PAHIA.

Western Star, Issue 1968, 5 December 1894, Page 3

PAHIA.

(FROM OUR OWN COBTtESPONDENT.)

"It never rains but it pours " is a proverb the truth of which we have had ample opportunity of judging lately, for it has not only poured but has been hurled down upon us by the fierce winds, which seemed bent on expending the passionate force of wrath gathered during the many week of pleasant weather—real summer weather—which, however, fled at the arrival of the fir.it month of that " ought to be " genial season. I do not know whether our mining neighbors are satisfied yet or not, but certainly we farming folks would very thankfully welcome a little warm sunshine now. Ido not wish to verify, in my case, the generally accepted saying that farmers are always growling, but really this last storm has been very trying to stock of all kinds, and as your Oraki correspondent remarks, " The cow with the iron tail " has dealt harshly with the one which wears that appendage in ■flesh and blood, thereby affecting seriously her flow of milk. She may, however, be thankful that she is a cow, and not a sheep. Those animals, many of them newly dispoiled of their fleece, which they must have felt so burdensome a month ago, have suffered most, and doubtless as gladly welcome back their fleece, as we would the sunshine. Alas, for the orchards ! their glory is departed. Ruthlessly the unspairing hail and wind tore or thrashed the untimely fruit from the branches, and strewed it on the soaking soil beneath. The owner, looking on with mournful eyes and rebellious heart, saw the promise of better things, in the shape of mellow fruit, laid low, as is, and must be, many a bright promise, so long as we journey on earth below; and yet, again, I say that in the face of the many disasters happening around us we ought to give thanks rather than repine. I believe the new sheltershefc at the school, which has been undergoing the process of erection for some time, is now completed and will prove a great convenience to the children in wet weather.