The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13

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Here is the fire bush with its glory
just departing. We see the lilacs
bowling with their masses of purple
and white. Honey-suckles of various
kinds are sending out their tendrils
over fences and trelhs. From
bushes here and there spongv balls
of snow are suspended The flower
ing almond bends meath its fairy
burden. The twisting wisteris
twines about. The cedars wave
their graceful boughs. Roses, grea,
hedges of roses are here. On Decor.
alton Day our delight knew nc
bounds while we clipped and arranged
baskets of these messengers of love.
Over all the yard an aged maple
sOlemnly waves its benedictiOn OF
peace. An orchard just beyond. we
open the old garden gate and enter
where flowers bloom in their season.
We remember so we'll that yucca
which still sends up its pyramid of
white The clinging myrtle, pure
narclssus, gorgeous peonies, lilies
fair and many other sister graces
here abound, neat vegetable beds,
grape abors, shrubs and plants, all
bespeak that this il grandfather and
grandmother's garden. In the house
the old clock still ticks away, that
for more than fifty years has chimed
out the time. Pictures still look
down from the walls upon us as
they did twenty years ago, works of
our own hands have found places
here. Ample we'll kept rooms with
downy beds and protusion of the
necessities and luxuries of life, all
indicate that the farmers thrifty
wife reigns here
We enjoyed ramble in the woods.
down to the barn, over fences, shy
ing around mothers with their broods
OF young swine, through the lot and
into the timber we 90. We look in
wonder at the tangled inextricable
maze that meets our view, mas ,es
OF underbrush, trees, both great and
small, often draped with swinging
vines of the wild grape. This is the
sarsaparilla plant, this the mavap-
pie, here the pawpaw, red bud SUI
mac, the snowdrops and wild violets.
long stemmed and in dainty clusters
found in shady hooks, and the thrush
and red birds, besides many familiar
songsters fitting about. We find it
hard to believe that the suburbs Of
a city with n population of about
forty thousand, is less than half q
mile away.
Warm, still evenings we love to
wander about the yard in the twi-
light, listening to the whipporwilrs
plalntive cry, or admiring the phos-
phorescent display of the tightening
bugs as they throw their soft illum-
nations here and there through the
dark green foliage. We are very
often, while here, unceremonionsly
lanned by those famous "gentle
zephers, but they are quickly for
gotten while beholding the beautiful
The rain showers are very refreshing.
come more often and fall with more
Vigor than ours. We have found il
to 20 into the wood SIZED
and crack hickory nuts and walnuts
while it pours outside.
After each visit elsewhere we find
'ur way hack to this old time home
A week spent in the capital and we
ire again whirled back with new in
erests which we relate to ready lis
eners. We recall our wonder at
he immense size of the State House
lone, our pleasure in passing
trough its art exhibitions of Apri- ,
ulture and Taxidermy. We saw
he kissing bug and such a world of
'lrds and animals. With FEELINGS
I pity and awe we passed over the
road lawns and through several (
ards of the State Insane Asylum
here about one thousand unfortu-
ates are kept. The spacious, clean