Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-24
From the Rural New Yorker
Talks with our Boys and Girls,
BY UNCLE PAUL.
BY UNCLE PAUL.



Little boys and girls of the Rura
Circle, do you know what we mea
by "Fall%'
"Yes," says a bright-cyed littl
fellow, and a whole group of voice
echo Eyes" "yes," Eyes"
"You mean the time when thC
leaves turn red, and drop of thC
trees" says our bright-eyed friend
land chestnuts fall out Of their
burs, and the beech-nuts, and the
walnuts; and we go off nutting in
the woods, and have, Oh such lots
of fun r>-and, really,h his face glows
so with the thought that we almost
wish wewere a boy again back there
among the hills and could go nut
ting once more with the boys and
girls as we'used to do years ago
Well, little folks, fall has come
we don't know where from, exactly,
nor do we know where it went to
twelve months since, but it has
come. Charlie went out bright and
early this morning to get the COWS,
and when he came in he said there
was frost all along down the lane.
1t covered the top of the fences,
and made the prettiest kind Of a
white cOverlid on the grass. Mag
gle, when she fed her chickens,
1.-THE hen babies of that old "cluck-
err" that ,ooutd set, found the poor
things shivering and peeping away
at a great rate, as if they were calling
for a larger supply of feathers. =
Glad enough they were to smuggle
up under the old hen, who, as Mag
gle said, sought to be ashamed of
herself for having the little chicks
around this time Of year"
There isn't a bit of doubt, then,
that fall has come. The frost told
Charlie Of it, as it took hold Of his
fingers and seemed to sharply
whisper to him, 81 am the same
fellow that was with you last winter
up on the pond" and the chickens
peeped lOndly of it to Maggie. We,
heard the leaves whispering to each
other about it, too, as we came
along under the trees. A little sad /
ly they spoke of it, for they knew
they would only be dead leaves,rus-
tling over the ground, all their life
and beauty gone,
Are we glad it has come? Are
you, boys? Are you, girls? OF
course you are! We did not need
to ask. It's not so long a time since
we were a boy and gir-no, we
don't mean all that, only hoy
that we have forgotten how We used
10 look forward to the first snow
storm. When October came we
used to think, just as we presume
many of you are thinking now
next month will be Novcmber,and
We shall have snow, and ThauksSiv-
ng, and coasting, and maybe some
'kating; and won't it be jolly -
,ut now you have all this month in
which to gather your apples and
valnuts, and butterAlts, to go off
N the hills after chcstnuts in mer-
y parties, to ride out in the corn
Ield with John, and back on load
i yellow pumkins--and may you
Il enjoy the month greatly!
For we don't want you to get the
otion, young friends, that the fall T
a gloomy sort Of time, with :
othing glad in it, 1t is no such
hing If you hear any of your
rown-up friends say it is sad, and I
nix dolefully about it, just tell them 1
is giorioHs, and wen back up y
hat you say TO be sure, last d2
ight's frost spoiled the flowers that VI
ate has been cherishing 40 fondly, cl
ut she must not feel bad about VI
nat, "Roses will bloom again." hi
lys tn > song, and it says truly
here are just as bright and pretty
overs down in the earth there, un-
er those that the frost killed, rs
ny that Kate loved But You need
ot dig down now to find them.-
ou wouldn't find them if you
lould. But they will come, only
ait a little while. There's anoth-
June away off somewhere, where
ght, or ten, or twelve other Junes
lat you know Of came from,a and it
i'll come in good time
Now, boys, don't forget to gather
! the nuts and apples, and the girls
I'd better go with you, so as to
AXE nut and apple gathering pleas
It, Aud after you have gathered
EN- we will come around some ev.
ling, (of course you will be glrd
SEQ us, and eat some with you, 4
I'd perhaps tell you a story our 4
'andmother told us many a year d!e
1ne by. r., r.,
Ill