The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-12-12


IL have bestowed the utmost care and pains In
the execution III these engrayir "a and the length
OF time employed upon them renders 81 200 mod
crate animate. -
FILIAL AFFECTION-SUNDAY MORN
ING.
The print bearing this title represents see ne i'm
front OF farmers homestead, and in the distance
viewed through the open gate, is church while
on the roal between are groups obviously tending
thithcrward. The party in The foreground are en5
gagged in Preparations for departure towards the
same heaven pointing spire and q beautiful girl
81 about seventeen summers, waits, Bible In hand
by the garden gate, holding Ii open for tho egress
OF the family, and smiling the infant. The
mother, ftll handsome, attends on the aged grand
father, adjusting with afectionate care q kerehief
to protect him from cold, while he, seated upon
hkey. snp2orts the youngest child in front Of
hlm- Three other children occupied one in
sport with deg, and the older ones in receiving
instruction from the farmer himself who In seated
by the doersteaa. an aged oak spreads it's pro-
tectpg arms over all.
HOME SCENE-RETURNED FROM THE
MARKET.
The market cart has returned from the town,
bearing rich freight Of purchases to the delight
ca people who are receiving them with eagerness
1he farmer Is wife, not yet descended has with one
hat4d passed q gay bonnet from the open bandbox
on Der ZAP to the mis- in her teens hose ecstacy
o. admiration IL nnmistakabie. The other she ex-
darling who, with JOY, seems ready to spring from
the arms OF its fondlipg grandmother. The cd
gentleman, seated IN the piazza, lis in the act of
adjnsua his spectReles for the immediate perusal
OF The ifesh newspaper spread on his knee while
the small boy sad bis sister are diving into the
mysteries Of the basket Of new crockery and other
household gear, for cir gernuts and other delecta-
Die condiments. The farmer is seen carrying a
heavy basket mp the steIs Of the porch in the
shadow which IL throws see coming events for
there pussy stealthiiy moves down on brood Of
cnicksnk 80 young rs 10 be silt very like eggs
Around are al the rarious concentrates
OF a farm. The dives COO the caves the tur-
keys and other poultry about, and there too, is
"lhe irnn-baund bucket that bangs bv thu wall !,
while through the open house door We see into The
comfortable and weli-suplbe ed kitchen This nan.
sion colonnadc presents strong resemblance to
Mount ternon, with Washington sitting ON the
piexza reading the paper.
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