The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-23
ulhrs Commerce. Mar9a


January to January. Nor should it-sym-
boIizing as it doth, both kindness, benefaction,
shelter, support. -. 5--s., .--..-... r r.
Here not only are the family fed, but hither
come the poor the unhoused and unfriended
find a rest ; the hungry are fed /; the wander.
er, upon good errands or upon none, the poor,
added 7agrant, the brain shattered INNOCENT,
the song-singing. storytelling. do-nothing. all
find the kitchen better than palace And
children, who love heart and familiarity better
than state and solemn circumstance of osten-
tatious responsibility, throng to the kitchen.
In after days we think of it-not with hungry
thought and eating memories. No. That
kitchen brings back TO my mind the great fire.
place, where, through long Winter nights, l
saw more wonderful pictures and pyrotechnies
in falling coales. flashing brands, trooping
sparks than ever Castle Garden tried TO show
-the great settee the scenes of roaring mirth,
when sfter apple-pearing the whole family for
got distinctions, and the. parents were all
children, and the servants we're all children,
too and maid and hired man, child and moth.
er ran the screaming rounds of blindman's bnfl
THAT never are blind +, 10 screaming confusion
and Order goes up the chimney-and Revel,
hand in hand with love and purity, leads on
the night. ,-a.l -. ...-+. t-,... '..-I. -
Blessed be the kitchen-not for its roasting
jack or glorious oven--though these are not
to be lightly spoken of on such day as this
but for its broad and willing hospitality
for its ready and unostentatious charity-for
its democratic qualities. For the kitchen is
the only place in the house where all the
household are upon level, and where, love
being the agrarian, forms aud observances
ranks and differences are swept away without
offence and without wrong or injury.
v. But no house is complete without two
pieces of furniture-the cradle and the ole
armchair. No house is full that hath not ir
it habe and grandfather or grandmother
Life becomes more radiant and perfect when
its two extremes keep along with it. The
two. loves which watch the cradle and serve
the chair are one. But how different in al
their openings and actions. To the child tn.
heart turns with mere tenderness of love TX
the aged parent, love is borne upon a seryict
Eof reverence. Through the child you lool
forward-through the parent you look back
ward. In the child you see hope, joys t.
come, brave ambition. and life yet to b.
drawn forth in all its many-sided experiences
Through the silver-haired parent. you behol
the past, life done, its scenes enacted, its hsto
ries registered. ..t-.' d. NJ. !.
If God calls you to follow your child to th
grave ere it has ceased to be child, you sen
to heaven that God may rear it for you SAY
ling, Take it, Oh Father, too soon snatche
away, and keep it; and keep me till the wea
iuess of life is ended and go otoo. al se
But when the parent goes, ripe in years, h
life blameless, his fruit gathered and garnere,
we give his form to the earth, saying wit
gratitude, God be thanked that he hath s
long lived and SO well and God be thanke
that he hath now departed. Go,my mother, I
thy rest, and be sure that will follow har
after thee and soon overtake thee. h.ssu4
ss The speaker then made two points of appl
cation, epjoining remembrance of the poo
the homeless and the opp pressed. 49,. -s-