Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-09-21
I then took to horse to provide bricks
and timber: was advised to make my

tons of timber. Was advised by neigh
boring gentlemen to employ oxen; bought
four, Tug and Lug, Hawl and Crawl; but
Tug and Lug took to fainting, and reqnir,
ed buckets of sal Vozatate, and Hawl and
Crawl to lie down in the mud. 80 dld
as ought to have done at first, took the
advice of the farmer instead Of the gen
tlemen; sold my oxen, bought team OF
horses, and at last, in spite OF frost winch
delayed me six weeks, in spite OF walls
running down with wet, in spite OF the
advice and remonstrances Of friends, who
predicted our death, in spite of an infant
of six months old, who had never been
out of the house, I landed my family IN
my new house, nine months after having
laid the first stone, Oh the Goth March F.;
and performed my promise to the letter to
the archbishop, by issuing forth at mid
night with a lantern to meet the last cart,
with the cook and the cat, which had stuck
in the mud; and fairly established them,
before twelve o'clock at night, in, the new
parsonage house-a feat, taking ignorance,
inexperience, and poverty, into considera-
ton, requiring, I assure you, no small tie
gree Of energy.
1t made me very poor man for many
years, but l never repented it. turned
schoomaster to educate MY son, as could
not afford to send him to school. Mrs.
| Sydney turned schoolmistress to educate
the girls, as l could not afford a COVER
ness. l turned farmer, as could not let
my land. A man servant was too expen-
sive, so [ caught up little gardcn.gl
made like milestone, christencd her
Bunch, put napkin in her hand, and
made her my butler. The gills taught
her to read, Mrs. Sydney to wait, and l
undertook her morals; Bunch became the
best butler in the county.
I had little furniture, so bought cart
load of deals, took carpenter (who came
to me fer parish reliefl called Jack Robin.
son, with face like full moon, into my
service, established him in barn. said to
him, Jack, furnish my house, You SEQ
the result
At last it was suggested that carriage
was much wanted in the. establishment
After diligeEt search, I discovered, in
tho back settlements of York coach
maker, an ancient green chariot, supposed
to have been the earliest invention Of the
kind. l broughtit home in triumph to my
admiring family. Being somewhat dilapi-
dated, the village tailor lined it, the vii
! lage blacksmith repaired it, nay (but for
Mrs. Sythey's earnest entreaties,) We be-
lieve tAe village painter would have exer-
cised his genius upon the exterior. 1t es-
capped this danger, however, and the re-
suit was wonderful. Each year added to
its charms it grew younger and younger:
new wheel; a new spring. l christen-
ed it the Immortal; it was known all over
the neighborhood !; The village boys cheer
ed it, and the village dogs barked at it ;
but Fa6er anea fortuna was my motto ;
we had no false shame.
Added to all these domestic cares, was
! village parson, village doctor, village COM
forter, village magistrate, and Edinburgh
Reviewer; so You see l had not much
time left on my hands to regret London"
The following is description by his
daughter of similar occurrences, equally
graphic, lively, and instructing:
CAT last, however, the deed was done
and l we'll remember the landing at Pos
ton, March, 1914. Indeed how should
forget it2 A day of such difficulty, dis
comfort, hustle, and delight, seldom occur:
: twice in ones life.
1t was cold, bright March day, with {
biting east wind. The beds we left in the
morning had to be packed up and slept OF
at night; wagon after wagon Of furniture
poured in every minute the roads wer,
so cut up that the carriage could not reacl
the door; and my mother lost her shoe il
the mud, which was ankle deep, whil'
bringing her infant up to the house in he
arms.
But OH the shout of joy as we entere'
and took possessiont The first time il
our lives that we inhabited house OF on
own. How we admired it, ugly as it was
: With what pride my dear father welcomes
Molly Mills, the milkwonan, who ha
. charge of the house, grinning with deligh
!, in the background. We thought it a pa
ace yet the drawing-room had no dool
, the bare plaster walls ran down with We
the windows were like ground glass, fror
the moisture which had to be wiped u
several times day by the housenlaid.-
4 No carpets, no chairs, nothing unpacked
g rough men bringing in rougher package
3 at every moment. But then was the time
: behold my fathert Amidst the. confusio
1 he Thought for verybody, cared for ev'
d rybody, encouraged everybody, kept ev
o rybody in good hamor. How he exerte
l. himself! how his lond, rich voice mig
d be heard in every direction, ordering. a
G ranging, explaining, till the heuseho
It storm gradually subsidedl Each ba
n honr improved our condition tires blaze
Il in every room. At last we all sat down
IS our tea, spread by ourselves on hu!
Il pack before the drawing:room fire, sittii
n on boxes around it, and retired to sloep
If our beds placed on the floor, The happie'
st ,nerricst, and busiest family in Christie