Milford chronicle., 1958-10-10
OCTOBER

The fields are harvested and bare,
And 1Utnte7 lOhistLes through the square,
October dresses IN flame and gold
Like 10OnaGn afraid of gro1viag old.
Anne Mary Lawler
October, now upon us, is thought by many
to be the most beautiful month of the year.
October was the eighth month of the year in
the ancient Roman calendar, and that is
where the Oct comes from in October-mean-
ing eighth.
In the United States, October brings the
first really cool weather of Fall, produces
majestice panorama in the woods and for
ests of the nation, and produces great sports
events, with the midseason climaxes of the
college football year.
tis the month in which Columbus landed
in America, on October L, 1892. The corn
erstone of the White House was laid on Oc-
tober 18th, 1892. A prize of $500 had been
offered for design for the White House and
James Hoban, an architect from Charleston,
South Carolina, won the price,
OF more current interest, October 14th is
the birthday of President Eisenhower and
the month also contains the birthday ami
versaries of several ex-Presidents, among
them being John Adams, the second <Presi-
dent of the United States, whose birthday
falls on October 10, Chester Arthur, the 21st
President of the United States, who was born
October 5th, and Rutherford B. Hayes, 18th
October 4th.
Halloween, which falls on the last day
of the month, had its beginning long before
the dawn of the Christian Era. To-Day, Hal
lowe'en is not a mysterious, mystic observ-
ance and has little religious significance.
The custom of wearing robes and masks
on Halloween originated in early times when
it was thought that witches and ghosts were
most likely to wander about on that night.
This is part of the mystic atmosphere which
surrounded Halloween among the early
peoples, including the Druids, who also
thought the lord of death called together the
souls Of the wicked at Halloween and con-
demned to inhabit the bodies of animals.
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