The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-09-10

day doubtless never penetrated But
 now. unblushingly, all are admitted 10
 the sacred shrine. They are the bed
 chamber and dressingroom of Jerusha. the daughter of the squire and the belle of Sudbury. five open little door Tn
 the side of the room we ind closet foo, and half square. where, although empty now. once hung the muslins and
 the silks Behold the wardrobe of the
 stylish maiden of '76-a ourious com
 mcntary on the degeneraey of cur age. Passing from here. round the corner.
 one finds suite of two rooms. one quite
 large. In this grand gucsi-chambcr La
 fayette once passed the night. The floor
 was ouriously painted to resemble car
 pet. with diamond figures n blue and
 yellow. Now the former color IS se arccly visible except m unirodden corners. while
 the yellow Is traced with considerably
 less difficulty. The old paper adorns
 the walls. put on after the old style-in
 squares of abou, foot. In many of the
 rooms there are three layers. and here and there. the upper one being torn off. there appear the green fiowers of an older and prcttlcr paper. lnvaria- bly the more antique paper Is green. with some appropriate border. That III lera- sha s room was especially pretty. fepre- sentns ,ke green foliage of the oak with d border of large. dark aeorns.
 The only other room on this floor of peculiar interest k inc dance htll. igai
 above the large kitchen. Here asscm- bled, n the onld winter evenings when the snow laH thick upon the ground. the ..ati.s- and fnaleicns- from Ill the sur rounding country And We cannot doubt that n many farmhouse the old is well
 IS the young looked forward with the greatest eagerness h the music and dance :. oyer to the tavern No more than ten couples could dance at one tune. bu; on the benches along the walls many could nnd Il seat until :. t.ts .tney ln the whIrling threns left room ief others. And so the dance went on : the Alelln played. the meats roasted below. and the morning reddcncd in ,Lc cast before the weary danecrs left the pleasant inn.
 There Is still ane more pair of stairs and these lead te the attle. Che room up there MS furnished but used only when the house wAs full. Over in the western end a few rough board, were hNed. and tucked away under the e.Ves You ean see the bunk of the negro slave none but the rats and sPidcfs To keep hun com pany
 The old tavern stood us, as il was built until iS.o when aii | @.ts added oh the wcsi cnd-S oihin-, else has been ch.n., ed: and since II ls se iar remote Ill the country. AWAY from temn ef city. although on what w1s onro the highway bctwccn tfc-sfIIrc 2 towns af suffolk and Worcester We can { trust that ier many t year Set Il sIll stand :
 -a silent reminder ai the romantic past. { Such old monuments ought t. he pre- served with Clfe: and naW III Is old age. after il has hospit.tbly sheltered men from wlnd and rain faf oyer two eentu- rics. Il is only ftf that NJ should try Ia 2 repay Il least fcw ot the services II has rendered. Building. ot ths nature are [ nut so numerous that wc'T.tn lightly part with them. and the slate should do all Tn iis power ,o protect them. They are sig i,iiit.Ini mcinotiii> tti oaf father, that tell u> al thelr lNes: and could the walls speak. they would whisper of thcir hard struggles as well as the pleasing memo rles. An mn does not oilcn0 0cpen the former. but thls has .l histors prIor Ia that ni the kea-liofsc fuen and could lis whole story bc told. its real interest would be found not Ia have been cXoNcd hN the inagic touch of the poet. nor to he een-- tered even Tn the dlNs ef Washington and Lafayette but to he buricd deep m our carly colonial annals We should hear II bringing into >tanst opntta>t the Indian and the pufltan