New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-06
CONNECTICUT.
II IN Y Trluua

Is Thf Dl SHE'S iA-s - --'''
1 do not know that any one has gvea much iAoush'
or praise 10 the beauty Of my native state dear rug
ced. old Connecticut. Massachusetts, has her pr4n
shouted far and wide. Vermont il On the Lips OF all
summer tourists with such land as II each OF It's snowy
mourtain.caps overaid peak OF veritable emerald
NevHampshire shares the glories Of her t"in-ss'er
and Maine far-off and halfcvized, keeps the crown
Of Nature untarnshed, save by the rare speech ana
stricken eyes Of tourists, on the unscaed sum-
mits Of her virgin rocks. Even little Rhode Island -
cbronicled bv the laughter-freghted tongues, wld
with Measure of her summer worshippers, congregat-
ing about the beryl seas at Newport: but Who save
perhaps one or another Of the crowds that 10 honor to
old Yale in her annual reoresceDce, has sung or said
the beauties If Connecticut !, who know her A.
child knows hs book Of ferytales from ragged beach
and dmpled harbor to the bright crystal OF rivers yet
infant in brooks offer here some imperfect tribute to
her loyeiness for such Of The TRIBUNE readers as
have leisure for other things than the eager stir
and lie Of the great seething world And since
one must premise f. W shadows Of position and cir
cuInstspce let mine lie in this ony-that live in
pest OF trees and shrubs called by the unanbU9ls
name OF The Bushes thst drive myself when
cannot got any one 10 do IL the genilest Of known
bor,es named Diana-fof brevity, D.; and that when
lam alone | have a habit Of holding imaginary
"coufersations no, equal TO Mr.. LandOrs; 90 that
have sort Of CON panionshp with the friends that
most use and love, wrought out Of my own dreams,
at any time or place. And now 20 much preface
gives me room only for single picture. Yesterday
yas perfect day Stainless blue overfowed the sky,
and earth gave the reflect OF It's brightness from
nyrad Of green tnts-grass, foliage, waterfall Of
A - -, tho n~pfnar
had exercised dust, and southwest wind rustled
tendery in the summer crisp leaves OF the trees
must driyo-and where Giving D the reins in a
most resigned spirit she turned her face eastward,
AZ dasy would not have done-for il was after
noon-apd rolling wide road, | intimated
gently that she should turn southwark through
such green lane A mile Of quet-coolnes.
shadow; first between promise bearing orchards,
then by slope where sheep and mullen stocks
are the principal productions, and before
another turn, into the heart OF woods silent,
odorous and lonely ar if the hour before dawn had
fallen among their boughs TO wait for 20 morrow.
This over-past series of hilly by-roads and grass
grown tracks fringed with hazel, led US 10 a wider
path, between high sycamores hoary and picturesque,
up up endlessy upward, though the slope il 80 gen
tie TO the summit of hill where one grows dumb
with delight. Below, on either hand Stretches val
l.v-eue, gathered between the hight you stand on
end range of shadowy hills which sleep forests,
alternate with yellow stretches OF grain, bare
face of stony ascent and on of the slight rises tha.
the skvrnge touches with its undulani edge stands
distnc.ly artificial ele alton of some kind snow,
by lifelong recollection of the beauty il is signpost
TO- that it s the Tower on WadsSorihs Mouatsin, too
distant TO reach at this hour Of the day. The other
valley on the right, is wide and gracious sweep OF
country fertile as Eden and threaded ~ith vibrations
Eden never knew-the iron veins Of railways-this is
the Connecticut Valley To the east, almost beneath
Us lies the busy city the business capital of the state
ts various spires tapering heavenward as the crea-
tions of this world do taper IN that aporoXima-
tion-the steam Of ts treless factories going up
ward too the score OF the 'labor-psalm worked out
bepe.th and over. in all thick tree-;ops, a. Il ns
ture clung al ssys to the lnsghtnes- Of rude Art at
once 10 shelter and TO teach. Far TO the south you
trace the rive--eourse by heavier and continuous
clustering OF trees, through whose branches comes
the CLEAN OF a white sail here and there or the tiny
curl Of plume-like vsPcr from Puinng steamer.
Northwsrd are din shadows of higher nils u any
YOU can see ust a; hand Mount Ton suggesrs itse,f
by faint ouuiae Of strength against the fading sky
the white teepes Of country villages nalralize the
sweeping Loneliness Of woodland and champaign 70
your human consciousness and the shril whistle Of
81 eprine ieSTiDg Ike soG.e insane animal along the
PALE sand embsnkmeni, beats on your dreaming
senses the ieverish pulse OF q worlds artery. II Is
very lovely bat one longs for that most expressive
OF the elements-wG.er. NO. said An,her4, Il
want rocks think rOeS- the great Necessity OF
ratr-rl beauty" " But not here .ur,1y rocks
would be incorsruoEs enoush ani beside IL so wide
arrange they would seem Ike pebbles. You done
understand Aura, did hot want them here for they
are rot IL place here, know; bat | nesni that this
type ofnetu-e is noione should prefer Lake George
istf s,ept clear il the valley. | Ike the prlnevL
rudenes Of earth not her aier-thoGgk; Of adorameni
But there are many investitares Of beauty,
Anthers that n accepting ore, you do not deny the
rest; and the reason. which you DO 10; perceive Why
you ike RIDER type i, that you do not love man
the race a. Won sone tine VIII, perhaps. To me
there is he her charm than the utter silence and
eredness Of mere Nature, in the plsntiye and kin
dred voice OF human life that uters lis unconscious
hyHn from piet1re ike this: hear the vibrations
Of that minor chord thai s struck by the heartbeat
Of every new life rising slowly and piercingly
through this sI-embrScng ether, al God himself IN
the fuIness Of tine shall aTsnge il in the divine
/ them Of peace on earth good viii toward men
the Bethlehem song that waits in those blue heavens