Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-06-10
lime and ifs Suggestions.

tue nefIleot ~ NhAuir rc1AoelAA1i
der Old ERgland's skies, the poets sing Of May.
But we take their garlands and wreathe them
about the queenly brow of June; month Of mel
ody and fragrance, Of laughing flowers and soft
falling rains, Of birds and r~ose-buds, sweet-bri-
ers, sunbcams; the leafy, velveiy month Of
beauty, song and sOwers, Of crazy bObOlinks
and drOning bumble-bees, Of golden dAffodils
and Haunting tulips, nOdding to the drowsy,
wandering south-wind. But Of whar use to at
tempt theinventoryl Who can count the wealth
Of June, our summer queeni 1t makes even On
editor feel rich
Z" Good Lord. II is a gracious boon for thought
rl cra1ed wight like me.
To smell again these summer flowers beneath this
summer tree.
To suck once more in every breath their little
Souls away,
And feed my fancy with fond dreams Of youths
bright summer day,
When, rushing forth like untamed colt, the reck-
less truant boy
Wandered through green woods all day long, a
mighty heart Of joy!'
The truth is, we've got away from the Office. be-
yond the horse-cars, and, leaving Mill river and
the administration, temperance crusade, Gen.
Butler and all to take care Of themselves, we
are going to preach a summer homily.
Let us learn, good friends, to enjoy the world
we live in, the pleasures that lie about our feet.
This world in this gladstone month of June is
something more than q vale Of tears" or q
" feering show for mans illusion given" Let
us pausei in our hurry after the uncertain riches,
and worship God amidst the flowers. Let us
enter into the kingdom Of beauty that is pre-
pared for useven in this mansion Of our Fathers
house. Look up! thou anxious deliver, signing
over these dull business times: look away from
the ledger and the stock-list, and consider the
lilies. Let us become like the little children
who appreciate 50 keenly this golden wealth of
June:
a. High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they
An Eldorado in the grass have found
The Summers larsess, which she scatters now
To rich and poor alike, with lavish hand;
Though most hearts never understand
To take it at Gods value, but passby
The offered wealth with u~nrewarded eye"
But to linger no more among the poets, nor
to make our June out Of familiar quotations, we
look out of the window. And this suggests in
the way Of practical remarks; first, windows
and window gardening. Have a window to be-
gin with that you can look out from, no stiff,
pretentious curtains jealous of the landscape, or
gloomy shutters barring out the supbeams. This
window is bordered by vines of trumpet-fower,
finest of native wall-climbers, and Just under
the sill is a robin red breasts nest with fedge-
lings in it. The robins chose this spot in con-
consideration of a hostile family of red squirrels
who live in q neighboring butternut, and of
certain quarrelous and jealous cst-birds whose
shyness makes the window q defense. Only one
thing this window lacks, q geranium or rose, or
both, or better still, O balcony box of them, out
side the sill. If you have n real window balcony
let the choicest flowers emblazon and perfume
it, and not for your own delight alone, but to
rejoice the eye Of the passer-by. Why shouldn't
we Americans light up our barren streets and
cherries walls with more Of this window gar
dening, which in foreign towns gives even to
the humblest easements such a charm We
confidently expect to sec the corner balcony Of
our new courthouse bloom out, some day, after
this fashion. 1t would be a good public exam
pie and nm excellent advertisement for some Of
our florists choicest treasures. Now is the time
for window gardening from the outside. We
are glad to see introduced already, here and
there, the charming novelty Of balcony flower
stands. How soen, were the example followed,
would our streets put on a cheerful and inviting
look, and besides the solace to the inmates Of
the house, a kind of hospitable welcome to the
stranger. For flowers are Natures smiles; she
has nothing in them for us but a welcome, and
in some she fairly laughs-the peonies, the great
red roses, nasturtiums, double marigolds, and
though not in window seats, there are places
for great fun orbed su~n-fowers, castor beans,
morning g%lories, scarlet runners, four o'clocks
and foliage plants that fame amidst the purple
and the green like articles or famingoes.
And this reminds of another June lesson
more of color-we are too much afraid Of it; but
nature spreads it layishly, in her fields of green
and skies Of blue, her rosy dawn, and silver
clouds, and gorgeous sunsets. She loves pure,
decided c%olers, and masses Of them. We dc
well in this radiant season to note her lesson
There is al inherent ~gladness in these brilliant
cclers. I'D 1E slif+
MY heart leaps up when l behold
A rainbow in the sky"
ii . the true responsive feeling in boy or man
Should we call the rainbow "gaudy," it car
stand our criticism, and invite us to learn some.
thingfrom its beauteous hues. In our brilliant
climate, and especially in this rich. luxuriani
valley, the tropical region Of New England al
compared with its :" stern and rock bound
coast" it would not be amiss in our house.
painting, fower-planting, window awnings, and
all our decorations, to seek the colors and the
contrasts which Nature loves the best, and, ns
the original theme is better than the variations,
to honor pure single c%olors, rather than that
kaleidoscope mixture and bewilderment that ia
50 often confusing to the eye.
We hear from our windows the whirring Of q
lawn-mower. This, also, belongs to June, as
the beautiful month Of well-trimmed walks, and
bedded plants and finished grounds. And MS
the lawns are shaven and the flower beds multi
ply, the hideous ~wabbling picket fences will give
way. They belong to q ruder civilization where
the cattle stray and pigs root, and geese hiss
and wander after the garbage in the street.
And for street Improvement associations. and