The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-07-25
THE MONTH OF JULY.

The month Of July is thei subject of
discourse by m editorial writer on Tie
Springfield Mass Republican. Here is
. what he he says;
In the midst of the dividing month Of
summer. when the trees and the shru( 6,
the ferns the pastures, the owaie grass
as and the mowings show a clOyi1 z
richness far remote from the sweet and
fresh grace that hlls the EARN in June.
one catches breath of eliminating
, arlor that is not all the superior heat of
OF the sun, but indicates its results
the climax of promise and the entrance
Of fulhlment No longer fingers the
memory Of new manifests Of life, steal
ing on rs day by dav the glory of tri-
umph aud the anticipation of harry
eat. with Il shade of unrest beside. tie
forerunning Of the time Of conclusion.
Left far behind is that sumptuous
royal sweetness of June with apple
blossoms stretching their fragrances out
from the borders Of May; with roses
making infinitely sweet the 'gardens aud
the wild road,ides. with cherries in tie
trees and more robins thani cherries,
with blossom and perfume on every
hand, aud with delicious breezes and
tempered suns. Indeed it is only in
June that all are satisfied, The pro
founder love of Nature iindsHll seas u $
To, abundant Ia beauty aud treasure,
too wealthy in Significance. t. select
sen 50 perfect graces &@ tuose OF }nIe
~ the best, for each Is tIe Lest as II
comes. But the popular sutfrages ale
TnneS. when not critical or dissentient
utterauce is heard Man. of al sort
and conditions knows and loves the pure
animal comfort Of June, and thus for Il
| brief period every one agrees that the
! world il AL right and ,tiOd Is for once |
satisfying u all But. if We reflect
| upon it, It's only over IA veryi'limited |
area.of the globe that even this brief |
content. rest and JOY extends. What |
| lo they who in other clime5' have no
pure. no ideal reconciliation Of God IN" |
man in the distribution of weather and |
cline? We have, to get down to the |
grade of E4kimos or Fulahs to answer ,
that There is plainly q relation be
tween climates and nerves % apprecia-
tiOn.
1T is with Us the period of tb0~e yasi
atmospheric disturbance, the electric
storms. when one of the .mysssrious
functions of the embracing ether il busy
in an uncomprehended envelope Of aases
which we call air,-fulhlling some yet
unknown relation between earth and
the central sun of our little system, and
which doubtless has to de- with the CON
tiuuous life thereof. Nothing in all the
phenomena Of Nature i more wonder
ful more glorious or more awful.
There are more terrible manifestations
of the elemental force, ~ when u torn
a 10 sweeps acruss the land. or tidal
wave engulf- - city, ~ earthquakes des.
trovs the hahttatiOns of men and tlej
supposed stability Of mountains, on "a
t,uhuuu swecpo acrc-s the ocean aud
losses II greet ship with its human
freight a. II bubble These are more
terrible, because 50 escapeless. But~
the emotion Df awe is swallowed up in
terror. and with it, If any other feeling
arse, it is that of revolt and anger that
IL l.. Ion, g
helpless ard re@oupeless n he must be
in the cDutourse and conspiracy of ele
meuts To awaken in its sublime reach
the grand spiritual feeling truly known
rs we awe. that impulse of pygmy re-
sentiment must be stilled, must be alb
sent nothing must remain except |
what the prophet felt when on the
m unt before the Lord ne heard and
hchrld him paSS ~ still. small voice
Iaftrr the mountains had been rent and |
/ the rocks broke in pieces :and the pause |
/ lad come There was the moment Of |
awe. when all the weight of the world |
/ fell ON the prophets shoulders and the |
Col spale to him in the uu"arthly 81 |
! nee thrt eu-ued,
Nothing else that we experience in
the yearly course a. SO wonderful and
iuexplicahle ~ the Thunderstorm ~
III y still called metonymy, placing the
Effect for the cluse. The 'splenlor of
, such a storm from the coign of com
, mnullu. hill. looking ,,over miles Of
mountains aul valleys i something in
exprcs-ibe in language To view it
Alright an | know it, magniicence, one
must see it through from IT. long up
gatherings over the roods and square
miles Of territory with its broaing
echoes of thunder from flashes that are
t. mere streals- ot gentle light. 70 t.,
II moment when the fruge- II the shower
J. descend and the flashes grow brighter
= nd the response is swifter to the cru