The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-09


From the Springfield Republican,
Autumn has really come Near week ago.
my five year-old boy, with the iptutive perception
OF things, which causes partridge chicks to
break and take cover, (" when suddenly startled,
said, e Oh. / wish the leaves wouldn't fal;r and
at the same time there was notta1g in the eonver-
safion or in the somber evening shade of our
broad, pleasant common to suggest his words.
But though the gardens were never richer In floral
beauty. ard though the frost has not YET begun
to trace upon our forest trees the lines where
beauty lDgers until the dead Of wintss; the
spirit Of the fall s abroad in the air and we ell,
consciously or not, feel his influence. The flower
gsrden, which, in May, modestly appealed to rs
flower, now boldly challenges With strongly con.
trssted hues, rich purple or yellow, on gi,ssy or
dead green backgrounds. and viii accept no
minor tribute of admiration. Thus will stand
through short bright days, the aristocratic isbs.
the velvet msrigold. aod then on some bright.
and in the morning they will hang Their poor,
powerless arms BY their sides. and cut df their
earth sadness and the thoughts Of death.
But that is weeks of as yet We hone
and We win enjoy what is without borrowing
trouble. What change has come ovSr the
corn. too! Only q few short weeks ago, and as
imaginative writer has it, I" the corn, thfustiug
its pointed shoots through the surface earth, upon
each tiny bayonet point impsling the gsunt figure
of famine - then with rustling leaves and grace
full head noddDR acquaintance to its fellows. fort
season the ornament of the farm, now stands strip
ped of In lettering and gliding. the incarnation Of
the most prosaic fact by the most poeticsl pf pro-
cesses. Even 10 the narrow road ieading.to our
RIVER meadows, bordered BY willows aud Hacked
by woods. there is no mistake possible, FOR the
new smell OF the willow is no more, but ole sug-
gestvt Of passing on; and all the wealth Gf odor
with which this clsmbering grape vine endowed
the neighborhood, making the nose, BY the neces-
sties Of respiration. wine bibber, Is gone quite
gone. The boneset, with its reddish wn tuftsd
blossoms. the pendant elderberrjes, black and
shining as the beads Of nun, represent the de-
pertinent Of wild flowers, so far as the road ID
concerned. unless one will penetrate into the near
bog and break one of the cst.o'nine tails that
stand so firmly, just out Of reach, towering shove
the PUSHES which surround. and have heretofore
kept pace With them. But 10 ore " no had ano wn
the country IN the spring or early summer. in no
respect would the change seem greater phsn 10
The animal lite, and especially tho birds. Where
be now your robins, your sparrows, aud
your bob'iDks which we're wont iE the
safly mornnss to give matDees. from whi,h the
listener used never TO come away dissppdinted,
nor pe'forner TO stay away from sudden iEdspo.
fsvoritss must know where to look for theIh The
sparrow sfl hangs about our hedges, but ne 10 Q
mere bankrupt In the matter OF notes. aad 70
keep him for the same reason that tbs bro
ken soldier was kindly babe TO stay The
pied bcbIink, losing his vocal power and pretty
dress about the same time. and having little Left
10 recommend him. has taken himself awsy % the
marshes OF MARYLAND. where, as the reed bird. he
will live for while, unit. the vestering xinds
II the lsterfah compel him TOD furtner migration.
when be vii turn up In Carolina. with Smother
sias and more flesh on his bones--the rice bird Of
Charleston game soppers. Bot Marmion az Lady
HeroD's ball vas as little to be compared VITA
Maruion lying deada Flodden. a. is ths epicurisn
tibit OF these suppers to the little black ard bud
bunch of winged ecstacy that starrs out of our
blooming apple trees IN May. and sovs the air
with pearls OF melody, while he drops. rather
than flies, down TO the alder bush, which 'bends
still here bur only ss bid Of passage; the Hocks
are Of Mr.. hicawber's family,
ready TO embark for Australia, in their
restless, useless activity. On the south
er'y eide Of the pine woods which
open out on berry pastures. they may DC ssen in
the morning, but scarcely heard --:heir only note
. sharp signal-csll. which bears the relation to
their spriIg songs that rife shot does TO tile tome
OF flute. lodging through the alder. one still
sees. occasionally. cat bid, bit the single note
that generally provokes a dislodgng stone from
the juvenile passer-by in summer is not heard,
nor Goes be attempt TO recall strain Of the tune
which be. a. q trush, and allied to the mocking-
bird, knows he ought to be able TO sing anti so Is
always unsuccessfully endeayoring 90 remember.
but contents itsef in forever moving on u. Far
"a On the hillsides the strident notes OF tie blue
sy are to be heard, and we know be IL getting MS
pipes into order for the winter singing. and ing
1p memories OF promising oaks, from which to
'rsw the acorn supplies.
Around the house one hears no more TIE hot
Of the cicads, sounding as though
clown from bonndess wastes OF burning sand:
out the mpIuiud,Bous voice Of crickets tisiesd,
,reskDg through the still hours Of the night:
ail, save when soms ambitions three Honths'
.ockerel remembering his ne WY acquired caoa.
'iiy, breaks forth into Intermittent, abridged
,5oviDg. ana tbe grave seniors 81 The hafem, to
bow that folly ia not exclusively youthful at.
rhute. join IN the concert that disturbs the rest
4 the peighborhood. n
These things among many, the Thoughtful oh.
erser sees, and feels thankful for the goodness
hat blends so much of interest sad beauty even
nth our rurtir HE