Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-09-14
CITY NOTICES..

"Mid pleasures and palaces though We may roam,
Re ii ever so humble, there's no place like hume"
| don't mean an acquired or an adopted
home, but the home Of our birth, that de-
lightfu summer patch where the tender
niants of youth were reared and watered by
parental love and anxiety. Talk about the
beauties of other lands, how the gardens OF
the onulent are filed with rare flowers; they
are nothing to compare TO the plain but
CT mely garden of home. There Is charm
from the sky that seems 10 hallOw us there,
and 90 where you will a delicate voice seems
whispering in your ear, ''stray babe from
Eden. come home.n II person who has
crept over the domestic floor in infancy,
sported on his father's floor in youth, and
associated with the household in manhood,
were to travel from Maine to Mexico, he
would find every prospect as barren 10 his
fancy as frozen liver in winter, and the
elastic cord of memory would sill connect
his heat with his home as the gosimar
thread unites the wandering spider to It's
web Home is always homo. The ever
washing waves OF years may dash upon the
shores OF the animal world, carrying some
beautiful specimens OF life back into the
dark depths OF eternity, and washing others
upon the sands OF existence 10 remain there
for season, hut they cannot change the
smiling looks of home. Its features ure un.
nltrruble, immutable, and steadfast as a
rock. Afler an absence Of years let man
return to that hallowed spot where he sprang
up so mysleriouslY like mushroom IN the
night, and he will find that everything rela-
ting to living has undergone change, that
old time has scattered his former compGn-
ions hither and thither as the forest leaves
are scattered by the rough winds of autumn;
that some have gone 10 their long home; that
others have leaped rashly among the bios
sOm-covered thofns OF malrimony; while
others have moved away, and others still
among the missing; That more gray and
white hairs have been added 10 the locks ol
the father, and another furrOw has been
rlonghed across the brow Of the mother, and
Il palcness has Oversprcad the crimson cheek
oi the sister. Yet, you may find all this,
| and still home will wear its accustomed up,
pcarance, the birds will sing as gaily as ever,
the flowers will bloom as lovely, and he will
recognize old acquaintances here and there
around him. Although the footprint ht
made in the mud while catching frogs, have
been removed by tlme still the same ole
pond is there, rejecting from its bosom tht
charming smiles as true as ever. He will
sec that eontentmtnt sits upon the sunny
side of the hill, indulging in falicitou
dreams, while recollection stands patiently
fishing in the same pool Of the past for thi
endeafing relic Of by-gone days. He will
see that Peace has folded her spanglet
wings on all around, and lies sleeping in
vale ON bed OF yioltts, with her feet en-
cased in a beautiful pair of Flanigan's gai
ters, such as he is selling for only $500
pair, at 9th and Market Streets.
The MANNER IN WHICH HOUSE Is PA
pered is generally the first thing that attract
the attention of visitor. If the paper col
responds with the character of the furniture
and is neatly put up, the house has an elegan
and graceful appearance; but ifthe paper is il
adapted and clumsily hung, the whole interiC
has an ungenteel and awkward look, no matte
how well its other embellishments are selected
1t is necessary, however, before purchasin
, to have large and varied assortment of pape
hangings to choose from, and experience
hands to hang il properly. Both of these II
! quisites can be obtained at the store Of Joh
r. Holt. 6ls Market Street, Wilmington.