The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-17
IN OCTOBER.
iMAieolm nonslas. in Saml

kMAcoim iicnEtAN, m NAm
 The mellow, dreamy month of October IS here. The county fair is nov ripe in the land. The nights are growing so cool that it Is time 10 brace up and ask your lsndlady to put an eNrA blAnke; on your bed. There are hInts m the frosty a,r that pork chops wall sooA be on the breakfast table mornings.
 Out in the country the leaves arc turn ing to crimson and gold, X sost, tender h. re hangs over the hllls. investing then, with rare, sweet beauty. Further otf the mountains are wrapped in purple splendor From copSe and thicke, Is borne the piping cry ot the quail. Al tunes the sharp repor, ot gun breaks with startling clearance on the alr. Never vas the sky so blue and the sunshine so bright Ne, there Is d subtle sadness lowering over all that can only be sp pteciatcd by the man ~ho is Suil Weauak hls straw hat ard light summer clothes
 l, IS IT thee days that airy tAiry lJlh4n wandeIs ioith iIto the country in seatoh of autumn leaves And. bee cauSe Sae can not climb the trees herselt. she wall press into service a mild-mAnneted youth ~ho, 10 gam her dA,nty smile, will heroitally sacrifice lis ieu- do.,si pari.,'0HnS i"' h1t. And, at every lttle ieaaet ndtter're down. she will eNclA,m, how perfectly lovely thereby melting him to further ettS1t And finally they wtll come to where the pois ou-lvy turks and. with her hands rAptutousiy folded she w,ll regard IL aud mufmur something about it's being so very. very beautiful, and how she would like to have some of II. and does he really think he could gel Il without talhng down, tnT fl he dld, she never could toi- give herself never And, after feaSSar- ing her, he will ctmb up to the btilltlnt- hued caves and gather An abundance thereof And, To t1f the next week he will not appear al the office, for his ta,e and hanas wlil swell until he looks as though nc had stood up with the apostle i ot Boston culture, Johnnlus |. Sulhvanlus, 1 tDT four rounds
 IL is now tha, the small boys get to gether and make excursions ou, into the woods and fields. There is generally one among them who has ] So musket, while tue rest are atme1 wtth sucks and clubs io wIeak havoc on the unsuspe L inr squinel. But the sluiuel doesn 1 sutist The sky may be gray and chill above them, wilh hints of coming snow lakes m the ar but they do not mind |, III the least. Alter uamp,ng seventeen males without visible results, they Wlls make sudden decent upon a ittmer 5 held and hll up on the h hAlt.ho1en jumps which he has left in he ground, thong h none of them d, home would be satisfied auth anything less than pc. And the boy who that morning was too Utcd to TO to the grocery stoIe three hlot ks away II hls mother, walks further than aGy oi them, and spends three hours ats-t~ Id without a mulmur II eomp.Iint m lc- movl the burrs and cookies from his clothes.
 The golden-rod and sumac nod dreamIly by the waysldc. Through glcaming shocks of corn he the pump klns and yellow sqaashcs waiting to be made into pie The turkeys arc brgln- ntng to roost higher in anucipltion ci Thanksgiving And on the dued and VI hercd vines, illustrating how hic \ 1 golden opportunities can be wasted, sull hang tomatoes that through the long, hot summer days loated while theiI com panions were induS,riously getting upe.
 And on these lovely moonlight nights, which atc not cold enough for oyster stews and yet too cold for icc-ctcSm, the young man can bc seen on the avenue w,h g,Il on hs arm. And upon his pale brow there will he look of care which will tell of the butter conf ct rag 1 ing in his breast as he delIbcrates how hr shall get his overcoat by the time cold weather sets in. But II will be a question hopeless to decide for neither can he give up the deadly cigarette nor the seductive fifteen ball pool, SO that iu the end, when he comes 10 order hls winter suit, he will compfomise on the coa, yclept pea jacket.
 1 And the venerable weather prophet Is abroad in the land 3lling everybody he meets tha, II will be a long, cold winter be cause the corn husks are so thick and ! tthe squrrtlS began gathering theiI nuts so early. And the good sisters are con siderng the advlsabllity ot taking the oyster that has been Tn pickle ah summer and dispensing oyster soup in Inc base ment of ,he church al twenty-five cents a plate for the bentii, of the poor heathen Tn Tub jlb. And 'hc birds and the cheap Circuses alike arc wlngIng them way souihwIrd. Nature ls on the ware soon the hot ; otch and spiCed ium will be IS fashionable a ever