The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-02-26

Was ever perfume swseter then thst
sll.pervadisg fraGzsnes Of the svsst-
scented hsy ed wss ever a iseorioe
20 truly risturesqss, 70 fall of quiet
The lofty hsyosvs piled neasIy 70
the roof the jagged sxs-sotehs4 beams
overhupg with eobvsbs Assbsd With
dust Of hsy.ssed. With pefbeps .
feather here ard thsre. Tbo rude.
quaint hen boxes. With the lone sess-
e.s in little nooh and sosusss. How
vividly. bow lovingly. ! recall each
one!
In shoss snov-bsusd dsys. vhsn the
white fakes shut in the ssrth down
deep bsnsssb, End the drifts obstrpet-
Cd the highvsys. sod ~ hasrd the
noisy tesmsts3, with snap Of Whip cad
exciting shouts, urging thsis stsaisisg
oxen through fbs solid bseSicsde |;
when all the fescss add stone wslls
we're almost Lost TO night in the mi.
versal svalsnchs; and, best Of al. when
the little district sehool-hooss upoo
tbs hill stood II a impossible ses Of
snov-then ve assembled IL he old
barn TO play. sought out svsTy hiding
corner il CIR es0e a hidsa.d-seok, q
jumped and frolisksd In The hay. now
stopping quietly = Istsp . - Ftag
sqnssk Of some rustlisg Denso 0ae
BY. or il may b creeping cautiously 70
the little hole up near the osves in
search Of tho hG-sYed owl Wo 0nco
caught s)ssptag tAe64 u . hssdcs6
wsys " poas1 o. lsetiox haugs.
The genersl features Of New Eng
lsod barns ere Ill alike. The barn
that W remember u . garner full Of
treasures sweet - nsw-mown hay.
You semsnbsr the great broad double
doors, which nsds thsif sweepi1g
circuit IN the Gnsus ~ rudy po0p
kins, piled up h tie corner ns6r t6e
bins. and the sistfal whinny Of the
old farm horse - With prisksd-sp ear,
and eager pull Of chain hs urged your
prompt attention 70 your choess: thu
cows, too, in the manager stalls-hov
sweet their psrfansa brestb Out
side the corn orb staods. IL ess6sG
stores cleaning through the opes
laths. and the sxsn. reaching with
tapping uptusnsd tongues, ysaTa Tor th<
tempting feast, - near and yse X
far The party .cslored hens GROUP
themselves In rich contrast sgaiuSt TIE
sunny boards Of the weather beatea
shed, end the 1ssks SD eeeas, With
rsttlisg .cspsk ard Auslv hieG @psd
quick vibrating tails (thst strange con-
tsgion). wsddls across the slushy
snow, and ssil out upon ths shs barn.
yard pond. Here 10 the pile Of huska
from whose blesched and rustliog
shesths.you picked To Hstls tavslingl
Of brown fos your eosn-dlk cigarettes.
Did ever pure Havana taste - sweet
Near BY We ~ the bsrracks stored
With yellow shsaves Of wheat. Soon
We shall hear the intermittent music Of
tho beating Aail On the old barn door,
nov thinking soft on the broken sheaf
now loud and clear % the ssundipn
boards. Upon the roof above We sea
the cooling doves, with nodding headl
and decks CLEANING with ifidsseen'
sheen Turning. in another corner VI
look upon . miscellaneous group ol
piows and rskss and all The farm
utensils, aud harness hanging on TIL
wooden pegs. Thsse. too. IL the littl'
sleigh We love % we'll. Could IL bu
speak. bow sweet story Il could tel
Of lsvsly drives through somanti
glsns aud nooslit woods, Of tssde
squeezes Of the little hand beneath tb,
covering robs. Of whispered vows, and
Of the encircling sSm-s shelter fsou
the cold sad cs1sl wind But Ae-I'l
say no more; tbsse are memories tol
sacred for The co0udu ooy.-HoyperIu