Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-10-26
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From the american Agriculturist.
OCTOBER.

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The subtle frost hath piled it's mystic art,
And in the day the golden sun hath wrought
True wonders: and the wings of morn and even
Have touched with magic breath the changing
leaves.
And now, as wanders the dilating eye
Athwart the varied landscape circling far
What gorgeousness, what blazonry, what pomp
OF colors, burst upon the ravshed sight!' -
-s 81 -s-s5ar .7. GALLAGHER.
What change has come over the face
of Nature! The waving forests. so lately
robed in deepest green, have assumed
the gorgeous coloring of October. The
foliage does not fade, but brightens into
death. The last days of the leaves are
their best in beauty, violet, pink, scar
let, crimson, as if their life blood were
oozing from every pore. Nothing but
observations could teach us that al this
brilliancy and glory heralded DEATH
1t would seem that they were entering
upon new life, instead of being pushed
off the stage to make way for new gen
Grafton. 5'-
The year has eliminated in field and
forest, and the farmer is gathering in
his harvests. The first frosts have come,
and you see the small hoar crystals gilt
tering 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 crook-necks all
exposed. The farmer hardly knew how
rich he was until the frost cleared away
the luNuriant mass Of foliage. Now the
potato patches and the edges of the corn
fields and the gardens are yellow with
the raw material of pumpkin pies, and
Thanksgiving. The orchards feel the
chill breath of the frost, and you hear
the apples dropping under all the trees,
as if seeking warmer quarters in the
thick grass beneath the branches. The
apples are abundant in almost all parts
of the country, and the poorest families
can lay in their winter stores of Green
ings, -Pippins, and Spitzenbergs. An
orchard loaded with fruit, and ripening
in the October sun, is one Of the finest
sights in the country. Here is tree
blushing in every bough with the Grim
son fruit, and there they hang in long
yellow .bunches, 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 date fruits are given in the
last few days OF The season. If plucked
too early, they sh1lvel, and do not pen
we'll in the cellar or fruit room. This is
the reason why some condemn certain
very fine winter pears. u some cases,
the season is too short ior tL.e,n to reach
maturity, III others, t!iey are removed
from the tree full two VICES before the
close of the season. lLost of the winter
varieties Of pears and apples are fur,
nished with a thick foliage which adj
heres longer than ON the summer varie,
ties, to afford protection to the fruit
We have sometimes left the Glout Nor
ceau as late as the middle Of November
with the best results The picking
storing, and ripening of winter fruit is
an art that cannot be learned in single
season. 5.,a ......... ..-.
With the harvest moon, come apple
bearings, and huskings, words full O
meaning to the old men, if not to the
boys. We see now the ample farmer!
kitchen, and the bushel baskets heapee
with apples, and the merry group of lads
and lassies, seated for their work. Their,
were at least dozen Of them gathered
from the neighbors to lend helping
hand in preparing ''the apple sass L
is now called apple butter, and, by some
very proper people, "sauce.' A barrel
at least, was to be prepared from th
| green, or, rather, resh-pared sweet ap
pies. and large stores of dried apple
,, were to be laid up for winter use. Th
head of the household, as was meet, use'
the pairing machine with three tined forl
land knife that cut the skin as thin as
wafer The pared apples fell with won
derful rapidity into a large tub, and wer
, thence distributed among the youn
folks, to. be halyed, quartered, cored an
strung upon twiae about two yards i
length, for drying The strings of ar
Piles, as they were finished, were put upo
hooks in the ceiling, or upon poles read
to be removed in the morning to til
sunny side OF the house, where they fe
i'll graceful testoons, the special deligl
7, of wasps and flies. With huge pan
apples between young couple, the wor