Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-03-25
OCTOBER IN THE LAND WE
LIVE IN.

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been tempered and made perfect
"A link Of time dropped from above,
Rriv|, KIN nn n ns ma iii untar gs vet yet
Without one stain Of earth's regret''--
One OF tho few gifts Of bountiful ma
ture that have not yet been monopc-
lied in this land OF equality, It shone
forth, beautify,ng the earth, bringing
forgetfulness Of the past and filing
the longing Of the future until the
proud and the humble, the old and
the young, lived only ia tho glad
present. But il the day was peer.
less, the scene which it suffused with
JIG glory and Of which We writs We'd
with it in all ito loneliness. At our
feet, sparkling in the sunlight, like a
great jewel in it, emerald setting, lay
the Payette Lake.
No ripple marred liz quiet
: No shadow lowered there.
Itself the fsirest 81 ths fsis..
A long linz Of snowv .v.n. re.t.
inc n tbs;r Massage .outb ..t n.rf.c,.
" mot;onless upon the shining w.t.,
dreaming "a il sesmsd. and ofa,;no
row.,f,i ..,;,. mo, mas. r...,.ss.
ness But tho most rsm.rkab,e =.
well a. the most beautiful feature ~
tho lake i. tha d;.tinctre.. w;th
which ,ha surrounding l.nd.c.na q
ranrodrc.d n Il. crv.,.l ~.,sr.
From The vellov s.nd beach IN IN.
eastern .bore 10 IN. .owsr;no ann.
m;ts ~ tho maintain. tan ro;ls. .wov
eyerv out,;oe and evs,v tint and shade
Of color il reflected With . v;vidne..
that i !. .urnr;.;ro :. /, i. h..,,,t.l
Al this season the sober grandeur 81
the mighty forests OF eyeroreens !.
brirbteped and v.r;euated bx the an.
nusls. whose foliage has bean paint.
ed bv the brush Of autumn. until tbev
look ,;ks hs,.ld. ~ IN. .npro.ch;,.
winter. waving their gorgeous ban.
ners Of crimson and cold over low.
land and mountain. while in the great
mirror a our feet the whole scene.
lovely ~ II Ia. il TRANSFORMED and
made olor;ons--a n;oture a nr;.,;na
be.ntv fresh from the hand ~ Tho old.
est Master. As vet unmarried and new.
or to be amended bv his imitator
The air in mi. reo;on .,wavs ~
exceeding purity. becomes 40 rarif;ed
AZ t;mes that n 4. a sonroa ~ ,arra,.
nal illusion ma regards both distance
and sound. Ob;ects miles aw.v seom
near. while sounds that would hs lost
in an atmosnhere 90 0rsatsr hnm;d;,v
startIe one with their seemino nro..
imitv. tn. cal,ng ~ w;,d Tow, =,
tha lake. tho low;og NJ k;na and IN.
barking Of a dog are dist;notlv aua;.
bIa for ,hrss nils. Ana nov.
port OF rife plerces the thin air AS
keenIy as a harsh word the heart az
affection. And harki away across
the wooded valley goes the echo. now
a hoarse rumble, now low murmur.
now lost, now distinct, until IL has
traversed the valley aud is at the foot
Of the range, eight miles away. And
now as it begins its ascent it gathers
volume, waking a thousand slumber.
ing echoes from CANYON and porye.
from tower and cavern. rush forth and
ioin the fleeing sound as il sneeds On.
ward and upward until the far sum.
nit is reached, along which it rolls
and roars until lost m the dim dis.
lance. No one ignorant of its origin
would for a moment hesitate 10 nro.
nounce an echo at this lake, when the
atmosphere is favorable for producing
it--distant but distinct thunder
To tho eastward and a;r.o,,, 49,.
ate the lower end NJ tho laLa r;s..
the only moun,.;, of .,v r,.., 4;