The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-08-31

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The followlRE tribute u grass. writ
tsn ~ tls late SsAatoT tngails ~ kan-
sas. should be preserved.
Majestic. fruitful wVbdrVus plant
The eorB triumphant that with the AID
% man hath made victorious pFSres
sloa acres the tnftea plain aud IL II
foundation for the s,pcial excellsnce
that D. and h % - This gloriyus
plant Transmitted 10 the alcii-Iny 81
God. sustains the WaFri0g Ia battle the
pct Ia sung aud strengthens ever!
Nhrrs the Thousand arms that WIS
the PURPOSES e life.
Next in imI0TtaBce o. the divine
I,rsfusion u Wuter. liEht AMI air. ibOse
thrse great physical facts whIch rrn
der existehce I,Dssll'le. may - rcck
Oned the universal l'sn-iicence &C grass
EAagEerated by tropical heats and Va.
pOrs o. the gigantic cane eongesi~d
with lts sacchaFins secretion ~ dwarf
81 by IsolaF TigUrs 10 the nbnOus hair
of northern solituies. embracing ~
tween these eHtremss the maize. with
lts resolute pennohs. the Tice plant u
sDutiiern swamls. the wheat. re. lar
ley. oats aud other cereals. No less
than the humber ver,iure Of the hill
side. pasture and prairie In the ten.
perate EoBs. grass II the msst widely
distributed Of al vegetable beings and
n at once the tyre Of our NE aud the
emblem % mortality. Lyiag In the
sunshine among the buitercups and
The danJeiioRs % May. s-arceiy higher
IN intelligence than thu minute ten
ants Of the mimic wilderness. our ear
lest rs-colleCtions are u grass and
when the fitful fever II ended aud the
foolish wangls 10 the market AMI Cd.
forum Il closed grass heals over the
scar which cur descent into the bosom
% the earth has made. and the CARPET
Of the infant becOmes the blsnkst %
the dead.
Grass - the forgiveness u nature.
her constant beneliction. Fields tram
Piled with Hattie. saturated with blsOd.
turn with the ruts % cahaoR. rrow
green again with grass. aud carnage
h fOrgotteR. Streets abandoned by
traffic bccome grass grown HE rural
lanes and Ol,liierutei forests decay.
haTvests perish flowers vanish. hut
grass II immortal Beieagsrred by the
sulien hosts % winter. 70 withdrnWs
into the impfeznalle fortress % ~
subterraBean vitality and emsrgss ny
on the first sOiicitation 20 sIging. S0wn
b. the winds. by wandering birds.
prOpagated by the subtle horticulture
Of the elements. which are its ministers
and servants. u softens the rude out.
line u the world Its tenacious fibsra
bid the earth In lts place and prevent
IL soluble cOmPonents frOm washing
into the wasting sca. ~ invHdes ne
s0litusies % deserts. CHATS the mac
eeSsible slopes and forl,iddiRg piana-
cles % mountains. modides climates
ana determines the history. character
aud destiny u the nations. UBObtru-
sive and patl<at u has immsEtal Vls0r
and aEEresslon. Banishsa srum ths
tlsorUuxhfare aud the field. n btiss its
time Go return. and when vigilance h
rclaxe,l 80 the dynasty has persisted 70
silently resumes the thrOne from whleh
u has I.een expelled lsut which u nev-
e. abCsxates. 10 bsarS no blasonFy q
l,laosn 90 charm the ssnsss with fra
GRANGE 80 sTIend.sT. but it, hsnely hue
l. more eisciantlhg than the My 90 the
rOse 10 yielsls M fruit in earth 80 air.
and yet sh"uld Its harvest fail Zoe q
single year famine would dsPopulats
the world"