The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-10-22
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The plates cost twelve hundred doli1rs. They Ar.
new, engraved by John Sartain, whose price vas Z
Be 50 the pair. He writes:
the execution Of these engrsvings; and the length
Of tim. employed upon them renders $1,000 mod.
FILIAL AFFECTION-SUNDAY MORN.
ING.
The print bearing this title represents 4 scene In
front Of farmers homestead, and In the distance
viewed through the open gate, IL church While
on the road between are groups, obviously tsndins
thithcrward. The party In the foreground aye en.
same heaven pointing spirs and beautiful girl
Of about seventeen summers, waits, Bible in hsnd
by the garden gate holding It open for tho sgrsss
Of tho family, and smiling on the infant. The
father, adjusting with Afsctionats care korchisf
to protect him from cold, while he, seated spon .
donkey. supports the youngsst child In front OF
him. Three other children are occupied, enc In
sport with . dog, and tho older ones In rseeivins
instruction from the farmer himself who 10 seated
by the doorstead. An aged oak spreads its pro-
tscting arms over ALL
HOME SCENE--RETURNED FROM THE
MARKET.
The market oar has returned from the town,
bearing rich freight Of purchases 70 the delight.
81 people who are receiving them with sassrs ess
The farmers wife, NOT yet dssosndsd, has with ons
hand passed az bonsst from the open basdboz
Al -. - 49,
o. admiration 10 unmistakable. The other she ex-
tends, with bright new rattle, TO the youngest
darling, who, with JOY, seems ready 10 spring from
the arms Of its fondling grandmother. The old
gentleman seated in the pisIsa, IL in the aCt Of
adjusting his spectaces for the mm ediste psrusai
Of the fresh Newspaper spread on his knee while
the small boy and his sister are diving into che
mysteries Of the basket of new crockery and other
household gear, for gipgcrnuts and other delecta-
BILE condiments. The farmer 10 seen carrying Z
heavy basket up the steps Of the porch. In thu
| shadow which it throws We see coming events, for
there pussy stealthily moves down on brood Of
chick ems. so young - 70 be still very like egg.
Around oil the various ccncomitant.
keys and other poultry about, and there too,
eThe iron bound bucket that hangs by the well,
while through the open hoase door We see into the
comfortable and weil-suppliod kitchen. This man.
sion colonnade pFesentA . strong rsssm blanoe II
Mount Vernon, with Washington sitting on tbs
piasza reading the paper.
This h IN easy mode Of obtaining two besutiful
Engrsvings, worth IS, and the Eclectic Magazine
which IL confessedly the best M Easine published
and the most beautifully mbeiishcd every month
II ought to be in every intelligent family. The
September numbsf begins volume. Now il good
time to subscribe. Sept. l, 1852
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