annivcr-
sary whose memory Is ever kept green S
> This: o
Win'ry hard frost on Patrick's day? y
Forty more lays will winter stay. u