Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-04-23
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An AMI or an not Amif

"AE1 AMI or am not Ami
FL am Ami, then sOAsre smIf"
Who will tell me? Old P rob has been
so busy oss-questioning the thermome-
ter and barometer that he has utterly
confused them, and broken down their
former reputation as good and true wit
nessess. If Fullerton could deal with
Beecher as successfully as Old Prob has
with these witnesses for the weather
there wouldn't be the ghost of chance
for ever knowing whether he told the
truth b or not
The Mahoning Valley used to be in the
temperate zone, where the four seasons
of spring, summer, fall and winter fol-
lowed each other in regular and beautiful
order, so that the robin and blue-bird
knew when to come and begin their
spring work of love and family cares;
and when the almanac told US boys that
April had put in an appearance we knew
it was safe to ask mother to let US pull
off shoes and stockings, so that we could
cut and run and skip and jump over the
warm ground. and green, new gras like
so many young kids. Then, too. we knew
that we might fill our pockets with mar
bles of all sizes and qualities, and don the
chip hat. and feel that there was not a
square yard of ground or sidewalk be-
tween home and the school-house but
was dry enough for our knees to rest up
on while the game of "Keeps" went
bravely OF. And then our big sister
would have her flower beds all made and
well stocked with bulbs and seeds long
before the Goth of this month; while pa
ter-famiiias would have his garden made
and some of the earlier forms of ''sass'
breaking above ground.
But now, in this year of 1875, the
whole thing is changed; and one cannot
help asking whether he is in the same
valley2 The times are evidently out Of
joint. April has fooled US all the way
from the first to the present. Snow sew
eral inches deep; thunder, lightning,
wind. rain, hail, snow. mud, frozen
ground, all huddled together and pitched
about this valley as recklessly as an Ohio
Legislature investigates, proves guilty.
whitewashes and boxes up its noble Co
horts of "reformsrs" and labels them "in--
nocent-onlY in fun !"
Well, what do you propose to do asout
it? Nothing. But if the house-keepers
who believe in the almanac, and who.
therefore, know when CRATES ought to be
shut up, and stoves moved out, and
house cleaning declared an accomplished
fact; or the young women who know
just as well as the crocusses do, when II
is time to put on their brilliant spring
blooms, and so charm the eye of every
beholder, if either ofthese could just now
lay their delicate little fingers on the head
of Old Prob, someth ing would be done,
and done SO thoroughly, that we wouldn't
give continental for all the natural C Ov-
ering that would be left on that veners-
BILE p ate.
THE CHILDREN's HOME.
Rev. DR.. A. G. Byers, of Columbus,
spent last Sabbath in town, occupying ,
the pulpit OF the Presbyterian church in
the morning, and OF the Disciple church
in the evening. His object was to advo-
cate the necessity and economy of pro-
viding for the homeless little ones, they
being the only needy class not provided
for by the State. The Doctor is the best
pested man IN the State on this subject,
and certainly neither the poor children.
nor The taxpayer can ask for better a1'
vocaie His heart seems twice as big as
his body while hls,sympathles how out in
a mighty food and embrace every form
Of helpless and suffering humaniiyi and
his facts make clear as day the economy
of providing Homes" for NE neglected
little ones, where they can be clothed,
and fed, and taught, and made industri-
Gus, productive, tax-paying citizens, in
stead of growing up to become lifelong
paupers and criminals, and the OccasiunsHl