The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-11-09
NOVEMBER.
From Hearth and Home.

And yntf season
Tn n1anting eeke he took no small delight
Whereon he rode not easie was to deeme,
For If a dreadful t!entaure in sight,
The seed of Saturne and fair MUS. Chiron hight
Thus old Spenser, If this one of the
most delightful of all our months. Cor,
0e0us are the woods in their brilliant array
of purple and gold, yellow and scarlet
leaves. The maple now stands bare, Its
verdure gone,yet beautiful in i's admirable
proportion the oak still holds its leaves,
which are indeed brown and sere, yet
rich in color, rejecting the rays of the
autumnal sun, and displaying hues as
varied as they are magnificent. The har-
vests are gathered the fruits of the
fields garnered into barns; preparation
for the winter has been made; the gusty
winds betoken the near approach of that
season wherein nature rests and gathers
new forces for the blossoms and fruits of
another year. And new we shall have
some DAYS more or less Of Indian summer;
DAYS when the dreamy air, the hazy sky,
the soft breezes, and the quiet of external
life makes existence a revere, and throw
over it a mantle as graceful as 1t is charm
ing. To breathe, to view the partlcolor-
ed landscape, to move in an atmosphere
balmy and serene, to watch the sun drift
ing though the dun vapCr, to watt b the
ever changing lights on bill or river, is
happiness enough W. neither regret
the fair summer fed nor fear the cold
winter coming on; Tor tie time being we
are glad with sober JOY which lifts us up
from nature to the an Dor OF nature, III
whom we live and move and have our
being.
Very pleasant is it now in the country,
The sun does not z lare upon one with
whitening heat; walking is agreeable;
the earth is clothed in richest robes whose
tints vary with each returning day, white
health is borne upon every passing breeze.
There is a marked difference betw een The
luscious days Of the opening spring and
the luxurious hours of the Indian sum
mer In the spring one Is stimulated o
action even the most Indnlent teel the
glcw of industry. and, fnI season at
least enter upon the pursuits appropriate
to the season with UNIV nted Est In the
autumn, however, everything tends to-
duietude, meditation and reIrospectlon;
we are not 90 much busted as to what We
shall do in the future as we are thought
full in regard to the past All, except
the very young, turn, after little, from
nature TO self. The old questions OF why
we are here and where we are going
whether we can do anything for ourselves
or others, and if so W at; has life so far
been really wasted, or have we done
something, gained st'methlng --turn up,
and we muse and mu {, ant leave their
solution, as endless mi liens bave done be-
fore, to the revelations nj the last day
But this comes to Us as tue CONCLUSION or
the whole matter-Grd Is over all; We
have a certain degree Of Tree Will; con-
science approves when We do right, con
drmns US when we do wrong. And SO.
with the sun shining Cheerfully upon US
and our comfortable home, the cry oil dis
tress ringing in our ears as the northwest
wind comes laden with the sorrows of
thousands in city and country whose
lives have been rendered desolate, we
turn to our labor with grateful heart,
and q determination 10 perform our part
in this life with a new energy ana a
more devoted conscientIOusness. Crate
full for the glorious weather, strengthen
ed by the baimy air, subdued by the
mercies of Providence and the beauty OF
nature, we close our November day.
THEY Don't GROW OLD.-A good
woman never grows old. Years may go
over her head, but if benevolence and
virtue dwell in her heart, she is as cheer
full as when the spring OF life first opened
to her view. When We look upon good
woman, we never think OF her age-she
looks as charming as when the rose of
youth first bloomed upon her check.
That rose has not faded yet; 1t will
never fade In her neighbOrhood she is
the friend and benefactor, in the church
devout worshipper and exemplary chris
tian. Who does not love and respect the
woman who has passed her days IN acts
of kindness and mercy-WhO has been the
friend of man and of God-whose whole
life has been scene OF kindness and love,
a devotion of love and religion? We re
peat, such a woman cannot grow old.
She will always be fresh and buoyant in
spirits, ana active in humble deeds of
mercy ana bencvoence If the young
lady desires TO retain the bloom and
beauty of youth, let her not yield to the
sway of fashion and folly; let her love
tru aud virtue; and to the close OF life
she will retain those feelings which now
make life appear a garden of sweets ever
fresh and new.
CHICAGO FIRE.-W = Kerfoot, the
real estate dealer. gives this account of
his escape from the fire: "Being the own
er of horse and carriage which | used
to and fro from my business, when | be
came satisfied that my house would soon
be developed, brought my horse ana
carriage before the house and placed my