, 1874-01-25
WINTER-STORMS.

4 New England Elnre-Up OF tho E1o-
naent6.
Tho following graphic description OF d winter
storm is from correspondent OF the New York
Evangelist. It makes ona'a blood course quicker
his nerves thrill, aod his checks glow, to read
it:
Did you ever See storm IN the country
OF course you have. Like other great men,
rou were brought up ou = hillside in Connecti-
cut.
Quiet, sunshioy days Of summer are very
good in their place. I suppose they are neces-
sary. Certainly they made very good back
ground on which to show off the grand displays
Of winter. But commend me to good, rous1us,
old-fash1oned northeastern.
Wlew how the wind blows! The old pine
tree TINT has moaued and groaned 30 many
voice aud lungs atogother-sings away its
Lamentations as stoutly as ever. On the bosom
OF this steady sonorous dirge come such weird
sounds from all quarters nhack goes
shutter. The roof tree and the vines that
Chamber over the window scratch away plalntive-
Of the claus in yonder wood! Such whistlings,
and shriekings, and croakinge and ehoutings.-
such s1ghing Of gables. such clasrer Of windows,
such roaring in tho chimneys a. OF hosco" on
such pelt-mcu set-to OF Noah and all his car
penters to get ready for the flood
And now the ttood is coming. Patter, patter
against tho panes-c1ntter, clatter on the roofs
pour and swash without end from the pipes
And the stout old mansion, built as only the an
clients could build, when stones were plenty and
wood plentier,-G wish you could see tne mighty
beams Of oak, which it took i've hundred years
to grow. and which are as sound to-day IS nut,
though dark with hundred years Of service ~
quivers as did Dagon'B temple when Samson's
hands vera beginning to feel about its pillars.
"What is that i" say tho lords. They will know
presently. !.
This will never do must not stay here, and
have my ears do service for al tue rest OF N me.
Up to tho observatory and look abroad! The
night ia fast coming on,-a black, profound
night, that will be sure to kill the meeting but
if you make haste you can still zee thing OF
two. So scamper away, 30 TWO thunderclaps OF
Here We are at last, under our famous Quad
ri1ateral md now how the skies pepper away
at us az il in revenge for the Hborhes We
hayo taken before now in staring them
out of countenanoe from these windows!
Will our shield Of Tin be Us good sgalnst
the assault as we're Ajaz's seven bull
hides against the darts OF the Irojans7 Let
me clear the panes with this chamois. Now,
little fellows, use your eyes, end SEQ where al
this music comes from- No wonder there IL
din. SEQ the great drops CONS driving at US
neck and heels as if pricaed on to the charge by
the swords Of tho fierce officer winds! How the
great trees throw themselves about, and slnlte
at skv and earth with all their arnla! Sec how
the leaves scamper along the street and are
hunted from fence to fence! Sec in the sky the
blacs clouds, great shadoWy giants. loweIlng on
each other with wrathful and fantaetlo faces,
charging, fleeing, wrestling together with end
less contortions and confnsions, piles on pues OF
struggling foot and cavalry cumbering the great
battlefield above!
Now it is no longer battle; only q mighty
frolc among grim giants. Now 1t Id no longer
frolic but riot, with tremendous disorder.
What whoop aad-hulabaioo! And away the
winds whistle and roar, away scamper the leaves
and the clouds in wilder crowds than ever. 1t il
plain to see these Tlld rlo1ers mean to make
night Of it-well, let them. It is the holiday
season, and they have right to q lttlo merry
making. Take it, then. Tne boys may so out
So scamper away, you rogues' and nave oone
with it. And the little tempests within laugh
and shout in their gale of glee almost IS Loudly
Us the big tempesta without
I believe in winter, especially in the country.
I believe in a big, rousing country winter Storm
It does mo good. IT. braces me- up. nno IL
easier to stand up erect, and breast what needs
to be breasted, and Nrestle with what needs to
be Yrestled with. What c wrestling nature 1t Is!
How full of battles, and sieges. and victories: l
had rather see an old-faslioned storm IN New
England than the 0lympian games: It is
moTe inspiring to mo to see this battle Of
1ha elements than to read the greatest
epic. It is an epic. Talk about Arcadia,
and moonlight, and zephers, and what not
a ful-grown tempest among these bills,
where all is strong and swift anu nent On 9g a9olng
something, sets me up like medicine. Wnen
the winds blow their trumpets ! blow inine.
Bess the gales aud storms. No matter II they
do blow down q tres or two. Ihe tree hao no
business to grow in such sha1lo" earth; or 1t is
aid and intirm enough to LIE down aud be COM
for1able. Spare the ships aud sailors, Q roist-
erers: but puff and push away at the solid land,
aud the proud hills that lift their heads SO high,
and tie sounding woods to your hearts
content. ! love to hear you. love to see
you. For have sors OF noHon :1t. tn"s
before now hare seen you-each With
face like a moon, cheeks swelled out Ike
blnddery. mouth throwing out the air, as the
cannon of Jules Verne, 800 feet long. threw
him out to visit the moon. One feels so com
Portable within when tic storms co1 up ~
without, Just the thing to make one love his
Preside; and this particular storm has my par
tir1,lar thanks for keeping sundry and divers
persons at home, who but Tor 1t would nave
been at the village grocery. 1t VIII 90 tlam
good to got little acqua!ntea s %itn ons & mtf9o Or
be thoroughly shaken up and kneadod IN
1t'is p Turkish cold bath. All will be fresher
audi syeeter and briske1 and stronger 1of
it.. The storm is Natures broom for sweeping
out her kitchen. Tie storm Il Natures cneap
nost for distributing seeds. The storm
IL Natures volunteer plow and harrow for break
;no no the worlds fallow Now, the domestic
brutes take kindly to US, as they find IL sheltered
wards and barns the warmth and tood WHICH INC
fields deny them. o. .,,,,r
within doors. but it is finer thing without.
Give mo my seven-loague boots that defy the
sop and slusli Hep me on with my dread-
naught. aud button nae up TO tue cnln,
aud down to the knee. NO" Tor
NV NV waterproof % helmct-and so here
70 to the fight. Locking -. my
teeth together, sealing my lips tightly, WITH my
hand act forward in the teeth. Of the wind Ike a
battering-raul, and my bur]y person sIopea 70 .
graceful forty fve-what care TOR the norm
easter! I Ike it. l eujoyit Every buhet
stand up against makes me- feel stronger: EV-
ery step made is victory. ny blood quicke,ns
nnder the sense Of successful struggle Wlln the
Great Powers my lungs swell out, and are
pleasantly surprised to find how big ana sturdy
thew are-and 50 I cheerlly trudse on,
hehting md conqusring At every step, TO
seek my stray sheep? That means the
poor. lone woman, whose puo o. "on0 fT !
Noticed The other day on it's last legs. That
means the young man, who report aays 's taxing
to bad courses, aud so facing worse storm than u
this. Aud ~ beat my way on, with eyes nan
closed against the blast pray that may sue
coed in finding and bringing back this sttag1ng
soul. .,.nu;x.,,+ Now