New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-24
OCTOBER FANCIES.
NJ CHAR, Fs r CDyGpON.

have already shivered his welcome half pleased
and half otherwise. So We greet dear but damp
visitor. who drops in drippingly out OF The iog III
more senses than one. and brings with hm not
only pleasure but suggestion of sorethroat. Last
week it was cold enough to be comfortable. Though
not cold 10 be eomfortlcss. But the ternpeta-
ture was SO eager as to Justify amoderae conilagra
ton in the long disuse CRATE and the hour before
bedtime MAJ again prolonged to the possibility oil
much chat OF lazy reading. All! this Is not Such
sad world after ak. since in spite OF us frequent
and dreary "Ncvemofes." many OF ITS good
things have way of coming back. after per'ou'
ical hegira. rs fair and fresh rs ever. ana Win
still new aroma about them of added memories ana
multiplied associations. No man need despair
while he has yet q freside at which two or three
nav be gathered with faces illuminated by the
subtle spirit Of the hearth, and with 4 sense OF
oufside dscomforts excluded by the cosey curtains
Now nj LAST we can shut the windows and DO
alone in good company. We reduce the rattle or
The street the shuttle Of tho passersby the noise OF
wheels TO What is no more than an agreeable
lnurmur making the quietness within all the more
quiet. The day Of much toll and many veXations Is
mast: we have escaped from numberleSs annoy
auces: the time is for rest. for incidence
for sleep until to morrow's sunrise when we can 2"
with renewed strength and stouter hearts 10 our
duties II we are nobody in the world, We are
somebody upon our own hearthstones. SeihShness
and jealousy arrogance and competition cannot
follow us there Welcome. then. the winter when
permits uS for few serene hours To be saul up III
neasurccSs content, Welcome the rekindled
flame upon the altar Of pcad'es, with all
the cheerful lights of hone, and especially the
calm sweet lustre of love and kindness ami sym
pathy.
Poets when they are rhymng. and proSalc people
when they are pressing usually exert their ideal
faculties IN gloriiyIng the sprng.tm and In
singing or SAYING over the fine things which have
been sung or said before OF he m, rry month ot May
They DO not consider that often she proves ter
magant ana a shrew: has even been guilty of
snaw-storins knows her own mind keeps us
dressing and undressing, putting ont Tres and re-
kindling them. opening windows and shutting
them But for IN honest, cheerful, equal-ninded
month fairly free from meteorological eccentrici-
ties and feminine instability. commend Us 10 SOut
old October Ii is like man. rarely erouSh en-
countercd IA he surc. whose bruSque cheeriuness
ana sell sustained carriage and breezy laughter and
general wclltodo-ativeness make him two
legged tonic, worth oil the bottled and boAed-up
rharmacopmla II is like Mr.. Boythorn, in the
novel whose rage made everybody laugh. and
wno~c most ferocious language only inspired con-
fd-nee in the ESSENTIAL mjldncss of hrs character
.O,,tolsr upon the whole is marked By a calm
serenity. Jrea by occasional pluvlosiy There
is 4 sanitary quality in the ar which makes one
ambitions of pedestrian distinction One acquires
such a capacity for carrying himself, that II Is
almost shame IL be Carried. Legs and lungs are
fun Of nitrous oxide. Walking without rcr>pirs-
ton has become once more possible. and there Is
every temptation 10 improve the opportunity
Outdoor asrects arc almost too bright and good for
Luuan natures daily use. WHAT with the clear
brilliant. ovcs-aUehng skies, the rainbow lame oil
the changing foliage the general pervadlns gii'ter
ana frcshneSs. the world appears 10 have been
turned 10y enterpriSins manager into a theatre
for spect scle. In our homelY. everyday garments
we feel little awkward 81 this bridal OF the
earth and SKY. we are ashamed TO be out of we'd
ding raimcnt: and half think that 1t wOnd be
propcr thing 70 hire of some costumer dress of
romantic cut and color and 80 80 to masQueradlng
p and down the street, IN defiance of the boys and
the policemen.
October indeed. is the month which il would he
pleasantesi il not wiscs t. give up to meTe senSa
ton. 1t Is easy then 10 1--we. That there must
l- preparation for comhis fricidity we know IS
well rs tie industrious ant ana We remember the
proveIbial admoniton 10 the sluggard 10 consider
her WAYS But we will work by and bv-not
now when il seems. TO borrow from Mr.. Tcnnyson
70 hc always afternoon When ali the earth Il IN
aswound OF delicious inactivity: when even the
flowers almost take pleasure IN dying or the near
prospect Of lt and the foliage holds carnival over
lis approXimating fall. Never can We get 80 close
TO natur Is now for che too Is at her Leisure rest
ing from the tolls Of production and broolng over
The general harvest home Ii you 90 into The couh-
nv YOU pas into an enchanted land. full. If one
NAV say 80 Of the silence Of sound 50 softly come
to yon the SOL Is OF the lingering birds the domestic
voices from the home farm ana the whispers OF the
thinner foliage. Nature j. still IN exquisite tune
albeit 10 longer IN ObStTePeroUS mood. The
very brooks run As II they fearful Of disturb
ing something and OF being deemed ih-mannered
We walk softly over the fading grass, and looking
dIeamily =, the silver shlIumcs of the horizon
wonder what lands Of fairy ave beyond Our KEN
and how far stretches tins peace, which mockS at
Language and puts all speech 10 shame.
Once year. and only once. this tender relation
10 nature is VOnchsaied 10 as tins sense Of absolute
trust this Treaty OF peace with life and all us acoi-
dents. The other seasons aiken Is to resistance
pu Us pon the qH ana keep us devsing STRAIT
aSeuls for ease and trying inventions Of comfort.
Only now can we DRIFT Ia few weeks we must
buffet the storm. ourselves against the frost
and the snow and take refuge behind our brick
and mortar walls Now we need not put on our
thiekest arlnor against the northeastern inrlein-
enc,cs: We shall come TO gieat harm though a
little negligent in the matter of wIapS; bur pres
emily the glant winds will De upon us. and all the
world will wear a different aspect. The fires
indoors must be fe:cer and mole sedulcuSly
tended We must meet ouI fate, which is to take
cold Ia winter weather, 10 face the blast. 20 be half
frozen upon the least exposure. 10 eroan anu limp
with rheumatism and occasionally TO be quite
Out Of temper with the weather. May We al tide
over our troubles. and may tue next October which
reaches find Us all ready TO welcome again its
mellow delights.
Naturally divide this life Of ours with kind
OF ideal metaphor INTO seasons We ind IN the bud
and blossom of Sprag. the smiles and tears of April
and the leaning toward fgler life of May. the
II,
dreams The stslwart summer Is lyrical Of our |
IA an God Of our great hopes a hlch >frng