Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1903 — Autumn Days. [ARTICLE]

Autumn Days.

Now the year is growing mellow And the leaves turn red and yellow And the dreamy sunlight lingers on the hills and on the plains And the grapes with purple luster Hang In many a tempting cluster All along the weedy roadsides and In 'pleasant country lanes In the woods the crows are calling. And the butternuts are falling. And the thickets are so quiet one can hear the slightest sound. And the plums that long have glinted ’Mong the leaves grow rosy tinted In the sweet autumnal sunshine that Is brooding all around. Now the corn, as in the olden t> ays we've known, is husked In golden Loads and. though we’U mlas the song birds and their notes of happy cheer. Bttn. when we behold the treasures That are heaped In such vest measures We are glad that summer's over and that autumn days are hers —Osoar Johnson In National Magaslne For October.