Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-04-16
For the ADvERTIskR
THE OLDFASHIONED PARLOR,
BY ECILAN.

as Aunt Priscilla opens the easement,
the pink and white showers of scent
ed leaves fall over the floor, to the in
finite delight of pet Rosy, the baby
of the old homestead / say the ro.
ses are very sweet, and the parti-col
ored morning glories are very gay IN
their wild luxuriance. But the
Many hugs OF many minds,
Many bugs Of many kinds,
are ANYTHING but agreeable as they
loiter around the spacious old draw.
ing room. There is nice carpet OF
glorious colored home manufacture,
that covers the great square floor,
and the grand, gloomy and peculiar
mantle tree stands out in bold reliet,
triumphantly bearing its many orna
ments, boquets of impossible fruits,
apples with very dyspeptic appear
ance, corpulent pears and peaches,
tomatoes and cherries, the like OF
which had vanished a great while
before our time or knowledge. Two
very red dogs occupy respective pla-
ces on either side Of the above-men-
toned board, ard are likely to re-
main in their perfect condition OF
bodv, as no one under the sun but
"Baby Bates'-the Kentucky giant
could reach far enough to disturb
their serene repose. The immense
fireplace has no screen, by which to
hide the shining brass andirons- the
family heir-looms-but the mighty
space is filed with branches of cedar,
and the hearth is white and sweet
With b.ue clay, the Odor of which
contrasts strangely with the atmos.
phere without, OF tender. roses and
new mown hay. The great sleepy
looking sofa, Of respectable mohair,
would quite WOO our senses to a pleas
ant sieSta, but for the many curious
| things not vet recorded. y dignited
looking table holds the family libra
nv. consisting of Bible, Pilgrim, Pro
gress. Lorenzo Dow, and volume OF
sermons by a tavorite leader Of the
chosen church. There is a conch
she'll behind the door that is deco
rously always in place, to do the hon
or of weight to keep the door aiar.-
! The walls are decorated WITH paint
inss of the family Patriarchs and
mothers, long since gone to the land
OF the thereafter" The Fathers
all appear to have shrunk away from
their clothes, and appear diminutlve
end exceedingly sober, while their
partners have that peculiar air of res,
/ ignation, that is a characteristic OF
the feeling that possesses them, in
having my picture painted for Su
| san and Becky, and John and Billy.
/ There is a large round straw basket,
lined with red, always on the table
|bv the library, filled with TYPES Of
all the past generation. There Is
/ Nancy Crockett, natural as life, taken
on the same plate with Mirandy
Brown, strapped, as they should be
to the back Of the chair; they main
tain, through all time, the dignity o.
the family style, whose sweet "Bof'
of us involuntarily occurs to us
Then good, onc-eyed cousin Timothy
sitting upright, hands crossed, anc
the good eye presented for our in
spection, and is sufficiently wide a
wake and speculative to do honor fol
both. Baby bless its witty bitsy
soul, chalky looking daub, is pre-
sented as the very image Of MAJ thai
baby, isk doubled up, (we discover
the same by carrying the type" t.
the uncertain light from the tall win
dow)-no hair on its head, that VI
can discover, and black spots in liel
of eyes and mouth. fla woman, w
calculate chow sweet" If a man
We Law it tenderly down, way at th'
bottom of all We have inspected
where we will be certain not 10 come
across it again, and proceed to lool
at dear, sweet faced grandma, in he
white capand black shawl, and grand
pa, in his long "weskit" and huge
collar. We place them all back, witt
care, in the basket where they have
lain for so many years, and our at
/ tention Is attracted by some ''plastel
of paris" images, here and there, o
the Christ-child and mother, a very
uusuggestiye looking cast OF Wash
ington, with the tip of his fine nos
DESTROYED by a stroke, and there i
something else, resembling nothing
that we ever saw or read about; ii
a very highly painted article of ver
tn, with hole in the middle of
knot on the back, that we learn, b,
the very humble question propounde'
to aunt Priscilla, is a rack for
watch. We sit in the old-fashione'
parlor and dream of other. times
when great log fires blazed benin,
the brass andirons. and grandma ant
and grandpa were young and blithe
I surrounded by their dear little chi
dren, some of whom now sleep in tn
) family burying ground just back Q