Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-03-01
NeWsunper Law Declsio MS
March and Man.
An Analogy.

hiusterer. March. The months have
more than their share Of blusterers as
compared with men: there 10 not one.
twelfth of mankind who buster, but
March has the claim of consistency to
its credit, for it does not az rule
blow hot and cold" while most men
who do blow have that weakness.
March winds may be considered
natural when we reason by analogy,
for amongst men, when some decided
change is ABOUT to occur IL their mode
OF dolns things, VIZ are accustomed to
the display Of windy arguments, rea.
aonings ami excuses It must be done
to get over. ust "a It requires TEN
vests to arrange the e1ulhor'uh. be-
tween wintry blasts and sumner
.aphyrs. March winds are reliable
100. yo4 need not only re y upon
constant temperature. but they are
comparatively constant IL tEe'r d.
~ecslon and for vut, !: 40 other reason,
March shoul' not be too severely crit
lcisei by man. for March notifies your
norlh-wes. side that it had better keep
itself wea.herboarded while with
mar, one ia at loss to know whether
na will likely thrash you, sue you, or
ateal your chickens.
One bad thing against March ie,
hat like all other uncomfortable
things, it manages to make the most
Of itsel. and it is even charged against
i, that it wanted to borrow three days
of April which are thus described
The first it shall I've wind and weet
Tie next it shall I've shaw and slect
The third it shall lto sic a freeze
Shall gar the birds stick 10 the trees,
Now in this instance man has the
advantage of good intentions, for
whenever you find him desl, ons o!
adding davs TO the latter end of his
existence, it is usually under promise
that they will be pct 10 better pur
pose, while March is under q contract
70 go ont like lion" in spite Of
everything, always provided howev
er, that it comes in Ike lamb,
which proves that it is capab!s being
born innocent as lamb" and when
the end comes go about like rag
!ng lion, neither OF which things man
may 40.
By that excellence upon which we
can always rely IN matters governed
Ivy peEiec: material law, the time
will come when .he much abused
month will have been rid Of it's unfcr.
tunats peculiarties, for by the Pre-.
cession Of Equinoxes, our seasons
change and in something like $500.
years, March weather will have pass
Cd through every month OF the year
aud March will have besn tie season
Of frost and heat; seed time and bar,
vest and Of praise and complaint
In this, March can laugh at man
and bis jserlngs, Ter it has lease Of
life ahead of it tina. insures it an OPP
portunity Of change for the better,
while man does not usually live long
enough to change harsh and frigld
nature, nor likely would he make SC
radical change as will March have
made in about 5000 years, even had
ne an equal period Of time 10 which
20 accomplish it.
One highly preiudcial cbaracters-
tic of March is, that within it's family
of thirty-one, there is one. the fourth,
that does not recognize Sunday with
the regularity that it should.
Now, inasmuch as there is not ono
in every thirty-one amongst man,
who fails in that Observance, man can
consistently take advantage of the
Ease Of March, having the advantage
in the comparison, and he does so in
This country, calling very particular
attention to March's shortcomings by
selec,ing its fourth upon which to in
augurate our president, said ceremony
oot being considered as sscred and
august as the observances Of Sunday
shoald be.
rs % its name, it may be recogniz.
s. > =. tisle 'nnch mere readily Nan