The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-04
RAIN FALL ESTIMATED.
Amos Drlnton's Opinion on the Temper
ance Question.
Communicated.

After studying the history Of The land
that the City oi Wilmington Is ou, con
slider 1t favored land for The benefit Of
mankind, and we may say it is the garden,
not of Eden but of tho Lord. Let not
4 this generation or my coming generation
do anything to cause themselves " be lriv.
eniout, or 70 have thslSavlor Of mankind
weep over any bal actions liko he did over
Jerusalem when on earth. But coming
down to the present time and seeing tho
many great blessings wo receive, 1t Is
proper for us to be thankful for tho part
that our Heavenly Father Is taking for
the supplying Of our many wants.
Away back toward the beginning OF time
It wa, said in Holy writ: Wash thou and
be clean" and to all earthly Appearances
that God of Love, our Heavenly Father ill.,
tends to do his part for his dependent chill
dren Of the present day In tho way OF clear
water.
After hearing Tho grumbiing of our
farmers and others in New Castle County
about the failure Of tho springs and wells
on the account of dry weather or the alb
sonca Of rain the lust year, for my own sat
tsfacticn l took tho pains daily to note IN
my diary tho amount of rain that fall each
day as follows:
In April tho rail- fall was 1.10 inches;
May the rain fall was six sand clcven-
sixteenth inches; June it was three and
One,eighth inches; July ten nnd one
sixteenth inches.
It cleared up Saturday afternoon about
five o'clock with u heavy hail storm. Some
Of the balls OF snow and ice were over ono
inch thick.
A little calculation tells the amount OF
wator falling from tho clouds since Tho
first of April 1897 to last Of July 1897, TAX
Enp the calculation from tho Court House,
which Is near the centre of the city limits,
Of ten SQUARE miles, wo have about twenty
thrue hundred tons Of Water to tho acre
= and $40 acres to the square mile, which ID
I,6l2, 600 tons and ten square iniloS when
will make tho sum uf henr fltteon million.
ono hundred and twenty thuu&nd tors
all told and to tho reasonable MIND there
should have been enough rain water in
the city limits to make vegetation and tree
life green and iiouriahins- and water IN
abundance to keep our eiiy streets clean
and clear of filth.
The great Creator has done bis part,
now comes the part Of our fair daughters
md mothers OF ths blue hens chickens OF
the time, with their white ribbon baaso.
over a puro heart, with the assistance OF
Small, n converted drunken Lawyer, and
Jim Smith a converted prize lighter, aud
tho ladies thai compose the party W tho
temperance crusade expect snDn 10 open
tho eyes of the people OF Wilmington 30
they will DO better acquainted with wator
Drinking aud tis0 less whiskcy ANA bser.
Ihave often thought in my humble way
why II was that SO mnny churches and
fine we'll fed ministers OF the Gospel and
their largo congregations OK proteSseu
Christians should lot those saloons got
such u hold on our city IL they are 80 bad AZ
reportcdY But I am now beginning TO SEQ
that the reverend gentleinon of our church
es care moro for good sNary than thSy
ORre to insult Il man who sells or drinks IN
the saloons. Thars Is very few OF MS who
wish TO do anything that will stop our
grog or shorten our rattons aud l suppose
that is the roasoH our reverend friends say
or DO so little to break up the liquor sra,llc
but send of and get Mr. Sam Small Il
well educated man who Is perfect!y &c
Quainted with the sorrible effect thns drink
ing spirituuus liquor had on him until he
became u christian and follower OF the
Lord Jesus. Christ, and is Iow.s neither
ashamed nor afraid to tell 1t anywhere.
The same may be said of Mr. Smith the
reformed prizs fighter who tells tho ex.
perience OF his crimes and his change OF
heart on becoming a christian, and the
glory of the change and tho JOY OF being u
christian, he Is NOT ashamed or afraid to
tell and stand up for the rights of his
fellow men and women. But our ministers 8
of the gospel are such towards they are
afraid to open their mouths, about temper
Rnce or anything elso that will intorfere
with their salary. so they oan swim other
people can 60 to hell.
l learned this in my childhood tho
wicked shall be turned into hell with all
the nations that forget God"
AMOS G.. BEIST0N,