The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-03-21
WNo Place Like Home I"

There are a great many houses and
more families yet but very low
"homes" At least such homes as peo-
pie like 10 stay in.
The poet remarks: "Be II ever SO
humble, there's no place like home."
But the truth is. there are many places
liked better than home. Poets are apt
to sing about what they think should be
and ought TO be, but not so much about
what really is.
"llomo" is about the last place some
husbands and fathers care to stay in.
because the chimney smokes, the chill
dren cry. the wife is out OF temper, tho
mother. in law Is more so. tie house is
dull, the Old grudge keeps coming to
the surface. he can't smoke, and there
arc too many "chorcs' to do.
4" ONE" Is the place where. in the
morn NJ Just efcre he goes down town,
She asks him FOR some money, and he is
delighted TO hear her and says: "Why.
ms dear, why don't YOU do so oltener?
| 10 de lare you wrong me thus. You
do. indeed!'
"Iomc' is the pace TO which at carly
csc size brings all the giincracks and
III ing, she ha, ught on Fourteenth
street, which she hardly knows where to
psf now he has them.
Home is The very place where he
can So car rs much rs he rleases when
things 90 wrong, in business outside,
with men whom t doesn't ray TO swear
hc'orc. The place where he can get
mad and Jump right up and Gown if he
plcascs. Or st in the corner by tie
"sacrcd hearth and grnmble and
growi and sn'l and ,nuf and sheer at
all she says or does rom tea time till
bed time.
"uomc' is The sweet retreat TO which
he comes NJ two o clock in tho morning
on lodge and other nights, with one stale
md tingu' shed cigar stump in his
mouth, two in his pockets and interlorly
full OF vinOus lids.
"iiomcn Is the place where she says
10 tie caller she hates: Glow glad |
am to see YOU" and The caller returns
the compliment with lie Of equal force
and weight
"iIomc' ia the place wherein burg
lar break in and teal, and robbers rob,
and sneak THE cs steal ovcrcoats from
the hall rack where the "help" gets
irunl; or mad and leaves suddenly.
Boys ike home to eat in, to sleep in,
TO heller themselves from the rain in,
and to go to when nobody else will Lave
them aronni. Save on such occasions,
end when impGllcd by such wants, the
c mmon boy had rather be anywhere
else than home, hang NJ around cor
lc-a, loang 1T the grocery, rObb,ng
orchards, sal ny, skating, riding crawl
Ing under circus tents, Lejng sick with
his FIST cigar 3 oning cats, and going
home from church with the girls.
g ris do not Ike 10 stay at home any
more illan boys do, AMI get away FROM
it nj every possible opportunity and
make all sorts OF excuses TO do so.
OF course q mans family is n great
cOln'or' 10 Inn Every one says it
on ht H. he, and the man himself thinks
il ought TO be
And 50 DO she think it ought to lie
now that half n do en- sons and daugh.
ters big and Il tc, are hers TO take care
Of.
tny the thought will pop into hii
head nj tines, how free from care and
light hearted. and what good time
generally he bad ere he was q mar
ried man md she was quite down.
hearted lc to-day when young lady
lriond cn 81. and in momcnlary out
burst remarked 10 her; Don't YOU
ever ct married" And the younglady,
who +, secretly engaged, went ponder
ing I'LL the way home.
enc trouble about "home' Is that tho
butcher knows where il is when he
would collect his bill. and so does the
baker, the grocer, the m ikman, the gas
man, the coal man the tax gathercr and
the church bcggnr.
How the small hoy does like TO hcar
one or the other Of his parents say!
"Now YOU ~ i-ht straight home or
I'll lex you within an inch OF you life. "
"uomc' is the pace where the small
boy is spanked in his infancy and
"whaled in his youth. Often he
thinks also that there is mo place like
home TO run away from. - NJ y