The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-03-02
SALEM CUPBoARDS.

The Pride of the Genuine, Old-Tfme New
England Housekeeper.
There were cupbosrds in Salem
Whether they are there still, or have
been built up, or pulled down, or swept
away, in the march of modern improve
ment, know not, but in my childhood
there were cupboards in Salem.
They were, moreover. real cupboards.
no after-thoughts, built across the end
nf an entry here. or q corner Of room
there-places into which to huddie UNI
brellas and overcoats, or to hustle
mending and children's litter out OF the
sight of visitors. Salem cupboards
were always Intentional. The builder
understood his responsibility, and acted
accordingly. The housewife regarded
her eupboards as the inner and most
sacred portion of her trust 1t was no
light task even to keep the keys always
counted and polished. As for losing
one, or forgetting which was which.
that would indicate 3 mind so utterly
frivolous that one could hardly con-
ceive of it.
The genuine, old-time Salem house.
keeper realized that there was q con-
science in her work. She took her cup
boards seriously. To her there WAS
nothing trivial about them. To do her
duty by her cupboards was one OF the
most inviolable principles of her sober
and decorous life.
1t took ne ordinary brain to keep
watch and ward over these cupboards.
They were many in number. They
were confusing as to size and shape.
They possessed the charm of the unex-
pected. One never knew quite when
or where one should chance upon them.
They were tall and narrow beside the
fireplace, or low and chubby above il;
they lurked behind the wainscotting,
like Polonius back of the arras. One
of them was 10 be reached only by q
step-ladder; another jolly pair occupied
crannies under two deep window-seats.
In one house was . cupboard which
pretended to be solid wall, but was
really q deep recess for the conceal
ment of firearms; and in yet smother
was . marrow closet about which hung
the horror of an old Ginevra-like legend
| of smothering to death ,.,,s,3an
There was literally no end to the
number and variety Of Salem cup
boards. They possessed q charm quite
their own, and this charm was felt TO
the utmost by the children, who were
only occasionally allowed to view the
treasures kept under strict lock and
key by the high priestesses Of these
sacred hooks and shrineS.-EtedsoS
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out the cartridges aud substituted
4 blank ones. When the play was over
E he replaced the cartridges, A boy,
twelve years old, was sent for the pis-
] toll, and in crossing the hall he raised
/ II to q. level with the head OF play
mate. fourteen years of, age, named
Wesley Mills, and pulled the trigger.
Mills fell to the floor dead. shot BE-
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