Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-10-06

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OCTOBER.
'Nl through the night
The ubtile frost ha,h ,ed it. mystic art,
And in the Ghy the golden ,uu hath wrought
RUE wonder-; an the wing, of mora and even
Have Touched with magic breath the changing leaves
And now, rs Wui.dcr. TIE dilHtug exc
Au,wart The varied Lui.capc circng FAR,
What gorgcDu~hc>s, what bnzpnry, what ponp
OF colors, burst upon the rav.,hed sghtl'
GALLAGHER.
What a change has come over the face of
Nature. The waving forests. so lately robed in
deepest green, have assumed the gorgeous color
ing of October. The foliage does not fade but
brightens into death. The last days of the
leaves arc their best in beauty. violet, pink,
scarlet, crimson, as if their life blood were
ooziug from every pore. Nothing but observa-
ton could teach us that all this brlIiancy and
glory hcralled death. 1t would seem that they
were entering upon new lite, instead Of being
pushed off the stage to make way for new
generation
The year has eliminated in field and forest,
and the farmer is gathering in his barvcsts.
The first irOsts have come and YOU see the
small hoar crystals glittcring in the morning
sun upon the grass and along the fences. The
pumpkin and squash vines are the first to feel
its power, and the broad leaves droop and turn
black, as the sun comes up, leaving the yellow
globes. and the crook nccks all exposed. The
farmer hardly knew how rich he was, until the
frost cleared away the luXurant mass Of foliage.
Now the polatoc patches and the edges of the
corn fields and the gardens are yellow with the
raw material of pImpkin pies, and Thanksgiv-
ing. The orchards feel the chill breath of the
frost, and you hear the apples dropping under
all the trees, rs if seeking warmer quarters in
the thick grass beneath the branches. The APP
pies are abundant in almost all parts of the
aud Ia, "a, La, IN thpr
Winter stores of Greetings, Pippns, and
Spitzcnbcrgs. An orchard loaded with fruit,
and ripening in the October sun, is one of the
finest sights in the country. Here is n tree
blushing in every bough with The crimson fruit,
and there they hang in long yellow lunches
waiting for the basket. The Winter fruits are
not harmed by the early frosts, and they will
adhere to the branches until it is time to remove
them by hand The finishing touches to the
flavor of the late fruits are given IN the last
few days OF the season. If plucked too early,
they shriyel, and do not ripen well in the cellar
or fruit room. This is the reason why some
condemn certain very fine Winter pears. In
some cases, the season is too short for them to
reach matuliiv in others, they are removed
from the tree lull two weeks before the close of
the season. Most of the Winter varieties of
pears and apples are furnished with a thick TO-
liage which adheres longer than on the Summer
varieties, to afford protection to the fruit We
have sometimes left the Glout Morceau as late
ns the middle of Zoycmbrr with The hest re-
suits. The picl,inr. storing. and rinenin, of
Winter fruit is ur art INIT can no. be learned
i'm II Siuulr sensuu
With III, b,rynst ,o,.n. .oo,,o annie p,riuo>
and husLin,,s word. n,ll ot ,,,,u;il, ,n tho ulj
n,cn if ro, to ihn bnvs We 500 nn,v tho nm,
pie farmers kitchen, and the bushel baskets
h"tped with apples, and the merry group Of
lads. and h,sies' spot,.d f., their work There
were at least II dozrn of Them gathered f,om
tbe u,iobbors 10 lend belninr [arJ in nrrnor.
inr "tb, ,niIc sass II i now calI.d on,,l.
hnltcr and bv some vert, nronrr neo,lr ..so,ir,
\ bartel. at least. was 10 be preparel from the
green or rather frcsh-pared sweet apples, and
large stores of drinl onnlos were to bc laid I'M
rnr Winter usn Tbn br,d of tho household os
was moe, nse1 the n,,in,, m,rhipo with three-
,ineI G,r and ku;fs Thar en-, ,bc skim No him os
n wafrr The nnrrd a'1nles f,Il with wonJrrf,,l
ronidity ioto u l,rge tub and were thcnce dis
trbntod nmong The vouny Colks to he bolvrd
onar,oreJ cored and s,,7,,,g mnon twino ahon,
Two Yards in lcnnth for Lryin~ Thc str;ncs of
onnl.s ~ ,hov 1nro fr;sLnd wcre mn, Snon
hooks in the ceiling or mon roles ready ta he
renewed in tho moruir,, IN he snnnv ,;do NJ
the house whore thoy him, in gr,cnfnl f,stoons
The sncciol Il ,li,,ht nf wosns AID Aics W;,h n
hncr non If annIes betw.rn n young counle ,hr
woTk wen. IN rily. if M, ronidv9 lakes arw
hack and forth. sometimes emnhnsize1 with an
,,1, .oo.ls ,,,1 ',,,;oo, iii n,,o,l;,, 90 g, ~,
b. :|. i,., ''',' '' 80 sn' ':
h"Ntic ""NWa'u"eSs III coihpahy was hapPli!
oNI' 'ouhc' 'o' '"e'e was P,"oo io' 'ie N'',vS'
ana the hahds had something 10 40. IN.
tongues were unioOsed, tlrSt about the work and
the company, and then about something that
mioht have bren worry hard work under o,her
o;no,,,,,.,a,a wv H.. a., ,, ,,,,,, -, l. Ia
%'"Su,ii'''eeS' % ,'"'es III Nle pan "eie ""Neu'
ana dlsconsolate halves out OF 1t, were eveniu-
an. '""'e ""o'c' "",h anu woo'iS Weh' 'o-
Scthef IN tnose Soou old times when the kltchen
was better known than the parlor, and the pres
ence of the "old folks al home" did not spoil
ths freedom and frol;cs of the;r cb,ldren
rt ~, - ~ i;'',- .n W ~ ~ ~ We
Inc iast appie oeihG Pared' ana the last ies-
toon hunS up duly IN Its place, there was re-