American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper., 1846-09-11
From the New Haven Courier
7 II E w ANEIN SEA SON
BY LAURA FAIRBRooK

BY LAURA FAIRBRooK.
ature begins to exhibit few premonitoTy
hptoms Of departing summer Here and
be among the dense and verdant foliage may
seen patch of withered and red looking
yes, half concealed by their green compeers,
1 still noticeable, like the first gray hairs
t disparage the glossy locks of woman
zbd.
Some of the trees which have yielded their
vest of fruit, have already commenced scat
ing their garlands on the ground, and pre-
1t bare twigs where but few weeks since
pilfering bird carried OH his depredations
th the utmost concealment and privacy.
You will observe in the garden, how many
werless stocks there are; and what quantities
hardening seed cells expose their oblong and
bbular forms to the midday sun. The rose
! BILE begins to blush with vermillon, the
as of the lily grow brown, and the pendants
the Lady Slipper burst if you but touch
EN- Various shrubs and plants are prepar-
for fall; some withdrawing their nutritious
from their trunks to their bulbs, leaving
Dir more worthless parts a prey to the ele-
nts, and trusting to nature for resurrection
the proper period. Others, you may behold,
pich, having scattered their germs over the
pund, are whitening away and leaving
Dir good works to the contemplation of pos
fifty.
Among the lofty denzens of the grove the
rise chestnut is peculiar for his foresight and
e care which he takes of himself.
Throughout the ardent month of June, he
bt forth many new shoots; these he has alrea-
covered with thicker bark, and ptched them
over to keep out the weather; in little
ne, when he puts off his summer crown, he
|ilI pucker up his buds with the utmost nicely,
BID will seal them hermetcally with glossy
llm. Ile is then in his fear-noughts, and
|ughs at the rigors of winter.
Concealed among the pensive tresses of the
|illow, the Locust commences his autumnal
llusc, and drawls out his strain as long and as
he as the web of his neighbor the Spider, who
les his spindle close beside him.
His notes at the sultry monday remind one
/ the lisping of silvery arrow, and penetrates
be ear like the shrill whistle of locomotive
rom their grassy covert whole nations of
Tickets pour forth an unceasing treble, each
bparently satisfied with his own melody, and
breless whether he has an auditor or not
81 love 10 hear thy grating wing'
III you VIII tAdIltlnc lUt luCc vi d SulllIOWeG,
|irned all day long TO the deity which it wor-
|lips, you will discover the yellow and black
hrred spider peculiar to the plant and season.
There he crouches among the corals, resemb-
ing much doubled leaf of the same, and
waits with outspread arms, the approach of a
hwny fly, who loves to rest upon that saffron
|ouch, and which becomes his prey. Here is
|rtiice against innocence, the strong and ma
Egnant against the weak and harmless, man
|gainst his brother.
You will now behold several of the yellow
bird tribe, with their buff coats and black fac
ngs, busly engaged in feastng on the scarce
iried seeds of the towering hemp; happy lel-
ows! that which has caused the death of many
wretch, 10 them becomes a source of life and
behold the effects of a good con-
Icience and of vlItuous actions.
The humming bird, the coquette of the par
Eerre, is now seldom seen; occasionally, howev.
Br, you may witness him huttering from one
honeyless flower TO another, and manitesting
his frequent disappointment by wounding anc
tearing the blossoms which afford him no com
fort. His rage is often amusing; but his pun
ishHlent is Just, for he has been too iaithless Q
rover to deserve any thing from lips which hi
has SO often wooed in mere wantonness.
The grasshopper is abroad with his horse
head and his Kangaroo "hind shlters," ant
with either kindred jumping CATTLE" burrie
In clouds before your foot steps. What he wa
made for none can tell unless it be Grmalkin
who sometimes lunches upon him as demureE
as though not aware that she was commttiAI
a murder.
When night lets fall her bed-curtains, tn
katy-dds, in "kendail green" begin their IL
ierminable wraqgIo about damse whose fami
ly'name, Fortunately tor the reputation Of he
kindIed, has been forgotten no decided Ja,t