El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01

that the indian summer is a thing or
the past IS of course strongly disputed
As matter of fact. there is not a year
when indian summeris not apparent to
thousands of people and, while its eX-
act time is never forecast by the
weather bureau, its beauty and attract
iVeneSS are acknowledged by millions
Its earmarks are designated by. Mrs
stowe in old Time Folks" as follows:
When the apples were all gathered,
the cider all made, the yellow pump
kins rolled in from many a hill in fur
rows OF gold, when the corn was
husked and the labOrs of the season
were done, the late warm days of the
indian summer came in, dreamy, calm
and still, with just enough frost TO
crisp the ground of a morning but
with warm frances of benignant sunny
hours al noon. There came over the
community a sort of genial repose,
sense of having accomplished some
thing, and Of new golden mark in the
calendar of life and the deacon began
to say to the minister of a Sunday: L
suppose it's about time for the Thanks
giving proclamation to be coming
along"
Term First Used in 1890.
The first writer, of which there is
any record, to refer to indian summer
was Gene Josiah Hamar, who. in mis-
journal of his expedition against the
Maumee indians in 1880, uses the term
three times. This occurred in Octo-
Der, however, the last mention being
dated October 81, when he records
Marched and halted a little while at
what is called Sugar camp, from
thence to Caesars creek, branch of
the Little Miami" IN 1894 Mai Ebe
nezer Denny's military journal also re-
cords indian summer in October and
the term is used by two Frenchmen
who Travelled in America, one OF them.
Nolney, giving considerable attention
to the subject as a climatic phenome-
non peculiar TO America. These seem
to be the only known mentions of the
term before the year 1900.
Since then, however, almost every
writer has used it more or less and its
use has not been confined to this
country, but extended into England and
even to other countries When the late
queen Victoria reached her SOth birth
day, Alfred Austin, the poet laureate,
addressed to her a birthday poem en-
titled An Indian Summer" in which
are the lines: Long may the indian
summer Of your days, Yet linger in the
land you love so we'll" All of the
American poets have used the term
frequently. although Longfellow and
Whittier have perhaps done most to
make it familiar.
In other Nations.
In other nations. however, there is
mild period looked for after the first
cold of autumn. This is known by
many titles, none of which seems to
have become so popular as the indian
summer of America In England it has
been known as All-hallow summer
The term St Martins summer origin
ated in France, but it is also much used
in England, and both correspond with
the indian summer of America. The
Lombardy peasants expect always
few fine days at the end of October,
which they call St Teresa's summer
while the Germans call it AltWeiber
sommer. The Swedes give it the title
of St Bridget's summer. the Belgians
St Michaels summer, the Bohemians
the summer of st. Wenceslaus and, it
is reported, that in the Argentine Re
public there is a period of similar
weather known as St Johns summer
TomOrrow!Varieti in the Meat
Supply.