Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-04-06
FIRsr FuLL NOON N April

TO those VINO, 10 q NJ OF in0ig.
nation, are about to 90 back to
their hanneIs, says the Atlanta
Constitution, we would whisper
one wOrd-patieneel Don't tune
or fret; you may be happy yet.
Recently the wind was pinching
from the east but the weather
might have been distinctly worse;
we have no idea how it could have.
been worse, but 1t might have
been; and there is compensation
in the fact that those who claim to
love fresh air were compelled to
huddle around the hearth. Pa
thence, therefore, is the counter
sign, and it will land you safely
into almost any camp, even q hos
tile one.
1t is true, the advise Is common
place, but no one whose fingers
are numb with the beauties Of
spring can be expected to invent
something new in the shape Of
resignation. It may be that this
squirt Of cold weather is merely
the fOrerunner OF I'll first full
moon in April. Those who know
about such matters, feel in their
bones that this dash Of winter is
due to the fact that the first full
moon in April made disappearance
Friday last. Those who have lived
long on this planet, and who have
taken advantage Of their Opportu-
mites, will tell you that the first
full moon in April is always pre-
ceded or followed by weather that
may be described as disagreeable.
Sometimes it is rain, sometimes 1t
is frost, and sometimes it is a
freeze, but it is always disagree
able; it is almost always of a char
acter to cause sensitive souls to
draw their flannel night caps
about their ears and lie down to
atmospheric nightmares.
OF course there are others who,
in an effort to parade a little
scientific misiniOrmatiOn, will tell
you with quite an air Of know
ledge, that the moon has no iniu'
ence on the weather, otherwise
there would be eYideuces thereof
everywhere at the same time, a
statement which shows that a
watch that runs backwards, or
doesn't run at all, is just as good
as a sun-dial on q cloudy day.
March has some proverbs to its
credit that are as fine in their way
as the remarks Of the amateur
scientists. One is to the effect
that the month comes in like q
lion and goes out like a lamb.
This statement is the invention Of
3 man who was caught in a lorna
do in Jamaica, who after freezing
for three days, was roasted the
rest Of the week.
But, as We have said, patience
lie the wOrdl The first full moon
in April cannot last always, and
we are perhaps suffering its worst
effects q day or two earlier than
usual. Then, too, there are those
famous weather people, who after
spending the winter in Florida
and Cuba, need q little touch Of
cold to refresh them. They are
the ones who declare that winter
is the most delightful season in
the year-when they can get away
from it's effects, and they really
mean what they ssy. For their
sakes, therefore, let US try to put
up with what lie disagreeable.
For the pleasant weather viii
come, and when it does come 1t
will be all the more enjoyable for
the bufetings that winter and
spring have given us. Especially
springl Il was ever her way in
this glorious climate Of ours to
dwell between g freeze and 3 rain.
Il is all in the game, and those
who propose to play it out must
auhmit "a the rules. After awhile