Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1868 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

t e 7SUML* Seek the society of good books. .Tito streets and shloons will' bushiwhack your morals. Learn the lessons of life and practical wisdom. The littl g ou V* more than the strong arm of Euclid. Hard study is far from unhealthy. Wltilo study weakens one constitution, dissipation Jf'U? °Clj do^ep, M r. ‘C&tf&'-'floVs'tlrc o\Vc you a living? i You owe the world ■for every mouthful-and garment. It • owes you only seefoaton and coffined retirement. The world owes a living to the agej, the sick, uiul disabled. To-tile sliirk'tho AvoWff Owes nothing except good advice, and we give it, X. [Communicated.] g r Halloween. The evening telbro the feast of All for spven hundred years been celebrated by divers festivities. The .horticulturist hold® as a harvest least. The cabbage, beets and potatoes are, or ought to be, ail fihug id winter quarters. Tiie young folks have long practiced pulling the cabbage yet standing, and piling them at the thrcshhohl, to remind the tardy gardener of neglected duty. I November’comcfcin with All Soul’s j feast, which in 1868 was on Sunday. On Tuesday after, we did a patriot's duty by electing Grant and Colfax. We should call to mind on each llalio ween [dpi duty of an American citeiiizcn. X. [Commuiilcftted.] Indian Summer, ■ When the white man secs the ! signs of coming winter, ’tis then the ! Indian’s harvest. The summer of Lille. ..wild man of the forest is the J ! farmer’s autumn. Indian summer is j i a pleasant season. The trees tell us j by their changing JiueS that cold! sleep awaits them. The leaves re- j sist the blast and sing their own j dirges. The smoky haze wraps the ! landscape in its silvery cloak. Gor- | geo us and brief are these illusive days, and beautiful to our brother ■the hunter. The p.oor Jpdian is fast fading from the land of his fathers. Vet the year doth bear bis name ou tiie best of its cycle. Tliio melancholy timers replete with wild mus- ; 4ngs. Who can resist its magic spell. It teaches a lesson to the thoughtful. Let the notes of preparation bu heard inoaoh rustic home, for soon dreary winter comes—tlm time for rest and comfort, ’Tis but i the calm before the snow-storm. *' _ x. | - ■ Vp* -■»»»■• - [Comm indented.] November, October, the orchard of the year, ' gives place to the patient,, watching ; November, The earth in night-time | ; will be decked with the hoar frosts which vanish in the morning. We \ wait for the coming burial month tn’} :-J9tec.erii.bs r. November conics in' j blustering—yet vvo will still- !:avw: s.i.iic Oahu, miid days ere the whole 7" rearth is inmlled in the b.y w.,,r.'f fsi»‘o«d-vf^winterr’ “ ~ X. ~ v —i *wmm* [CoTiiimiiuctttcdi ] Firt3. 1 Tlio prairie liroß in various parts : of Jasper county have done r,n immense amount of damage. Many of these fires arise from the wilful or careless acts of itinerant hunters. | The strong arm of the law should ' make those “men ot the woods” ! more careftil and honest. X; [Communicated.] A Visit to the Country. The glories of autumn time can weil-be seen and felt in a rustic ramble. Golden October is nearly past. Two friends with merry healfs ride out from the village. ‘ One was aged and gray, the other scarce nt manhood’s prime They went forth ’mid the smiles of dying Bummer. Jack Frost had stolen the verdancy of all vegetable life. The oak woods presented a lovely appearance. The orange and russet supplant the living green. The south wind breathed mildly. All nature teaches the sorrowful lesson of mortality, she grandeur ot silence is scarce unbroken. The wild havoc of the firefiend ha* spoiled the hopes of the husbandman. The ramblers see all this. The moon’s sad light begins to compete with the rays of the departing sun. They hsyo sniped with a rustic docrar, and continue their jourpoy. Th# glories of sunset are eclipsed by tbo mellow moonlight. Parting day Dies like the dolphin who m eaeb peag imbnea I tyith » new color m It ga»p« «woy, The [wt «illl loveliest, till—'tis gone and all * Jr&j. tile tourists grow happier and better. Tbcv reach the tompto of learning and oommnne with the peo-1 plei The word* ipoiejy fall by the j waj-tiidc, and the weed* of prejudice . and *u»pieirtrt spring Tn, nmd iwi11,,...