Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-16

healthiul effects oi goats upon horses wa
well known, as every livery-stable proprietor
could testify The gentleman had flock OF
thirteen hens, but lost several in one nigh;
by some epidemic that seemed to carry them
off between daylight and dark. all but their
heads and portion of their necks. lie
bought William goat and placed him in
the hen house, and since then had not lost n
chicken, but upon several occasions had
found pairs Of suspenderS and seats Of very
good trowers entangled in the goats horns
the next morning This and the fact that
several colored men IN e neighborhood had
applied al the Bethel ip house for susten-
ance, led him to recon- md goats as agree
able. profitable and healthy associates for
fowl.
TaEts N WINqEg winter aspect OF
trees to many people Is cheerlesS The ever
greens, even, have to them iorbidding
somhreness. No sooner do the leaves begin
to drop than the lachrymose poets let fall
their metaphorical tears at the ''sadness OF
the year. and people look upon their etfa-
sions a, really the only appropriate thing to
be said of what seems 50 much Ike death
When the foliage Is all gone, and we can
see curious patches oi sky through the bare
branches, then the muses. get into a rage and
talk OF the ''howling' Of the winds through
the lcafless trees. Of the raging forest, a"
and the ''crealing branches, and the like,
till the opening bud appeals to the awaken
ing sense Of the beauty in life, and once more
the "breezes begin to play among the
tree tops
Well. sadness Ia, It's place in the human
mind, and rage is indeed quite common bur
why such feelings alone should he associated
with trees, when they have cast aside their
summer garments, we can hardly see. We
love to look at bare tree Every species
has its peculiar architecture. 50 10 speak.
which IS NJ no time seen 50 vel A. when
stripped Of lis summer garment. its sharp
outlines cutting the clear ky. II The ground
be covered with a snow mantle, this adds to
the di~tinctneSs OF the picture and heightens
its beauty. Look apon that noble. graceful
elm. with its great limbs springing from
huge trunk, trending upward and outward,
till, cuuing more and more. they sweep each
n quadrant of the sky Every branchlet, each
bit of pensile spray, has beauty of its own,
and all together combine to make Won
drous hemisphere Of perfection of form.
Why does the sculptor leave his statue
naked? Ii Is the beauty of form which he
chisels, and drapery, even, in a measure
hides il 80 he studies the perfection Of
every curve in the human frame. rcVroduc
ing his ideal from the marble block In the
leatless tree we have the sylvan statue and
although its summer garment Is delightful
in its season. Yet the peculiar heauty of
form is more distinctly revealed now. And
as We come the more 10 admire fine >tatu-
airy, the more We study it, 50, BY the sape
means, shall We appreciate the beauty of
trees in winter.
The sturdy form Of an oak cannot be- fully
appreciated in summer, when it. abundant
foliage i dancing all over it, lint in winter
the nobility Of form and strength Is seen to
tie tip of every twig. unvielding and dehsnt
As the giant. Of which It is the typr among
trees.
And why -hoall We associate death with
the leaheS~ trees ! tree that i> alive,
looks alive at all seasons Remembering.
too. how soon the buds viii open their eyes
t. the sunlight Of spring, perfect assurance
in Divine promise should Gil our hearts with
chcerfalness and love It is the -leer of the
tree IT. DAY is the year; the winter is its
night. We will admire il while az rest
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