Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-02-14

honor among their brethren on the shelves
Of corner beaufets, but had now become the
heiriooms Of extinct families of relatives.
from whom they have de5cendod in their
fragmentsry glory. Among them sits the
great, clumsy pitcher. with coat OF orJns
on one side. and tho nano Of Il lCug-departei
ancestor on the other under its rim % tar
nished gold The sight Of it recalls to us
many Christmas and Thanksgiving dinner,
when grandfather new cider vas poured
sparkling from its ancient nose. There, too.
perhaps, IS q punch bowl, old and hldeous
enough 10 have come over In that capaCiOUs
vessel the MsyH 1wer, # her sober company
of ygya gers suffered such things "a their
midst Whether thev DID or not, another
generation, receiving the punch viii.
no doubt. assert this % be q yeritable fact.
e Everything unknown posses IN time for
the magnificent and the historical ii We
may translate Tacitu- q little more freely
than we dared % DO in our school days.
Behind this motley throng show the tips
Of heart-shaped feather fans. strange 10 make
and brilliant in colo5ing. Where they came
FROM Ee are = . q loss ID imagine, but some
how they always suggested Africa and the
Queen uf Shehl O. our childish fancy. II
gra ndmoEher would only sit down with us
before this enticing closet on some long after
noon. and tell u= ail about it, boarded con-
fent-- even enough she had q invent -1,ae
fnc stories O. sIu-iy oar desires Bnt this
she never does and - busy aud 81 thought
iul does shs always seem, that ~ ~ not
question her concerning them. Aud thus
the great closet remains t0 us, even ln later
life a -t9rehausc Vt relies, whose unwritten
history - yhat ot the family @ which they
"e.oh-.
BESIDE thc o.aia t'A .A1 't-ii-"'r ,'1'7
are ie" "''A~ t' 't i5"hd ln '4t ".i ''"-1.
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pom Hi-A eAoS'@ p L'A" ei7 '.l- FlI5l ''n9
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cannot oelie'e ahy'5dy ever l'Ne4 Y. IC''.
+ iaF tney are t3t sermons 5i Ier&'tloh diN NlHe9-
and tueir pages are iHH Q. 1re"1iui ah'IAe-
mas and death warning On other mus.y
tItle-pa4es. in Aaaien. lettering W Ig'A
/ p baAJcf al % 'i's "e5h. e's0 A"E
I SAINTS less anu r. I1tltA S'u'-e Y.
I iIne il New hn-iHnH IflntE, Pr htdt
\ paper covers l'5A0 F." Ii'lie more Al-1--'. &.
"lJh lt7 snort Tat mes anu -.A. it1t"l' '+t
Z. we pity those Who hAd 30 learn we hit'lt
/ cAteehl=m 20 tne close ihe5 l- "4 ''I
pJOk-cise -t&uIiuG iA Lht IaI49I- ana ii'A
/ IJz shelves we extract volume ~ two 81 thc
/ 90 Spectator. aud tAke down a LATIN Dts-
! tOnary WITH "a 7cn'ji- n'J name ecf@Ni'i
across the hy eat, % name tha. heiong7 now
I 90 a gray-hea1ed man, who has forgotten
! that he ever thumlet lt- leaves. Perhaps
the dear OLD grandfather ia other days. LtS
/ h0bolcd along beside us a- we swung back
s.lJ. s,4 a,,a-#r.- 3. ,-5ltrna gr E1-r- hs.
ra,,ta4 ,-sr-,. .,frar verse 7vith "a h-,rbrsn-6y
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of "a charming book.
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high.ra.t-f hsI-.elf-. with dark rl,nt.
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srI .-er tbe .-r.af c1-hiau- OF ill.,. ,ee-.
fe,tbs-- tr,eart dr1.r rat.hvyark ..1iIt-
and e,II yrb,ta vaI1nces ta che veH-worr
r4rret And here tower. "a -ick-chair. witt
bi,b YaiIed ADDE'S. within which nobody
Er.us tayr many ailfur reYrIe hesc le8uc.
tbq,r .tgagrv head. Os.I l-h5 Stands have
tEair cons tBrned uc vartigaUv in the ..r
per- ana 3 toilet table. drapci iu wait.
idimitv from head DO foot. stands lis. % zna0.
ALTAR between tne Windows The tara.she.
frame ot the mirror that hangs ose- j. rsa-
mn hivh above the glass. and eu.is-.- che
rlc,nre of "a -prgal eagle. with r.haa
hg++s-in, tr1D lbs Islk A hu cae-, 10
drawers -alae- l.-plcnIeut ,,ita brass han
dics and well ,ia we ku4.y how f-Izbtialr
tray cam rsttIs Ua,a a small ,.t.l. stands y.
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