Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-12-08
From the Boston Courier.

from the BOSTON OOuficf.
The time of lighting the first autumn
al fire is always pleasant. The evening
chill even of an Indian summer day in
October, and early November, makes a
fire not a luxury, but necessity. The
early coming ON of evening makes lamp
light necessary, also, at the tea-table
This household warmth and light, after
the out-of-doors heat and blazing sun
shine of the endless days of summer,
impart sort of quiet, domestic pleas
ure, which has a peculiar charm. The
outside world at night and morning in
autumn has grown chilly and gloomy,
but the cheerful fire and lamplight in
side are antidotes. In late autumn the
fruits of the earth have been gathered
in, everything is snugly stored away I'M
der the matches. We are provisioned
for the winters voyage.
ssThe squirrels granary is full
And the haryests done"
Still many pleasant day of softened,
mitigated warmth and sunshine is in
store for Us. This we can enjoy, but to-
wards the evening we find the warm,
well-lighted -oom a pleasant retreat.
The four seasons of the temperate zone
give a variety, spice, and zest to life,
which tie eternal sunshine of the trop-
les, or thei. Two seasons Of rain and
shine, cannot bestow. In fact, the
jewellers in the temperate zone, and on
the upper sides of the planet are the
most fortunate portion of the earth's
population. They are exempt from the
violent and passionate outbreaks of ma
ture in the tropics, in the fQrm of earth
quakes and typhoons, or II they occa-
/ sionally experience a shake, as we
and has but little of the destructive
wrath of such phenomena in the
tropical regions. The gradual, dreamy
lapse Of winter into spring is unknown
in earth's central zone. The delicate
verlure of earth, and the fine tremulous
LEAKAGE of the woods, orchard and
groves in temperate climates, give them
In spring, summer and autumn, an mex
pressible charm, which the ranker, more
luxurious, and gorgeous vegetation OF
the tropics does not possess. Who would
part with our New England autumn,
with its crimson leaves, warm, dreamy
moons, and cool but starry ewes, even fol-
the orange and lime, and ''endless days
and nights of eternal summer" of Porto
/ Rico or the Linel Certainly no man o.
culture and reflective habits and power
For such one our September, October
and even dull November, is season o.
constant, mental and material enjoy
ment. Even the sober sadness which
the eve takes in from the dun, sombr,
woods of November is not without 1T:
charm. As
aOur v~eetest songs are those that ten of saddles
| thoughts
So the melancholy aspect Of the declin
ing year excites a sentiment and a ten
derness of feeling which are salutar,
and ennobling. We do not blame on
song-birds for gathering in aerial squad
rons over the dry, stubby fields, prepar
atory to their flight for sojourn in sum
mer land (although their absence i
always to be regretted), because the,
have none of the winter comforts of roo
and fireside. But for the healthy human
biped, New England winter shoul'
have no terrors- However, the railroad
and steamboat have put us on n par wit
birds of passage, if we choose to Civ
the winter months the go by, and prefe
ssTo sail to Porto Rique,
Far of heats through seas TO seek.