The Magnolia gazette., 1872-12-21
rbe wca,bc,,----T,he Bain.

The wcather---TheI Rain.
The past few days have been anything
but pleasant. The weather--well, it has
been wet-verya wet and we are almost,
ready'to hazard the assertion that we have
had no weather at all--nothing bnt rain,
rain, rain. Monday, the rain descended
very slowly, for the reason that 1t was just
starting, aud didnt want to get too fast in
the beginning, and observed the modern
proverb, "go slow p but it travelled fast
enough to put our streets in very slippery
condition, after having been so onicely dress
ed, under the careful supervision of Marshal
Swan. Tuesday, the rain still continued;
and the speed of its descent was increased,
or, in other words, the rain was falling q
little faster, and produced a very percepti
BILE amount Of soft dirt in the streets ;-to
be plain, we mean mud. Thursday, the rain
came down at the rate Of about l:2%. It
had got good start by this time, and we
could see no reason why it should not have
had for it had been on the way about three
days. Yes, it came down in torrents, and
continued its downward tendency Thursday
night. The Little Tangipahoa was boom.
ing" She spread out her watery sheets
little too far, and it occurred to us she was
too expansive, and wanted to cover too
mnch Of terra frma and, if possible, ac-
quire an historic name in the way Of get
ting up flood in this part of our moral
vineyard And while the rushing waters
Of this river were on their way to the sea,
there to mingle and mix with the waters
Of many rivers, we thought often about our
friend Noah, how safely his little boat carried
him over the face Of the waters, and when
the water subsidized, landed him on the very
tip,top of Mount Ararat, where he turned
all his animals loose, to @root, hog, or die -
and some of them are roofing yet. In case,
however, of a deluge, we didn't want to
land on Mount so far away it would have
been bad travelling, under the present cir
cumstances, to have gotten back to the GA
zETTE Office. Es
We like water--sometime I; but we don't
like too much of a'good thing at once. A
little water, now and then, is very refresh
ing for the inner man. "You know how il
is, yourself" It is also good for the outer
man, used in connection with a good article
of soap, and applied with good scrub OF Z
coarse towel. twill remove the small part
cles of terra 6rma from the surface quicker
than anything we know Of; aud we speal
whereof we know. Our experience extends
only to the towel we have never tried th'
scrub, but we imagine 1t would be power
: fully effective in the work Of removing thos
4 familiar particles Of mother Earth that some
times have such an attachment for the hu
man being We recommend this .modu
!. operandl to all persons who wish to reliev
] themselves of the surplus weight sometime
: produced by this earthly attachment.
d But we have departed from our aqueou
G subject, and therefore hasten to return.-
The great amount of water that has bee
on hand during the wet week about draw
= ing to an eternal close, has been very abund
ant, and actually glutted the market. TIL
supply has been incalculable and on. th
: principle of supply and demand, thefornl
I er could-not be estimated, and the latte
I" was not worth d copper.
: 8But hold on awe.ate a little too fast
. We have just OWNED the cause of the Who'll
= affair. Barnum's whale will be at 0syka
. next Monday, and we verify believe MI
I'D Barnum has made arrangements with th
clerk Of the weather to furnish him q fey
d showers, that his favorite fish from th
o ocean---his whale--may have plenty Of ws
rs ter to spIurge in, as he travels through th
le country. Wewouldlike to see Mr.. Barpur
le and his whale, but We would not like to b
,e drowned in the attempts; therefore, if Bal
&. nun has any influence with the clerk ofth
. weather and the Signal corps Of the Unite
AZ States, he had better have the rain cease
r.. for a while, at leasts d e A
"a Here, the "devil enters the ssnctun
~ and repeats, in mechanical style, that of
repeated word of two syllables, "cOpy !
This imperative demand brings our articl
= to an abrupt conclusion.
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T. " A. splendid assortment Of Toys an
g, Christmas Presents, just received at
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ie We direct attention to this gentleman
70 advertisement, in another column. He dea
K in proeeries. fruits and cigars. and eau