Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-12-08
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| FlLIAL FECrlON-SUNDAY MORNING
| The print bearing this title represents scene
| in front of iarmer's homestead, aud in the
dis lance, viewed through the open gate is u
| church while on the road between are groups
| obviously tending thitherward. The party in
| the foreground are engaged in preparations for
| departure towards the same heavcn-pointing
| spic aud n beautiful girl of about seventeen
Summers, waits, Bible in hand, by the garden
gate, holding it open for the egress of the ia I'M
lily. ANA smiling on the infant. The mother
atil handsome, attends on the aged grandiarh-
err adjusting with atfcctionate care a kerchei
to yi oiect him from cold while he, seated npon
donkey, sup ,orls the youngest child in front
ofhi,r. Three other children are occupied, one
in sport with dog, and the older ones in re-
ceiving Instruction from the farmer himself,
who is seated by the doors,tad. An aged oak
spreads its protecting arms over them all.
HOME SCENE-REiURNEDF FROM
MARKET.
The market-cart has returned from the town,
hearing IL rich freight of purchases 10 the de-
lighted Young people, who are receiving them
with eugerness The farmers iie not yet de-
Sc, nded, has, IN one hand, passed gay new
bonnet from the open bandbox on her lap, to
the miss ia her teens, whose ecstasy OF admira-
ton is unmi siakable. The other she extends,
with bright new rattle, to the youngest dar-
ling, who, with joy, seems ready 10 spring from
the arms of its fon1liug grandmother. The old
gentleman, seated in the p azza, is in the &C, of
adjusting his speclacles for the immediate pc
rusaI o he fresh newspaper spread on his knee
while the small boy and his sister are diving
into the my slcr cs OF tie basket Of new crock
erv, and other household gear for gingernuts
and other delrctable cot diments. The farmer
is seen carrying heavy basket up the steps of
the porch. In the shadow which il throws We
see coming events Tor there pussy steathy
moves down on a brood of chickens, SO young
as t, he still very like eggs
Around are all the various concomitants of
a farm. The doves coo on the caves, he tur- |
keys and other poultry are about, and there, |
too, is, "the ron-houud bucket that hangs by |
the well, while through the open house door
y e see into the comfortable and well supplied |
kitchen. This mansion CUlOnnade presents n |
strong resemblance to Mount Vernon, with |
Washington sitting on the piuzzl, reading the
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