Litchfield enquirer., 1855-12-06
Disceiiaqy.
at SHOWS.

| ]" Itsnows!' cries the chubby hoy of ten
as he looks out the window at early morn
ing and sres the white flakes Of the frs
snow ofthe season gently sitting down from
The clouds: He is glad, for he remember.
whs, happy times he used to have las, win
ter, when with his sled and score Of com
panions OF his own age. he sped with arrow
swiftnesss down the hill side. The snow
TO him is beautiful, and its fakes come la
den with joy.
at snows!" exclaims the young nader
Of sixteen, as she looks out upon the lands.
cape that yesterday was clo,hed with garb
Of November brown. The sight brings to
her mingled emotions OF pleasure and sad
hess. 70. she remembers the happy scenes
Of last winter, when she was one of the
parties Of pleasure that enjoyed the heart
thrilling sensations Of the sleigh ride and
the dance. But summer has gone since
then, and perhaps some one after whom
some tender fibres of her h, art went forth,
has gone with it. Perhaps the snow. com.
lag now as il came then. will bring with i,
n" such commingled joys as came 18th that
To her the snow is a precursor Of dissp-
poin'm. Mt.
alt SHOWS" says the poor hard working
laborer, and shiver runs through his frame
as he looks around him in the midst Of his
family. and sees the sad want of prepara-
tion for the dreary months that are 10 see
the earth covered with a frozen mantle OF
snow He sees in the snow flakes the grim
ghost of want and woe pointing at his heart
with fingers Of icy crystal. Ii it brings up
old remembrances Of happy scenes, it is bu'
to aggravate his present despair
"lt SHOWS" CALCULATES the philosopher
as he watches the f1athery fakes CONF.
playfully fultering from the regions of the
sky, as it sporting in gentle dalliance with
some fairy queen of the air. and descend To
the earth as gently and sweetly as moth
er's kisses are showered on the face Of her
infan, child. With ecs,a,ic emotions b..
seizes his magnifier and conteDplates thu.
wonderful beauty Of the mechanism Of a
snow fake. He sees there the evidences
Of Abe intimate wisdom Of the Architect tina,
fashioned the lines and angles of those
beautiful crystals. They were made after
the pattern Of Gods geometry land he than, S
Heaven for indications of Infinite skill in
their design.
IL SHOWS: stSHs 10TH Tue dgeu Pill.
grim, as he looks out and witnesses anoih-
er repetition Of just such scenes which, il
seems to him, he has been Witnessing al
most every other day since his boyhood.-
His race is almost run; and he can look
and see the snow cover, with a spotle-ss
robe, all earthly things alike, the lawn and
the dunghiil, and compare the process with
the descent Of snow fakes Of time, which at
last bury all the deeds Of men. good and
bad alike. in kindly robe Of oblivion, and
the present generation may look out upon
a fair and beautiful earth aud see no trace
that sech race Of monsters Ms history tells
Us of, ever existed. But as the summer sun
will melt of the snowy robe rom tie earth
and reveal its real features to the worlds
eye, so he reflects that a coming day will
strip the veil Of oblivion from the deeds Of
men on earth, and each will stand upon its
own deserts. And he looks beyond the
landscape Of snow to where the anroral
light o, another world illumins his vision,
and he feels a pleasure in thinking how
snon he shall he in land where it never
snows.-WaierJury Democrat.