Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-29
THE AUTUMN TINE.
The Pleasures II Affords In the Blue
Ridge.
sEpTEMBER,s STRIKING CoLoRs.
The Festival Of FIora's Gypsy Tribes
The Glorious Golden Rod-Mh""'s
"Yarbs'-A Vivid Heni""e'
sonaI md Social.

Correspondence Of the Dispatch)
ALTON, VA. September .s'-i"hs'
lingering, and too well-beloved OF the
sunlight are these days OF early autumn
Automatically. the summer lies one week
dead in the house OF time. but thefe
is still a preponderance OF light ana OF
heat on the dial-face OF the year. H. rs
the poet says, I'VE should count time
NV heart-throbs, and not by letters
nm a. dial" then are We sad; Tor the
end of the season here means loneliness
IN Alton and the breaking OF many new
and pleasant ties. To the devotees OF
society going back home from tne iuou"-
tains. bronzed of face and robust OF form'
the end of their outing means only an
other form Of happy activity. Ana YET
perhaps. ours is now the resting spell
and they will work; for the PREPARATION
70 meet n cty's pleasures ano eAtraVa,
can't delights Is Of itself the hardest KIND
of work oftentimes.
DEMANDS OF STYLE.
The demands of style are heavy. and
must be met, and the fashions become
yearly. huger and more laborlous TO carry
II Is small wonder that few wise ones
remain over with us until nature ana the
hotels retire simultaneously behind drawn
blinds. and put UP the slgn-DoaTu-
"C,osedw For nature has all sorts OF
influences. 1t 10 only by testing her
fuller stores that one gets naturaiy
and restfully the fulflment of the largest
meaning of recreation that may De MS
she is meant now to soothe, to purify
10 elevate 1t IL not that our ilhSeriHs
visitors should climb mountains anu
contemplate grand scenes. for TINS -
natures resting time. Rather s,loulu
they wander away TO quiet pidces'
where. in some dreamy spot the seer
OF repose may gradually De reNe1, .s,,
through the tagging stream the sun
' or.os the changing shadows. the
voices in the tree-tops, or among the
birds TO 20 out TO such nook TO De-
come stlIled by the silence OF nature
md 70 feel the senses awakening, Is 10
GOT in touch with the blessedness OF
new and diviner lie.
STRIKING CoLoRs.
September is the month OF striking
colors. Ths festival Of floras gypsy
tribes. Where the DAINTY earrings oI
oarlv snring hid their soft tlnts. WHO
fTeFDOOlfIS-DiUN6y
|,r,,vtb-crowd tie dusty highways and
laurt their banners by sylvan paths.
In the swamps the cat-tails lift up their
,are~irg rnaces, and the whorled bios
Soma of the sagltharas lean whitened
heads against the cardinal OF the a.defs.
on scragcv bottoms the ''hold-me-tights'
contend for mastery-the begSar-ticks
and sheep-burrs, and Spanish needles
that were at once the wonder ana tor
ment Of childish rambles. But queens
of Flora'e nomad race, and brightest or
all her trophies, are the golden-rods;
Fieecy and feathery, their burhisheu
frords reflect the warmth and color
OF the ardent moons that gave them birth.
Other harvests than fruit, nowers, or
grain belong TO these wild days OF bloom
Ing pI.ntltude-;he blue blossorned pen
nyroyal and lobelia, camomie and man
drake boneset and smartweed-remedia
agents honored Of Culpeper and letter,
and themselves quite often as fiery as the
names Of these ancient eeculapians.
MAMMYs YARBs.
or miider medicinal plants, who does
not remember the "kitchen garden or
the old-time Virginia mansion? Where.
down in the far corner Of the mouldy
wall nanny grew her ''yarbs" in the
shade and varied their efficacy by the
changes of the moon? What codlings OF
hoarhound and catnip, and balm OF
Gnead" teas-with a dash Of lemon and
a pinch of susar-were given the chill
dren Of that generation. They were
tested by NANNY" until they were
les right" and swallowed by her nurse
lings with copious draughts OF faith.
There are those who shudder at tho
approach Of autumn, and who feel
hat afFff "a
an October haze, as the evening shadows
slant sooner and longer. But is not au-
tumn the manhood of the year; the proud
est and ripest of the seasons? No stunt
Is here. where fields Of maize show the
full ears bursting with crowded corn, and
fruit-tr.es ere hanging, heavy-laden. All
hail 10 thee, strong autumn! OF all sea-
sons of the year TO the thoughtful man
the most enjoyable, and Of all places in
our lovely land, unparalleled in the Blue
Ridge mountains Of Virginia. .
The tide Of prosperity has turned. The
shipments Of freight are heavier than for
a long time past. and there is a gradual
and heatEful revival OF business in other
channels. OF course. the growler IS here
he fattens on misery, and gets thin on
good luck. We have lost some cattle
owing mostly to the extreme heat. and 1t
is doubtful II the disease was epldcHllc !H
character. However It has passed.
Misses Minnie and Mary Goodloe repre-
scented the lady contingent of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union In Charlottesville
this week. Rev. Mr.. Hawthorne and Mr..
John Anderson were also In attendance.
There is an echo of wedding-bells ring
Ing from Loyingston TO Alton, where IN
the former place. Miss Norma Caskle and
Mr.. Aylett Coleman. of Roanoke. were
married on Wednesday. Miss Caskie was
well known and admired here for her
many graces OF mind and person, and
numerous friends wish her 10Y.