Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-07-14
The REPUBLICAN.
Bottling Sunbeams.

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Te antiquity Of the art of bottlin.
sunbams is without conlroversy
nlthugh, strange TO say, the discoy
eryif glass is of more recent origin
Theiact is that Nature herself afford
us nmistakable indications of he
proficiency in this science, and we, il
a nnor way, profit by her example
Afr the primeval formation Of th,
earh's surface, came strata of coal
whih were sunbeams bottled int,
hug forests and then shelvod away b,
thatthriity housekeeper for futur,
use and now, after ters of centuries
hay elapsed, these carboniierous pre-
scrvs gladden. us with both warmth
andlight, and these nations that hav,
bee favored with this inestimabl,
lcgfy hold a pre.eminent position il
thciworld's history Thousands O
sect and races have since then hut
terd their briet hour beneath th,
radllnt beams Of the God of Day. anc
have passed away into the dim shad
ow OF the Valley oil Death, and or
every side we find the indisputable
adofotOn of its matchless beneiicence
II the mists of almost forgotten cen.
turtles, whose records are now but
fable bre; in the legends of the
GhebcB, who reverenced the glorious
orb, iDgratitude for the manifold bene.
fits flowing from its omniscience in
the prospects Of Pytbagoras, who
first, iftreating OF the Universe, placed
The SIN in the centre of the system
and damned that the lesser lights ol
heaven were subscrvient TO its sway
and nmong the countless tribes oil
every cline, who have worshipped
that lminary as the Fountain Of Life,
We hve gathered precepts in an art
that can be welded as deflly by Peas
ant as By King. In our days, how.
ever, under more enlightened phil.
os0phy we consider the Sun as one OF
the passive Instruments Of The Eternal
that minister TO our weu-being. but
none tho less do we gather its rays to
gladden. our hearts. As tne Colossus
Of Rhodes, brazen image erected to
the glory Of Soul, aud counted as one
of the soved wonders of The world,
was carted away in fragments by the
Jews, so VIC turn the Idol OF yore to
more illustrious usage, aud with its
brilliant beams we weave fabrics OF
shimnering luster, that We carefully
llaresr Y. "a " Tag reeesses o. our memoEY
times.
IL is IN the glorious Summer and the
golden autumn, that we generally lay
ia our stock of solar rays, although
they can be also gathered when the
Icy King holds his sway. The hus-
bandnan barvests THEN in the shape
Of corn and luscious inits, and the
happy few who neither toll nor spin,
And yet fare sumpiuousE every day,
gather beams at the ocean side, or Ia
some sylvan haunt, to ueir heart
content. While the maprity, who,
like Sisyphus OF old, are d,omed TO an
incessant task, steal a few feeting
hours as the huge store is speeding
down the mountain side, TO CLEAN
sheaf Of rays that seem as priceless as
regal gems, How relieved is the over
worked brain, how Refrigerated is
the system, through thislummer iaunt
whtn We bottle our smbeams. Be
sides the enjoyment Yielded at the
moment, what vivid, ddeghtfal souy-
cnirs, como bubbling 10 the minds
surface, in after years, rendering us
for the time, oblivions ofthe trials and
cares OF life. And at what little cost
can We secure this godlkc irultion If
we are but blessed win contented
mind. To acquire these blessings, il
is not needful on the highest of Riga,
TO sip tho rays Of Phelus, as they
break over the Alpine ridge; or TO
gaze with batod breath from some
Ncnilian ininare., on The glorious orb
descending 10 the FURNISHED splendor
Of the Adriatic waters or to view its
rays dancing in rainbow tints in the
showery INST Of Niagara's torrent.
These and similar esulls atc the most
costly bottled sunbeams, but there are
other growths OF Natures bandiwork,
running wild in sylvan shades and
messy glcns, that are Just rs invigo-
rating to The system and joyous TO The
memoy as the more sumpluous prod
ucts OF her labaratory, heightened by
the kecnest aid of art Whether un
der the orchard trees orplsying with
a light hand on the rufiled waters Of
the babbling trout-brook or joining
in childrens romps on The velvet
sward or glancing slyly in Bcauty's
oycs on the croquet field OF dreaming
lazily, as the ocean heavos and roars
in cyer.changing tones we all, are
botlliug sunbcams
Aud yet, be careful, reader, lest, by
undue haste or frenEied zeal thou
shouldst mar the product Rays too
fierce, or TOO prolonged mar scorch
thine Eden TO a bed Of sand. And
heed thee wcll, that sunbeams such as
We wot Of, arc not all gathered be-
meath the canopy Of Heaven. Perhaps
among thy iellow-men are thcsa who
stricken with disease and want, look
on the glorious orb, but as soursc OF
pestilence and death. Relieve them
from thy iullness, and hraver sun
beam was never bottled on this earth.
And thou, poor variet, sad OF mien,
and out at elbows, come cast that atra
cnrd, or duh care behind line thy
purse with scanty oboli, and got thee
10 the borders OF our noble stream,
and there, cooled by the fresh waters,
bottle thee the few beams that come
rliuting through the fragrant foliage,
but in yielding thanks TO the great
source OF light, forget not that there
is within thee u still moro glorious
work of God and that is the Mid Of
Man.
A sick man, just recovering his ap'
petite, ate eighteen dumplings, and
was about eating the nineteenth and
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