The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-04-30
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The cd LHchdo'd house has been sold,
moved %. sad revamped. lt paiAee
we're built where 70 stood. IL woo'd seem
bubeiy to these eyes az miac. Il wa, not
Ghc material bause ihai I Eaw in after
years, bot q house shining ont of a house
hold lie that exaalrd from it aHd formed
an atmosphere arouud 1t, imporccplibIe
ty other eyes. bat clear and fail Of tbc
leudrrcst beauty 20 miue. Ihsl soulys.
por evolving lhousand airy shapes Of
sorrow, tenderness. reverence, love, fear
gluduer. will never gather about amy
other structure.
There are subtle losses TO a sensitive
soul that eauuot be made mp, and lbat
are out Of al proportion to the cxieruH
aud material value. sbe has pawned th'
last ring for bread for her children. On
IL God knows how much that may mean.
One by one they went--cherished things
Of value, each fall OF ones iHncrmost lite,
aud wheu an are gone, the soul, stript oi
Hs souvenirs, is Impoverished in is
most gracious memories. Tie burning
of the Alexandrau Library was a piteous
loss IN lis way; but more pangs have
been felt a riug, brooch. a cradle,
book, than auy one ever felt for the an
eienl library.
There was something about the old
house at Litchheld SO sensluyely sacred,
that never could bear to look back upon
it in after years, when ii had been re.sr.
ranged, divided aud fixed ap generally
Istt 1t Ia 1926, bouncing boy to whom
the whole world was an orb of joy and
health, aud never put foot across the
Threshold again. At twilight only, when
the outlines alone were revealed, aud the
changes hidden, have looked at IL from
II distance.
A ye.y boys house. planned without
plan, and full OF 'eulrias,' closets aud
unexpected rooms. There was great
Kitchen. What times We have had there
What blind nan's bluff when the WORK
WAS done up, What labors on bitter
Geld nornings-eveything in the house
frozeu-to kiudle a fire Of green wood
What apple-peeIings, pumpkin uttiugs,
storytelling circles around the tire!-
What dismal washing days, aud what
days OF smoke and vexatiou when new
tangled stoves came in, instead OF the
roaring frepace There was the old
setIee, called SETTLE IT'S seat filed with
every conceivable tool, Toy, or gImcraek.
The long clock that stood sOemuly tico
ing, aud would have seemed like deacos
ita foolish looking, half moon face thai
never rose or set, had not been painted
on its face. Out OF the kitchen opened
the eandle-closet, aud the siuk-room,
which was a huge dark well.room thai
never bad lay of sunlight in il, It's ouly
window lankinn tawu,d tho noTlh, AZ is
searching Tor coId. Tue doors of the
Kitchen were curiosities, aud no two
aIike-that on the south large aud easy,
that on the north sagged on it's hinges
aud shut with a harsh noise; the dining
room door shut with cackle, and was
always unlalching Itself; the door next
10 it, seldom used, seemed stately aud
aristocralc; the cellar door was gloomy
aud mysterious.
All, yes; down those cellar stairs we
have gone thousand times, TO draw
cider, to pick over apples, to sort pota-
toes ana turmips, TO boil potatoes and tur.
nips Tor the pigs, in a ncw-fangled kettle
set, Also down those stairs We have
gone a hundred times, to play hide-and-
seek, 10 get hatsiull Of apples, to hide
away from the folks up stairs who 'want-
ed us, to explore holes, with Charles be-
hind to keep up our courage, in the fear
of seeing great fiery cats eyes in some
bin, or behind some barrel IN some corn-
er OF the very darkest dark The cellar
was under the whole house, very roomy,
and without windows except on the
south. These were quite large ana above
ground; aud as the cellar behind and tke
warm sun before kept them glowing,
spiders lived there all summer eating
flies, aud all winter eating each other,
with now and then hard shell bug as
digestaut. Also, here il was that we fell!
Onr tender mouth had often uttered bad
words, such as gosh. yum, gol darn
II, | swan, and even by jink fews, but
had never sworn Que Of the regular and
undoubted oalhe, until one day, as the
sun shoue warm, chow well we remrm.
Der aud quiverD we put our fore finger
near to a black spider, who, instead OF
retrealing, spraug forward aud bit it
Ny guardian angel must have been iu
the other part Of the cellar, for was
lcfl to say--to say ---- well, il wo'd
have been daru il, only there was an m
ia place ot The r. la second woHld
have given worlds TO have recalled the
phrase. expected an instant eaiasiro-
phc 4 vague idea OF the fate OF Koran,
Dafhan and Abiram came over me.
rushed up stairs, and got speedily By
the side OF my mother, who was very
plous woman, aud kept near her-all
day, aud was so very good az to excite
Ia hcr a hope that was Deing awakened
to religions things. | never liked black
spiders before and have never liked
them since.
Poets, scholars, aud artists are often
represented living ia grrefs. aud q sad
thing II must be to live there. Bat 81
roomy garrel, extending Iba breadth ot
tie r5oi, j. a marvellous COED place 70
plsy iu' Here the children are oui of