The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-18
Things in the Quaker City.


back to their homes, the summer has
ended and straw hats have been called
in, so you can see which way the wind
blows, If "straws" are any criterian.
The fall so far has been failure in the
matter of chilliness, but nevertheless the
days have so far flown that we may ex-
pect some sharp, nipping frost before
long.
This going away for a season has be-
come mania, IL not bore to some, for
IL you don't make appearances in the
way of going away for your health, even
though your contour is that Of an alder
man in nze, you are set down as being
martyr. In fact it don't matter much
whether You leave your house or not, so
you make an appearance of being away.
You can shut up the front of the house,
and then have your Saratoga expressed
to your back gate the same day, only lei
the people in the neighborhood see that
the trunk get out of the house, even
though it comes in through the alley. l
knew family that so completely deluded
all inquiries and SO adroitly conveyed the
impression that they were away summer
ing that the police patrolling the back
street, discovered that the house they
were told was empty had occupants in it,
and SO entered the premises and had the
shammers arrested. They had no little
trouble in proving their identity.
The summer has ebbed, and the au-
tumn transformations have begun their
evolutions. The green has turned to
orange, and the sumac is protruding its
crimson stems from every thicket and
hedge. Out in the woods goes the ten
der female to pluck The fern from its
silent retreats, and gathers the many col
ored Leaves, and so mingle the dying
vegetable growth as souVeniers of a pass
ing year.
But let US cogitate on the near APP
proach of cold weather. Yes, the time
doth fly, and so doth all the frail insects
that come forth in the spring time to
bask in the sun.
The busy bee, so dutiful among the
May day blossomings, has sought her
inner chamber and ruminates on the
'sweet memories" of the past.
The aesthetic frog that feigned he was
so happy as he hoped out of his aqueous
home. and dried himself under the lu'
minous rays Of the sun, now revels in
chills as he protrudes his head above the
element, looking as though dose OF
"Hop" bitters would do him good.
The toilsome ant that all the summer
was travelling up and down his little hill,
has gone below to enjoy the fruits of his
arduous "anti" Thought.
The implacable fly, who always imag
ines he is at home wherever his lot ii
cast, whose sooiability is matter o.
taste, and whose life is full of feeling
will soon be a thing of naught, leav
ing behind them period marks for thu
clearly housewife to take note of.
The inscrutable mosquito, after busy
campaign, has at last succumed, and hi
finds all his labor has been in "vein'"
No more the huckster will call thu
housekeepers' attention to his vegetable
cart, and ring the bell five hundred time
day.
Yes, here we are again, in those chill
ing days that echo so much with "Shu
that door," and "Put some more coal OF
the fire"
1t is the season for gooseflsh, it is tn,
seoson for drafts. 1t is the period TO
the influenza, it is the period when thu
temperature is more than mean. 1t il
the time for damp feet, it is the time TO
the rheumatics to double us up. tits thu
harbinger of loose bricks in our pave
ments, it is the harbinger of mud pud
dies. 1t is the carnival of red noses it i
the carnival of soup societies. 1t is thu
golden epoch for plumbers, it is thu
epoch of sneak thieves and stolen over
coats.
All our summer pleasures have flown
The base ball bat will soon be laid away
and the players will have the chance tt
set their finger joints right.
No more will we be able to sit along
some quiet stream and wait for a bite
for winter will give jack frost chance t.
do that.
Yes, all our school-marms have come
back, their vernacular out bursts will nc
longer be heard in mountain crag or haze
dell. All that will echo of them will be
on the school house rostrum, crying al
the top of their voice for John Thomp
son to stand up and say his lesson.
But have said enough on this score
Let us try and cheer ourselves up if the
dark November days are coming. If we
have toes to freeze, let us put on a warn
footing; if we have nose to get red, lei
us bear up under its heavy weight, ano
stick it out till the spring thaw sets it
il the 'room" -atics disturb our equinimi
ty, let us take ground floor and put OF
heavier flannel if calls upon us from
soup societies are are persistive let III
give them che cold shoulder even if it il
a "shinn" to do. SPHYNx'
| -