, 1864-12-09
WIN
Advent Of the Storm KlAE-HiS ICY
ReiEn-1ks AsnioJnenrs and Sor-
rQWk-HyakAnAl AcoeAAoFte9-
PITY the Eoof-Au RlEht
For tho Seahon.

| For The season.
Now ie the Winter of our discomfort, not to be
madc glorious summer by the son Of York, or any
other eun till At least four months OF biting icy
frost bound, slccty. snowy days hare rolled over
us. Winter is here. He came sailing In right roy.
| ally on Wednesday, and yesterday seated himself
firmly on his throne. We all saw him In his shin
Ing chariot a. he descended-likc Jupiter In 4
shower Of gold-ridIng among tho snowy flakes
that form his robes and make the glisteaing dia.
I dcms OF his csown. He rode on the wings Of the
wind, and swept In at hurricane speed the ma,es-
tic rapiaity Of the movement eecsna1y sitting all
the thermometria mercury descended to Aheen de-
grees below that mendsctous point zero. where 1t
he
attempt to regain the high position from which Ii
had been snmmarily deposed, but it WAS signal
ecurity where Il had been laid by the ice king.
Well, let It lie there. We hail the advent OF
the new monarch, some with feelings Of joy,
monarch, and will 60 remain till dcposod by a
higher power than We @ can bring to bear on the
order. the mcrcnry oscillatins about the zero
point. Falling flakes, sslippery Sidewalks frozen
Tn.c b9Tstng gEis supply Pps biz ISs and
suspension q labor in many departments Of ia
duetFy, special arrangements for pleasure, extra
clothing, warmer food. dances. lectures, slcig2ing
parties skating asseelations snow r. p;ailing India
rKcjcnccs which-as Mrs. Mndlaw would 8ay-Eo
10 make up the winter pudding; the excellence Of
nsas aePms e. Is dns a
the degree Of enjoyment !s largely dependent
upon the appetite with which nc lit down to tho
TLls eiaslc reminds us of tho ever recurring
bill Of fare put down annually before tho great ,-
man famiiy dining In Natures restaurant It CON
sists Of bn! 1Mo dshes s 51as and the
mated with stew or broil, and the utter being
somewhere in the consistency OF ice cream. The
two courses ere served At intervals, during the
with nibbling at strange oi4d 1'0dridd Of both
which receives yarioQs ua1nes according to the
Or a1tnmn sauce, bnt The times intervening BE-
tween these two settled courses present but Ahash
Of the two in which sometimes one, and generally
ae
Eut each course has Its accessories its pickles. its
preserves md condiments, hence, though at first
there 1nay aee,n to bs but little variety, yet when
1or ringing the changes, as lid The sailors, who
had rum and onions ior breakfast onions and rum
70! dinner, and rum and no onions for supper, and
We propose not nov to moralize Thompson
Ikc-on The Seasons" nor-with uerrey-to
1nstitute series of ''Mcditations among the
Iombs'' Of those countless millions Of organized
ty this eud1cn advent. fhe s'picasnres Of tic
lmagtnation',-o whose absurditics We have
often laughed 10 dlin stdts-may be left to others
we Will deal only with facts, nor even with those
| do we intend with Dickens to 60 81 on the ram
| page-ptp.r Yet there is no one who can at such
: time resist the temptation tolook down the yis.a
thus opened, and scan the Joys and cares, the dill
| culties md pleasures which stand along on each
o1 s 1o 70 ske q
tween them. Some cntice, others are distaateful,
Int n1l bcckon onward iires1stlbly, and even IS
! We look WoCdcrtnEly nlonE this partion Of the
stream of Time wc are ay7ng. toHsrd !he other
end There IL no standing etlll. especially during
the slippery Gcason. We lnay e Gu Us rtll don the
| not ne it nics. but we slide past it-aaothes
1qmbug exploded, the flight Of pleasure; 1t is We
Ne love winter, though unfarorable 10 life. In
winter organic nature slecps, or maintains wax
ing existence only by virtue OF fierce struggle
viii the elements. But It l. j1st then thai he
othsr directton-the play Of inorganic allnIues
begins. The atmosphere which before serred
merely aa the medium Of aqueous evaporation and
| condensation, now takes the mist atoms OF the
cloud, and arrapges them In beluhfully srmmctrIc
groupings. making millions Of snow tlakcs scarce
les perfect In n Organization than the lowest
the great rocks become looaened from thcis beds.
and pulycriEe1 BY the frost, and every hi1ock In
ne eoIn,sld iseqnally nlest By the sxertloa q
stretch far beyond our ken, have IN their bosoms
locked up snyriads Of crystals beautiful as dia-
m9nda, 5esplsndsntM M y molten silver. Ths heav-
Northern hemisphere the bollcst defined, grand
est most beautiful constitutions arc those Visible
during fhe winter nights: W5at summer constel-
sweet light OF the Plciades, The golden shrine
Of Aldcbaran, the belted gems OF Orion,
Eeason-thc bright sheen OF Sirius aid Procyon,
Tie blood-red glare Of Aleol, or the suggestive
shining depths of the cancer-ous portion Of the
MitkyWay, with its thousands Of ncbnlous clus,
ters. Even to the utmost confines Of the hye1nnal
arch does the superiority Of the spsEizefs extend
at the gate sta.ds Fomaihaut, somewhat down IN
s;ill glorious, and At the other extremity Is The
streaming Arista, the last to rise on the winter
holizon: How near they sccm to Us On a calm,
clear winters evening iso rear that We almost
catch the mrsic Of the spheres azt IL waited along
% oyer Me azqIe Fsnl1 nroclatming TIC glory Of
% eiera Iestg Of lin aaa o 1s.n gaae = s o.
Life ie always struggle with opposing forces,
but IL winter 1t is the most herce, the clements
qr1res all The art Of nstafs1y drieneciess man to
eilield lin from the deathly cold. All nature ia
laid under contribution to aid us in the hght The
are LEVIED on to Serp us from reaching the zero OF
the surrounding atmosphere and beeomtng moth
Ing. rtt Is the struggle pleasant-for those who
lore The etiie; it calls forth iii our Energies,
makes us >. be strong and show ourselves men, n
6Pss up The bleed to hs man|nE ehss
zesi as the snoW-tasng match, Of the sleigh ride,
ing IN comparison, and fishing il decidedly SLOW.
/ And overGsovn children are not unfrequenty mel
with who are fond OF the eame species Of aiuuse
1 o s us hev ss ~ 70 an1
more careful 10 avoid what is called impro.
pr1sty.
for winter, individually and nationally. The Ct
ftmtracy ol those who dwell beneath the tropit
l tn IN In;
sna ,"htnr ,hc Eh1..s 1odc ~ H ~ ~
hcafs IN onr m nropaTta, reations r. r. cenaiir hc
neat;, ~ aats Iua ar. i,e1 ~ a. as.p ~
ers ~ 1is er,;a U; .n' f .s 1i
the valleys Laugh and sIns IN Autumn with ten ten
ape s1 tter ~ c1i1 hf5rc IT. 1nast - NJ p
mste L he Sweet tbc aTeeter'" hut a yeritsblt
tosseS %f hsel snd Sort hccn ~ te Ion and hottoi
o} the tIe tatei n b1sntei
but Is m9Sn ~ ~h1sn ts s1ves ~
s,a. ness Is oeaea' 4oi''aa7 10 'ce s37'e u ofea"
un 10 ose 4 81 trom n;a mak1 T. t sas
n r;oa ~ H. r - 'nssa t,s ssa
eoa ps. peI,oa q esnesI ss ine wcatner 1oosenet
~ uut rfa r i. =. ~, tt1 ~ es. =. s ses' ~ ~
80 1nn t - ,an n,NaiSas ~ "ha o.
Tnorf1e T,c }ron1 hn;nc cfnr,r ~ 49, ~ ~
4haun; ~ ,h u 5pat ~ NJ ps
ne 5roths1heod Of ths human mn family ssta1lishe.
1n1 M a. In rn 1,,Irnraoi 1e ~ uas ~ ~
e N 4s ut nde a19 ao1 hoq9 We a
20 ne prGuo1iF analt tsom sae %assIthe mqstglom
ing spark quickly gees out when aloIe. 1t ls o91
| dutF 70 ourselves, az 10 01r brethren, TO minglt
with them giving and fecciE1ns By tnter.radlat1oI
swsy and say fhine + on"-the gl9w is not thereby
even The Lump Of ice 1aiass {: heat TO the blazing
1her T. ,fa, seaftornth a+ ~ saa
thHt w1faolSe1h F1 nn1 4 tfRde ;d e p9reriy