Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-02-09
MISCELLANY.
From the Montgomery Sentinel.
WINTERS! WINTER!!

"Old Winter il here again-slack!
How icy and cold is he
lie cares not pin for a shiverng back
He's saucy old chap to white and to black,
And whistles his chs with wonderful knack
For he comes from a cold countreen'
And old winter is indeed here again |!
Mother Earth has assumed her robe of
spotless white, and her sons and daugh-
ters are up and active, partaking, or pre-
pairing for the "joys ofthe sleigh" We
love to hear the merry jingle Of the bells
as they pass our window, and mark the
flush Of joy, the living glow of animation,
which lights up the countenance of those
who are thus smoothly and heetly glid-
ing along the high road of enjoyment.
Winter is indeed season for enjoy
ment, and comes laden with blessings
Who amongst us has not felt that it is a
period when the heart throbs with un-
wonted pleasure, and the bosom expands
with the kindliest emotion-that notwith-
standing the glory of the summer has de-
parted though the rich verdure has left
the fields, and the gay flowers bloom no
longer in the valley and by the hillside
though the murmur of the stream is
hushed and the tuneful warblings of the
birds are silent-in short, though the
sceptre Of the Frost King has been
stretched abroad, chilling every object o.
yer which it has been extended-who
has not realized that the season is attend
ed by thousand joys, thousand pecu-
liar gratfic ations which come upon the
heart quietly and stealthy, and beguile it
into happiness!
"lIe recks not Of the world without,
Who feels he bears world wthn.''
To the Farmer, Winter is emphatical-
ly the season Of happiness. Possessing
within the limits of his plantation all that
is essential for his comfort and conven-
ience, when the labors of the day are o.
yer, he can seat himself by the cheerful
fire which blazes on his earth, and whilst
his daughters ply the needle or the wheel
he can calmly listen to the rough blasts
of the wintry wind, rs it itfully rushes
by his dwelling. AS sources of enjoy
ment, his books are not neglected-The
stores Of intellectual knowledge are un
locked, and the fire of genius and the
wisdom of experience are called up; and
whilst the jocund laugh and harmless
jest goes round, emotions of gratitude to-
the Giver of all good, fills every heart,
and every tongue is eloquent with joy.
But there are those to whom winter
comes arrayed in terror-thosc who,
grasped by the cold hand of penury,
"-shrnk from the bitter blast,
Still hover over their pigmy fire,
And fear it will not last"
To them Winter comes not as mes
senger ofjoy, for the "cruise of oif' has
failed-the LAST crust has been eaten
and the LAST faggot now sheds forth a
feeble ray of warmth to cheer and ami
mate their frames. Childhood and in
nocence--age and deere pitude--the bow
ed down frame of manhood, and woman's
fragile form, alike are suffering beneath
the reverses of fortune and the pressure
Of want-And oh! how little of the over
flowing abundance of those around them
would it require, to rob the season of its
terrors, and cause the hearts of the wild
ow and the orphan to rejoice and be glad
"with exceeding great JOY"
"Ihe poor hare ye al'uays Nth you,"
said the Saviour of men, and his follow
ers cannot better bring their conduct in
to an accordance with that of their Di-
vine Master, than by following the bright
examples of feeding the hungry and cloth
ing the naked, which he has left behind
him in this world. Like "bread cast up
on the waters" these holy aims will re-
turn after many days. And they who can
thus contemplate the appearance of mer-
itorious actions and can feel the con-
sciousness, that their hands relieve the
distress of the poor, and soothe the suf-
ferings of the unfortunate, are laying up
for themselves sources of enjoyment
which will cast beams of sunshine over
their darkest hours, and gild their pas
sage onward to that period when they
shall be called to their reward, and
"One unbounded Spring encircles all.
SLEEr AND DEATH.-What if it should