The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-26


Of nature. She imparts to US and stamps
the mind. An eminent writer has said:
The works OF nature and the works Of
revelation display religion ard philosophy
70 mankind in characters so large and vis-
ible that those who are not quite blind
may in them see and read the first Drin-
ciples and most necessary parts OF IL and
from thence penetrate into infinite depths
From nature. as revealed in Ohio, its
people are 10 great extent Influenced
and their characters formed. TIE mighty
forest trees, the brooks and springs, the
hills and valleys. the rocks and caves.
What a delight they sre2 Then the
orchards where the apple and the peach
and the pear hang in spIendor. Unsur-
passed in any cline. There are the roses
the lilies, the violets. the honey sucsles.
smiling in their beauty in the morning
light, or bursting their buds in the even
ing's dew. There the strawberry, the
blackberry, the dewberry. the plumb, the
black haw, the persimm0n, the paw-paw
grow in Wild luxurance. There the hick-
ory nut. the chestnut. the walnut, the
butternut mix IN play. Ike hide and seek
with the dropping leaves Of the wildwood
Co and rest in the forest by the oak. the
elm. the walnut. the beech, the mulberry,
the sycamore. where amidst their sewing
branches birds OF every pluuage make the
sweetest song. while ali around you come
to breezes laden with the aroma CT fov-
ers. while the woOd5ine spices float
abroad, and the musk OF the roses blow
firing OF these. 90 to the crystal brooks
and springs as they gurgIe and leap IN
diamond brightness on their way 70 The
creeks and rivers where the pictures1u
abound. ard the torrents flash: 90 q the
rocks ard boulders that stand black and
threatening OF the hills. hiding fl their
embrace. caves and Cave-ns where the
Wild animals seek retreat from danger.
These huIs SC high and steep thar Ne cau
them mountains-not knowing tHs meas
ure 70 decide where the XII ceases and
the mountain begins. An these connect
rs with the social 9ffe Of TIE people for -vs
were constantly with thau. amidst the
echoi-E q the storms CT TIE music they
pronounced il response n the sounds
from the meadows and Valleys u1Eer
their shadows Under the shas,s % those
ard in the blending Ct forest and meadow
We held our pi-nics ard our meetings f7r
literary exercises Amidst al these var-
led scenes we had woodchoppinz where
every nan and youth ~. ridicilisz Il ha
failed q 90 the task assigned him We
had cur corn huskinEs too. ard wIth
va,chf1l eya. nc red ear vas uui-esssd
from its husk without youth - rad paid
the forfeit There were The camps os
susar-nap3es- The sugar making On.
let y3ur memory bring these scenes
anew and feel the throbblnE - the aeart
they make Tie Teuth and mzsa -lth
greer bzus Of wax ~ the.r hands. pulling
and twisting. eating ard laushsug. ans
sometimes choking "a TIE sEaet uo-s4l
pushed iaro vcur meath ~ t-s fingers
@ lairT maid. thsu TIE chase th-ogEh tta
camp ard into ERE shadows of TIE s-es-.
vhsrs q KS Is taksu from Iips. s1--e-
than Az -a5ls-suEar- f-eu Der whe
made shs chaIlsnEs 50 ceri-g. Tten fhe-a
care ere spple-hltter fc rrE IRE arria
gatherings where fhe Ga zo1ssn c
press Ts peurrE ort beverage sTee.-
er than cry champaign o nectar - fer
tLe s1is 20 lrink-ttsn cane tte
s-ho7ls ths 1lt h-1tiHEe aaz sashsrlazs
Us --s wods % T5E remember tars-