The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-06-30
Gate Of 0dors. Rustic ss

be Importance II deserves. For of all
be mystic springs which unlock the
tondrous inward world, none act with
Och swift, secret magic as those Of
De gate Of odorsl There stealeth in
bobserved some delicate perfume Of
tmiliar field flower or garden herb;
ID straightway, ere one is aware, the
hi is afar of in the world Of the past
hthering posies among the fields Of
hidhood or culling herbs In the shaded
rner Of an old garden, TO be laid by
lnds long since cold, in familiar cham.
b. long since tenanted by other
Gners. ''Ahl did you notice that Whit
perfumel" asked a gentleman with
bonn was riding few days ago.
My. Il carried me back twenty years
a certain woodland path where |
liked TO school in my boyhood days. >"
was warm, aromatic gush from
BODY hollow. peculiar and suggestive.
Il had been In the wilds Of Africa, il
build have revived the same memories.
Strange and wonderful. indeed, is the
>rer Of smell. With the savage Il is
haps n kecner sense than with civil.
ii man. and all animals have il in
ong degree. But even with US the
aetories are highly sensitive power,
ceptible 10 the slightest fragrant or
lodorous smell. There IL an Arab
Dverb. He who smells the desert
B.. smells Il when he Dies" and
pliers in the wilderness. when in the
which smells quite different, have
netimes felt as u almost willing to
II they could but smell the desert
y more. The truth Is that the desert
b.. Of all things created. does not
ell at all: and the Arabs sense Of
III finds II Intimately restful To draw
BARN. unused air. without odor Of
kind. Probably this Is what the
~ proverb means
Fragrance m everywhere associated
} the country. There is a redolence
1t the fields and woods. an indehn.
essence distilled from all trees and
j. and grain fields and gardens and
ereourses and cool. shady hollows
great breathing mountains. and
rh Is 10 specific scents what the
ie light Is TO scpcrate colors. II l.
vent yet elusive. sometimes dry and
Fm and aromatic. pcrvAded by the
rate emAnations Of leaves and wood
blossoms. sometimes moist and
Ike the black mould u swampy
s,. brcwed only In the confined
-rom u the woods. but. wherever
hihcd. a tonic better than that pre-
~ by the pharmacist. an aroma
|ctcr than the ambrusia u tabled
inpus.
hcsc country cdors haunt you every.
frc. envclop you like the cloud with
rh Athens surrounded Doomed, act
y your faded nerves like stcamy
} u frankinccnsc and myrrh. They
- ng out u ambush from hedges and
Be-. from ploughcd fields and mead.
and grassy lawns and howcr.gar-
and from old cobWcbbcd barns.
rc the cows come In from pasture
breath a. sweet and clean ~ the
.y dew on which the fairy queen
lnia tipplcs. Once imbibcd. they
sr leave you. They may he dor.
i Tor year. but are sure 20 suggest
nsclycs sooner or later. ! smell
BY. a. ! write. with the organ u
noryl the odor II box and hlacs and
hes and blossoming shrubs and ripe
cs, apples from an old.timc garden
! frcqucntcd when a boy. The
lcn has been destroyed long since,
the fragrance still fingers, like the
ious memory of a good deed.
Men a farm house smells differently
a village residence. L. fine old
pa Is a. u distilled from ncciarincs
have ripcncd In the adjoining var.
and from apples in the ncighboring
Aard The garnet has the true attic
pr born II hcWn ,imbcrs and nut.
IN nftcrs unhiddcn by dauhing
icr and punches II garden herbs
3 there Tor the winters using. A
days ago ! stopped at an old farm
~ among the hills, and by chance !
rcd the attic. Instantly there
through the gate n osiors a sub
all.pcDuding aroma that carried
hack years and years 10 another
house garnet where played when
The smell was the same. and
muncd up many an hour II dreamy
ortivc idlcncss, u tumblings and
ngs and whispered story telling and
by maps while the rain drops chantcd
sons upon the moss shinglcd roof.
Ncrything has it, characteristic
even book. Books that are
do not all smell alike, but have an
vidualily Of oior. 80 to speak. Some