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doors and sEutfers report with loud noises.. Especially 

 is this the case when there is snow on the ground. In 

 winter how curious are the crystals and formations 

 seen on road hanks and other places exposed to the sun. 

 The ground is raised in a w':>nderf ul way^ and looks as; 

 if it were supported on numerous icy pillars and sup- 

 ports. Frost during the cold season raises nearly all 

 the fences and light buildings^ a considerable distance. 

 It is wonderful what power it has. It makes no show^ 

 but accomplishes its work in silence. What handsome 

 pictures does this element produce npon the windows^ 

 of our houses! What beautiful wheat sheaves and 

 delicate ferns, and fairy lil^je plants of variaus forma- 

 tions! They are accurately formed, and show a better 

 appearance than any drawn by artists'" brush or pencil,, 

 and all of pttre ice or frozen moisture. It seems curi- 

 ous, but the predominating features of these pictures 

 are, they always resemble the wheat sheaf or fern for- 

 mations. Let us look for jack-frost to come every win- 

 ter and decorate our window panes. 



The following lines were written by one of our poet- 

 ical writers in regard to frost pictures. 



Pictures on the window. 



Painted Jack Fros4, 

 Coming at the midnight. 



With the moon are lost. 

 Here a row of iir trees, 



Standing straight and tall- 

 There a rapid river 



And a water-falL 

 Here a branch of eoral^ 



From the briny sea; 

 There a weary traveler 



Resting 'neath a tree. 

 Here a swamp all tangled. 



Rushes^ cane and brake; 

 There a rugged mountain. 



Here a little lake. 



