Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-29
Autumn and its Lessons.
RI GKo. VI. CURTIS.


died aspect. The intense heat of the year gives
sense of violent and rapid struggle, as if all
the natural processes were wonderfully accelo'
Grated by an access OF fever, and the long cool
repose OF conyalcscouoo follows in the clear,
bright autumn days.
The enjoyment of these things IN kind of
test Of character. If "a man found himself oeas'
ing to take pleasure in the NOON, and flowers,
and chldren-f the red leaf of the fall gave
him the same emotion as the green leaf of tho
spring-he might well feel that he was old and
his heart worn out,
The finest sight is the autumn Of age, like
that of the year Some men shriyel and dry up
~ they grow old. Some become coarse, or Gym
zeal, or rad Some, aftcra noble promise and
even full towering, ripen no fruit at all, and
leave only a few reluctant and blightel results.
Some stand covered with ''nurly" balls, hard,
dry, and useless. Others arc stripped and blre.
But genial, golden age has all the qualities Of
ii warm October day. There i4a soit reposc on
the landscape. No harsh winds blow, no sharp
,h;us froo7n Tba a,.t,nc, on al y;d... :. d,,i.
..to and l,st j., lu,,,o,, Loy, p.h;,d = :
.an4;o. .ud c,;r. h,c,r, Ills Io,,t;r,l .od a.
Turing. On all the misty hilltors visible snm-
,,o. sn.,ns 70 lingor The foIJ; are crimson and
vo,ov, ,.;tb t,,c r;cbqa n. tfc or,5,rd tbc INV
ria o,ono o,;stooy Aindlv and N, ool5 a,, rnmn.
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trees anu 'i'o cropping NUS '''eI upon 'ao i"li-
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benodlctioa' Night and day the barn 6oors
stand wide open and the great Earn IS bursting
with Its heaped treasures. The wagons come
aud 20, and The beat Of The 0aiI begins. Bright
and beautiful and abundant is the CHEEKY scene,
but there is peryadlng sense Of accomplish
lnent The cattle sra2o in the pastures, and in
the meadows where the growth Is over. The
harvest fields will clearly do no more. The green
of June has faded into the rnaict Of October,
aud even the gorgeous leaves burn, hectic buc
upon the andsoara. Tho earth has done its
work for the year, and there is feeling Of gath
eriug in. OF closing che doors, and Of going ia
rest.
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