Great Britain appears tohave been, receiving a thoroughly good soaking of rain, in connection with which the Clerk of the Weather is behaving with that same capriciousness which brought about the droughts of the last two years which caused so much onxiet The main trouble is the legend~ ary gentleman controlling British weather completely tacks moderation, he decides it shall rain, it raine—early 18 duchess in ten Weeks hho thinks it should be dry there is, ro Gownpour until the whole country side appears 10 be irretrievably patched. And then to cap it all, he generally "manages to make "his: decisions at the wrong time, regardless either of the needs of the farmer or of climatic propriety. On this occasion, however, he has apparently changed' his methods and. brought fon his rainfall at one of the least harmful periods, if not the most beneficial, of the year, and the drenching which "the land is now receiving may be expected to do good next summer, unless the Fesponsible has seme other vagary in wind for the season. If at this time he can be persuaded to continue his good work, with, however, some slight degree of moderation, for a compar ively short time tocome, the prospects of springs again ' resuming their functions, of villages being no longer waterless and of waterworks systems being amply provided against ext summer, should de much to encourage the farmer who has had poor time of it during these last two years, og well as relieving the anxiety of cities who watch falling reservoirs with no little disquietude.
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