The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-03-07
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From the Springfield Republican.


Winter, farewell We stand on your neck
this 2Sth day of February and. iookinr down
INTO your glazing eyes. most respectfully bid
VOW good ridJance. You have run rreat
RI. during the last three months. You have
bitten our noses, frozen our sqUa-hc>. eaten
up the coal that was to last until Nav, block
cd up Our railroads, piled up cur sidewalks.
spiit the pump. broken the pitcher, r.tated
our lungs intertrr"d with the passagn of the
nled states mails. frightened the children
by firing oil pistols at midnight. or blown
hard enough to Zip the bricks down chimney.
created a fuel famine in Cincinnati. ninched
the poor. bled the rirh r!ogucl the Mill
Wheel demolished the hav NOV. and rivrn
all animated nature a catarrh which is nm
TO snuff" a good deal heyond Durno.
/ Now for tie spring, We shall 90 surarinr
first. Then we shall % troutinc. in brook
that nobody knows ANYTHING about. where
.,reat speckled fellows have kept themselves
these five years for our par.icu'ar hook. anl
freshcned their >pan-lcs and their aupciiirs
anon" the foam of SINGING waterfalls and n,h-
~" polishing: c,'-lics. y" c-ttir.k We ,a, even
now see the cnvious shadow on the countc-
nanceS OF Our friends, as we bring back ten
pound >frino. and speai, cooly ofthe coming
h,na t,- l.,
children. WHO having grown considerably
during the winter. in stature. knowlcdro and
grace, will be able more fully to appreciate
orr wisdom and thorough familiarity with the
aspects and phenomena Of nature. We shall
tell the names of TIE birds. and deScant upon
the flowers. an! come back into town with
lot OF green things, which. having demon. >tra-
ted to the street our love Of r.aturc. will he
thrown out Of the hacl. door. Then ", >IaIl
di- III the garden, pretending to 90 ii for ex-
crciSe, wien the tact is We can't afford to hire
1t done. We shall do it in gloves. however.
and give the business gen,eci look. II the
work is too hard. We may possibly hire al,
oycr9rown Irish boy, and make believe he's
gardener. Then we shall begin to talk about
gon. away for the summer, but we si.al be
so conveniently divided in our inclina'ions
Tor Saratoga, Newport, the White Mountains
and the Adirondack regions, that it will be
impossible to decide between them. and finally
we shall conclude to stay at home in conse
quence OF pressure Of business.
These are al! great projects, and make life
significant and destiny lordIy. But common
folks Will enjoy themselves nevertheless
HE bee, spinning his musical yarn over the
-rasS, the bobolink iin.lins his small change
IN the meadows, the scrub-bull, paving dirt
over his back with his tail in the air. utter
ing his 6asSo prctundo and playing he's a
durham, the rcbn on the fence pulling rib
oonS OF song out Of his throat by the hour like
a verl'ab.e conjuror, the hen cacklng foolish
y IN the barn yard as if she had given birth
TO continent, and wasn't any the worse for
wear, the face OF nature all broken out with
lowers. notwithstanding the small doses of
beladonna scattered over it-all these are
lett at their disposal, and will answer very
well. 1t is perhaps unnecessary to add that
we are glad tomorrow is Sunday and the
first day Of Spring.