The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-11-10

Indian Summer.

The late DIR. Il. II. Haskins of
Clarksvilie, Tennessee, was the first
TO give anything ikea satisfactorily
of indian inminer n
Believing that aqueous mists, DIRK
fogs and other Ike hyr o1icscs were
inadequate, he adopted instead, nQt-
urdE combustion, as abetter andm0re
plausible solution. This is his idea
Al the first coming of frost, vast
quantities of leaves, grass, weeds and
other vegetable matter all oyer the
North American Continent, begin to
derday. This decay is but another
name for combust,on-natu COM
bustion--which, though mild ond
slow, Is yet sufficiently intense. to.
et0.ve heat as we'1as those small par,
ticles of carbonac whigh
donstitufe smoke. SiIerte,tthe gehihl
Warmth Ind misty haze of Indian
summer.
An effort was made to deprive DR..
Haskins Of the honor of this diseov-I
cry, though IL was finally accorded
to him, AZ may bs see97lp9ts in all,
but at leastemioh eadditionof Brook
lesby's Metcorologye
In confirmation of this theory as
applied'toNorfh America, 1t may be
stated, that an Indian summer iden-
tically the same in essential charac-
teristics, prevails in certain regions
Of South America, and-though
seemingly CONTRADICTORY those
regions Where vegetation is a perpet-
ual evergreen, This is the eXplana-
ton: The said region, though
Iequally or perhaps even more densely
settled than Texas, is in quite q rude
Estate of cultivation. In March and
,iApril, which is the beginning o.
their dry or cold season, they cul
down vast bodies of timber an6
leaving iitAuhtier ~ hot 1sun9 ant
i without drop of rain unit
the middle of August, then burn
litl off preparatory TO the rainy Of
@ lplantig season--say, the middle o
september. The plough being nm
known and land being both plentiful
n and cheap, the samc field is no
= usually cultivated more than two o
three consecutive years. II henc,
results as a general rule, that all TIN
y farmers cut down more'or less tim
Der every year, and consequently, a
the burning off goes. on almost inces
n sanity for nionth 1Or more, the.
have a corresponding Indian Sum
mer, in all important respects tn
d same rs ours.Y ~ Go 1aFgE
Combustion is thus the cause il
both instances: in South America
ia II may be called artificial combui
ton, in contradistinction to our'
which is natural or spontaneous.
DIR. Haskins, though resident Q
Clarksyillc, occr.pied high positio
r in the faculty of the old Shelby Med
r ical College, at Nashville, up to til
time Of his death. lie was friend
gentleman and philosopher. 7e
a. This is intended as tribute to hi
!. memory; also, as q greeting to til
III present beautiful Indian Summe
which would -fain have. us beiiey
ourselves Tin a dfeam-lantl wheI
N frosty fingers never trouble I'll
IN blooming flowers. :,
Smile on bewitciiing Syreni Smi
on, that the foolish lamb, latel
N shorn of his announcement fleec
may still hop and skip in belief ,
~ perpetual Summer. Smile on, tn,
the ragged, the tattered, that all II
threat-bare tribe of human kin,
y, may dream a little longer in secur
Ic ty against the Northern blast.
OIL Alas alas Beautiful dcceivcr! !
wanion to the well-clad, will-O'th'
wisp TO the thread-barc, thou art II
No. pious priestcss following in the me-
ry train of departing Summer, bl
On rather herald of despotic Winter
nd far reaching gliinmcr, silver
sheen refracted from his ley crown
rs .he comes stealing on us apac
IL from behind the Northern horizon
" TWILIGHT.
10 | Va.o Nav 9Th 1879