Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1915 — A Few Drops of Rain Fell Easter Sunday. [ARTICLE]

A Few Drops of Rain Fell Easter Sunday.

Easter Sunday was bright and sunshiny, but a rather cold wind prevailed. However, it was a very good day for the ladies to show off theii Easter finery, and they, at least, have no particular kick coming. It is an old adage that if rain falls on Easter Sunday we will have rain on seven Sundays in succession, and most or the farmers were praying that It would rain this year on Easter. They were practically doomed to disappointment, although there was perhaps enough rain fell at about 7 o’clock Sunday evening to lay the dust, and it may be, if this old adage proves true again this year, we will get some rain on the six succeeding Sundays. Two years ago, it will be remembered, rain fell all day long on Easter Sunday, this being the start of the big floods which did so much damage in Indiana and Ohio. And it rained on the succeeding Sundays alsp. Last year no rain fell on Easier Sunday, and there was no rain on scarcely any Sunday during the. entire summer. Last spring, however, the ground was quite well filled with moisture at this season, while now it is as dry almost as we usually have it in July. It will take a great deal of rain to thoroughly wet up the ground as it should be, and the same dry condition is general all through this section of the country.