The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-10-30
Selling Old Things.

Sell that old table No III not sell it
lis only pino table, that's true, and it cost
but eighteen shilings, twenty five years ago.
but your ten.dol!sr bill !, no temptation.
Aud I'll not swap 1t either, for tho prettiest
mahogany or cherry table that you can
bring mo. If 1t has plain turned legs
instead Of pillar 10 the middle, with lions
claws. and IT the marble top is only var
nished paper, will not sell or swap it. II
has been to me worry profitable investment.
From the day il camo home il has been
earning dividends and increasing it's old
capital. My children made a play house
and drank tna in their toy cups under il.
for which thank the four legs and when
'hoy got tired of it that way, they turned il
upside down and made q four. post bedstead
with curtains, or pulled it around tho car.
pet for sl"igh Then they climbed on it
fer an observatory, and never counted tho
glorious romps they had round It. And al.
30, all along. for twenty five years. it has
paid its dividends to the happiness of my
!
be separated from n, until it's value is moi,
told in money. Il had it's quiet use, also {;
for nobody could toll it from a round table
ofagate and cnrhelian, with its salmon. Dor.
dercd green cover.
/ Nothing lasts forever. Tho top of the
table was loosenod by :ho hard usage il got,
so took punch, drove iu tho eight. penny
nails below the surface. added a few srrows,
putticd them over, and pasted marble pa
per checkers over tho top. Then it was
really handsome table. IL has had hard
usage ever since. but bears il all and the
checkers want renewing, which will mako it
worth more yet.
My watch is thirty years old. It is one
of those thick silver levers which some poor
wits call 'tnrnips." II has beon several
times suggested to me that l might ex.
change il for thin modern gold watch
which wears easier iu tho pocket. Wnen
do you may set me dnwn tor barbarian
No--sho hest gold aud jewelod "huuter" IL
ex,stence would not tempt INC to swap -
That watch marked tho ,ine when our chill
in the family B,bls it has tucked on ihri
ears when they could only sp'uk by laugh
ing at il, aud kicking up their heels. II la.
marked tho hnurs when the dociors inedi.
c'nes wore to be given. and counted iheir
pulses when they beat low ut midnight, aud
when tho heart ached. II has mado many
records that are fast sealed up, TO DO opened
when another time comes.
Twenty seven years have passed since my
wife and went out one evening aud bought
"a teaketlle. The fitting of the lid was q
little imperfect. 80 that tho escape OF the
sIeam shook it aud caused peculiar nois'
nearly enough resembling the chipping o
somo insect to suggest tho uaUo BY whicl
it has boon known To the family for lonl
time-our 'cricket on the HEARTH" L'k.
the table and the watch, the kettle has been
adding dividends to it's capital every day
since its first purchase, and. though nothing
but irnn.it could no: be bought for its weight
in silver. IL has sung so long. and reg ulurIy
and cheerfu'lv, that not only tho kitchen
but the whole house would be lonely with.
out il. II has given US fragrant blessings
morning and evening, and come almost to
he regarded as living and talking creature
1t is never good fortune that sells such
old friends of the family, and takes in nsS
ones that have no history and no tongue
In all the changes that hnve taken place.
have so far kept these silver bowls unbrokon
and surely no change iu the future shal
break ibem.- Ceatnry.
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