The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-09-02

| heavens ABOVE US, and in the earth and sea
| around u.s.
Look upward and behold the peerless azu-e
OF the skies, as the deecy clouds go floating by,
like rich argosies upon The fathomIess deep, or
watch the declining sun, lighting up the clouds
with all the coors Of the RAINBOW, with scenes
aud hnes shifting as 10 some scene of encha0t-
ment. Now he disappears behind The dark
folds, and along the glhtp'ng edge, IN clear
contrast with the darkness, line OF gold APP
pears too brilliant to gaze upon. Now he
emerges for moment in all bis splendor, and
throws bis beams asant the gazing earh.-
Every dwelling on the eastern hills is lIt up
with new splendors, as his parting beams come
streaming from every pane in the windows
Now his burning disc has sunk beneath the
horizon, and the sky is all a fame with richest
crimson. Slowly the coors fade, shading of
into the deep grey OF twilight, until darkness
wells iheS Gene. We have fine sunsets occaSionsal-
ly at other seasons Of the year, but they only
reach their climax in this month.
But We are not constrained TO reap our harvests
alone in the skies The earth is beautiful, with
her malurest charms, like the fully developed
beauty of The mother. Look into the orchard
and fruit yard, now, to behold thu crownng
grace of the year. The pear and apple trees,
with their snowy and pink blossoms, were a
charming sight in May. But now there is a
richer green upon the foliage, and amid the
dark masses of leaves, fruit of all hues are
clustering. Here are the crimson Baldwin,
and Spitzanbergs, the white PorteTs aud Swee-
iinss, the fair Lady Apple, and Maiden's blush,
true to their names, the purple Gillliowers and
Pearmains, and among the pears, the golden
Blrleits, and Virgaieus, the Flemish Beauties
tinged with red and russ-t, kings and queens,
dukes and ducbesses, rivaiing their namesakes,
for rich attire. The very air is laden with the
perfume of their melting juices. No goblet
was ever crowned with 50 delicious nectar as
turks beneath the tempting skin.
Here in more secluded nook, we come to
the Plums the Washington, worthy the name
ofthe Father Of his country, the Jefferson
sound in flavor as the doctrines of the Sage Of
Monticello, the Green Gage, with nothing
green about it but lis color, the Golden Drops
almost too good to sell for gold, the pink,
crimson, yellow, and purple, and over all that
bloom dust which fingers like the soft haze,
with which the artist obscures bis brightest
creations Of angelic beauty.
IN the winery, art helps nature little, and
the combined product ofthe sun and the glass
is those punches of grapes, surprising all that
EschoI in its palmiest days ever boasted.-
How much there is of romance in that old
Espicture OF the spies bearing the clusters upon a
stick between the two, we were never able to
determine. The object we imagine to have
been, sale carrying, rather than 10 show the
enormous size of the clusters. We have seen
not few clusters that good many ordinary
couples of men would not want TO carry, if
they have TO pay for them before starting
punches weighing six or eight pounds, and
worth twice as many dollars, at the market price
| Nothing can exceed the beauty of the roof Of a
winery, well loaded with Black Hamburg, Mus
cats, Frontignans, and the princrIy Cannon
Hall. Tested by the grosser sense of taste,
they are hard 10 beat, and not at all bad to take
The cultivation oi this excellent fruit, both in
the open air, and under glass, is making rapid
progress among Us. A graperv is becoming
almost an indispensable aPpendage Of gentle
mans country seat, and even men OF moderate
means, who can give but a few hundred dollars
to fruit culture, are indulging IN this luxury.
Beautiful as these September days are, it is
in the power Of almost every one Of our readers
; TO add TO their charms, around his own home.
Another Isabella or Concord running along the
south SIDE Of the house or barn, and hanging
} out their purple clusters, would make weather
beaten boards, even, look very tempting. "A
} few more Bartletts, or Flemish Beauties, in the
back yard, or fruit garden would be something
TO make the early dawn look very pleasant tc
the children. The laggard at the trees in thu
morning would deem himself 10 have lost {;
) goody sight. The time of tree planting is no
far ahead. Shall we visit the nurseries an.
} make the Septembers OF the future LITTLE
more beautiful
. GIVE have the most cheering accounts o
. the Democracy in the western counties of thl
State. As the time approaches for deciding tn
political complexion of the State, the earnest