The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-18
March. what his BROTHERS and
sisters Think Of Him.

sisters Th1nR Oh lAiIn
BY Mary A. Parsons.
aHear the wind blow, mamma"
ayes. It's regular March weather. He's
q registering fellow"
aThat! Is March a man
aNo, no. We only ployso.n
HOhi I'll tell you whatll be splendid.
You tell 4 story about the months, and
have 'em persona
aWell, they must be the months rs We
know them in our Northern land. remem-
Der. Down South they shcw very dif-
ierent faces.a
sAil right. Begin the story"
aYou know that each year, except one
in every four, Is 8 tribe longer than 500
days. Well, once In that few hours rest
ali the months, except March, who had
gone TO prepare himself for HE journey,
AIT around the fire in Father Times big
hall, and criticised the absent brother,
quite "a II they were real people.
aEebrnary, who came IN lsst-a little
fellow he w~as-dressed in furs, as were
the other winter months, began the talk
BY calling March an upstarL'
aSaid January, In adeep bass voice and
with a commanding look, rs became the
leader Of them all He Is lacking in dig
nifty,
In him either asserted December, who
was lightly ringing 4 chime OF Christmas
bells and thinking Of holly boughs and
Santa Claus.
aApfil spoke next. She wore, very
appropriately, gray waterproof cloak;
bnt her white hat oil lleecy lace and deli
cate blue veil made her look very iaunty,
aHe,s a boisterous, brawling fellow BE
torments the very heart out Of me !" AMI
she burst into tears.
atAnd / believe you pelulantly re-
marked May, lovely in light'green robes,
with acrown Of yiolets and swelling buds.
Then you have the sulks and forget my
buds, 80 they get behind hand, with TOO
much shade. Why will you notice the
teszipg e,eaturer
aJune waved her garland Of roses a.
she said, proudly and unsympatheticaily,
Tcannot understand an Uneven temper,
like his!
@tso dirty he Ia, tool hotly broke out
July, who was dressed in delicate gauze,
with brilliantly tinted flowers about her:
a.Hei Is beneath my notice IA plebeiahp
languidly remarked naughty August, eat.
ing 4 peach, as he reclined on . gra@y
bank, with his Panama hat lying beside
him.
spect 10 him-asfar of "a ! can get! This
vas Septembers cutting allusion 70 the
fact Thai, In the circle In which the months
march, these two stand opposite each
other. september's suit Of green was
faded; but be carried aprofusion OF fruits
and continually ate from punches OF lus.
cious grapes, ill one OF the other months
tartly reminded him that he would make
himself Ill.
aiI don't see how March can enjoy .
life with so little beauty In IT, remarked
October, meditatiyely gazing 1t 4 branch
he held, gorgeous with red and yellow
leaves. He was an artist, and his robe,
loosely belted, looked a II he had tried
mis- TlGnehtCQlVI5 w AZ " mtASA WSASe
golden, red, green, and brown.
ENoyember, in = heavy gray oyereoat,
was especially eyere 10 his judgment.
tHes got no backbOnef
rsomebody Uttered, and wondered II .
turkeys would answer; At which sally
November froWned sothat his heavy gray
eyebrows met, a. he said, bitipgiy:
'atFfrst he freezes, then be thaWs; blust-
erine abont all the WHILE
atBut you have the Indian summer
s~neerinsly remarked December.
H.IYhat II l hAvef iercely exclaimed
November. That Isn't March weather,
should hope. And then comes my hard,
dull, bitterness Of eold,' with which !
gradually cool of things, go you can't do
them . mischief,
HAt5 this retort December gave . long,
low whistle and ratified his ice-bound
epear. These tokens Of coming storm
disQusted the warmer months. May and
June Shivered with dread and dismayi
heat lightning darted from July's eyes
and there was 9 low, eontemptu0uS grow
Of thunder from August. There would
have been { general quarrel, begun With
speaking evil Of the absent and endingir
mutual reproaeh and reerimination ,wher
the door opened, and Father Time came
aHe glanced kssnly about and III