The Portland daily press., 1865-10-06
LETTER FROM THE KnNNnBno.
HALLowEL1., Oct. 4, 1855

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10 me Editor Of the Press: X
Time is flying By Hhheedingly, while We
worry and fret because it will not await on.
pleasure, we, meantime, sitting with iolaee
hands, complaining 81 its tieless fight how
much easier it is to groan over the short-com-
ines of others than to look our own faults In
tbe face and acknowledge them. Here we
have spent the long beautiful summer in in
| action. and cow that September has come and
gone, we cry out, with uplifted hands, wonder
ing how the months have flown by without
our knowledge
Ever since May shaded darhly the green
fringes on the borders Of this beautiful river,
1 have been reyeling in the beauty of its seem
cry, aud in noting the changes-on its banks
have kept my leisure filled. 1 have sat upon
the hillside. by our home in srltry July, and,
Sheltered by the thick boughs of overshadow-
ing trees, have looked out on the river, feeling
that every breath which stirred the small rip
Piles on its blue, surface gave new .vigor and
strength to weary life. Now the fresh air of
October brings something Of the keenness of
real life with il, asit sweeps across my face in
the morning when venture out on the hill
side to watch the red, glowing sun rise up
through the bright morning clouds, and cast
its dazzling gleam of color over toward me
from the eastern side. o, the beautiful old
river takes on glory and brightness which
1 have never seen at any other time, and
though the brillianey subsidies into dull hue,
and the sun il hidden ere long, the rain falling
so softly and drowsily is.a very welcome sight,
no less SO because Of the beauty of the
cleaning sunrise. gfssEases -
!. / It isonly q few weeks since We went out at
night to watch the glow of a fire at Augusta
1t frightened up the city and showed us the
front of the old State House very distinctly.
This, we understood, was only some sol
diers'old barracks burning, not, quite so
disastrous in its consequences as the one
which has lately laid in ruins the principal
business part gof that city. Water street was
we airing finer and more fourishiug appear
ance than ever before, and we sincerely regret
the loss of its fine buildings, among which
was the Post Office. w
We understand that the carload of goods
burned on the railroad in Hallowell on Friday
last, belonged to parties who suffered also Sc
verely in that fire, making theirs a double
loss.
Our fair Augusta ladies, with their ninble
fingers, who make tstting as though it were
play, and the young damsels who have hither-
to done nothing better of morning than loi-
ter through iWhitehouse's, Smiths and the,
other dry-goods stores, turning over the arti-
cles as suits their fancy, will have to go else
where to'purehase cotton, and disarrangesilk
and cashmeres, until Augusta puts on new
aspect. 81 ISL & 81 $3.50 ~ sna9
by the way, know some ladies in Augusta
who can hardly be riyalled in industry. In
deed, a few weeks since I should have spoken
Of them as being most industrious, but have
lately heard from a fair little Hallowell wo-
man story that viii make the Augusta la
dies look to their laurels. Mrs. N. has little
babe OF perhaps three months, to take up a
share of her attention, performs faithfully her
household duties, which are numerous, and
made more arduous by the caresof the little
three-year old, baby's brother, and yet makes
several apieces1 az yards eachl of tatting per
week. Now zoe not having the tatting fever,
should think the care of one baby enough to
occupy all our attention. But there are, in
the world, little tireess hands that can never
be still until they have exhausted Natures en-
ergies and lie lightly folded, upon quiet,
pulseless breast God grant, for the sake of
her babes, that dear little Mrs. Ms may find
lest long before the hopeful, loving heart has
ceased to beat. sF szao4, WYNDHABI.