St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-12-15
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H0UsEKEEPER's DIARY.

OcTorER l0-I shall never cease f.
be an admlrcr of nature while She IN.
rays herself in such magnificent beau
ty through all the year as now. !
have heard people, who were passing
into the scar and yellow leaf" say
All me ! | used to love tlnwcrs--aud
torcst-anl running brooks and greer
fields, but | am old now, and think il
is time to be thinking Of better thugs.
Bless me what an idea of life
as if the days of youth--days too of:
ten Of thOughtIess iulIy--ot aimlcss
existence, when like butterflies we
cIoycd ourselves upon the sweets that
surrounded us, and grew weary Of ex
| istcnce because of our cxccSscs--as
/ if such a life was worth sigh.
That man or woman who does not
grow more hopeful on joyful as days
wear on, who cannot clothe him or
| herself in royal robes Of crimson. scar
let and gold, like the oaks and ma
pies when the frosts Of years begin
to withcr them, depend upon it has
not lived the true life, or the accumI-
lated wealth of heart and soul would
make them rejoice i'll their own ful.
ness, and open to them a future So
glorious, that the lips should speak
only words of grateful thanksgiving
/ for the past, or cheerful hopings for
the future.
But, what | was going TO say, be,
! fore my pen ran away into this cpl
sodc ON life, was, that these hills and
! dalcs, forests and farms, country seats
/ and cottages about New York are
magniliccntIy beautiful one feature
of their beauty comes out now Strik-
ingly. Scarce porch or doorway is
! seen hcrcaboutS without its evergreen.
Now when the oaks, naples, dngwoOds
and e Inns are putting on their change
fut robes, the deep green ot the frs,
the darker shades of the larch and
spruce, and the Somhrc, almost black,
of the tall old ccdars, gives richness
and variety TO the Landscape that is
truly enchanting.
wish our Western people would
think more about cvcrgrccuS What
Il brCak-wind a row of them would bc
on the winlward side of home in the
prairics. To be sure they cost lit
! tie, but they more than pay, for fifty
cents laid out for cedar is So much
gwen to enhance. the beauty of the
landscape, upon which VIC and oul
children must daily look for years.
, Count up the cost Of cigars, boys
I Of tobacco and whisky, for the last
three mouths, and see low many trees
! it would have planted uclorc the door
Are you any better .or the eApcndi
!. ture Are your bodies stronger
your brains more cXptlIed, your heart
made more tender or your humani
ties more enlarged?
When come East and see its high
cultivation, and then turn my eyes
back to the grand great West, now il
its very babyhood, 80 begging III its
unadorncd purity to he developed int,
beauty aud grace, | feel as though
wanted to sound in every ear, bc gn
now your work for the future. and re
: member that the labor 0i yonr hands
to-day will make Ur MAR the West loi
centuries to come.
New York-grcat. husy, bustlng
bcdlam New York-what Il speck i
: makes OF one--how We dwlndle dowI
: to very pigmics i'll the great stream o
human life on Broadway, where W,
are jostled ut every point by tens ant
hundreds of our fellows, who do no
even stay to look at us ; it makes on,
chill not to be able to catch even on,
. eye, or be allowed to feel that som,
| one wonders "who you are"
l Yesterday Henry Ward Beeche
2 preached one of his best sermons, to
: tIrongcd house. Indeed his hous
has grown quite too small for his cor
gregation, or his congregation to
!, large for his house. Strange tina
other preachers cannot catch his il