| Show A destructive visitation A communication in ill this issue describes a terrific baU hailstorm storm accompanied by flashes of lightning and the roar of thu theader ader which passed over the town of randolph rich county last tuesday night august before the advent of this visitation the farms and gardens were fairly smiling and bloom blooming ing with promise of a bounteous yield to the sturdy husbandman almost instantly by the merciless pelting elements this pleasing a aspect was transformed into a forbidding frown and the obliteration of the prospective harvest so happily anticipated by the people the tone of brother snowballs letter be tokens the trull philosophical and strong spirit and we presume it indicates the feeling that generally prevails under the circumstances among the good people of randolph instead of over what cannot be helped and against the occurrence of which no human preventive means could be employed the disposition is adversity cheerfully and by dent of honest labor make the prosperity of the future atone for the losses hardships and inconveniences of the past As the correspondent asserts bear river valley is one of the most beautiful and fruitful in this mountain region and will yet in pro proportion to its extent be shou shoulder laer to shoulder with the most flourishing flourie hine sections of the northwest the settlers will bridge the plesent piece of adversity and at an ah early day land safely in the green fields of greater prosperity |
