Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-23
From GEN. GlNTY
He D1sCouRsETH ON THE WEATHER,
PoLIrIcs, AEp OTHER NOVELTIES.
Green BAY, Oct. Is, 1868.

1t is sound proceeding from sonorous
me.ni--even brass. And it is dismal
Ancient Psalmody would be to it eveR as
Bourbon to ''commissary"-ss the vaunt-
ed violin to the viliainous hand organ.
! As the strains come waited to mine ears
meihiuks / can hear the words "Penns
ylvania and Ohio" and / ''smell a little
MICE" 1t indicates, nay. it even insin-
yates, in about as mild way as Chucks
the boatswain, used to converse with his
subaltcrns-tbst Wa shall SEYMOUR Of
GRANT than is agreeable to any truly
conservative mind. As the unwelcome
cheers wildly rent the air, / looked in
vain for comfort, even to Kentucky
The spirits that paddle ''dug outs on
the vasty deep, sent in their regrets that
they could not come, and so, like RAcH-
Ell crying aloud in the Wilderness, q be
lieye she is the ons.) clothe myself in
sackcloth and-a new silk hat which
BEN HoPxINs sent me the other day as
an acknowledgment that he made an err
roneous guess on the impeachment ques
ton.
Well, I'm recopciled. As my
sympathies usually travel with "the un-
der dog in the fight" you will see that
they are not misplaced in this instance.
But must confess that feeling Of sur
prise takes possession OF my muscular
frsme when | see the people of the two
states before mentioned, embrace Radi-
cAlism so affectiouately, and that too, af,
ter such pure patriots as Brick Pomeroy
and Valandigham told them from the
stump that they "hadn't oTter do it,
But truce to politics.
-ISpIAN SUMNER! Do you
know, Lutte, that glorious Indian sum-
mer is here. 1t came in with tears-the
sad skies weeping rain for days before
its advent. When | wrote you last, it
WAS July, ami the heavenly furnace was
stuffed with tar barrels, kerosene sha-
wings and Chicago Iffib,mes. 1t a0as
warm. But now the air is cool. Ii is
bracing. You can snuff it in cubic meas
ure without being afraid Of burning your
back teeth. 1t is cheering, and JOE Ell
WELL or BARRON will tell you how puri-
flying il tastes in ''the morning after q
night session."
INDIAN SUMNER The very sound
makes tho cir resonant with music, and
glowing with go!den.tinted pictures OF
health and comfort. Visions Of a Jolly
time party can fit before your gaze with
GU: being disturbed BY the kidcous grin
of rascaly musqueto picking his teeth
with one of Matt Carpenters speeches
or the eleventh article Of impeachment.
How like, my Boy, the seasons
are to our lives. The Spring time of
youth but reprerents the spring time of
The year, equally, but full Of golden an
ticipations of the future; tho summer
when the mantle of manhood rcgts light
" on tho shoulder; the harvest time,
when we are revelliug in JOY and happi-
ness and snap our fingers defiantly at
the gaunt figure of trouble !; the fall,
when the wand of good Father Time
silyers our hair, and age comes to us RS
gently, rs quietly, rs the love of mai le rs
comes to those who will walk hand in
hand with theR through life, that we
hardly realize our footsteps are declining
down the bill of life. The plumage of
pride and vain glory then leaves US, just
as the kindly leaves and flowers, fall to
mother Earth, shielding her bosom from
the chilling frost. And then in the win
ter, when the lamp of our life burns low
in the socket of mortality, ws lay our
heads to the t,and the funeral torches
that "blaze" the way in the wilderness of
the dead, are like the leafless trees, strip
ped of every ornament of life. In the
next sprisg time of the seasons, they ap-
pear with the mantle of new life; in the
spring time beyond, We sppear on the
beautiful shores of Eternity, and watch
the ripping waves of destiny wash the
pebbles that line the beach. The life
blood that presses to the surface of the
leaves, is not unlike the wrinkles which
creep to the brow of man, faint traceries
of warning that the summer OF manhood
is passing away.
DO you know, Lutte, that if
lived up in your district. | should be
strongly tempted to vote for q. c. Wash
burn, On account of the great respect l
entertain--not for the "Washburn family
generally" as DonnelIy would say, but
! for the Ganeral. Add to his integrity