Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-03-02
OIL Fashioned Comforts.

OIL Fashioned Comforts.
The iollovin. graphic pic,arr Of .'m' o.
The Old fashioned c'm',ri' o' Now Horl,ud
farmers {. given hy IN, Exeter New. lr,,.r.
api II, ,ruthfulnc.. will hs recognized ~
thousands Of New England hearts
"Our ancestor, vyr, a frugal .'lfisrv.
ING people. Injured to hrl.h'r rom tho
crai',-,hev wrr, conien, % h. without Al.
mos, MI tho luIuri.. = l'f., bu' ,ley en-.
o,sl som, NJ it. comfort. q which r'ny
~ ne arc strangers. o'l h.bion'i comlor''.
wo may term them. onl among thcs' the
Oh fr, place. ~ i'ussi o, hc termed, held
70, moan rink. How wildly tho picture II
ou, II tho, spacious kitchen. II 'hc olirn
time come. 20 1ur mind with i's plain fur.
nitrrc. and .lnIsl n'or innocent of paint.
hat as white 90 tie ne1'e.t oi housewives
cr1l mako ~ ln ono c,rocr 'io,l tho
o'i clock. iis ys-y hcc wearing nm aspect
Of good cheer, and seeming to smile heni--
u,n,lv urrn n miniature moon over ii'
hcli. which. tr,irtl1n said. bod at a 'e.
mot, p,r.oi followed che rI.in; AMI ''''ir:
Of 81. rrrot rro'o'yr' in tho bea,eu-.
though ii, days Of active service were lors
ago ove-.
But 'ho cr'vnir- glory NJ hat ki'e'sn
vasn,t 10. whit, s,ulsd f,,r, nor ths high
DIX with 81. pigeon hnl',, a7l '-er,t 'r'v.
Or. which o., ,en'ur no y'uors'.r ever
Jar,l invade. nor get. the o'd clock ticking
80 mu.ic1'ly IN on, corner. pa, It was the
Old fashioned f-c rla,, with he blaIirs
cmher., hu., back los anl iron rr".dos',
,lat .h,I glory over ,ho whole room,
rillrl ,he plain and hrm Us taruituro with
ir, tri.b; light, md rendered ih' place a
q, tvre of ,ro, N,v England homes " in
ye olisn time"
Nrysr vcr, thsr, such Hpplc' a' those
which SWIM. round and r11nl upon strings
before the hri.h, fr, ot n winter. oycninc,
never such baked r1t,i's. a. iho'' buried
deep IN the ache. urln %, harth, ,-nrv.r
such corn stalk. "a. thl.s which caught a
GOLDEN hoe from ths bl11ir: cuhsrs, or 'ur.
gyy. lik, ,hJsr mrn.I slowly upon 'rit,
filling ihc room with ',ory olor, - 'ug.
s..rys o' "a dainty rras
Hhr, Oh, f-, vlsn wooden settle, and
h.r, co. children v.r' won, 10 -it in t'e
lon. evenings. ,s'l.o. stories. cr,ekiu- nuts,
crunin. thgir lessons for the morrow, or
l.s..pir. 'u .,lsnr. o. ihc word. Of wisdom
tIa' I'm .-.r tl Dps OF ta.ir soreri'r.-
and anon gain: n SILENCE int, the bright
fr,. ana cmiars up 40 -1r,' ol rr''.'Qro
md f ul limoges lon an,rs lho horn.
ip- ,l,s. y, aH.l ss0., ul,a ,i,ir mrs.
o, hmr, .i ,rs'lutmrut could bgi.I such
.lr-srs. Tal..r-, Or create such gem. %
the child c,ull discern, amil ihs blazing
rmb.r, OF ,hs o'l fashioned Grs r'acs.
AnI vc mr.' 90, neglect 10 c'iuncy
O. rrer. who're az our gran father In HE
accustomed ,s,t-lI, hair si',rrsd With the
snow. Of many winters venerable mHn
o. whom o'l a-r iei c.mr f" % .'''y h-t
kindly" oui vhu., a.t days were Ike
those of ap rdun summer, ersuc and
beiutiul. even tnl the star. APPEARED IN
,he heavens.
How pure WI, uc air o' to room m
tao,, d,,si The huge frr place. with lie
h-,.k dnush,. carried or ,he imPuriil'' Il
o., atmosphere aud leli the mir pure, li'e-
giving AMI hya!thfl. Now ~ crouch
around lot c,okiu. .t,ye.. aud think it
strange that we f,yl 80 stupid aud drlwsy
Of an evening, or ~ huiilc about air.'icht
stoves and wonder tia, the air scems burnt
and impure. or We III down in chilly
room. heated ~ furnace, and marvel that
with an our cu.lly furniture, sol' carpets,
bright mirror, aud daml,k curtains, they
ars s.ch chssrless places, - litIle like our
idea, of New England home.
Alas! tia, with al the 50 called i'm.
movement, Of our advanced civilization,
d., lr5 should D, permitted to - oct ior.
ever IN our old fa,l lipnvl fra places, thus
buryirs in tho a.l,c. Of the pi.t 20 uany
mean, ol health. home comfort, good cheer
and happiness"