The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-05-20
Home AdornSaents.

a n Essay keau Before DE Soto County
Grange at its Second Quarterly
Meeting Held at New Harmony. Hall,
No. I63, April s, by the Worthy Sec
rotary of the County Grange, Mrs. T.
A. Dod-on.
Worthy Brothers and Sisters: l
will commence by saying that it is
the duty of every person to have a
home, and every Patron of Hus-
bandry, VIII is the head of fam
lily, should certainly presses a
home of his or her own. The
means of success in any u1suit of
life are determination and system.
Every Patron should be a deter.
mined, systematic worker.
Then each one who has home,
should endeavor to adorn it.
Though poverty may hover over it
with its shadowy wings, still we
should not despair, for persever
ance and industry can dispel its
gloom and cause the glad sunshine
of plenty to light up the pathway
of success.
With Skill and taste, an humble
home may be made both pleasant
and beautiful. There are many
sisters who can make a variety Of
fancy articles which are compare
lively inexpensive to beautify their
rooms and halls.
Then there are the beautiful
evergreens and flowers, that God
has gwen us, which we can use in
profusion in adjoining the outward
surroundings. Flowers are so
cheap and so beautiful that all may
have a sufficiency if they will only
expend a little energy that may be
misdirected in some other pursuit
For as a just education demands
that culture shall be many sided, so
a pure and elevated taste neglects
no form of beauty natural nor ar
tistic Flowers are natures hell
day garb; they are alike the JOY of
the rich and the poor, the old and
young and as the creation of life
itself are the heritage of every land
Flowers are also the simplest and
least expensive ornament of the
homestead, imparting an air of
comfort and awakening dreams of
beauty in the minds of children,
that will never entirely fade from
their memory. Let us not entirely
forget that tits one of the precepts
&C o,,r nrJa~ - olor, $50 bo.-,z~
with fipwers. People differ very
much in their opinions of home
adornments.
Who does not feel the subtitle in
fiuence of a happy systematic home.
No matter where the fates NAV
destine you to go, the influence of
that once bright home will still be
felt, for love has urned it on the
walls of memory and painted it in
brilliant colors of imagination so
bright that when you think of it
you feel as if you were again in its
sacred precincts. o, home! bright,
beautiful home.. where father,
mother, brother and sister dwells
whose love links together with the
girdle of affection and purity, and
imparts her beauty on every brow,
while CLEAN of Christianity ele-
Yates to heaven.
Who would dare deny the mystic
spell of such a charm? Have we
not an example given US in Holy
Writ, in the instance of Naomi and
Ruth? and Ruth said, "Entreat me
not 10 leave thee, or to return from
following after thee, for whirher
thou goest | will go, and where
thou lodgest / will lodge; thy peo-
pie shall be my people; and thy
God shall be my God. Where thou
diest | will die. and there will | be
buried. The Lord do SO to me if
aught but death do me and thee
part.
1fsuch beautiful, lasting impress
sions can be made, and that they
can no one will deny, is it not es.
sential for parents. who oesire the
happiness Of their children, to exert
in teaching these beau
tiful home lessons and carving them
in imperishable letters upon their
young hearts! Who that has had
a happy childhood home but finds