The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-11-24
TIE TONG OF NOVEMBER
RAINS ARES OVER, INSECTS GONE
AND THE AIR Is CRISP.
is GOOD TO BE OUT OF DOORS
The Trees Along the Shores OF the
Elkhorn Have Been Preserved by
the Wise German Farmers and
Some are Three Centuries Old.

TO him who loves the woods and
enjoys the trnnQuilNng Influences
that nature brings to those who accl,
the sOlnCC Of the wilderness as an
nntidOtc to lnssitudc and world wcari-
ness incidental to our fcrvid and frcn-
ZiCd civilization November offers tho
most delightful month In the year for
n sojourn out Of doors. Tho rains Of
summer are over, the insect hosts
have lived their brief day, the trees
are bare and the brush open rhc air
is crisp and food ana Enmc will not
spoil In the mellow haze that en-
vclops the earth there ia an elixir that
! bostows vitality, increases appetite by
| increasing elimination of poiBOns from
! the system and soothing irritable
nerves and tOninE exhausted forces
and functions. Nor Is II necessary to-
20 n thousand miles tO enjoy all this.
! There arc spots within a few miles
of Norfolk ns primCvnl as when the
/ implnCablc Sioux Indians held undis-
putcd possession Of the country. II
/ is n credit tO the German settlers
along the EillhOrn, who Camc from
the fnthCrland where forests are pre-
served, that they have maintained the
groves and thiCkCts along the river
Just MS they found them forty years
ago. A few miles below the Junction
| there are cottonwood trees over three
hundred years old, scanned and
Scared by the soaring touch Of light
ming storms throughout these long
centuries Whore timber Is scarce
and valuable the pioneer American,
with ruthless dcscCratiOn and dcstruc-
tion destroys the forests, but the Elk
horn valley escaped this destruction
and along the river the timber Is still
in It's pristine beauty | know spot
where the river widCns and Its cur
rent runs lcsurcly as If taking
breathing spell, gurgIing with soOth-
ing cadence against wide bars of wet,
white sand. Along these bars the
beautiful wood duck sits and dresses
his gaudy plumagc There is a swish
Of wings and a bolatcd flock of green
wings come down the river. couple
of shots brings n nice fat drake into
the current and the spaniel retricves
II. Bunlc heads and hooded morgan
sors stay late in autumn and frequent
the river. Beneath n sheltered bank
in a blind n nice bag can be secured
in an afternoon Back along the
marshy edges Of the slOughs Jack
snipc are scurrying about and there
are quail and rabbits in the thickcts.
For those who care nothing for hunt
ing there are other sources of enjoy
ment. A long stroll with dog or
camera will fiji the afternoon until il
; Is time to return to camp and prepare
supper. What "A dogcnoratinE innu-
cnce civilizations grcgarlOusncss has
upon dog. The creature who in the
woods Is obedient, dgnified, cOmpan-
iOnable and, above all else, silent. be-
comes a noisy, yclping, fat and sloth-
ful cur upon his return to town to as
sOcatc with other dogs And the dog
Is but type Of his master. Oh the
pollution of grcgariOus humanity!
Even the savage in the wilderness pos
sesscs n dignity and self control that
we can never assume. And his habits
are superior. The password in the
wilderness Is silence. II Is only shall
low, weak and superficial natures that
feel the necessity for constant gabble.
The creatures Of the wilderness are
silent. The men who live in woods
become strangely silent under the
spell Of natures silence and spoken
words become a discord But that
doesn't get the money" Very true,
the money isn't there The frenzied
American who drives into the country,
perchance to bring in some widows
COW upon which he holds a mortgage,
would never think of seeking money
on sand bar or in a thicket in the
woods. He knows and reeks nothing
Of the peace, the calm and repose, the
silence and solace, the rest and recu-
peratiOn that nature gives to those
who love her. Into those quiet hooks
far from the worlds CRIME and greed
there comes no din of hammers, no
Chink of gold, nor changing of steel
shod horses on adamant pavements.
All these years, while cities we're be-
ing paved and cemeteries being filled
and banks-and poor houses and asy-
lums built the river has flowed Sc
renely on and the woods and thickets
, have remained unchanged, emblems
| of nature and natures kindly, un.
. changing laws. One man localizes in
a lifetime of grind and greed por-
tion of the earth's resources and when
he is dead another dissipates it and
by this token is life defined, success,
well or i'll spent life. One of the
most promising things today is that
side by side with the greed for gold
is the growing passion of men here
, and there for good-men who desire
, to live a natural life and be useful to
! their fellowmen rather than to make
money and who want portion of the
world unspiked with steel rails or un-
blistered with furnaces. If, instead OF