. The town and people; a chronological compilation of contributed writings from present and past residents of the town of Woodbury, Connecticut;. g trilx-; ; The speckled trout oft times have caught. Or incidents of the hunt describe. The lofty tree tops whispered wild flowers nestled on thy breast;Nature in all its pristine glowRocked thee to slumbers tranquil rest. As oer the trial with danger keen-eyed Chief flowing banks a crossing sought,To join his friends in Naugatuck. The sturdy oaks that clothed tlie to thy laughter made: 344 TIM. TOWX
. The town and people; a chronological compilation of contributed writings from present and past residents of the town of Woodbury, Connecticut;. g trilx-; ; The speckled trout oft times have caught. Or incidents of the hunt describe. The lofty tree tops whispered wild flowers nestled on thy breast;Nature in all its pristine glowRocked thee to slumbers tranquil rest. As oer the trial with danger keen-eyed Chief flowing banks a crossing sought,To join his friends in Naugatuck. The sturdy oaks that clothed tlie to thy laughter made: 344 TIM. TOWX AND ; In later years l)y whiiemans found nhlix-ion in llie glade. Where once llie hush of nature reigned,The l)usy mill clanks out its tongue to a nohler song is from thy power comforts win. How oft through shady dales Ive S(HightThy smiling vivid welcome from thy cheerful mood Ive caughtNew thouglits that stirred my heart apace. And taught me to forget a busy scenes of daily strife,With all its discord and turmoilPertaining to this pleasant life. WooiinuKV. CoxN. Joseph THE POMPERAUG RIVER BELOW THE FALLS. WUUDJiURY, COXNECTICLT 345 Dkc1:mj!Kk 8. u;oo.—My thoui;lits often wander to the old homein \\ est Side, the modest story and a half h(nise, standing: in themidst of an orchard, and 1 people the rooms with those who havelong- aq;o entered the beyond. The old lightnin- rod still re-mains, b}- whose aid 1 climbed to the nook in the roof, to readsurreptitiously some forbidden book, and from which vantageground, glimpses could be had of the circus on the main road whenit made its annual visit. The group of cherry trees, the row ofpeach trees by the garden fence, the sunny bank wdiere the adder-tongue grew, 1 see them all. The old red schoolhouse, with itslegless stove and rickety pipe, where we shivered, wrapped in shawls,until recess on cold days, when Georgaphy was an easy matter wuthso much of the world
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