Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-05
A Brief Sketch Of the Spring Time
 in New Hamp,hne.

How sweet to me the remem6rspce (tor I write from memOry) of New Eugland spring. Nature answers to the genial warmth Of pleasant sun, man himself feels inspired with the feIvency of delight, and drinks within him the melody of a new and fresh beauty. Often have I at the arrival of that blessed time walked with infinite joy through the piny woods, over the mouu- tsins and along the meadows reiOleu, sith wild vioiets and da.sIes There Was a custom at this sessou of the year to gather ior the decoration of chui ches. those beautiful May flowers, that grew ID profusion on the hi.lsIdes; their snow
 white blossoms were sym5oiicsl of love aud purity and fashioned I1 quaint clus- l rers round the altar, she worship of God seem, freshened with he beauty of his | 1bnulgOrk.
 I passed q portion of my life in the country of New HampsFiIe, few miles tr m IS capital, Concord. tbe oldest city of the Union, aud full of historic ioter- esI, possessing many relIcs of past bat tles and wars. l have slgays liked tbe people from thIs state. have fOund ,hem to be well informed, impartial, aospiTsble and like their stone fences, ;he ar of s;olIdity about their character Is most refreshing.
 So disagreeabl6 and severe are the winters in this country that the mild aud pleasant climate Of spring would Oe most spprecisble from very contrast. The extent of se- coast Is limited, si times We all lorg for Q breath of sal, air. and a dash of the V .ve upon ih, beach Is exquisite harmony t0 those that love the see. To compensate for this re msrksbls grand and besuufHi. ,s th' mc unthiD scenery. To many sr- lannon's summer resorts, where tbs Le1pie can seek the combination of comfort and ugh altitude.
 New Hampshire possesses a multitude of lakes And streams, Gni | T th fes- son a tour through the country can be made CT joy. ..ble. Alter tine melting o' the snow these lsk-s are freshened, and the rivers hurry along with redoubled energy snd new resources.
 Ia the sprng Of '76 l erjpyei the novelty of boat ride doEn one Ot the small rivuleis that empiied into the MerrimRc. The SC nery WAS intensely Deautiful; dense branches of trees inter locked themselves above me, as l drifted down. a3d the verdure along the banks reminded me of one Of the ma pie tures l had seen ID my youth of far of tropical plHces (Shere l had loDged tc b j. Wild flowers grew in profuslor, aud the narcissi bent with their graceful stems over the margin If the stream 10 .ileut contemplation of their own lowell ness.
 glided along. us'ng no cars. for the cnrren Was rapid; ;he stream wifened ss I nGere the mouth. Gnd fat country receded ol either sIIe O. the river. and a, last, sitter passing over some unpre- teniiOus rapId-, l dri.t.d into the Merri- mac. Tre sceLes along this old strssm are wonderfully grand. l paced by mills and factories where thau-ards o' people were pu suing their various vOss- uons. Tue hum and noise Of activity was not in accordance vi'h Dy thought. or attitude. l. wss the rude awakening 10 worldly reflections end the goal ot my long and evsntful iurusy. recommend thi- voyage tO the lover oi all tha. IS beautiful ia nature.
 In my TsnderiDRs over many places on this earth, I live yet to observe that locality where the bsauiy oi spring is m 1re torcIbly contrssted with the other periods O: the year than in the land of New Hampshire.