Show A BLESSED HAIN the soil has been soaked and the hearts cf iho farmers have been gladdened by the copious rains of the past two days in addition to the supply which the thirst of io alii nii tf amount cl snow tho mountains and hill aidea giving promise of increased moisture during thesna fion of extreme dryness which sa now fast approaching the storm was in tho highest degree opportune and with somo of the overjoyed husbandmen it changed alie prospect from hie dull color of despair to the bright liua of certainty I 1 places it is eaid that the crops are flo far advanced and will now grow so rapidly eliat this one storm will inaura a fair est of course A repetition talo clience vou ld bo none the less acceptable 1 in thia connection it ia not out of place to repeat the observation that our country is undergoing a gradual but perceptible la the amount of its rainfall lach year larger areas are put under cultivation ti and from tho to pui aion the land yet the supply fails not under careful economy for each year be are able to less upon irrigation this may be due to one scientific cause or another but to the thaneul heart v licit recognizes the liand vl god ia every good thing it looks like the of encouragement ditl i which a kind providence blesses the industry and patience of boilers toilers hero below |