Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-08-08

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SIT u the table tie cutlery am t4eenss-l
silver s.areef tia - 4c- fJr hla9 saul Y.lI
gave i STATE diun-ft-sey 4 distinguished
place j. kent AZ IN tate To- h- 7on-!n-.aS,
q celebrated w4rrl1r Iitv+t by name lie
gusts, jeveIei ani p.itnel com- Ii aHi
take thelr plsce- Nv n-n pe3oie ar luYlf"i
to d KIM banl / II are ver. apt = -
Eut .-sore the c1v,r r 90 .Iit-i from tue
fast saul looks ar,ti4t AMI finds a vacant
seat a. the ttbl- He says "ttnIn
hIinsslf perhal~ aadib.y =" nat does
tits moan Where i - s9n-in-la"2
Where j. Iavl3 the great var
nor invited him expected MIN. What
a'Facant char a the king banquet Inc
fact va, that DaYi tins "ayrio., hai
been seated for the ir.t time IT his father
il laws table Thu day Letorc Jonathan
had c3ax"i Dat.l Il - AMI oceapv thai
place at the table Sang = David IL the
words Of nv text, thou Shalt be missed,
tecaase thy seat .lil be empty The pre-
a!ct.9n va, t|jlfilei. David vas lnis~sl.
Bl- SEAT was empty That one a.ant chair
spO@e louder tha4 all the occupied chairs at
til banquet
Ia almost every house the articles q fur
niture take a living personality. That
p.cture-a stranger "suii not see anything
raHlaiEable either III 1t design or ex -cutlon,
tut 1t i more 10 you taall all tie pictures Of
tie Louvre and the Luxembourg, You re-
member who boQGht i, aud who admired
II And that hymn book-you reinem-
Ter vino sang our Of it And that
cradle you rraienbel who rocked it, And
that Bible-Tou remember who read
adtot II And thatb- i-.uu remember who
s.altinlr And that room YOU remember
who died III IT. But tn4re i. nothing in all
yeir house 50 eloquent and - mighty voiced
a the vacant chair. | suppose that before
Eau! AID his guests ct ipfrom this banquet
there vas q great c!att-i of VINE pitchers,
tut all that racket was drowned out by the
| Voice HAT came mn from fine vacant chair AT
tie table.
Millions have gael ana wept at John
Quincy Adans'o vacant GUAR in the house Of
representative aud at Wilson's Eacant
chaif m the vics presidency, and at Henry
Clay ; vacant chair IN the American senate,
ani at Prince AItt-rt' vacant chair iii Wind
scr castle, and 1T Thlers vacant chair III the
councils Of the French nation. But all these
chairs are unlulportant to you as compared
Wlthtie vacant cnairs III your own household.
Have these chairs any lesson for US to learn?
Are We any letter men and women than
when they first addressed Us:
First | point cut to you the fathers va
cant chair. Cd men always like to sit in
the same place and in the same chair.
They somehow feel more at home, and some
times when you are IN their place and they
come into the room you Jump up sud
denly and say, Here. father, here's your
ctalr The probability is it is an arm
chair for he IS not so strong as he once
Wa, aud Ne needs a little UNFOLDING. His
iar IS a little frosty, his gums little de-
preset, for IN his earl days there was not
much dentistry. Perhaps a cane chair and
OH fashioned apparel, for though you may
have suggested some Improvement, father
doesnot want any of your nonsense. Grand
father never had much admiration for new
tangled notions
l>at at til9table Of one of my parish1on-
era III q former congregation; an aged man
Kvq-.at the toIil and tho con waS nrnCiHinO
and the father somewhat abruptly addressed
the son and said, My son, don't try now to
show off because the. minister is hereF
You father never liked any new customs
or manners, he preferred the old way OF
ioing thIngS, and he never looked SO
happy as when with his eyes closed, he sat
IN the armchair in the corner. From
the Trinklei brow to the tip OF the slippers,
what placliity! The wave of the past years
of his lie broke at the foot Of that chair
Perhaps sometimes he was a little lmpa-
tient and sometimes told the same story
twice. Tut over that old chair how many
blessed memories hoveri | hope you did
not crowd that old chair, and that it did not
get Very much III the way
Sometimes the old mans chair gets very
muchi the way, especially 1t he has been so
unwl~c rs TO MAKE over all his property to
I his children, with the understanding that
they aretp take. care of him. | have seen IN
such cases children crowd the cid man $
| ..1ai1. tn +l.4 1nIr and thor, crowd IT olnaV
3hd1 '" cue dooi "h, ''eh 'loNo AZ ioa
'"'' ,he street ~" 'neh 'io"u / = ~ Wy,
poor mouse ana keep on GROWING IL uh''
INT l" MAJ ieil ouI Vi I il'" MS grave:
bui YOU iathei chair "d7a sdcIeu place
me chliareh "Sel 70 ohtho up on 'h9 ruhS-
OF II lpi a gooa ilght KISS, ana Tue longer ut
>tavet Tue letter You iAed IT. huI .ha
CHAIR has heei vacant no" iof some l!iile
me furniture dealer "ouit not give Aoi
d hl'S cents iof IT. oul II lsa throne q iilha
rnce III Your domestic circle sa" IN N
:, french palace, amt IN the throne room, IN
rilair that napoleon .uaei To. "'@l!>N
II Mas a tetn''Iai rnair' OUT the mo-
significant par ~ II was IN" i",le
Il \ ~iiuto'd'fel INTO ths pa'A ol tn''llt
III purpleahN Soif7 Ana your ia'ha. -
'nalf 1t IN tie throne room OF yonl So
and >"dI a}i'='lon5 nay eihhroldet III" -
ttck 81 ,ha' 10 mar ~ l'dftie an Ea1t =
ieltei r. nave al Ia' prayers o JA'
"a 'A"tt cen an.""fed tlaNe ~ 81
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"ItaE ouf 9.lE'fH.naf
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