New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-19
FALL rs COMING.

chilly May departed. But The signs Of accomplished
seas on begin to show Themselves very vsiby, many
them pleatapt enough in themselves, only Ike the Viz
einia reel that ended tie evening 10 young days
thew lose their zest when we remember that they arr
the last of the pleasures.
Blackberres for insar CO, good things, but thei
endowment is little checked when we think that they
are the last fruits of sumner, and imagine that we
Taste in them the acid chill of the fresheniDg north
wes.er. Tomatoes are welcome, making their latt
though blushiDg enFy,-but they are here inevitably
associated with frequent calls for coyerlds and al
available broad-spradiag household fabrics, to shelter
the precious vines from the mighty cold. Even green
corn in this latitude savoIs of a summer heat, and
purplng grapes suggest an approaching shiver.
Our wldfowers are hosting their gay signals Of
Autumn too The cardinal lobelia faunts It's scarlet
spike by the waterside, and it fades its somewhat
modetter cousin in skybue comes out to mark another
step toward ee spd snow. The golden rod stands in
brilliant beauty in the corners of the rail fences and the
edge of the pastures a handsome thing is hard to
find, but ts commonne shuts the eyes of most from
admripg it, and they pass by to look at some poor
plain foreigner raised th illrepaid pains in garden
Solomon in all his glded glory, could hardly have been
more speI did than the patch of this despisad plant
which stands in any neglected corner. If it were
native of China the Himalaya and would grow only
with nursing and petting what penny tie florists
would turn by seBiDg is roots the asters are not
yet fairly out when they in fall bloom last Of the
gay and fral ssierhood, there viii be keen tang in
tie air. and fingers viii be cold picking apples aud
potatoes
One of the marked features of early Autumn is the
thistledown the Dir is full Of it, Looking up into the
cloudess sky overhead as far eye can distinguish
it's AIRY balls of down show brilliantly sun.iumined
against the dark blue ether. Walking by-roads or
field every minute one OF these little balloons comes
selling by our faces and in still day the lake, not
eqns1e rod of water but has one of them rolling over
the surface or waerogged il it. Surely the provSons
of nature for the diffusion of weeds most elaborate
and admirable, while the seeds really valuable TO man.
pess ard beans, wheat and maise, apple seed, melon
seed and the like are heavy, slippery things, with
tendency TO drop down just where they grow. No
dowDy parachute, no winged appendage, aids them to
futter or soar widely and spread their useful kind;
such barbs hooks and other adhesive contrvances as
make all mankind and cattlekind involuntary agents
for the dissemination of burr6ocks tongwesdS, stick
tights and Spanish needless ere all denied to germs
which We deem of any use. Is there any lesson In
tnis p Were the case reversed, how much would be
said of the capital arrangement by which the useful
plants were secured the widest spread AS 1t 49, we
can only say that in this in some other things, our
specal interests do not seem to have been solely con-
sidered and that we had best avoid undertaking 10
say why things are 80 and not otherwise Such wise
are apt to lead only to more puzzle
Behold seasonabe instance little thing to be par
alleed if need were by many big once. In this Sep
TENDER air. every outdoor horEe is III perpetual pss
ter with hes nipping him before, behind, around.
Here and there he switches his bushy tall and the
passipg tutor admopishes the pupils walking beside
him to mark the benefcent arrangement whereby the
noble animal is given handy y-fap to protect himself
from the petty tormenters. With all due respect to
the promulgstors of such easy Lessons submit two
questions: If the horse was not to be Bitten why were
not the flies left unnade formed on vegetarian prin
cipes Per contra, if the flies were to live, and as
means thereto endowed with such sanguinary appe-
ties, why was the horse fitted with toll to plague
them while at their dnrerl We have no solution to
this or other instances Of nature at war; of which
the world is so full suffice it that it is, and 80
science proves it has been since, unGumbered mil
lions Of years ago. the shaip.toothed feb of the sub
carboniferOus periods converted the smaller fry into
Diet and left in their rejuamenta such cad remains as
the scales and little bones which make the fossil cop
rotes 80 interesting. Eat and be<eaten has been
the rule from the beginning and may rest assured
that it is all right, however may suspect misad
ustment when it comes turn to be eaten. Bot let
withdraw from this deep speculation on thistledown
and flies TO make more practical observations.
There is another sign of Autumn going by-thatlong
wagon loaded with girls bound to the hoppiciog;
mery party it is, rafting along with straw hats aud
shalms tapping and flying and chatter and laughter
not little. This barleywine vintage of is quite
picturesque and pleasant the classic vinages of
the Old World the grape clusters not more grace
ful than the hop flowers hanging in dense masses on
TIE poles, mgr are the vineyards the Rhine Ga
rome bliGef now than tee hop yards of 0;sego,
Oneida Nd Madison. There have been pictures
enough of tha grape harvesti let commend to some
of artists astudy in some ofthe hop fields of Cen
trail New-Ye<k-a rich nap of hanging vines, busy
party of p-kers; stout men carrying the laden poles,
brightly dressed women busy about the boxes the old
man, horse and Wagon, waiting for the load, the
topped kiln,in the background, on the side wood
skired meadow leading down TO the Otsego the Can
adusga, the Owabgena, whichever lake you please,
beyond tie swelling hills aud the forest just markod
in occasional spOt with the prophetic tints Of gold
and crimson, made
=" Autumn laying here and there
A dery fin scr the leaves"
"a finge smoke risiug from remote clearing to the
bright clouds above There is fresh subject for the
painter if he treats it prcTerly and faithfully to Amer
lean color, fage, life ard character it may be
cess. His colors may be the clearest and Brightest.
for the gresn of the meadows the blue
of the skes and the reflected hues ofthe waters more
brilliant Why it is we are not able to say but GER
tany at this time Of year there often spreads with the
sunshine the face ofniture an almost metallic us
ter, quite unlike the moister and softer c,loriug Of
Spring and Summer. Outlines are hard aud sharp
shadows arc dstinct ard clearly ont and macmillan