Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-10-08
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its stiffness and filing the ether with
its haze! There is a hush everywhere;
the trees in full aud glorified foliage
stand motionless to greet the sun; INC
flowers take on a richer bloom than
even the sprirg gave them; the gar
nered harvests glitter in full ear and
sheaf; the fruit bends the trees and
i litter the ground, and the land seems
like temple over which peace reicns
supreme with plenty for her cup
bearer. As just life draws into the
shadows of the beyond, without a
tremor but with smiles, so comes the
autumn on the waiting world, on noise
| iese sandals and with bcucdiction in
its wand. = Idaho County free Press.
You bet yoar topkno: Gf you have
T. one) she does. Old Autumn comes
sIyly stealing down like a thicf in the
night, slipping aion-, not with san
ldais Oh her feet, but oarctooted, aud
arrn-ln-arm with that old dufrer, Jack
Frost, and without any warming what
ever proceeds to snatch nature bald
headed aud paint things waller and
without just cause or provocation.
i"Thcre IS Il hush everywhere" Come
right down to facts, is there NOW: 4
hush everywhere, and this election
year. Oh hush. give Us bit Of a
breeze, Mr.. Free Press, Or give US
facts. Don't tell Us she touches the
air with stiffness, for she doesn't, not
this year anyway. Ina: haze bust
ness will do, for she does. early In her
Career, smoke her pipe Of peace. At
any rate she smokes, whether 1 pipe
or not makes no difference. She
smokes, anl that's very BAD habit.
and when she smokes, old nature puts
on Il hazy look. The trees in full
and 81 riiied foliage stand motionless
to greet the sun" WIZ not include
the moon and the little winklng stars
and the gentle, softly signing zephyr
and the solemu-voised, moaning winds
that strike minor key and fill Us
with angelic emotions, q bad case Of
cold in the head, and sweet, heave.iv
sublime poetic thoughts which are
thunk with solemn hush-bia
thoughts filed full OF noble Httle
thinAiets and all so soul-hfting and
grandly elevating, heavenly-inspir-
ed that when we attempt to soar them
aloft OF the wings OF he most pathet-
lie words in Webster's unabridged they
fall fat and limp like unto wet deer
skin. Words are too weak, 50 those
grand autumn thoughts are thuak in
silence. They stand motio2lessH I'VE
now refer to the trees simply be-
cause the wind don't blow, aud they
stand because they can neither walk
nor sit down. This is leading char
acteristic of all trees we have been
acquainted with. Its unreasonable Il
suppose they stand mo1ionless tc
greet the sun, 50 we'll not further elu.
cidate on this point, but will branch of
: to the full and glorifed foliage. W.
will admit that this is correct. II ta,
foliage is full, and We don't doubi
that 1t is, it is no doubt gloriied, o.
! thinks it is. That's the wav d maj
feels, at any rate, and We will ADM
that it's the same with foliage. Tn,
foliage gets full in autumn and that i
when the trees throw off the foliage
| those that engage in the throwing OF
act. 1t serves the foliage right. I
. is bad business to be full. "Th,
: flowers take on a richer bloom thar
, spring gave them is an unpardona
ole, unmitigated, dia5olicaL premedi
tated perversiou of the truth. In tn
In.