The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-10

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lors, SO arranged as to be tllrown into on
when social demands reqtlire---a not IN
common oceurrence-and on every sid
are evidences of cultivation in matters o
taste and refined suggestiveness. Their
are shelves loaded with histories and vel
| selected romance, large number of "gif
books from individuals ond societies
vases from Bohemia and Herculaneum
old china, engravings. landscapes Of Tur
ner, ChampeIy, and Charles Luman,
| life-Iike portrait of Robert BQrns-il
short, a home-muSeum of Interest, and tn,
value of which cannot be estimated, n
one would ordinary merchandise, by tht
''almighty dollar
The study of Major Poore i &1 octagon
al room in The eastern extremity Of the
man sioi, ,--'house would not convey
correct idea of its proportions-and i.
crowded with gems such us scholars love
! cherish, and antiquarians rave about
In it is to be found the identical desk
which JOHN Quincy Adams used in the Ole
Hall Of Rep esntatiVe8 at Washington
| over tie mantle rabinet Of china contain
ing piece from every set purchased fol
The use of the Presidents of the United
States, from that presented to Martha
Washington by the Society Ct Cincinnati
(of which General Washington was a men,
ber), down TO and including plate used
ia the White House at the time of fPresi-
dent Iincojn's death, and which was given
70 Maj ior Poore DO the widow of the Mus
trions martyr. Toeplmerate the books TO
be there found is impossible. There are
standard aud many costly works, military,
historical, and of travel ponderous tones
oi autographs, unequalled by any in the
country, and every work Of the slightest
importance on agriculture that has been
published in America-in themselves more
than enough to solidly fill the majority OF
the, so-called, 'librariesn OF the day.
Among the attractions oft house, and
by no means tha least, are the 'Continet-
al Rooms" which were added and furnish
ed by the present owner and occupant.
and comprising All entry, forenoon, kitch-
en-, bed-cIlamber and siulz room In them
is to be found a reproduction of other days
quaint, and even sometimes a thought
grGtesQue. The hugh kitchen has its huge
Fireplace, great logs, crane, pot~h0oks,
and trammels, cider mugs, hour-giass,
WarmlDg-p pan for the bed, dfcssers, pewter
platters, china belonging to the Poore
family before the Revolution, and we
would not dare be sworn tilat an inauisi-
tive teetotal soul could not possibly dis
cover thav instrument Of abomination,
''tlip-iron," +" though we make no assertion
OF the fact. In the sink room is roller and
towel, spun by some good dame of a CEN
tury ago, aud who, no doubt, was famed
for beauty and graceful treating Of minuet
and Roger de Coverly, The other rooms
contain oIdiashoned instruments of both
peace and war; blunderbusses, powder
horns, cntlasses, guns Of the Revolution, a
bugIe and drum to The stirring music of
which Captain Lunt's Newbury .'Minute
Men, marched to the battle of Bunker
Hill; swords that were welded in the
same sangninary Struggle by Colpnel Rob-
ert Dodge and Colonel Jacob Gelrisl (re-t
iatiyes Of Major Poore on his mothers
side); a key OF one of the cells of the Bas-
Tile; harp made in the year 1923 5; a black
letter Bible and history of the Church,
bearing the Royal arms and published IN
lba4s picture Of an English farnlyard
that has been in the house over one hum
dred and fifty years, proof copies Of Trum-
bnll's pictures Of 'FIhe Death Of VoIfe,''
and "Ihe Battle Of Bunker Hill,'' and
very q uch more to entrance the enthusiast
and compel The admiration Of the critic.
All the wood used in the construction Of
the "Contnental Rooms is from build |
'ng> having 4 history. as the 'Proylnce
House, and the F'Dearborn House, of
hoxbury. In the "Fore-room" (which
fashion has dictated shall now be called the
'parior'') The Fireplace is from the old
''Stuyvesant House, the home Of the last
OF the Dutch Governors OF New York. and
the ttre-back was made at the time of Gen.
Wolfe's expedition against Quebec, and is
enriched BY his portrait. The panels over
the mantle are from the house Of Edward
Everett, in Boston, the stairs from the
Tracy House, of SeWburyport, in
which both Washington and Lafayette
We're entertained; the paneling from the
home OF John Hancock, the first Governor
of massachusetts, under the Constitution
of 1880.
The things named are but as sample
bricks Of the. entire lot, and will give a
faint idea Of the oaaaiana gatheram. Fancy
Can readily supply the rest, can people the
rooms can ''chink in" the accessories of a
day when
with many stiff thwaek, many bang,
Bard crsb-tres ami old iron rAng.''
and il is not.Wsll for lis TO smile derisively
al the "sileat majority" for my Lord Ba-
cor. did not err in his philosophy when he
Wrote: ''These times are the ancient
times, when the world il ancient, and not
those Which We account ancient ordsae
by computation backward
from ourselves
The American Minister iii Rome
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