. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. our love for and close relation toNature, we ccn live abroad when and mingle frequently amidthe great-out-of-doors. The songof the bird, the murmur of the streamthe ripple of the brook, the frag-rance of springtime, the voluptuous-ness of summer, the golden pomp ofMutumn, cannot help but have theirchairms. if we are williing to open thewindows, of the soul and look be-yond the bounds of Mount Union. Inthe springtime, when earth takes onits mantle of refreshing green andthe trees are clothed in gloriousfoliage, when tue skv ta
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. our love for and close relation toNature, we ccn live abroad when and mingle frequently amidthe great-out-of-doors. The songof the bird, the murmur of the streamthe ripple of the brook, the frag-rance of springtime, the voluptuous-ness of summer, the golden pomp ofMutumn, cannot help but have theirchairms. if we are williing to open thewindows, of the soul and look be-yond the bounds of Mount Union. Inthe springtime, when earth takes onits mantle of refreshing green andthe trees are clothed in gloriousfoliage, when tue skv takes on itsdeep delicious blue—all these tend tofill us with a mute, but exquisite de-light and we revel in the luxury ofmere sensation. But when the snowsof winter hide the green of springand summer days, when Nature liesdevoid of evry charm, and clothedin her shroud of snow the landscapeis still free from desolation, for thepicture has changed and we can alsosay of winter—How beautiful. We revert once more to those pio-neer days when the Indian roamed. Ihe forests and this section cf coun-try was nionojjolized as his happyhuntinig- ground. We haive pushedthe savage out, in cur endeavor civilization; we have takenfrcm him his lands; we have mur-dered him and iiis fnd even burnedhis po3£8i;sLons; we have incurredhis wra.^h and bitterest animosity Inreturn, and all this exchange of plun-. der, rapine and blccd-shed bas beencharacteristic cf the westward trandof prog-re33. The wuite man haswith fearless energy, as lie confront-ed the dangerous attacks of the sav-age, sacrificed many a life, and manya settlement too went up in flamesbecause of the e£gernes3 for gain?and the desire for liberty. The terri-fying incidences of those days havenow gone dcwn to make history. By nature the Indian was stern,?simple and enduring. He was fittedto gr2p])le with the roughness cfthe forest. He exliibited at times aproud stoicism and an habitual tisci-turnity. At times he
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