The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-12-03

"Ihs Dry l. cold, md dark. and drsav;
II rains, aad the wind ID sever wsafy."
To-day Tuesday, - Ne writs. IN sosp-
let Of our sweet poet ~ nsvsr trusr. To-
to-day aftsrnooa the s1in bsgaA to fan, "a
now, nsaeiy svessy fer later, there Aas ~
been . nsaslps eessaaios. 5hssrosAd2 "a
soaked IN, - No. = a.; tie -
run with ysllow streams in every direction !;
the beadsd dF1ps fall in myriads, and the
cold winds now and then sweep them with a
crash against the windows. The ladies are
housed up, ard no body stirs abroad except
OF necessity. Outdoor life has lost its ami
nation, and every thing looks dull and stupid
in the line Of business.
For three or four weeks wc have had more
cloudy and rainy days than fair and beauti.
ful ones. single day, now and then, like
this which we are now experiencing, is pleas
ant, Is a change. Too many OF them are
unpleasant, tedious, and by and by they grow
uncomfortable. But We have had 30 many Of
them for the last few weeks that we have got
accustomed to them. They have got to be
an established institution, and they don't
trouble US any more. They don't seem
dreary, desolate, gloomy, as they sometimes
do after wet weather has been prolonged be-
yond its time. The edge Of gloominsss has
got worn OF, and we have forgotten how
fair, sweet, hazy, mellow autumn days seem
in the realization, forgotten them entirely,
only ~ pleasant dreams. No matter. We
have had hardly ono Of them this fall. II is
90 late now that we can hardly expect one
When the rains clear up, they leave US cool,
brisk weather; and soon the ice, and the
hail, and the snow will come, and We must
wait, We are afraid, for our genial, dreamy,
blessed Indian summer until the flowers
have blossomcd once more and the corn been
gathered again.
Well, We can wait. We will call this the
Stormy Autumn. We have had 20 many
pleasant autumns, have had 80 many succes-
sivc seasons when the Indian summer bathed
as in its mellow atmosphere and hung its
gorgeous and many tinted clouds over us till
December was almost done, that We should
be mean-spirited indeed il We could not en-
dure, could not enjoy, one autumn such ~
the unsentimcntal, worldly man would call
gloomy and desolate. 1t is great while
since We have had 20 much rain. IL Seems
- II more rain has fallen in the last two
months than has fallen within the last two
years previously. But If it had been scat
tered over the whole period it would have
been hardly noticed. Let US not complain
that II comes at once. II We have more driz-
.ling days now, We have had more fair ones
before. The total number is not enlarged
II it seems cheerlcss without, lot us be more
blithe and cheerful within. A contsnted
spirit and cheerful disposition may draw
consolation and gladness from oil things
The outdoor gloom will be only screen and
cover to the indoor brightness and beauty
the patsering rain will be only the footsteps
Of myriad of flares running over our roofs
and relieving the bleakness and blackness Of
night, or, - it strikes against the window
pane, it will sound like the tinkling of tiny
bells; and the soaring, swaying, whistling
wind, will be to us music, wild, weird, ghost
like and grand. So, in cheerful spirit and
With a contented heart. we say,
Let the storm come down 90