Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-01-15


at would be real nice. I'm sure | feel as II
some of us ought to go down right soon. feel
too old for such long ride, hut do think thee
might go, Priscilla"
The great war In whose struggle Brandy
wines brief encounter would have been but
an atom, has rolled over the bretherns kindred
away down 10 The troubled Carolinas, and We
know them not. Years have gone by since
word or letter went between us.
Grandmother squite deaf. You must call
to her loudly, and even then. it is quite likely
she will mistake you. And yet she thinks she
hears too. The other day she said suddenly
"rhere's my horse,l hear him whinneying and
whi1neying. | ought TO go right home.
oughtnt to have stayed all Dight.'
Her eyes have failed. She caunot read. For
long hour she sits and weeps painfully and
pitifully, though the hands OF tender affection
patiently minister to every want. Hour by
hour, day after day, she tancies herself neglec-
ted, and weeps pitiously, the tears dropping
from the poor, faded eyes, and stealing gently
down the furrowed cheek. "Dear, dear" she
says, 81 am sick for something TO eat. I've
! not had single mouthfui all day, think Ann
| might get me something" And, until the
feeble current of thought shifts, she cries sor-
iowfnlly to herself. When children come in,she
brightens up in moment, and for some time
she maintains a memory OF their names, and
I
\ Phiilp--not child at all, but the husband Of a
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tas won her heart. She
often praises Philip, for he always brings her
| soma little presents when lie comes, an apple
| or something.
| In the days OF 1875, little Quaker girls were
brought upto work, '(Some OF them are in these
Centennial days.) Grandmother seeks occupa'
ton. She scorns n be idle, ii any is to be seen.
TIL re was a bed quilt that took her closest al
i nd frnE a "
| the meal unfinished, and buried back to their
work. She bent over the quilting frames and
| stitched away with the ardor OF real interest.
\ Blu alas, it was vi 40 use in the world, except
| 10 please and occupy her. When she was ont
| OF the room, every stitch had to be picked out.
! Thu humble finger and quick eye OF our age
/ she had three score aud ten years ago,
| and now she has them not; nor shall
we have, ii TO us should come such length and
| span of life.
o, the trouble with her spectacles They
must be up on her forehead when she eats
Without them, she would not enjoy the meal
| at ALL And she loses them. One day she la
men,ed that they were gone. They seemed to
| be gone indeed. Every nook and corner, every
| possible and impossible spot, every likely and
unlikely place was searched. Her grand
daughter left the room moment and on en-
tering CHANGED 10 look al Grandmother's fore
head There were the "specsl'' where had they
been during the search? Only Grandmother
| knew.
Her ''best cap gives her world OF anxiety
She fears it may he spoiled. She takes 1t oil
folds it carefully aud tucks it away in her shoe
And equally concerned is she for her garters.-
Once, as she c,nceives little grandchild, visit
| ing her, took away pair Of them, and now she
cannot fjrset that notion. The little girl has
become grown woman, but Grandmother
treinbles for her carriers aud hides them when
ever Annie visits her
| To-day, Grandmother earnestly SAID, "W ell
wen, feel very tired. think I'd like to &C
\ home
| "Why thee is at home, Grandmother, y they
cheerfuliy and kindly answered her, 'this is
| home"
40. yes, know, feel very much a! hoins
here with you," the quivering voice replied
''but--but still, think Ia ought To be going
| Home y
After one hundred and three years, Is Ii
strange that such yearning comes She had
no thought Of Death,as We think OF it but there
came over her feeling that there must be
somewhere, a Home more permanent thar
| tins.
rher- is .-Harkness' Mayaz,n',