Author: Samuel Penniman Bates

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Published: 2017-07-19

Total Pages: 902

ISBN-13: 9780282447564

Excerpt from History of Greene County, PennsylvaniaBut everywhere is pleasing variety. In spring time the whole sur face of the landscape is gladdened with the verdure of the fast spring ing wheat, and rich pasturage links the margins of the quick flowing streams to the summits of the farthest hills. In summer time num berless flocks and herds lick up the morning dew of the valley, repose at the heated noontide beneath ample shade, or slake their thirst at the cool and abundant fountains, and find rest at night-fall on some breezy knoll or sheltered nook. In autumn shocks of well ripened grain gladden all the valleys, and along the hills are ridges of golden corn. When winter comes with its hoary breath, and river, and creek, and brooklet are bound in icy adamant, and the great clouds of snow flakes come whirling over hill-tops and down the valleys, wrapping all the earth in a drapery of white, the sun, though with far-ofl' slanting rays, peers into happy homes, sheltered from the biting blast by massive hills that rise up in giant form on every side, like trusty sentinels to keep back and break the force of the blizzards that come with their deathly embrace to torment the dwellers on the western plains.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.