The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-05-03

HENRY WARD REEcHER's SYMPATHY FOR Ed
lToRs.-While on his recent journey to the
West, Henry Ward Beecher sent back from
Rochester the following expression of his sym
pathy for the Office editors Of the Independent:
But, We, Office editors! how do pity you!-
cramped up in your narrow den-poring over
Exchanges -scissoring for the item columns
reading long -winded communications, and cut
ting down articles to their unspeakable advan
tage. Occasionally you. look out OF q window.
Few editors have the privilege of gazing upon
such a refreshing scene as that which opens to
the eye from the rear office Of the Independent!
Or perhaps you are enjoying visit from one OF
the daily hundreds that flock TO the editorial
sanctum, as villagers to the town pump-a thing
that works for everybody but itself, and holds
out an arm for every living creature to shake
who is thirsty!
But am whirling along the Hudson, river
that never wears out any more than it runs out
II any other land has more glorious rive.,
am glad Of it! The ground is all disrobed of
snow. Willows are yellowing the edges Of
low woods. Buds are making the forests look
purplish. Grass is everywhere starting, and in
favored spots it has lifted up that green which
all summer long shall not wear out. The plow
has already been At work. Farmers are all
astr. Barn-yards are vocal with hens celebra-
| ting the earliest achievements in the egg spec
ulations of another season. Calves and lambs
aye come. All, you do not know, poor crea-
| lures that live in cities-you do not know that
| spring has come! But the signs Of the year
are for the country. Now the peony is pushing
| up its ruddy knuckles oneysuckes are leering
out, flags are drawing their swords, the swamps
| are full of blackbirds, wild ducks are on the
pond, trout are ready for the angler, long
wedge lines OF wild geese stream northward,
! trumpeting as evening comes on, and they are
wing weary. Brook-wows are downy with
| their velvety catkins-mosses in the damp woods
are green with the cleanest, moistest and in.
tensest green. Streams are full and turbid,
little ones are racing down into bigger ones,
and these are pouring into other streams, and
everything seems hurrying and hasting as il .
universal activity had inspired the year.
All this, poor Office editors, must cen i'm
aglne-but see it. All day long, in endless
succession, scenes Of incessant variation pass
before the windows-for II looks as though they
moved, and not we. But then, you can look
out OF your back windows and cheer your eyes
with the works OF mems hands! am bound
tor the prairies! Think OF that! But only
their vast reaches and their green undulations
will be visible. It is too early for flowers.
Something may be CLEANED, however, for anoih
er letter TO you. Meanwhile. dear Doctor, turn
over the huge heap Of newspapers. Mark ant
cut. And thou younger, Godgiven, ply thy
tasks. nor think OF birds, flowers, streams, bud
ding birch. and fragrant spice.bush, but only o
copy, items, and proof.readlng.
PLANT AND Sow FRKELY.--In view of th,
warlike character Of the last news from Europe
the New York Tribune offers the following ad
vice to farmers. Nothing will be lost by follow
ing it should impending war be ayerted:
We say TO our fArmers-plant and SOW freely
|, persistently; tor grain and meat are likely I
be in demand next fall The war which no,
threatens is unlikely to be short and canno
be little one. 1t 10 likely to array q millio
men in arms against each other, subtrActin
, many times that number from productive indus
try to employ them in casting cannon, maxim
powder, charging shells, &C., DC. All thes
must eat, aud battle fields are not well adapte
|, to the growth Of food. We shall be disappoin
ed il Europe does not afford u large mark'
! for breAdstufis before the end Of the cnrreI
| year.
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