Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-09-21


care for dainty flavors unless they have candy
for basis; her mother, with palate which
has been In training for half a century, will
get truer enjoyment out Of n neighbours loaf
Of home made cake than the girl can find in
O shop full of bonbona A boy will ramb!e
through an orchard in search Of the tree
which is fullest and has the largest frut his
father, in late autumn, will find higher flavor,
and mere Of it, in the late windfalls which
his stick discovers among the dead lsaves.
" Farmer Hayn was old and wearv he was
alone III hiS ramDleS about the metropoIrs,
and he kept close guard on his pocketbook;
but no country youth who ever hurried to
the city to squander his patrimony could
have had SO good time He saw everything
that the local guide books called attention TO,
and SO much else which was interesting that
Tramlay, whom he had occasion to SEQ for a
few minutes each day, said ono morning at
the breakfast table;
II wish, my dear, that could steal a week
or two from business 80 that you and could
poke about New York, personally conducted
by that old farmer"
"Edgarp exclaimed Mrs. Tramlay, ~
sometimes fear that old age is taking sudden
possession OF you, you get such queer notions
The idea of New York people seeing their own
city with a countryman for guidel"
There's nothing queer about facts, my
dear" replied Tramlay Except that they
may be right under our eyes for years with
out being seen. A few years ago you and
spent nearly a thousand dollars in visiting
some European battletieds. Today that old
fellow has carefully done the Revolutionary
battlefelds of New York and Brooklyn, at a
total expense Of a quarter Of dollar; even
then he had a penny left to give to beg
gar"
Il never heard Of battlefield in New York
or Brooklyn" said Mrs. Tramlay
Nor l." her husband replied; "at least not
in SO long time that I'd forgotten the local
titles. But that old fellow knows all about
them, when drew him out a little he made
me plans Of each, with pencil on the back Of an
envelope and explained how we lost Long
Island and New York, as well as nearly two
/ thousand men, when men were far scarcer
than they are now. Here"-the merchant
drew mass of letters from his pocket and
extracted from them scrap Of paper-'here's
the way it happened, let me explain"-
"lm not interested In those stupid old
times" said Mrs. Tramlay. with a depreca-
| tory wave of her hand "rve heard that in
| those days there wasn't house above Wall
street, no park TO drive in, and parties began
! before sunset"
"Ahl to be sure" said Tramlay, with a
sigh. "But old Hayn has seen modern New
| York too; ] was intensely interested In his
description Of the work being done in some Of
| the industrial schools, where hundreds Of lit
/ tie street Arabs are coaxed in by promise
of full stomachs, and taught to be good for
something; the boys learn how to use tools,
and the girls are taught every branch Of
housekeeping"
! IL really don't see,r said Mrs Tramlay, as
she nibbled a roll, "what there is to interest
us in the doings of such people"
They're the people," said her husband,
raising his voice a little, "who generally
supply US with paupers and criminals, they
| being untaught at home, and consequently
| having 10 beg or steal for living. 1t is be-
! cause Of such people that We have iron bars
on our dining room windows and area door,
/ and hire detective whenever We give .
| party, and put a chain ON our door mat and
| pay taxes to build jails and asylums andn--
"Oh, Edgar" said Mrs, Tramlay, plaint-
| lively, "our minister told Us all this in a SER
mon nearly a year ago, Tn sure | listened
| patiently to it then; don't think it's very
kind of you 10 go all over it again"
/ "So, suppose not,n sighed the merchant,
hastily kissing his family good-by aud start
ing for his office In a moment he returned,
| and said:
Just a word with you, my dear. It's
nothing about farmers, or battles, or indus
! trial Say" he whispered, as his wife
| joined him in the hall, don't you think I'd
| better have the doctor drop in to see Lucia
Tm afrsid she's going 70 bssick She's looked