Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1897 — Rain At Last. [ARTICLE]

Rain At Last.

The long, disastrous and most distressing drouth was more or less effectually broken by several considerable showers late Monday afternoon and in the evening. The rainfall, while not nearly sufficient to meet all the needs for it, will at least allay the dust plague by day and the smoke stink by night, and thereby relieve the people of two sources of great discomfort. The rain seems to have come in showers, and was not general or uniform in its distribution. Some miles south of town, for instance, it was only sufficient to nicely wet down the dust. Some 7 or 8 miles north, the ground is wet down four inches and farmers are plowing for rye. In most places the rain was sufficient to give the growing wheat a good boost, and will thus be a vast benefit. It will also help pastures for a while. Moreover, the rains have been so general over the country as to indicate an extensive change in atmospheric conditions, which will no doubt result in more rains at an early day. . _