Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-01-24
MY NEIGHBOURS TREE.
LESSON TAUGHT BY CLOSE STUDY
OF THE MYSTERIES OF NATURE.


OF THE MYSTERIES OF NATURE.
and winter-Thc Glitter After n sprin.
Shower-The Thunder Storms anil Au-
tums of Life-what They Mean.
My room. which il in n high house, is
on an even height with the crown of the
tree opposite. For seven years this tree
has been true friend to me. How often
it has refreshed n,y sight! have here
at different times jotted down what ]
saw, thought and dreamed about it.
Everything in nature has its fixed dcs-
tiny--man alone has the worry. In ma
turc there is a must" with man it is
"you SHALL" and. therefore, there is a
desire of freedom in the heart Of man.
kind. an endcavor to discern our natural
destination. Schiller says:
Seek you the highest. the greatest' the plant can
teach you it;
What It. is without will. you should lie willingly.
The history of religion begins with di-
vino alteration of certain trees, and this
culture became so deeply rooted that it
was difficult to destroy it. The ENJOYS
of Christianity had to apply the AK to
tho holy trees to destroy this kind Of
worship.
The crown Of the tree is too high to liz:
reached by regulating garden shears; it
rounds itself. Take q lesson from the
tree, raise yourself up, man; learn to
stand high in yourself and the world
cannot mold you against your will.
My trec stands in my neighbours gar
den. 1t is not mine. and yet my pleas
uro is not decreased by the thought that
it is not my property. In tho contem-
plation OF that which is eternal there is
no minc and thine, and the pleasure
makes one happy and asks not from
whence it came.
1t is withered tree during tho winter.
and the thought arises, "Who knows il
it yet lives? Will leaves, branches and
fruit thrive again. Spring-new or re-
turning lifc-will show.
After Il spring sun shower, how all the
branches glitter with the hanging drops,
which play in wonderful colors. What
an absorption there must be in tho trees!
AS soon AS the rain ceases the finch ap-
pears and sings his song so gayly that it
seems the merry fellow had freshly
!noistcned his throat; and, indeed, it ia
So for man and bird sing better after q
rain than in dry and close air.
The tree has its hours Of animation.
Science has discovered that tho life of q
plant is strongest under the influence oil
tho light, specially in the hours before
midday.
In April there was another snow. All
The branches were laden. all day long
che fakes whirled about, and it was III
still and quiet, except now and then o
complaint from the finch. A chill per
vaded nature: even people in heated
rooms could not keep warm. 1t seemed
as if life and soul were in sympathy will
tho millionfold sorrow Of tho scarce
sway birds anil newly opened blossoms
Whoever enjoys the life of nature mus
also suffer with it. Natures life is harsl
and sharp, for all lilo is . struggle. Ever
it a thousand blossoms, which hav'
scarcely bloomed, pass away, the dcvel
op,uent Of natures forces is Overlooking
also in human lifc only little comes t,
| pass which, blossoms in the mini Is wisl
lnl aspiration.
Tho tree takes in only fluid food, AM
corresponds in this point with tho frs
life of the child or animal.
\ child destroying plaything whicl
is put together by strange hands is force,
to do SO by its curiosity to examine tn
inner works. Neither can science nc
differently than to follow natural life
and by investigation it kills that take
in hand. To DO separated from natur
mas u tendency to make tender.
A hail storm has broken off n brancl
and another will not grow again in it
place. but the tree may add new branche
and twigs, and the wound of tho tor
of branch may heal up.
\ thunder storm in tho vicinity liza
snapped of trees and uprootcd others
and when tree is down and its root
arc exposed it is not questioned how
was thrown down and uprooted, bu
how it could have existed and grown il
such thin layer OF soil. So it is wit
many SO called heroes; when they bav
fallen one can scarcely conceive tho po:
stbility OF their former state.
Autumn comes with such force tina
you feel as though YOU were parting wit
tho dearest associates: that you had nc
fully returned their friendship. and tina
you had not enjoyed them as YOU coul
and should have done. Tho relectio
returns how you could have hoped i
tho spring to take in the life OF sutnmc
in full draughts. and. having ncglecte
it, it is now too late: and 50 it will be i
the autumn OF your life.
Cease re,norse. which overcomes 20
with the falling of the leaves. Wake II
and work in the new day. Inasmuch 9
the fallen leaf returns to its stem, SO wi
day passed return to you, but ther
viii he new leaves and new days Us Ion
IA life il allowed to you.
The stripping of the leaves seems