West-Jersey pioneer., 1865-09-09
For the West Jersey Pioneer.
THE WISH.

For the West Jersey Pioneer.
THE WISH.
wish l had cot beside the hill
The babbling brook, the gently flowing rill,
The distant murmur of the waving pine,
The hum of bees, the sound oflowing kline,
The bleat of sheep upon the grassy glade,
The song of birds at early morning made;
The music that should consecrate the spot
I'd choose whereop to build my little cot.
Substantial in it's form, of neat design,
Pd have this cottage built of mine.
A heavy frame of solid oak, and hard,-
The best of hemlock scantling in the yard,
The cedar siding ready planed and all
The slender lath to make plastic wall,
And shingles for the arching roof I'd buy
From Norton Paullin's stock and large supply.
Choice flooring boards of Cardinals pine,
The window frames of fanciful design,
The solid oaken posts and cedar rails,
The heavy aths for shingles or for pales;
Like watchful sentinels to throw their shields .
Around my groves, my meadows and my fields,
Or build up arbors in the shady hooks,
Should all be furnished me by Hall & Brooks.
The saws and hatchets, curry combs and spades,
And tools for plying many useful trades,
The forks and hoes, the knives for constant use,
To whittle wood or carve the savory goose;
The heavy fast nings made to bolt or lock,
Should come from Daniel Bacon's varied stock.
The painters art should animate the scene,
The cottage white amid the foliage green,
The doors and windows, and the wainscot too,
Should shine resplendent with the lilac's hue,
The walls be prepared and the painting done
The best of oil cloths in the hall should lie,
The dining room dispersed with modest ply,
Soft velvet, brussels, yielding to the tread,
Should DER the parlors and the chambers spread
The winding stairs with brilliant ingram laid.
The kitchen carpet of plain rags be made,
And window shades with landscapes painted DER
Should all be bought at John R. GrahaIn's store.
patent heater that its 3gas consumes"
Should send its mellow heat through all my rooms
Capacious ss Iron clads" that save the coal.
Yet take the largest turkey while it's whole.
A aprairie flower "best burner of it's gas"
Such .golden harps" as E. R. Elmer has
Should in my spacious kitchen meet
To nicely bake or cook the food we eat.
Not yet would all this stock of stoves suffice
To guard me well 'gainst wlntry snow and ice,
Still incomplete the kitchens needful lot,
IfaWellington' or ssWaverley' were not.
A handsome "air tight "ten plate" all complete,
Not yet excelled for throwing out its heat.
Oftin ware too, plentiful supply.
From Whitaker Weaver would buy.
From china cups, as clear as clear can be,
Atevenngs meal I'd sip my choice Bohea,
Brittannla's purest ware, Gaul's finest glass,
New Jerseys plates no foreign can surpass,
And chamber sets to please the tasteful eye,
From Hiram Harris China Store I'd buy.
I'd have tall mnnnraArtA ~----.-s si'o grass
The posts of gates through which all guests must
pass,
Fine graceful mantles to o'erlook the fues,
Aud cen the steps to doors we'd daily use,
By Claypoole made of beautiful design,
OF fairest marble from Italia's mine.
Within the church yard lines a lot I'd buy,
Whereon to rest my ashes when die;
And there graceful monument should stand,
Fresh wrought from Appelgate's and Gbson's
hand;
At foot and head tombstone should appear,
To mark the hour of death and natal year;
I'd have no flattering epitaph To show
The virtues that do not repose below;
But plainly traced the name and age above,
The simple tribute OF my childrens love.
When at my meals I'd take my daily seat,
With wife and children gathered round to eat,
Upon the board should smoke sav'ry roast,
From beef that once had been a farmers boast,
And steaks and outlets for a stew or fry,
/ would have Henry Powell to supply.
Fat veal and mutton and the tender lamb,
Pork, lard and sausage, and superior ham,
Fine spices too, from out the to-rid zone,
More common fruits produced within our own,
From E. & R. Parvin's hounteous lot,
I'd have them furnished daily at my cot.
Nor vet would seem my larder quite complete,
Though we'll 'twere stocked with Parvin's choic
est meat
I'd have in lieu of days departing light,
Some tallow tsdlps" to Illuminate at night,
I'd have the best of coffee to appear,
And give to breakfast it's accustomed cheer,
Dried beef and hams with many tav'rite dish,
From Donaghay's fine stock of salted fish.
The sugar made from Louisiana's cane,
Delicious syrups from our own domain,
Turk Island salt and china's best bohea,
And all her other kinds of fav'rite tea,
New cod and mackerel too, of No. one,
I'd have from D. F. Garrison Son.
The produce of my fields, and butter made,
I'd take to Daniel Fithians store to trade,
From his stock of groceries fresh and new,
Dried fruits and canned, and choice provisions
too,
Cheese, hams and lard, with brushes, pals and
brooms,
To keep from dirt the tidy housewives rooms,
Tea and spice and various things beside,
I'd keep my larder constantly supplied.
With home and foreign fruits, both green and
dried,
NV plenteous arder should be well supplied;
Choice cou ntry hams of sugar cured the best;
Fine Java coffee, to give my meals zest;
Sugar, tea, crackers, cheese and salted fish;
All kinds of spices that the ladies wish;
Brooms, tubs and baskets, queens and earthen-
ware;
From Dole and Gandy's should be sent with care
The millers should bring all the flour need,
And fill my largest bins with fresh ground feed.
OF -four I'd have bountiful supply,
Just newly made from Jersey wheat and rye,
OF buckwheat -four I'd have liberal share,
And tidy cooks my favorite cakes prepare.
The paint that gave my cot its snowy hue,
The curtain canvass, oil and varnish too,
The paper that should decorate the walls
OF parlor, attic, stair and entrance halls,
Should all be chosen with the greatest care,
From out the handsome stock of B. T. Ware.
The finest photograph of cot and ground,
My groves, my fields, and all the landscape round
Myselfan wife in pictures large and small,
In gllded frames hung 'gainst the parlor wall,
Clear ambrotypes of all my children too,
ssCartes de visite,' of friends l knew,
All these by Edwa rds Ogden done,
A perfect picture of each cherished one.
Fine favorng extracts for fancy cake,
Yeast powders made 10 raise the bread we bake
Infant nursing bottles, pumps for the breast,
And "pectoral" 10 ease the aching chest,
@Cholera mixture,' that deals disease blow,
As erst it did full twenty years ago,
Godfreys, Bateman's, and many cordials more
Should all be bought at Edwin Brewster's store
I'd have my daughters toilet made complete,
With fancy soaps, and varied perfumes sweet,
Fine combs and brushes for the raven hair,
m. .Y..~so Tho taefh. or finger nails nranare.