Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1868 — Autumn. [ARTICLE]

Autumn.

Wo have pn*»i>d ihssunriy rhsres of summer. The stormy sen of autumn is hove. “Tbw melancholy days have come ’’ • These aaildcßt cf bII the days by their brevity picture human life. The gioriou* ludtkn Hummer is p'ayingms an early visit. The leaves are tinned with golden beauty, ns if fresh fram a fairy painter’s #aseL,__ “Nfiar to' whut jj). bermtHTuT is what is good.” Lot there bo no grumbling at the approach of our annua! on. Tbo people'have growu a fair crop, and are prosperous. We should lay up atoros in plenty, and prepare lor the lessons of ice-bound -WHfrter. —-V — ! In spring and summer hope benms upon tho mind of .the good man as ho fools the balmy air and hucs the living, moving blessings showered rrpund him. Autumn is Qi.e transition stium from gloriods living summer to torpid winter. dully winds and snowcoated fields shut out nature's cheer. Then is tho .timo for iTcutis of charity. Lot each conTTioa ITT lot. with that of his might or. ami give witli a willing baud of Is.abundance. King Winter is coming. Sound tho notes of ]ireparatiou.* Imt every fireside be a school. X.