AUTUMN MUSINGS.
UNDER tho inspiration of the som. dreamy, luxurious languor, of tnlvljr
Ire spirit of autumn, tho faraoui fragranco and tho glory of twctUng ver.
author of "Evangelino" wroto dure. Summer bring in herre&aUraiu
the following lines: no les radiant pleasure to tho mw.
m . t , . Truly it U tho aeawm of early fruiU,
Tlim' is a tM'autifui iint In-allnni now , . , . lt n I
It nu-llow rk-l.n.s on the vhM.n'l ln, 1 WC,0U Uttm;. f h f "U " .
And from a tH-ak.r full of ruhrt dy,. M "pauling bud; of poU, waving
Pouring m-w glory on the atttmnn graws and of rich Lopo and pruinUo of
And dicing in warm li;ht the iil!.uvd tl.xid. the coming hufol. Oloriuu autumn
Morn on the mountain, like a umtiu-r bird, jlfU a grRC, An, 4l,date rhann KCuliar
lift h,r rurple win;, and in the vaV, Jf j., mJ V
Thetle w, .iwert an y. . Wrr, mU .JayC Ml all
Kijwthebluhinilaf, and nhnuiji muh wv m , j-,
Within the mA-nm wuvUufarii d-M-riini.iH-l, nature don n roU of cttly and trapkn.
And silvery bm-h, and maple ydUm h avt-d, ddit lovi liuwi. Winbr may havo lU
When Autumn, like a faint old man tiuduw n tli MrU and healthful, athhtifl
Ity the waynido a- wy j()J.; rrjD, thoir bnd.r, languid
Every region has its peculiarity of and entimental reverb; iumer iU
season and scenery; every locality iU thA of mellow beauty and tnruf.bd
elements of comfort and inconvenience, reie, but to autumn, tho u . u of tho
of sterile mcagorueHS and of exuberant waning year, i reamed tho bright a
beauty. Oregon, liko every other aUU and ricbeid coronet ntlch caturo can
possesses all these conditions of climate, brntow.
and distinctive characteristics of g- With tho exception of tho New In.
graphical and foret features, Each gland iUK thero is probably no ro.
season has iU own peculiar charm, gion in tho union Uo fret4 prrefcl
Thero is a separate, individual glory of iw.r varb-gatM and brilliant U. ilar.
tho winter, of tho spring, tho .umm-r, inglho fall montU than Ui Or
and lastly, of tho golden autumn. Weak gm and Mi& Territory. No
winter contributes to tho plcniure. of action in tho w.V. rn . uthern or mid
tho dwellers in MVebfoot" in wiou. die iUH can of iwo
ways. Snow and ico bring tho oxhila- UmIm f M-W
rating joys of skating, sleighing and purity of atmP than o.roan U
ZLl while tho long, gloomy days of M 11 M-U
Zds and lowering euUIs, and tho rainy tho summer on thu it of tho
cloudsandloe n , ,$ iU
SlK'fe -gly ingf-UdunngJuly,AU,Ut
cosy, will iignua f , f j H-jdriaUr, tht UviL
drawn curtain. n. lfmfu a,l oWurr, th, outli of
Cr0 our grafcd i,-.Uk. HuttUauta,
utX- Tho very day, aro U. i.
thoOght U fcitiMt With thO ifiCttM Of