Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-09

boom of the bulfrog i'll his sedgy lair; viii
watch the storm king build bis towers and
walls and battlements on high, hurling cloud
against cloud and thunderbolt against thun-
derbolt till his wrath is appeased, and then to
me shall be blown the sweetness and the cool
ness of wet fields and through the long and
dangerous purple hour shall come twilight
and the peace of him who liveth well; and
under the solemn dome of Dusk under the
young eyes of the stars, under the broad
sheen of the rising moon shall | float down
the liver of rest to an infinite calm.
This is the city mans dream of a country
heaven, hut | have not found it.
found the trees beloved by the slow >tir.
ring wind, but l found, too, that larg
colony of painful ants had go there before
me and was disposed to quarrel with intru
ders. | have watched the coming of the
chariot of day through the gates of pearl, and
noticed the thermometer throw one leg over
the eightieth rung and then reach up and
rull himself up to the nnetieth before the
chariot had got fairly going. | have learned
- love the drcne of the wandering bee at
inmense distances, having discovered that
That pampercd insect considers it quite a joke
t. poniard slunbering stranger without
Irovocution,
have seen an abundance of fresh vegeta
| les in rural districts and miles of orchard
| hsndng uHder the wealth Of pppn and
cherry, but the frugal and far seeing farmer
had IN ltgaged the entire lot, and the stranger
had to content himself with a SHUTTLE Tor yel-
! low peas just picked from Baltimore can.
These things have made me sad. 1t seems
to me the honest granger should have nobler
aspirations than to paint his house yellow,
his barn blue and his well box green, insert a
four line advertisement III the Sunday papers
and steer ulsu,pcctng citizens against his
corned beef and malaria i'll the guiSe of health
and economy 1t seems to me some" hat un-
reasonable for a man to seek so far and fare
SO badly when he could just as wei! enjoy
his flies and SKINNED milk, his Insomnia and
profanity without leaving the city,
But the fact is every man bred in city
considers himself swindled unless he has two
weeks of summer on II farm, just as tile
farmer thinks life not worth living W thoui
an annual tour through the joys of the Bow
cry III winter. 1t is an outbreak of inward
cussednesS, like tie hives and every man get
it. The whole pharmacoppa can furnish nc
remedy, and the only relief is to go ana pur
sue the hayward fancy and come home iul
of sunburn, collie and repentance.
Go to the country, you toilers seeking fol
rest, but let it be country indeed, with nt
mingling Of town. Seek your balm from Sky
and field, from sea and hill, from leaf ant
blossom and bird, and you will get it for tht
asking. Let the sun brown the cheek an,
hands of your daughters, Let your boy
scurry through the tangle Of woods wild a
the chipmunk they chase. Get as far a
steam can carry you from the city and it
worry, from the crowd and Its tiresom
apery; be child of nature, worshiper o
laziuess and sunshine-there is the sovereign
healing you seek, and you will seek it in tn