Spring

Mud and agreeablo weather is always pleasaot at all seasons of the year, but more espeeially in Spring-time. After vegetation has boen locked up in the eold and iey embrace of winter - eyery thing chilled and torpid - the bands and feet complaining bitterlv of the cbilling vvinds and bitmg frost, we look forward with pleasing anticipation for warm sunshine and serene weather. - Indeed we appreciate a oalm sky and vegetative weather, mqre highly from a love of that contrast between Winter and Spring, which is always intoresting to contémplate. Nature is alwnys slow, silent and unerring in all her ehanges and operations. It is inleresting to refleet upon the causee which produce the different seaeoug, and the influbnce of the quiet rays of the sun gradually unlocking the cbain of winter - imparting animation aud beauty to suspended vatality iu the vogetable kiugdom. In tbia phenomena we have a bright, convincing evidence of tBat Divino goodness which bas adapted every thing in nature to our iostruotion, comfort and happines. We watch with admiration the first blades of grasn, the first leaf-buds in the forest, and ihe expanding petals of the opening corrolla of the groves on the hill side. The bl'ie bird and robin, the lark and harbingers of Spring are singing their sweet, merry songs. All their inviting changes are cheering evideuces that old Winter with his dreary and desolate inantle is boing exchanged for agreable and. beautiful habiliments, Yes, the long looked for gentle springtimo has come. BloomÍDg flowers are in the woods and lawns. Again Ihe heart of yonth and age rejoiee together and exultingly exclaira : " All lia.il returning, smiling Spring, With blooming, liagvanl flowers, And binlswho sing their merry song, In pleasant groves aud bowers." W. S. G.