The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05

girls were seen returning with haste.
Rowing low before the stranger, they
said. ''Our father, Jethro, sent us 70
ask YOU to come to his house. They
were SO beautiful that they almost
seemed like angels asking him 10 n
ter Paradise, aud most willingly n
gratefully, he obeyed the
The stately pillars OF a long curtalned
arcade soon came into view. ana the
dignified priest stood at his door way,
and warmly welcomed the supposed
Egyptian. The room into which he
was shown to make his toilette, was
similar to the one in which he had
slept a the house of Heber. Alum
dance of pure water, clean towels,
and clean clothes. Homer describes
it as the custom of the ancient Greek
aristocrat, to battle, clothe himself IN
freshly washed garments Of wool. and
offer libations to the gods, before
dining.-Odyssey ~. 80. What Is
this but the most refined Civilizations
He was then conducted to the saloon
where the family were assembled for
the evening sacrifice" This was
merely a short recitation by Jethro OF
Gods goodness, in creation and prov
idence, a hymn and a prayer. During
this brief period of worship, the
young exile's thoughts wandered =
for. to his establishment, he found
that the apartment in which they
were assembled, was an exact repro
duction Of one that he had been very
familiar with, in the royal city Of
Thebes that of the old queen moth
er. There were the same exquiSitely
wrought hangings OF cream>colored
lace, the same furniture of baskets
woven materials, so iatricately, close
ly and deliberately wrought that it re-
sembled carved ivory there were the
magnificent blooming plants, and
there the vast open arched window
towards the west. framing in a geor>
gous landscape. The was faults
lessly beautiful, but it was the beauty
Of inanimste things. Vet the inmates
of the room were beautiful with a
wealth of human beauty which was
almost bewildering. Jethro, appar-
emily in the prime of life, with his
noble head covered with clustering
brown curls, his glossy beard falling
over his white robe, in waving lux
~uriance his wife Naamah, What a
sweet mother face hat vas No ar
fist of succeeding ages has ever paint
ed a Madonna half so lovely. Her age
was problematical nothing but the
calm, commanding manner, and the
m~other-love which filled her eyes of
liquid light, marked her as being older
than her eldest daughter. There was
no bowed form, no faded complexion,
no gray hairs, no wrinkled cheeks, no
shrivelled hands. As Hesiod described
the best people of the best age,
"Nor e'er decrepid age miSshaped their
frame,
The hands, the foots, proportions still the
same"
AS soon as their devotions were
over, the guest was invited into the
next room to dinner. Nothing on the
table had been touched by fire =
they knew nothing of cookery. Fresh
curds and the richest cream, honey of
sparkling purity, fruits and nuts of
the most luscious kinds. The whole
was arranged with artistic skill, and
what gourmand would ask a better
meal, what lover ofart a more elegant
one: As oon as the repast was over,
the guest asked a private interview.
you do not recognize me. most
noble Jethro:' said Moses.
"On the contrary, l recognized you
at the first glance answered the
priest, ''but not knowing your wishes
and intentions, | refrained from MAX
ing known my discovery