Smyrna times., 1855-06-13
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'.~99'f .*" EXTRACTS -.A -,
From the "Star Papers" Of H. Ward Beecher
COUNTRY AMusEMENTs.

7 u 't F. COUNTRY AMUsEMENTs.s .tI4.H...' 2
"'But what do you do for amusement a.
Why, sir, we do not receive company, or ma Ike
calls, or ride about among a caravan Of dandy
vehicles, or go with-the multitude in a-swim.
ming, or anything else that implies excitement
or company. Be it known, however, that we
have select few here to whom quiet is enjoy
ment. We look at the picture gallery of God
In the heavens, with, meyer two days pictures
alike we sit down with our books on the brow
of the breezy hill, under an old chestnut tree,
and read sometimes the book, sometimes the
landscape, sometimes the highland clouds; we
wait till the evening sun begins TO emit rose
cOlOred light, and then We take rides along the
edges of woods, upon unfrequented roads, across
suspicious bridges, along forest paths leading
no one knows where, and coming ont just at the
very spot We did not expect. In this perilous
Journeyiug we often breathe our horse while
we collect flowers, leaves, mosses, and grasses;
and we get home at the very urgent moment of
sunset, just in time to go up into the observatory
and see the wide and wonderful glory Of which
for moment we utter excamq tons Look
at that islet of fire. land that Geep crimson
bank" sand that exquisite blue between those
riffs of fire." +" and that dove-coored cloud with
bronze-colored moulding and frTage!" But
words are foolish And we sink away to
silence, aud only gaze and think! p.
But on other days we vary the entertain
ment; for there is an inexhaustible variety
Behold US then--the ladies ncpiently Bloomer-
lzed--wending atoot, along the road leading
put of town westward. Before we are half out
of sight Of the houses, the road is lined with
blaekberries. The high-backberry is yet hold
ing back, but the tow blackberry, trailing all
over the banks ard covering the rocks, is in
high condition. How large and plump are
these unhanded berries! It is a marvel how
such little mouths as | see Can get u whole one
in. We are soon satisfied Now tor bouquets
of waysde flowers. Spreas, one, two, three,
four species Golden rod, a lingering bud or
two on the wild rose; and here are PuSsieS, as
the children call The velvet little mulberry
shaped posies ; and here are towering grasses,
and rushes, and ferns, and green leaves diverse
and nnumerable; and leaf is as pretty AZ a
flower any day if you will only think so.--
Here, too, is the trailing strawberry whose
vine inwoven with the buds of spIrea, will INA Ike
your lady queen-llke coroHet. .,. ~. a..a#
In a similar vein is the paper written 10 mid
summer, on first arriving at the country home
for the season, all the more. charming. doubt
less, Tor succeeding couple Of splry months
in the pent-up city. .. ...... s.... ....-.r re-.
-, THE FIRST BREATH IN THE COUNTRY, oi
"Oace more we find ourselves at home
among lucid green trees, among hills and
mountains, with lakes and brooks on every side
and country reads threading their way 10 curl
uus circuits among them. Al day long We
have moved about with dreamy ncwhess of life
Birds, crickets and grasslioppers are the ohly
players upon instruments That molest the air. -
Chanticleer is at this instant proclaimlng over
the whole valley that the above declaration il
a SANDER on his musical gifts Very we'll, ado
Chantcleer TO cricket, grasshopper and Bird
Add also COW, for hearher distan mt low, me-
lodious through the valley, with all roughnes
strained outby the trees through which ii come
htherward. 10, this silence in the air, thi
silence on the mountains, this silence on tn
+, lakes The endless roll of wheels, the audibl
pavements, the night and day Jar of city street
gives place to u repose so full and deep that
by 'five-hours' ride, one is born into neN
world. Across the street the woods begin; til
: real woods that man never planted nor prunet
and that pride and avarice have saved from bt
k ing plucked away For the property adjacer
$ has long been wished for building lots, but tn
c owner has that pride of land which leads hi
: to refuse to part with an acre. Thus the fore
d stands, which otherwise would long before tn
e have given way to yards and gardens. Ar
n tlIere we stroll, or lie down npoh'the dethront
Is leaves that have had their day, and look upc
rs the reiening leaves, endless ana mutitddnou
IN that wink and quiver ID every breeze or id
le spot the blue sky when the wind bushes. 1t
q no ordinary forest" II covers some thirty
of forty acres. 9fhe lower part is quite level a
te Covered with oaks. Then come sudden al
b. very severe hills, bdltod up SO Perpendicular
e. that but for groves and 'water-c1t passages, i
re more than five lofr six yards wide, you col
IT. hardly cliuib' them Masses Of grahite rock a
e- flung up here and there in vast heaps, Til
10 sides mossed over, the splits and riffs feather
M outwith fernsy with here and there bush 70
ior captain. Over behind the woods there con
re down a brook from the mountains, flushing i
OF d courier fierce with news which Il qIitefo forg
ms to tell, and temPering ils zeal along q le
tul meadow it goes across the. road bent on ind
hat try. ) A fewmiIesa belowits works at a mill
Try steadily as if il were nOt.a wild and Hcdats
ne; ,ss born brook, Tn" woods are full Of hemlC
10 nine and spruce : Of laurel and gFoandtp1
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