Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-09-12


brink We sit, and there stand three O.
our party who have made their perilous
way down. by the aid Of the hcmlocks,
and linger. reverently measuring tho new
distance above and below. One false step
anu the light of life is forever shut out
Near them, but little in advance, for the
way is no novelty to her stands our pref.
ty guide with her dark upturned eyes,
reckoning as to come, her blue ribous
glinting through the brown trunkes and
branches of the trees like hint OF
blue sky. Lovely contrast to the rude
saSlimity Of her surroundings. .t.a pa
Turning from this almost wearing i'm
movableness of rock and precipics. abyss
and darkness, how soothing to veil the
vision for moment and listen | Even
in that unceasing hurry, the uniform dro-
ming of the waters bushes to the rest of
infancy both sense and soul. Under an
August sun, which exhausts our energies,
leaving scarcely life enough for even
sleep to work with there is on motion,
or activity. nothing in the work that pre-
suposes the power of self.exertion, but
aggravates our consciou ,ness of weight
upon US more than we can bear. but NOV
ing water; and this. however fierce the
rush and roar. is Natures lullaby to all
uuconiousness Of the presence of any other
element AS we lounge out dolce for
nie',tely the post meridian hours of a
summer day, whose heart battles Fahren-
hoit. we are provoked at even the mimic
life in swaying cobwcb, or insect autter
and hum; and even the grasshopper is
burden but the cadencea of many waters
absorb and drown every other sound, fold
us in their refreshing embraces, and exalt
us to the blessed land of dreams .,,.
In region like this the mornings are
cool and enjoyable in the highest degree
although there arc roarked days whose
auroral signs remind US Of the power that
such hold within their grasp, and how
relentlessly they will pour cut their &C.
cumulation of heat between one and six
p M. All there is agreat gulf toward
which we all cast furtive glances as Phe-
bus urges on his steeds, much as if VIC
were approaching boiling abyss in
railway train, until, closing our eyes at
last to the dreaded certainty before us,
each moves solemnly to his own room, to
commune with himself upon his pillow"
with an expression of forced resignation
qrite ludicrous to witness.
If your window at your hotel has ives.
tern aspect and i'll the absence Of blinds
Jour curtains swsys in and out with the
motion OF the air and the sun is shooting
his red hot arrows thick and fast into
your room, you feel like confronting him
And asking him how be can make himself
SO disagreeable by his impertinent ardor
but sec ond puff of air tits your curtain
up fiat to the ceiling and you arc at once
routed by a reinforcement Of light and
heat. and you arc glad of a ret rcat to
iuskier corner where resting place
awaits you and where you can rebel un.
seen, or, what is better. console your bet.
Ter nature with the thought that the far.
mers are reaping benefit from this try
ing solstice, if you are not. So you see it
is not strange that we reach the conclu-
lion as VIC come into a more reflective
period, that We are, most OF us, only
brought out Of ourselves. out Of own self.
ndulgement lives into one which includes
neighborly love, by being forced Into
'ome corner. without an alternative, or at
east any that anoble mind will accept. !
So, even in tribes. God saves us from
ourselves, the salvation we all ought de-
voutly to pray for. fly ~ sa'' sa
never ssmmered in any spot however
rural where the atmosphere, after six p. !
H., cooled 80 suddenly, changing the at
nosphere of your temper, il heated, SO IN.
,xpectcdly, giving your whole moral
system manifest shock, moral douchc, |
the circulation Of your consci.
,pce and galvanizing your good resolution
10 renewed activity in repairings, and
quite protecting you from chills without
shawl or additional covering If you
rave a torpid conscience, this is the place
Tor you. Liocys we heard nothing Of here;
II there are any, am sure they are good
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