Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-01-17

A chair stood ready at the garden
gate, as the gay red stage came rolling
on amid its cloud of dust, with long,
Cracking whip and ringing horn sound
ing out from the drivers seat, its four
horses painting in the heat and dust Of
an eighteen miles drive. il.
"Therei that is just like Emily," said
sweet, low voice, as the minister
opened the stage-door, and the old lady
saw Emily standing, chair in hand, to
help her dismount, and all the passen-
gers smiled and looked as ii they were
we're well acquainted with the loving
grandchild whose praises had been re-
hearsed after the fashion of our elders,
who do grow garrulous ON favorite top
les as age steals on. "Out of the abun-
dance Of the heart the mouth speaketh," !"
and the people in the stage-coach that
day might have been worse entertained
than by the story of faithful devotion to
duty and beauty of life. told by their
aged companion concerning the wife of
sight AS he helped his guest up the gar
den path, while the stage rolled on to
the pOst-office. N
The tea-table stood ready, and, when
little refreshed by bathing face and
hands, (sitting in her chair meanwhile,
and Emily standing over and doing these
little things for her) she found a new
cap in waiting for ner head, made by
the skillful fingers which were now pat
ting it into place, her delight reached its
height.
'.There, now, had cap all ready in
the smallest of those three boxes tied up
in that bundle there, but it would have
been some work to get at it, 1 know, and
Sc 20 hos ,fxyf 10 ha I do
you'll live to see how a good grand
daughter seems to an old lady so tired
she hardly knows how to sit up" But
the cup of tea and well cooked food soon
rested and refreshed the weary frame,
and, seated in the Boston rocker, (bor-
rowed for the occasionl, with patch.
| work cushion stuffed with feathers, she
poured forth the pleasant feelings sug-
gested by the furnishing about her.
| swell, we'll! do declare! 1t does
my heart good to see how much more
sensible you are than Arabella, that is
Stephens oldest girl. gave her just
the same as l did you, and when was
there she hadn't thing in sight. Hei
towels were thin and slimsy; she had :
| little white spread on her bed, with nc
work in it at all that beautiful feather.
bed was cut up into great, square pil.
| lows. SO large and hard they hurt my
neck and shoulders to sleep on them
i The bed was hard and she said the pill
lows would make up for that, they were
| so large. l went home before I had cal
culated to, l was so uncomfortable.
know well enough that she meant to give
me hint when she said so much to hel
boy about using his fork instead of hi.
knife, for she told him that nobody bu
vulgar people ate with knife, but die
not take it, for l knew that had goot
bringing up in my day, and / wasn'
going TO learn new way at my time o
| s.Weli, grandmother, you know Ara.
bella's mother was not yonr daughter
That explains it. You taught you
daughters to remember, first, their duty
to the elder members of the family; ant
now let me lay. the caps and handker
chiefs in these empty drawers, ant
hang the dresses in the closet"
i Then came the Enpacking of number
less little delightful surprises for tn,
young housekeeper, slipped in surrepti
i tiously and unknown even to anv bu
those VINO sent them.
81 told them a smaller trunk woult
do just as WELL" said grandma, s'and
thought they took it up rs ii it were
great deal heavier than my poor thing
need be-
/ A box of books, few, but choice, fo
the growing library in the study, cas-
Of jellies, and some of mothers bes
cookies. tides, netted dishclott.s. a pa
tent egg-beater, of convenience untold
and away in the bottom of the trunk
II some strange fabrications of linen ant
lace, beautifully done up, and folded II
white paper. and sacred to the use o
somebody of more fairy-like pro
portions than any recognized mem
Der of the famil1at the parsonage coul.
boast. These were caught up with de
!. lighted "Oh!' and suddenly conyeyet
to regions unknown to common ewes
! but two young people, before bedtime
looked over the package most tenderl,
|. and reverentiy. Grandmother though
they were new night-caps.
Mr.. Somers tapped at the door as tn
clock struck eight, andasxed if he nigh
!. come in. The new copy of the Psalm
received its conservation to its rightfu
use as he read the Travellers Psalm
1.-The Lord is my Shepherd" and the
they all knelt In prayer. The wife lin
: gered to make her friend comfortable il
, bed, and then the new books receives
their due attention, and the moon cam
up over them as the young pair sat lat
talking together.
} swell, Emily, I was afraid 1 wa
never going to see you all to mvsel
: again. do. grandmothers always nee
SO much attention.? Why, ,ou coul
: no. take more tender care of littl
child"
: william, when I was little chill
grandma took just such care of me- N
matter what was my need, she was m
= unfailing friend. She curled my hair
3 fastened my dresses, sewed the lon
rents my carelessness made In them too
, taught me to sew, to knit, and embrol
! der; for there were so many little one
+ who came after me that my mothers ol
: dest daughter had to find her mother i
, grandma.
! ''it Is all right, Emily only want {
{ be sure that yon are not lost to me alto
getller. Shall you show her those beat
2 tiful little garments i'll the drawer?''
"Oh, yes, certainly and then for sue
: interest, grandmOtherly advice ~
counsel; and now we must not fail, q
) soon as she is rested, to have that visit
> planned for the old ladies'"