Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-17
S a Moses.

A summers visit to the sea-shore has pass
ed, and through the coming winter its pleas
ant recollections will furnish many an hours
social chat
I brought away little bag of shells, each
curious in its way and another of pebbles
but these are not as pretty now as when they
lay wet and sparkling upon the beach. |
prize most my G. sea-mosses."
Perhaps some children do not know or i'm
agne how beautiful are the bright leaves and
MOSES which grow down in rocky caverns Of
the great ocean. After storm has passed
away, the waves float in landward great
quantities of these MOSES. They are so deli.
cate, it seems strange that the waves do not
destroy them but they come floating up
fresh and lovely, and are left upon the sandy
beach, Their colors are as varied and brill
ant as the flowers of our gardens. The "sil-
yer moss" glistens in the water like threads
of silver the g Ike p leaves" bear the most
perfect tints of rose color and green.
How full are all the works of God of vari.
city and b ,auty My little moses, carefully
pressed will often remind me of the hama
which painted their exquisite colors, ant
guided them in their rough journey from thei
rocky beds, so shat not one tender sprig e.
leaf was broken. I once saw written beneatl
little basket of gay MOSES, or sea-weed al
they are sometimes called, these beautiful
lines
Is oh, call us not weeds, but flowers Of the sea,
For lovely and bright and gay tinted are we
Our blushi as deep the of thy bowers
Then call us not weeds, we are oceans gay flowers.
&c Not nursed like the plants of a summers parterre
Whose gales are but signs of an evening air
Our exquisite, fragile, and beautiful forms
Are nursed by the and rocked by the storms"
OUTDOOR AMUsEMENTs.-We commend tn
following remarks Of Henry Ward Beeche
to the attention of our readers. They wei
uttered at the Fair at Springfield. TIL
health of our young people depends more W
on outdoor employments and rational anus
ments than what many are apt to suppos
AS nation we are bringing up our childre
to indoor sedentary employments. Henc
our boys become fit for nothing but to mea
ure tape behind counter, and our girls al
exotic plants too tender to have the winds
heaven visit them roughly. Hear Hem
Ward Beeeher
The speaker was himself a Puritan, al
the son of "a Puritan, but he loved picture
he loved flowers and music, and was no en-
my to amusement. The old Puritan h;
something else to do than to inaugurate parl
aud pleasure grouuds,-they had their fire
dom to inaugurate, their schools to establis
their government to erect, and all this lie
but little time for recreation. They had tas
and love for proper pleasure, but little tin
left flom their sterner duties to enjoy thel
We, however, were enjoying the fruits
their labors and efforts, and have time f
those things. We have sprouted not fl
grown it is true, but still we have sproute
We have time to enjoy ourselves, and we S
if we don't do it, Enjoyment is one of Il
necessaries of human life, aud it is much be
ter for us to give the young good Who'll
some pleasure than to have them steal imp
rites. They will have it, and if not given
will be stolen. Give our young men and o
J young woman proper outdoor pleasure al
we shall see fewer diseased bodies, few
. puny frames and pale faces. We shall ha
more mothers and more babies, and the latt
that are now lilies of the valley, and soon
, under the valley, will then be more robus
they will then live and thrive, and grow
to be men and women, such as men and "
, men should be and were meant to bo."
| Hartford Comrant.