The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-03-28
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What au intimate relation there exists be-
tween the state of the weather and that of the
mind. When the sun is shining warm and
bright, how cheerful one feels, but when the
dark clouds roll over the horizon, their coun-
torparts gather over the mind, and makes one
sad without knowing why.
The dark clouds hang heavily acress the skles
shutting cut the cheerful sun, draping the ho-
rizon in black, as if mourning the death of Old
Winter, Aud well does mourning beft u.s.
This as a dark world, world of disappoint
ment, Of care and trouble. How cold and self
ish is the world the blackoned masses above
are fit emblem of the eyer-changing, cold,
gloomy sphere over which they hang
| E0eTchangjHg-for how vain and fruitless
are all our expectations. In years gone by
perhaps you thought TO be a scholar You saw
yourself man Of learning diving deep into
the mysteries Of nature-grasping the great
truths Of science. You saw the mnlitudes
catching brealhlessly the words Of eloquence
and wisdom which came from your lips you
heard the shouts Of applause which burst from
an admiling audience. A change, like that Of
the Wi-ier's cloud has come over you, silently,
but irresistible; your well-laid schemes are
broken, and you find yourself devoting those
hours which you had hoped should serve as
stepping stones to greatness, in Flooding, I'm
elovating toll.
C0ld-aye colder than winters blast beats
the tide Of human Indifference around and
against you. Your dearest friend may be strick-
en- down before you, and leave you smitten by
the chilling blasts Of grief. The outers world
beholds your sorrow, pauses moment from
its selfish pursuits 10 ask the cause. You
tell the tale ''unlucky," they reply, and haste
along, verifying that
There is no flesh in mans oJdur4te heart
1t does not feel for man
Gt0o'ny-for how could it be otherwise in q
world where disappointment 50 often follows
the most earnest effort; where the most bril-
liant career must at length be cut short by death;
where cunning snares are laid at every step to
entrap the unwary. Truly earth is dreary
place, o'erhung with darkest shadows.
The clouds.ro away, and let down the cold
Ell sunligAt; how it changes the appearance Of
nature, animate and inanimate Merrily,now,
the birds welcome once more the sunshine. as
from grove to grove they echo back their notes
ot1oy. Il carries US back to other days, we
rove again among the grand old woods, between
whose boughs the rays of sunlight came, to
cheer into life once more the vegetation. How
beautiful, how lovely, how happy is earth
Bea1FJm-in the rainbow, as it IS reflected
from the tiny dew-drop, and in the grandeur
OF the roaring cataract; beautiful in the deica-
cy Of the fragrant flower, aud in the majesty of
the lofty oak, which has defantly withstood the
SHOWS ola century; beautiful in the grace Of
the nicely wrought SHE'LL and in the sublimity
OF the Handicapped mountain; beautiful in the
wildness Of the Forest and in the macnidcenca
OF the Hower-bespangled prairie; but above all.
beautiful in the gushing sunlight, which warns
and animates the whole
L0cely-man finds the earth, where fastberod
warblers tune their notes to please his ear
where bubbling brooks rneander through sba-
dy valleys, that he may dream beside their
cooling waters, where modest flowers rixo nm
asked on every hand to contribute to his hap
piness. Blind indeed, the man must be, who
calls this world vail of tears. LONELINESS We
find on every side, called into being by this
cheering, warming sunlight
Happy, too, IS earth, since it is blessed SO
bountifuIly. Our thoughts wander through
the L9pg-ago, and again we see the familiar
scenesof childhood, mingle once more with
our cheerful companions, and join in their enli-
Yening sports. We invariably clothe those
days in sunshine And the future, too, though
like the sparkling mountain top it may be
more attractive from its distance, would not
DO the beautiful thing it is, did it not glitter in
the sunshine of hope.
Well might the heather worship the agency
capable ofprodueing so much light and beauty.