90 GLEANINGS FROM NATURE. 



now blooming along the old canal ; for at this season 

 its banks 



" Are gay with golden rod, 



There blooming grasses nod, 

 And sunflowers small and yellow turn ever to the sun; 



Quaint darky-heads are there, 



And daisies wild and fair, 

 In everybody's garden each flower's the loveliest one." 



Space forbids the detailed mention of others. Go, 

 my reader, and see them for yourself. The flowers 

 and birds and bugs are there, and one has but to open 

 eye and ear to see and hear them. One warning, 

 however, before you go. The only way to thoroughly 

 enjoy and be benefited by any outing is to leave all 

 business cares and responsibilities behind. Think 

 not for a single moment of the time lost, the dollars 

 slipping away during the absence from the store, the 

 office or the shop. For the time being let " by-gones 

 be by-gones" and" to-comes be to-comes." Yield 

 only to the pleasures of the present. Dream only of 

 the duties of the day. Strive to gain rest, knowledge 

 and inspiration from the objects met with, and enjoy- 

 ment and benefits, not to be measured by dimes or 

 dollars, will be yours. 



