The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-26
Home SURROUNDINGS Out OF Doors.

We wish to impress upon orr reader.
the idea that out door surru HlnyI
have much 10 do with the education oi
our children, aud hence, with the good
or bad traits Ot character, which again
adds 10 or takes from the sum total Oi
what man Is capable OF enjoying. The
love OF the beautiful is planted In every
soul. Ii the things which minister Ia
It's happiness are withheld, there Is :;
lack OF en joyment n hollow untitled;
ten thousand points of nerve life I'm
touched by the mcsuIrric currents oi
homes fulfilled, of joys eonSummated.
TumDlc-dOwn fences, lint, torn from
fruit and ornamental trees by the sport
i've horns Of cattle out Of their pla 'cs,
i SOW and seven pigs mining for pota-
tUcS an the garden; a drv, ~trericSs.
| CRASHES dOor-yard, jar on thr cstlictic
capabilities of soul which years for OBJ
! jects Of beauty, OF sympathy, that So
cltbIlity which rcciprUcates the out
pOuringS from the full fountain OF COZ
Tatc souls. The natural clothing Ot the
earth in the merry month uf June the
green grass and plants and trees the
eye delights TO LOOK upon, and the
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organs, and Il silent PRAYER is waited on
I the waves of divine magnetism 10 their
divine author. 90 To nos door yards
an other surroundings where the yard
is carpctcd with lively green, where
long-armci shade trees shut ont the
, rays of the SUI where the gentle breeze
SOugh- through the ~necdlc-Shapcd
leaves of the evergrcen~. where the
fountain yet sprinklcS and cools. and
the marble statue smiles from a sylvan
nook. the representative of q nation once
| glorious in the annals of the world.
! There, amid the sylvan glOricS of this
artificial arrangement OF trees, flowers.
fruits and fountains, sweet sOngtcrs
battle in the clear water and sing in
ipvouSneSs among the cool, leafy
branches overhead. as if rendering
thanks To the providcnt hand of man
and the creative power that spakc into
existence such glorious sources of en-
invment. And will not children thus
fed the n~nequalcd pabulum Of nature in
childhood's roSy DAYS inbibc :hc Cod
given principles taught through tho
smiling avcnuc OF nature. aud IN
pIngcd upon the soul exactly adaptc |
% appreciate the unreasonable bless
ingS cvcrywIcre proiuscly scattered
for the use and enjoyment of finite
man? II is here that the youthful soul
drink from the golden goblet o! nature
the ambroSia of the gods and learns to
love and lean upon the loving Father of
the universe. IL is here the heart is
| melted in love 10 God, and sympathy
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nations and cplorS.
Thus do surroundings affect the soul
and teach il lessons that otherwise il
never would lcarn-teach it the source
of ENJOYMENT. the true relations of life
and the dates incumbent on al. Ii i
the grecn-ciad yard with attractive
flowers; trees laden with fruit. and =
garden of small fruits and thriving
vegetables that make the sons and
daughters cling IL home and parents
and cSchcw the painted temptations So
a~rtfullv set before them by those dis
contentcd spirits whose naked yards,
4 garden OF weeds, dilapidatcd fences
and buildings are going To decay for
the lack of timely repairs. And there
stands 1T the kitchen door the old mare
] NAllllI'lie anu N"iNSHllIe Ii'N. "iiia' a
dozen ducks are playing in a very dirty
pond of water near the well. Look ut
the corn but poorly tended and nearly
Swamped in weeds; aud besides these
discouraying looks and prospects the
father and mothcrarc SOU and grabbed.
all Of which makes the children discon-
tented and anxious to leave the parent
al roof. Is it any wonder under these
dark and repcllent circumstances that
inexperienced youth break from such
homes To brave the realities of a future
Strcwn with flowers. or set with dan
gcrouS thornS? Oftencr than other
wise. when they leave home they
plunge into the whirling vortex of city
life. where Il thousand lmpS OF Satan
tempt them from the line of duty. and
the violation of law racks the body
with pain; or, conscience. true TO her
| duties. lasheS the soul TO the full eX-
tent of the legal departure from duty
- CStcru EnrIL.