, 1873-04-27


which may or may not be better than the last. To
very faw people in this country is it given to re-
main long enough in one house for its assoc1a~
ton to become
INTERWoyEN W1TH THEIR LIVES,
until each stone or plank seems almost sentlent:
Changing constantly, We have lost much Of that
chotishing OF old things, material OF 1mmater1al.
that can only properly originate in 3 1ong-con-
tinued residence in one place, or 10 an nharlted
ownership Of it. This has both its advantages
and disadvantages. Nhlle 1t mas aakeh ha ua on5
thought, awakened ideas. it has also bad some
thing Of disintegrating effect, and solldity has
giyen way to ughtness,: the worst results OF
which are shown N It's act.on upon soeia % NE
the readiness with which change IL Effected
the eaeer deaire for it in many cases. It ia
shown in q contempt for old things, even e1-
tending to our furnishings. Everything must
ton Of old fashions and, it a sudden fancy for
old articles arise, and antique furnishings are
sought for, it is only another phase OF the rest
1eaH spirit, sad It soon vanishes when rococo
objects grow unfaahfonab1e.
It ia a rare thing nowadays for people to occu-
py the same house for period Of ten years.
Two, three. four years at the most, limit their
residence, and then they fit in subsection to
their inherent instincts.
WHEN OUR FATHERS MOVED,
1t was indeed serious buBiness. Not 30 much
furniture, perhaps; but thea the sofas, and
wardrobes, and ssideboards OF those days we're
OF the inyu1nerablo sort, made to last for gener-
tions, built Of good soid wood, hand-pousted
with oil and beeawax, BY grandmnmn'a's help.
and split, and peel OF, and which child
can wheel about or overturn, but requiring
half-a-dozen ab1e-bodied men to lit. While their
muscles stood out like cables with the extreme
exertion But, beyond this, there were other i'm
movable matters, immaterial, but personided in
the mind and heart Of tue residents.
IT WAS An o1D-FAsu1oNED HOUSE.
It had not modern Improvement. The balls
parlors, and an old-fashioned Fireplace in the
library. Brass dogs were polished to the perfec-
tion Of brightness. The fender was no airnsy
sham nor gi1ded attempt at ornament, but gem
sne s tEe ssn flying H. sRs,hs .ssys er @
hogany sideboara stin hold the portly decantess,
which. when she was first married, we're part OF
Mammals everyday dinner service, but OF late
years had been On the retired list except on ex-
ira holidays. To this house she had como home
a bride with high hopes and passionate love,
Here had been the first quarrel and the
delicious reconciliation, until years had totnper-
ed enthusiasm, and quiet friendship had taken
the place Of ear1ier lnfatuatlon and expectation.
Here the babies we're born that have now grown
to man and womanhood. Here the elder ones
have been married in the old home-parlor ; and
here also waxen hands have been folded over an
infant, pulse1ess heart that the gods have loved,
shed, nntil years have taught that It "is better
not to be"
These are the wrenchcs that
TEAR THE HEAHI-sTnISd5,
and it seems like preparing TOR funeral Tor
Mamma to dialodge Ill her o1d-tme possessions
and replace them with new-
But the daughters have grown up; the younger
branches have been eft to q modorn boarding.
school; the sons have graduated at college and
the former, at least, return with t.p-h!ted
&~
ei'S1 ed surroundings. An the evidences Of
preceding culture are nothing IN the eyes Of
these young Indies, who have seen the g'ls and an
lacquer OF fine modern establishments 20 the
Madam), crowded ont Of their dear, old, paradox
cal, uncomfortable comforts, yield to the pres-
sure Of modern innovation, and consent to give
them up. =.
The hGoyernor" still insists upon
THE s1DE~BoAnD
In preference to the modern buffet; and its uoa-
hogany, that has grown almost as black as ebony,
fpr time intercedes its statelness upon tho
dorid oak or walnut, but eventually finds ite way
to the auction-room. There are no ccnrenient
attics in the new brown n-stono or marble house,
to be used as infrmaries for aged Or retired FUR
nituro
TIE OLD BILL1ARp-TAnLE,
with it's rusty baize and obsolete pockets, goes
tilted, and the front basement OF the new
house sees vastly different affair from that
which tho broad, square room of OF tho dining
room he1d,--a splendid article with all the
latest improvements tho cues, bridges, taIles,
arrangements for playing pin.pool all n Of th9 3
very best, and quite different from that old
thing, only fit for 1irewood. Would it provo as
inuocent7: All! celia depend.
Mamma holds out for ..
TIE oLD-FAsu1oSED TouR-PosTEB,
though it has been altered and revised until it
is but mutilated edition OF the original work.
The legs have been sawed oil to bring it down to
the level OF modern requirements, and that has
given it a op-heayy effect. The cord mas been
and down by cr1led hnir TO all OF Which Mani
ma was long III becoming convert. The chlntz-
curtains have been replaced by the lightest white
drapery. no longer enahrouding it. but drs"n
seems, like everything else TINT hns been mod
ernized, to be but a crippled naHo1ma- M;
ton, instead of stately presence: Still,
Mamma clings to it. Dwarfed, distorted as it is,
she still considers it Immensely superior At =
sloop-inducer to ali modern French abomina-
tons. Yes, let the girls Esq what they will, she
will keep that, and the capacions chest OF draw
ers, and the old easy chairs, with their straight
backr. The girls look as contemptuousiy rs they
dare. but Mamma is d scion q o. tae t ola. steaa5-
ment, and considered il still An effective 9rdl~
nance. So the work of tearing up and packing
commences, and all sorts Of strange things arc
brought to light. Out from the mouldy old gar
ret is dragged e,
oAupnoR-woop CREST.
"Just the thing to keep our fuEs in!" e1clalm
the girls, who, not having been ut home for some
years, have forgotten it's existence, as during
vacation they have felt no desire to 1ammage mag
through dusty old rubbish. But to Nam
ma It recalls the young sailor broth
er who brought it home from one
Of his voyages, filled with strange things from
foreign lands s,-shawls, silks, shells, carvings.
Some still remain within 1t, and she thinks that,
fftecn yoars ago. be sailed away to Indian seas,
and vas never heard from again, until Hope
yielded to Despair; and the verdict, " "Foundered
1T sea-" Was finally accepted. It has long boen 3
!. buried grief, heaped over with An accumulation
Of lies joya and sorrows; but this brings the
corpse from its grave, and, fresh as il nothing
had intervened to hide It from her sight, she
breaks down utterly.
So. a. one hidden hoard after another ia drawn
forth, are the chords Of feeling struck,
TOO OFTEN N al1NoR KEY.
These are the dsinty robes wrought with such
iov. love, and hope for her frstborn, whose
tnitiatory vail scarce woke triumphant happiness
In her heart before the eyes closed forever,
and . tiny, grass-grown mound held all
her hopes, too brief to haze been
shared bT fears. The satin sheen OF her wod-
dino-drees, when the silver locks were goldan,