The Gavelyte, November 1906

CJ~J)AltVlLL~ C(')LLEGK .Much more precious and welcome are these hourl'l to the hoinest toiler who has spent the day on the farm, at the desk or probably poreing ovPr books, seeking the knowledge so dear to the heart of the student, than to that lazy fellow who has long ago begun to regard the vacant hours as :rn old story. We can see clearly, then, the difference in the vacant hour, as they a rP termed, all depending on that person to whom they have come. lf to tlw good old lazy fellow, they are something to be gotten through with as quickly as possible and he keeps himself awake with the hope of something happening which by its excitement will relieve the monotony. But the other, how he enjoys every mmute of his brief vacation, perhaps playing a favorite game, reading a good magazine, and in short,, figurati\'('– speaking, smok_ing. the pipe of peace and contentment. one Passing Days. There are few words in the vocabulary of man which excite the feelings ,and create the awe that the word Autumn does. Autumn that tie which hinds the long warm days of ~ummer to the cold, dreary ·days o: Winter. When old Sol looks down, from his lofty throrie in the early days of September and October, upon the trt·es and gras8 and flowers, he sighs and sheds beams of sunshine for· their existence will soon be ended. Shortly shy old Jack Fra.st will c.:ome and kiss the leaves and flowers, and blow his chilling breath upon the grass, fruit and vegetation. In answer to his greeting the leaves turn from grr>en to beautiful sha.des of red, g"lden and yellow- the flowers wither and pine away the grass and vegetation dry and lose all life. For Jack Frost is conqueror the shy old - .elf is lord of all he surveys. Although -the havoc he works makes a sad picture still we see a sight which no artist can rival in beauty when we stand looking upon a broad expanse covered here and there with large shocks of corn interspersed with goldPn pumpkins just beyond is a great forest of oak, -maple and hickory the leave~ of which no artist can copy for no paint r,an n-'sPmhlP tlH' bran- ..