Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-12

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lw erAi bAstis for fame
go and fortune and Ia
N capacity for enjoy
KIN II menf, but Tor dis
AA ~ covering ell rhas
may BE- pleasing IN
n whatever = nearsse
/N~AS 81 hand IL ID left far
" bshand sy age. The
~ school giri does noe
enrs for dainty eavors unlns they have candy
Tor hA.i.. her mothSg, with palate which
has bsrs In training for half . century. viii
est truer enjoyment cut Of . neighbors loaf
Of homs made cake than the girl can ind In
Q shop full Of boahonA boy wiii rzmbls
0rouzn IN orchard " Nsrch Of tho tres
which 10 fullest and hAs tbs largest fruit, his
father, In lats autumn, vii 6nd highe- favor.
and more Of IL. in the late vindfaii. which
his stick diseoyers among the dead leaves
Farmer HAyn was old and wessy. hs vas
alone la his ranible. about The mstropofh,
and he kept close guard on his pocketbook;
bot no country youth who ever hurried 70
the city TO -qnander mis- patrimony could
have had 10 good time. He saw everything
thst the local guide books called attention TO-
and 10 much elss which was interesting that
Trsmlay, whom 10 bad occasion TO 80 for .
few MINUTES each day. said ons morning =
tho breakfast table,
II wish, my dear, that could steal wssk
or two from business, 10 that you and ! coad
poke about New York, personally elaductsd
by that old farmer
Edgar" exclaimed Mrs TrAmiay, II
sometimes fear that old age u taking sudden
possession Of you, you get such queer nossouA
Tho idea Of New York people sssing their own
city with a eountryman for guidst"
There's nothing queer about facts, my
dear replied Tramiay, except that they
may t,e right under our eyes for years with
out being seen A few years ago you and
spent nearly . thousand dollars In visiting
some European battle6eidx Today that old
fellow has carefully done the Revolutionary
battlefsids Of New York and Brooklyn at .
total expense Of . quarter Of dollar; even
then he had q penny left to give to a beg
gar
Il never heard Of battlefield in New York
or BROOKLYN" said Mrs.. Tramlay
Nor I, /" her husband replied; at least not
in 70 long time that I'd forgotten the local
tiles But that old fellow knows all about
them when drew him out little be made
me plans Of each, with pencil on the back Of an
envelope. and explained how We lost Long
Island and New York. AZ well as nearly two
thousand men, when men were far scarcer
than they are now Heren-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
I'm not interested In thoss stupid old
times" said Mrs Tramlay, with q depreca-
tory wave OF her hand I've heard that in
those days there wasn't house above Wall
street. no park to drive in, and parties began
before sunset"
"Ahi 10 be sure said Tramlay. with .
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
tbs street Arabs are coaxed IN by a 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
III really don't SEE" said Mrs Tramay. -
she nibbled n roll, what there is to interest
US in the dongs of such people"
THEY'RE the people said her husband,
raising his voice little. who generally
supply us with paupers and criminals, they
being untausht at home, and consequently
having To beg or steal for living It is b.
cause of such people that we have iron bars
on our dining room windows AMI area door.
and hire detective whenever we give Q
party, and put chain on our door mat and
pay taxes to build laiis and asyluns and"-
oh Edgar" said Mrs. Tramlay, plant
lively, "our minister told US all this in ser
mon nearly a year ago, I'm sure listened
patiently to It then: | don't think it's very
kind OF you to 90 all over it again"
mo, suppose not" sighed the merchant,
hastily kissing his family good-by and start
ing for his office. In a moment he returned,
and said:
Just word with you, my dear ftb
nothing about farmers, or battles, or indus
trial Say he whispered, his wife
joined him In the hall, don't you think I'd
better have the doctor drop in to see Luciai
I'm afraid she's going to he sick Shes looked
poorly for days. and doesn't seem to have
any spirit"
I'm sure she's lively enough when she's out
of temper said Mrs. Tramlay, which she
is nearly all the while Shes snapped at the
children until they hate the sight Of her, and
| cant SPEAK to her without being greeted by
. flood Of tears Margie seems the only one
who can do ANYTHING with her.
"Umphr muttered the merchant. taking
much time TO arrange his hat before the mir
ror Of the hat rack
Meauw lille the old farmer and his snu vera
having a long chat in a hotel bedroom
$50 Won see how the land lies ~ said TN.
old man Though never held that mart of
the farm Mt ov.r two hundred an acra ~.
soil bein' thinner than the lower Twin, land
an reuuiriu' a good deal more manure tn
make decent ctops Tramlav saw nm fe,ch .
clean two thousand an acre Whom ~ ,.n, ~,
n the seba,,,s tatss hoId a. ~ ,;LsIr ~
Thar WIN bs aavi..d "a. a., r.,.;,, ~, a.,
tsre~t instead NJ seIl,,, on, an, ON, r., e.,
y., Ave- thousand II, Zach fo- ,ho 80 go
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.cr,s il abo,, ,,,.rtsr ~ the farm, l.na in
v.ln. / c,,,ui.ta ,o,,,,,,g ON, H., houss An,
other h,,IJinS r. / was makin' INV viii an.
aivid;n' thinys nm amen ,hs family "a
Leave ,uxt about that much land tn Won, With
An ;nseres, in the bous,. ,,ock etce,erv
when the LORI, sr,,s IL to call your mother