Sharp County record., 1891-11-12
TIE GOOD or RAIN
Some rftlrs BLESSINGS That Come with ths
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When We complain Of fhp rain as we
TOO often DO Fl 70 be continuous 0r fn-
tsrfere with 0ur plans and pleasures.
we are showing q poor comprehension
nf the vavs ~ nature of IFS rraselpss
heuefcence and of FITS wise purpose.
herhaps we are showing also great
want ~ the love 1f beauty. f1rfhere is
"a wonderful beauty I'm the grav cone of
"a low-hunp sky in the soft down-slip-
pinpof silver ~showersagainstther Green:
and there is besides % rare avhlara-
lion 70 be found in the wild wiud-Nlowu
rushing and pouring of the aaster'v
gale with the low bending and swing
ing and beating of sinping b0uphs and
the keen crying 0f the blast IT it
would only rain and be done with it'"
one evclainns. "Tt 10 vould do an its
aiming in the nightr' cries mother
The one ignorant that because of the
colder air much mere rain does fan in
the NIGHT and both with strange refer
aucr 20 that imDersonal agency 'Tt' I'm
their language Yet the VARYING free
1urnr~ 0f showers IS thing aftersll,
much more agreeable both as 20 dust
and vegetation than long periods 0f
rain and drought would be-. and The
Vhut-i7. eeciusion Of m occasional day
NJ steady dowu-r0uring and the seer-
.ng familiarity with nature which we
feel when loolring ont at her without
her full -egalia of sunshine and blue
sky, are both a part 0f pleasant eyper-
ieucp
But 7nart from the external heautv
or from The domesticitv Of Life on
rainy dav there Is q follv-to call it no
worse-iu impugning the arrangements
Of nature which should rive the grusit-
Ter pause, II view Of it's uses
and the facts Of its design does
not The childishness of Struggling
ones shoulders NJ the inevitable At the
movements Of power outside and be-
voud us, and NOT in any way 20 be
reached by u.s. Is so evident that it
would seem rs II anv who had arrived
8t Years 0f discretion should 10
ashamed 0f H. { we do not like
climate. rainy or otherwise. of caprici-
ous or Of settled weather. we are at
liberty 10 change it let MS strike our
tents and 90 clsewhpre We are poor
incapable dolts bound and chained by
circumstances instead of mastering cir
cumstauce. If we can NOT ret away;
and so q decent self-respect should OBJ
lige MS 20 he silent
When we see the vanor-lader atlnos-
pherc depress our own systems cause
The swclling Of tissues so that Joints
and hard muscles and corns and cal
louses, unahlct 70 stretch ont with tho
rest. can only ache. when we see 70 act
on the nervous organization ~ All brute
beings making them dull and lethargic
for want Of oxygen so that COWS low
and horses whinnv, and sheep shelter
themselves where they can. The mir an
the time too heavy TO hold up the fall
ing smoke, and when we see this mois-
ture in the atmosphere rust the stoves.
the copper and zinc vessels. nothing hut
0iling and so shutting ont The direct
touch ~ the atmosphere hinderinp It,
gold and platinum being the only OBJ
iects Of the sort uuiniured by the
lampness. which dulIs lead and tar.
nishee silver chen we should know iu-
stinctively that it is better for The rain
10 gather and condeuse and iall and
thus dissipate and discharge and put m
end 20 that form ~ injury, Than 10 hang
informed and I'm n condition almost
as different from The blessed rain
as ahe soil That makes The Fowp~ ia
different FROM the Hower 'he fow-
r~ .D which he constituents n
he rain return 20 the unlight
For NOT only docs The rain
by dissolvlup the earthly and fert0izing
substances around plants r0ots at-
fordpd 10 uourishmeut but 70 directly
contributes % the plants substance
both carbonic acid and ammonia Even
in the form of snow 70 is Invaluable, for
the snow beinga very poor conductor
~ heat causes The earth 10 l,eeD what
heat it already has shutting Il IN NJ
coat 81 ermine would while The rara
homie acid which 70 CARRIES peuctrates
me sod and vivides and rnrches 70
Tint mighty poet who wrote The Book
N Joh lnew weil what he was talking
about when he told ~ The treasures ~
the snow And on the Iarver scale
pouriuv in tropical PARALLELS into the
rivulets and lakes nj the s0urces 0f
yreat rivers. such ne The Nile and the
Amazon. in what vast sheets N iodd-
bearing, fe'vivinc richness it over.
lows the plains and Affords superb fer.
tlity md rlenteous harvests And rain
ISL moreover the treat purifying AGENT
n Tho earth. ~ wind is ~ the air wash.
ing ont stagnent places cleansing
ditches leaving SWEET what WAS foul,
and carrying an flth away 70 brool,s
and rivers md sens 10 miugle with m
inHnity ~ other drops till all that Ia
niurious Il ahstrscted and precipitat@d
and lost llarner's Reyar
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