The prevailing wet weather has its uses. It cheers up those farmers who still have fields to authorities in grappling with sickness. believed, rightly or wrongly, to damp the ardour Sundays are regarded as close seasons for drops. Workers like to have their share of the open-air and the exercise which goes with and week-ends would be so delightful an innovation that the rain would be cheerfully allowed to pour down generously on working-week days. The weather clerk should pass a good resolution on the subject at once.
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