National Republican., 1888-05-06
MOVING DAY TEMPTATIONS.
DIR. TNLMAGE On TIE ENAspER-
ATIONs or USEKEEPERS.
The Eminent Divine Gives an Inter.
cstimg and Graphic Description of
I'll" Trials Of Changing u Residence
Some Pertinent suggestions.

hy the Rev. T. DE Witt Talmigc, d. D., 0t
the Tabernacle was on "The Temptations
and fXaspcrotons of Moving Day" Fol
lowing is what he said on this interesting
subject:
Why all this procession of furniture carts
that hcgan last Tuesday aud has hardly yet
ccascdy For thousands Of families in many
NJ the cities this has bccu moving week.
Though for the last ten years not called to
change residence myself, in other years
had such balcful experiences. ! must con
fCss this May.timc makes me miserable
through sympathy for those who are mOv-
mg.
The first Of May is to many the beginning
of the year From that are dated the
hrcakagcs, the social startlngs, the ups and
downs Of domestic life. Onc.half New York
and Brooklyn are moving into smaller
houses, the other half into larger The
past years success or failure decides which
way the horses Of the furniture wagon shall
turn their heads.
DAYS before the work Of packing com.
mcnCcd. It is astonishing how many boxes
| and barrels are required To contain all your
wares. You come upon Il thousand things
| that you had forgotten, too good to throw
away and too poor to keep old faded carpet
bags that would rouse the mirth of the town
If you dared TO carry them into the streets
straw hats out of the fashiOn beavers that
YOU ought to have given away while they
might have been useful: odd gloves, shoes,
COnt3, and slips of carpet that have been the
| nCs Of rats, and Il thousand things that you
| laid away because YOU some day might want
| them, hut never WILL For the last few days
| in the old house the accommodations ap-
preach the EintolerNhlc. Everything is
packed up. The dinner comes to you on
| shattered Crockcry, which Is about 10 be
| tmOwn away. and the knives are only pain.
| ful "reminiscences Of what they once We're.
| The teapot that we used before we got Our
"ucw set comes on to remind Us how com.
| mon We once Were. You can upset the
| coffee without soiling the tublcclOth, for
| there is none. The salt and sugar come to
| NOu IN cups. looking so much alike that YOU
| find out for the first time how coffee tastes
| wien salted Or fish when It Is swectcncd.
| There is no place to sit down, an1 you have
| no time to do so II YOU found one. The
| hcdstcads are down, aud YOU roll into the
| corner at night, seli-clcctcd paupcr, and
| all the night long have a quarrel with your
| pillow. which persists in getting ont of bed,
| and your foot wanders ont into the air,
feeling for greater length of cover. If the
children cry in the night you will not find
| the matches nor the lamp nor anything
else, save a trHnk, Just in time 10 fall over
it, getting up with confused notions as To
which is The way 10 bed, unless there he
some friendly voice to hail you through the
| darkness.
The lst of May Fdawns The carts come.
| 1t threatens rain, but not Il drop until sou
| get your hest rosewood chairs ont of doors,
and your bedding on the top Of the wagon,
| BE out ut IL you must, for another family
are ON your heels, ami 'rhcrmopyl@ was Il
| very tame pass compared with the excite
ment which rises when two families meet in
| the same hall-thcsc moving ont and those
| moving in. They swear, unless they have
positive principles to prohibit. mere
theory ON the subject of swearing will he
! no hindrancc. Long-established propricty
| of speech buttresscd up by the most stall
wart determination, Is the only safety.
| Men who talk right all the rest of the year
| sometimes lei slip on the LIST Of May. We
| know member of the church who uses no
| violence of speech except on moving day,
and then he frequently cries out, by the
| great United States -
| All day long the house Is full of racket,
Look ont how YOU scratch that tablcH'
There, You have dropped thelcg out of that
piano. There goes the looking glass;
"Ouch! you have smashed my inger'
"Ddnt you ste yOu were pushing me
against the wally" "Gct, out of our way!
lis one o'clock and your things are not
half moved! Carmen. take hold and tumble
these things into the street, Cur carmen
and theirs get into u fight, Our servants
on our side aud their servants on theirs.
We, opposed tn anything but peace, try to
| quiet the strife, vet, if they must 20 on,
feel we would like 10 have ourmcm triumph.
Like England during the late war, We re-
main neutral, yet have our preferences as to
| which shall beat. Now dash comes the
rain, and the water cOOS of tile heat Of
| the cOmhatants. The carmen mus, drive
fast, so as To get the things out of the wet,
but slow 50 as not To rub the furniture. AS
| our last load starts we 90 IN tO take fare.
well look at the old place. In that parlor
we have been ray with our friends many
n time. and aS we glance round the room
we seem 10 see the great group of THEN
faces. The best furniture we ever had in
Olr pallOr was Il circle of well-wi-hcrS
| Here l. the bedroom where we slept on the
worlds cares, and got up glad as u lark
when the morning sky bcCkOns II upward.
Many time this room has been full OF
sleep from doorsill To ceiling. We always
did feel graEdly after we had put an eigh
hour nap between us and liic's pcrpcNi
| ties.
We are accustomed to divide our time int,
two parts--the first to he devoted To hard
blistcring, consuming work, and the rest L
he given to the most iubilaht fun; and slcel
comes under the last head.
| We step into the nursery for last look
The crib Is gone, AMI the doll babies and TIN
block houses, hut the echoes have not We
stopped gallopimg; Mays laugh, and Edith
glcc, and Franks shout, rs lie urged tn
hobby horse to its utmost speed, both heel
stuck into the ilamks, till out Of his glass cy
the horse seemed to say: "Do that again
and will throw you to the other side of til
'rmdle bed :" Farewell, old house II Iii
not suit us exactly, hut thank God for tn
good times we had IN II
~MOving day Is almost gone. II Is almOs
night. Tumble everything into the ne'
house. Put up the bedsteads But who ha
the wrench, and who the screws? Packc
mp, are they? In what box 1t may be an.
, one of the half dozen. All, now know |
what box you will lind tin the last on
yoll open Hungry, ARE YOU? No time I
talk Of food until the crockery is unpackct
True enough. Here they come That las
Jolt of the cart finished the tcacups, TIL
Jolt before that fractured some of the plate
and the hired help now drops the rest {
of them, The paradise nf crockcry me
| chants II moving day. | think, from III
, | results which see, that they must about III
, Ist of May spend most of their time in pray
ing for success in business.
Seated on the boxes you take tea, an
:, then down with the carpets They must l
stretched and pieccd and pulled an
matched. The whole family are on Tie
knees at the work and red In the face, an
before the tacks are driven all the tngel
, have been hammered once and are taking
' second bruising. Nothing is where yOu e.
=, pectcd to find il. Where Is the hamme
y Where are the tNcksY Where the hatche
Where the scrcwdrivcry Where the nail
, Where the window shades? Where is Il
= Slat 10 that old bcdstc.ldY Where are Il
!, rollers to that stand? The sweet oil hi
+ been cmpticd into the blackberry Jam, II
, pickles and the plums have gone out 4
:, Sethcr aswimming. The lard and the butt
:, have united as skilllully Us though n grOc
had mixed them. The children, WHO thong
- II would bc grand sport tomoyc, are satiate
\ and Unc-haf the city at the close of Ma