The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-09-13
A Rainy Day.
It lis q genuine rainy day-not show
cry, nor duh and drizzling -but there
is the sound of abundance of rain

is the sound of abundance of rain.
The thirsty ,th drinks up the rain,
And drinks and gasps for drink again.
1t is likely to have enough of it THE
time, Tor the windows of Heaven are
open, and at this rate, before night, the
dry ways will be turned into brooks
and the brooks into rivers.
Suppose there are some persons to
whom tn S rainy day is u great disap-
pointment; it interferes with their plans
and disturbs their appointments, But
to others it comes as u benedict'on it
is just the day for indoor work, we
have good excuse for not LEAVING the
house, and the weather is an etfectual
protection against the intruside or veX-
atious visitors. We can settle down to
our writing or reading, or whatever
else we have TO do, without the danger
of int Eruption, and this gives charm
to our work We are, of course, very
sorry for those who are not allowed to
stay within the doors, let the weather
| be as it may-for the milkmen, the
butchers. the bakers, the postmen and
others who must face the sto m. even
ii the rain comes down in torrents, but
then, they are used to it, and have long
| of their VOCATION.
We would not care TO live in region
where it seldom rained BY scientific
irrigation good crops may be made 10
grow, but the artificial ditch is u poor
| substitute for the rain. People want q
little vari " in the weather as they do
in everything else. We EN- oy things
oy contrast, and the long, driving sto IN
n
Gus when the sun comes out.
in the first place the ran washes the
atmosphere of its foul odors, sweeps
away into the river the decaying SUB
stan es which would breed pestience
on the land, replaces the stagnant wa
ters with the dews Of hea en-, and
furnishes TO man the only etfectual
material for IFS puriiicat on. One thing
which the rain does is to regulate the
temperature. Another function of tbs
rain is that of vivitier. Life would bt
impossible if there was no rain. \ ege
tation of all k nd would w,ther, beasts
and birds would die, and the habitatior
OF man would be desolate till an
other office of the rain is that of u fer
tilizer. " alter is the medium by which
all that goes to form the substance o
living things is brought into contac
with and assimilated by them. Tit
roots OF u tree may be imbedded in thu
richest soil, the warm sunshine msy
play upon its leaves, all thl
materials that are ind spensablC
to its growth may hover about it
but unlesss there is moisture to oper
,, the pores aud convey to it its iood, il
will soon die. The desert is such from
want of water; let the rain come, anG
after little while the wilderness vii
bloom with verdure Palestine was oncl
land flowing with milk and honey
it Is barren now because the rain has il
: O. eat measure ceased to falls
There are some mysteries about tn
rain which science has never fully re
solved. Sometimes we have what |
!, called very dry season-for weeks o
! months there is no ran, and yet the up
: per air must be full of moisture, for tn
: evaporation of the ocean is never sus
!, pended. There is all the alienation c
= :. heat and cold which is needed in orde
> to tho condensation of that Aosturi
!, but, from some cause, communicate
between the earth and the clouds seem
n = to be suspended But In any event Il
= satisfaction to know that men ca
: never stop the rain when the clouds al
- ready to empty themselves; if the
: could we should be at the mercy
~ hay-makers and excursionisls an
= coach proprietors. One of the profoun
: sayings that has come down to us fro
= antiquity is this: when II rains let
=, rain" We do well to accept this witt
y out qualification, for we doubt wheth'
]" It is in the power of man to regula