The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-03-04

WATER WATER, WArrg!-Ycrily Il
seems rs If MI animated nature had been
dissolved IN water and poured upon the
earth again IN that form. Water every
where. The roads and streets are full OF
gulllcs, and hundreds Of channels where
the ground was smooth before. Ponds
became lakes and r~lvulets put on the airs
drivers. Boiling Fork, that Is generally
content to meandcr without much ado
past orr town, barely furnishing, at
long Intervals, n hole deep enough for the
linny tribe to disport within, suddenly
became cnragcd, put on II murky face and
fuincd and roared rs II some great drama
was to be enacted. And higher still the
waters rose, sweeping round Oehmig's
Mil that has for so many years stood like
Il sentinel upon the main entrance into
town, and threatening to bear it away up
on It's tnrgid swollen bosom despite the
puny efforts of man to save. 1t was
Il wonder that the bridge was not
swept away. Poor old, tumblc-down
thing-we cSn but revere it in It's
solemn decay. We bless it for the
good it has done, and give it credit for
more stability than we thought it pos
sesscd. But, it may be the water took
pity on it. 1t seems so, for after tearing
down its rock abutment, 1t left the frame
work swinging to and fro, n picture or az
ony and fear, us II to say to the lockers
on, Go tell your County Court | am on
the ragged edge of despair;' | am about
to fill II watcry grave, and unless some
thing Is done quite soon to repair
and strengthen my shattered, worm
out body, you shall behold me no
more forever. And the mad waves splash
ed by in scorn to grapplc with S weak a
thing, and left the bridge of sigls" to
the tender mcrcies of our County Court.
What II they do with it? is the next
question in order. win they patch it up
as Il sort of trap for unslspccting travel
ers to get baptized without faith, or will
they make 1t what it ought to be--a good,
substantial bridge? We shall see.
Yes. we have had rain enough to do for
awhile. We suppose that all is for the
to say, if considerable dam
age has been done to individuals. the gen
cral effect will be for good, whether that
good is apparent or not. We cannot
think of a single law in nature that does
not bring misery to the few while bcne-
fitting the many. And 50 1t is with rain.
Is Il good thing. We all sigh for it in
sultry summer weather. But an old
friend OF ours from the mountain said to
the other dry that too much of Il good
was worse than none. And he
told us that the like on the noun
tain was never seen before. The waters
into the mountain gorges and
rushing down with an lmpetuous-
that bid defiance to everything in
their path. Rocks weighing several tons
were forced from their moorings and car
ricd hundreds of yards, and some to the
valley below. But, we have heard of no
damage in our county. True,
.cnccs have been washed away, leaving
ields Of wheat exposed to stock, mills
lave been partly submerged so that no
could be done, now and then Il
.niik-honse has been set adrilt, and I'M
streams have kept people at
ZONE, Beyond this. we are glad to say
no damage has been done. We wish
other sections of our county could
give rs favorable Il report.