The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-14
For the r. Il household.
From Violet"

rise to answer the roll call of ''Ju-
dith' How ingeniouslv contrived was
that roll call-and what a pleasant lit
tie hint to each and all of our long abb
sence from the Household. Through
the sultry months that have just past
my literary proclivities have been on the
wane Though heat of summer brings
| to field and forest life ana beauty, and
kisses open the flowers and makes the
grain grow golden. vet it also brings a
| feeling of lassitude and inactivity that
ends only when the davs of the yellow
leaf have come. AS Byron has aptly
said. These truly, "are the days of
the yellow leaf, the saddest of the year"
and as | sit at my window under the
shadow of the Blue Ridge. and look
upon the .chanae Anfnnan. has written
the ravless gloom that nut.S-<r-ive of
soul of Byron when those words were
written To me his words are full OF
meaning. his souls own language when
hone had almost ceased to keep his dark
life company. How ! wish some of the
members of our happy family could look
lupon our own dear mountains on this
: bright Autumn day. There is name
less beauty about every yellow leaf, and
as these dead leaves fall, they tell OF
life that has ended, of the summer
that has past. How like ones own
life | hold in my hand leaf that has
fallen: a little while ago it was filled
with life and beauty. it waved proudly y
in the summer breezes, to-day 1t bends
! and droops. as if with grief. for summer
| gone All, leaf; thou hast fallen hy
8 ,eyf before the blast. Yes, the summer
has past, yet it brought many little In
f cidents | would not forget, and amon1
d the most pleasant was the meeting o
r two beautiful girls from the .'Old Nortl
5 State And not only fair III tace ant
= taultless ia form. but in Their dark ear
: nest eyes could be read a depth OF feel
/. ing. wealth of love. that ever charac
d teriZes the girls Of our Southern homes
:. Some faces we look upon to admire
S others to love and remember. The for
S mer fade from memory like the shadow
V flee before the coming dawn the latter
/, though years may come an go. near
It and memory seem alike friendly to thel
d IMAGE. There fingers about their name
= q fraurance and tenderness that seem
n akin to Heaven. All seem to lov
is beautiful faces. and beautiful lace
le eyer n fruitful source o! pleasure. bu
N there is a deeper beauty than that foun
s on the farest brow or the softest cheeE
D Few properly appreciate this deep. hlC
II den beauty of the soul beauty that
ID seen in the life as well as in the face.
of saw hidden beauty. because metal tlnd
tn the magnet, and the magnet the meta
IN And this depth of feeling, this sensitive
ness of soul, only finds here and there
lie RESPONSIVE chord. l like MAUD Mu
lis lers- sugges ton, viz: that all the men
lis hers of the Household send to our ed
~ tor one new subscriber by the 1irst
as January. for one will promise.
W, think Maud has some of the aoo'
he named beauty of the soul.
on ..Phocion,'' where nave you bee
no these .'long weary days I" Con
alf again and give us your hand, we a
,ss waiting your coming.
in "A. l. . welcome. glad to see anot
,er er member of the Household from t
M -.Old Dominion
of Vertas, | hope in your Northe
,as home YOU find it not too cold ior CT
by now and then with the Household.
in Dear Grandm,, glad to see you ba
off again: yes we are ever glad to see yt
as Love to one and all.
red VIOLET
ep- Buchanan. Va, Nov ), 1888