Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-31 | Page 8 | How it Did Rain!

f. f J r How It Did Rain Rai i V THINGS were very dry around LOl Louisville I l- l i Ky The old timers couldn't remember such a drouth since a away way back yonder no noV not V t telling how long ago Crops in the surrounding surrounding surrounding surround surround- ing territory were being ruined A cloud of V dust on a country road might mean either a pedestrian or an auto aut were passing With such conditions prevailing the good people V met and prayed for rain Farmers clergymen V and others gathered in many places Send V us rain they asked The crops are burning V up wells welts going dry our homes are dusty its it's V the worst drouth in many years Shortly V after this the rain started It didn't rain but it poured Old timers hadn't seen such a rain since away back yonder no telling when Many talked of holding prayer meetings to ask that the rain be stopped Perhaps they asked for too much in th their r pr prayers We Ve often do