The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-02-04
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"Reminiscences Sf hildIi0 otl.


"Childhcod. days ron pas tefle ne,
ravms and scgucs n long age,
Like dream they hover DER me,
C,l.a anI bright as evenings CLOS
= cottage W ihr Sea.
How often does memory wander back
through the lo1g vista Of years TO lee home
Of nay childhood in the Bay State, where,
With parents, brothers and sisters, spent
The first ten years Of my life; those hap
py, JOYOUS days, not eloudless L i true, for
children have sorrows, which happily for
them, are ryaucscent, like summer clouds
which soon pass, leaving all sunshine as
before.
Wen do ! remember Tie large old-iash-
ioacl brown house, With its vine cofcred
porcb, tic rudc fence in front, tie corn
Iaeld II tie rear, tie large garden on the
south, where not only al abundance q
vegetables were grown for the iamily ts-
lie, bat flowers, those beautiful gias Of
| God, without which our earth would seem
desert. All, that gaden, though not 80
Eden. was almost paradise to me, m
those days Of youthful innocence. hsecms
bot a iew days since We rambled on the
old fam in NJ, climbing the hillside ioT
berries, strayiug by The brooklst for TOW.
ers. visiting the knoll TO gather the smooil
green leaves, and bright scarlet berries O
tie wnuttr-gtccn, and, seated on 4 mossy
rock We would make rings and chains o
"Robbins Rye" Sometimes We woniO
) play keep house" and have company, ou'
~best china" was brought Out, which con
/ sisted Of bits Of broken earthern and glass
with cups and saucera Of acorns, and piich
ers and teapots Of poppy-heads. Now d
not lau- h At this picture, "old lsdies'
presume you all have had similar SCI
If you we're country girls; and you, lllli
girls, just try your hand at this Kind 9
house keeping, if YOU never have, and m
word lor Il you viii enjoy il vastly. The
ve lad merry times fishing, uu' gathern
and apple picking, with our brothers, i
those happy days Of yore. True our bc
nummed fingers and feet would almost giS
the lie to eur assertions Of "such a 900
time" but all thoughts Of cold speedIl
vanished before the large Fireplace an
E warm supper.
e But il was not all play day when va
child. Our Sunday lesson was learne
i each week, and every pleasant Sabbat
morn We wended our way 10 the "Chure
on The HILL 10 hear the good old niaisi;
E discourse Of better wos,i, a-d listen
4 4 the advice OF our Se.opaih School tcachc
he whose preeepis, trust, were not Whoi
= UNDECIDED. And there was schooshon'
a dear old house, sort Of semi'home
Es' US hule opes, and right glad were we VIII
the time came for school 10 comment
: what hurrying and busilins time i v
on that morning. Our faces sod han
:. must be washed, our hair smoolhed, o
nice homespun dresses put on tue Zoo
collected, and then with VII filed q
= ner-baskei, aud charge from moihrr
abe good children" Ae set oil for seho
chatting merrily al the long way, reJo
y. ing 10 ,he prospec, Of meeting our pi'
hs mates. aud aonderiug i We should Ike
teacher We were sue 10 be early
= fr.t day, and after greeting The haon'
q and Lucss. Reubsns and Williams ahl
score OF Others. we waited the afproaci
: the Mistress. and when she appeared, !"
ia, awe and reverence ihe children oo'
? snd eurtesied her welcome 70 that qua
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