The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-18
THE SEASON

The "oldest inhabitant" who
comes to the front and declares thai
the winter and spring of so or '6(
or any other year bore any resem
blance to the past winter and pres
ent spring, will be promptly and
certainly shot. There never have
been any such winters and springs
in Salt Lake as the last and the
present. That is to say. never
since the time within the
memory or history of man.
But hold Perhaps this assertion
embraces too much, is too far-reach-
ing. 1t may be that in that pre-.
glacial period when Judge Mcbride
broiled and ate his frugal meal of
Yenison on the site of the Temple
Block and was lulled to repose by
the soothing, sonorous yelp Of the
ferocious coyote, there were similar
seasons. If so, there will be a pro-
portiOnate Ietraction of the
above assertion. The times and
seasons are all out of joint
The Edmunds bill is di-
rectly chargeable with the dislo-
cation of the one, whether comets.
Mother Shipton, the Jeanette ex-
petition or other thing or circum-
stance is responsible for the other.
Ordinarily. spring is here in all her
glory before the middle of April,
early March frequently sees shoot
ing buds and spring blossoms, and
in May there is burning
summer. Three months of solid
winter, including the cold
est January and February
noted in the signal service records,
have been followed by two months
or ordinary Utah winter weather
with its cold rains, snow, frosts,
mud and other disagreeables. There
is grumbling on all sides, and all
manner Of complaints and fault
findings are made to whom or what
nobody knows. But if people would
reflect moment, they would under
stand that the weather we have
been enjoying or suffering,as the case
may be, is the very best that could
be provided for the season, assuming
that the remainder of the. year will
be correct and regular in its meteor
illogical department. early springs"
almost invariably mean disaster to
grain, garden and orchard. Warm
weather in February and March is
next to certain destruction of
peaches and stone fruits, as the
swollen tender buds are caught by
late frosts. Great as is the loss of
the fruit crop it does not COM
pare with the loss incurred
through a light yield of grain
and vegetables; and this latter
is the assured consequence of
the too early coming of summer
heat. While seeding has been de-
layed somewhat this year, the deep
SHOWS in the mountains are re-
tanned, making certain larger and
longer continued supply of water
for the late summers irrigation.
The crop outlook for the year is
more promising than ever before,
and all because of this 'abominably
lorrid weather" that interferes so
leartlessly with the comfort of the
corner leafer and that other
product of America, the tramp.
Those of US who are hurting male
lictions dire and dreadful on the
innocent head of the weather clerk,
and denouncing the elements as
if not vicious, should re-
iect moment and then conclude
that nature seems bent on befriend-
ing Utah in 1882, whatever adverse
course the politicians and
alleged statesmen may pur-
sue. Bounteous crops are gle
riouS things to counteract the
evil effects from EdmundS laws;
well-flled bins will show a bad
in mellower light.
Where there is plenty there will be
prosperity and more than likely
peace also. We confidently expect
1882 to eclipse all predecessors in
the matter of large crops, and shall
give the "bad weather" credit for
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