Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-04-06
GREENWOOD.

There seems to be no local news this
week TO write about, "a I propose 10 sub.
stitute that by telling you something
about some old thing We have In the house.
We have nothing as old as the pyramids.
bot q few helrlooms aud keepsskes, which
date back 10 q former century and can
therefore claim q sort OF moinfn Antiquity
NJ least. The table on which ] Am writng
this, was once a part OF my mothers ar.
niture. and the very one up "a which sat
In M high chair At meal time. more thsn
any years NC IL IL made OF q single
pine board, -four feet In length. and thirty
Inches wide. The stumps on which such
lumber once grew. are seen everywhere,
but the trees, ~ well A. the men that cut
them. have long since disappeared. SPEAK.
ing OF this old table. brings 10 my mind Q
little anecdots which I cannot help rela.
ting. IL wss the summer that ! Was four
years old one day We were eating dinner.
all but father. who happened 10 be absent,
and passing my plate over for . certain
Kind OF food, something ,lse Was put on
that I did not want; on taking II back !
looked AZ IL for q short time. and then
said grace over 10 by exelsimlng, 30 h-li'
The hired mans face turned pretty red,
and amer clearing his throat. he tried 10 &c.
buke me for using the very language ] had
learned from him. In an adjoining oom
stands Q burean, four feet In height, being
q part OF the SAM set of furniture. IL IL
made entirely on the square rule principle,
all extras being dispensed with. Some
years < q large hand lamp was thrown
from the top Of II, onto the rssed door,
the chimney rolling one way aud the lam y
the other, bat strange 10 say. neither the
lamp nor chimney sustAirsd the least
fracture, aud there was no giliei horse
shoe hanging NJ over II either. Close by.
on the table, sits q green gass bottle. OF
peculiar construction, which VAS presented
10 father by bis grandmother, about 1910
IL Il OF globulu form, faltsned on the
bottom, and slightly on two sides, and
will hold about q gil. IL couisins no let
tsrs, bat there are q number u lines run.
Ming around II, In q spiral manner, and lie
whole make on shows that II Was manu-
featured before the att vas brought n
perfection. IL always eonialutd csmphor.
which was our family psnsces In my boy
hood days. and was always rssortei IN 10
case OF headache. fslntness ard such like.
I well remember how I used 90 look at that
bottle OF camphor. and wonder why II
would sometimes all be sei,lei 20 the bot.
tom. while AZ other times the alcohol
would be full OF fakes, like Snow.
T~hifiy.two years ago q Joung lady
friend placed splain gold riug on my wife's
iuger, with the remark ''thst has been .
LUCKY ring 10 me, aud perhaps IL may be
~ you" She has worn u every hour nom
that day 10 this. aud II now looks n II
might be good for two or three genera
lions more.
The clock which reports the flight OF
time % us 80 faithfully. 10 not very old,
bot contains q little history worth record
lng. IL was irst owned by DR.. Smith,
who removed from North Ptri. 10 Hart.
ford Center, about 1919, where he prac.
ticed three or four years and died The
clock WAS sold a. auction. AMI run until
is5s. when IL became my property, and
has been q faithful servant ever since.
The Oldest book In my possession II
Barclays Apology. Published In 1878; u l.
dedicated 20 Charles ~. who was born Ia
1880, aud crowned 10 1851.
Tee last. bat by no means the least.
which I will mention here, IL . small
poke, Bible. Published by Ssnborn and
Carter In ist3 this little book WAS given
by my Oldest sister. Just before her death,
In ists. 10 another sister who presented
II 90 me during her last sickness In 1850.
Soon aner receiving IL. the following lines
were written on Q ny leaf
Can I forget that sister dear.
Who gave this book 10 me,
To light my bark uhtlc sailing on
Across lilies mystic sea-
Can I forgst tho.e lovely smiles.
That played upon her face.
neforc her spirit tpok IT. ftfhf
wherv all Il JOY and pesesf
No sister. While my heart q, warm.
Iboush far a-ay from hgne,
III read this book and thinA of thee,
wherever may ROAM.