Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-11-18
TUG ~ VERY OE AUTUMN.

Autumn IL the season OF the yesr Tor
poetic IN nds, and for all enthusiastic
lovers o. the country and the residents
Of cities, wh,, never visiting the coun-
try save in the heat Of summer. when the
fields are often parched with drought
and the trees by the roadside covered
with dust, have no conception OF the
glory which nature assumes before yiei-
ding to the sovereignty Of winters snow
and Joe The Presbyterian has IN appre.
ciative arti .e on the subject, with good
moral:
"In this autumnal season poets pour
forth t.eir laments on the decay OF
earth's glory, a. the verdure OF spring
and summer gives place to the 'sere and
yellow Leaf As they look upon the
woods, v it'll its changed drapery, the s'-
len,ly dropping leaves, and the trees par
TALLY stripped bare, no figures seem so
| appropriate as those which recall the
| image Of death We love be spring, and
| feel a peculiar exhilcration at no other
| time fe't, IN watching the young and
vigorous vegetation as it shoots forth IN
it's fresh green array; and We love too the
summer. with it's maturer beauties and
| it's NOR ardent skies; but We would not
| drape the autumnal months in mourning
and give them bat n. Melancholy greeting,
a. if it were the harbingers OF sorrow.
No, no; the autumn has other than
mournful ass Ola ions.
The amateur. If not the artist, will 'iis-
cover q world of beauty in its var'egated
foliage, and, az the golden and crimson
leaves mingle their hues, the picture will
be perfect, and even when they fall, they
will strike the eye as birds Of gay plum
age sweeping towards the earth. Alb I!
but DO they not fall to perisht They fall
not until they are ripe, and it is in their
ripeness ONLY that they fall, like the eoi-
den pppb, which drops because 1t can
extract no more rich juices from the pa
rent stem, and has completed its maturi-
ty. To our mind the sutumna. pheno-
mena convey the idea Of a work accom-
plished, of mission fulfilled. Take that
noble OAK O. q representative. 1t has out
lived o injury, and has not only outbra-
we'd many storm but witnessed e
changes of hundred autumns. What
il its huge arms be almost barred? IL II
not full Of life? Is it not broader and
stronger and more deeply rooted than
when visited by the young spring? iia'
tnot, far another season, we'll fu!hlled
its task aud laid up new treasures 81
; might. 1t now needs rep0se; II laft
aside its snowy garments: u wishes to b'
undisturbed by rus hing leaves. and b,
the Rushing through a thousand chan
nels OF its circulating sap. IL seeks IL
this quiet and noiseless way, to recuper
: ate its strength and girds on its power
for further feasts in the coming year.
is neither dead nor bears the sembianct
Of decay, but, like one conscious OF sue
cessful achievements, it takes brief re-
pose, that it may spread broader its glo'
: rious foliage, extend wider it's -ra'efu
shade, and fortify itself by q still hc'tal
euuipmen' fnf the storm battles OF man'
coming wears II is he brave old Gal
fitting itself for future service and use
fulness.
thus around US We see, not autumn )
death, but autumnal rluene,s. ., VIII .
exquisite pleasure have these plants an
flowers furnished Us IN the past month
They Withdraw now for season. but !
lsw with the ulesring Pr mise OF spec !
return. ie beautiful ere ttions. v
would hail you in all seasons and und >
= all changes. and learn rom You to tull'
: our tasks OF cheerful duty, and at ea
: stage Of it that our fruits IRE mitnred =
not only to grow and thrive ourseive
but by every gracefui art % convey pl
, sure and happiness to others: and, abos
all, that sweet and comforting less
that when the autumnl and winr
months of life come over us. "" may tee
conscious that we have fulfilled our III ,
sion, borne our appropriate fruits, ni'd
although to the outward eye he praspcc
around may be somewhat arear, ,e
there is, after short repose, to b. r
vivlfcatiou, a renewal of strength. \
immortal veriure, an increasing trui
fulness 10 bri htcr and more genial 81
mes, where there shall be neither uupr"
pitious seasons nor fruitless labor"