Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1916 — A Fine Rain Fell Thursday Night [ARTICLE]

A Fine Rain Fell Thursday Night

While Rensselaer and immediate vicinity got more rain in June than other sections of the county, of late —with the few showers that have fallen —it has been “passed up” almost wholly. Rain fell all around us Thursday afternoon, but only a few drops fell in Rensselaer, and it was not until after 10 o’clock Thursday night that we came in for a supply. There was considciable lightning and wind wi h the rain that came then, but it sas a fine rain for all that, and the official weather guage at St. Joseph’s college showed a fall of 1 1-5 inches. While Thursday’s rains did an immense amount of good, it is generally conceded that the corn has been hurt badly in places by the six weeks’ drought.