Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
MARCH WEATHER.
ny KArr THORN
New York weekly


ttNtlN hpuN duuNtS Miu0n,
| Mud, fog, rain, wind, freckes
| But March is a Jolly old MONTH not
withStanding all its dra ShaCks, and the
calandar would not be complete
without it.
Let it rain who cares Were used to it.
Let il blow it will be a change And rs
for mud, why, it has been so long since
the world saw anything else underfoot but
mud that most of as have forgotten how
the solid ground would look
| March is the month when very import
ant events generally trnspire.
! In New England many of the royal
elections are held, and the man who burns
with patriotic ardor TO serve his country
/ as q selectmau of the town, or mayor Of
| highways, has his happiness and import
auce made o. married.
In March the thrifty housewife lies
awake nights and lays her plans for
Yueezing the money for new sitting
room carpet out of her helpless and in
nocently snoring partner She plans how
she will turn the old carpet and darn the
I thin places, and make it do duty in the
children room; and she makes out the
spring campaign of house-ceaning, and
/ says 10 herself that she will make that
same helpless and innocent partner of hers
| get up early mornings and pound the
carpets, and thus save five dollars for a
new set of hangings for the diniag room
/ bay-window.
In March most of the peachbuds are
ruined by the cold weather, and we know
\ that next summer peaches will be very
scarce and high a. usual, Also the fact
that there will be no ice this year, be-
comes assured in March; and the young
man who isa tayorite with the girls felic-
liates himself in consequence, and begins
TO have rose-eolored visions Of a bank &C
count No ice, no ice-cream bills
In March the churches are gay with new
bonnets, and everybody goes TO church.
The heart of the discouraged minister is
renewed he feels that the interest is in
creasing and so it is in millinery
Last years maple sugar, warmed over
with the bottom Of sundry molasses casks,
appears in the market labeled, Pure
maple sugar this year, run. Trailing
arbutus ten cents q bunch, is sold by red
fingered street gamius at every windy
corner.
Horses are shedding their old hairs and
everybody who rides or drives Is plastered
with them Oranges IRE a little sweeter
than they were The crop of frozen ba-
nanas is about all disposed Of
! Somebody has heard a robin, and some
/ body else feels sure that he saw a blue
/ bird. Ginghams are in the shop windows.
The baseball grounds are being cleared
Iup. Thirty householders take of their
storm-doors. and have the painter comes
up and calculate what he will charge for
giving the capboards two coats.
Pansies and snow-drops appear in many
places
The wind blows, and new developments
in skirts and hosiery may be looked for
| Green and brown wells shroud the face Of
beauty Freckle washes are in demand
and prices look up, Hats are continually
blowing or Sign-boards creak in the
breeze LA Grippe is a thing of the
past, we trust, but It's twin sister, bad
| cold is everywhere present
| The skies are blue as those OF June when
/ the clouds allow the color to show through
I The sun is warm and genial, and the days
are growing 80 long that the evenings are
no longer intermixabe, and one ceases TO
wonder what shall be done to pass the time
between dark and bedtime,
! We know that winter is over. We are
looking forward to spring. We all feel
like writing poems on 1t, but fortunately
we refrain, and only in our hearts we say
again and again, Welcome! Wei
come! Welcome Beautiful spring.