New-York tribune., 1892-12-23

(Prelongei applausc.)
MR. LOWREY on THE NEW-ENGLAND
HOME"
Homo talent was then called for a speech,
Mr. Rollins asking GrcsvenOr 7. LOwrey to &C.
scribe The Old New-Eng'and Home. lie said :
The New England home" OF which shall speak
was CID enough when / knew II; but 1t was not a
Illgrm Fathers home, nor evea IA Colonial home' IL
Was the home OF the average New England farmer In
the latter part OF the first half Of this century the
sort Of In which the president OF TINS society'
Sha nSo .rr,c,,d 1 lies" taIlr We're reared place in
which inIuslry, thrift and order had lhci hao',I1 "a
nbidng paSe and IN which wInt ana luxury were alde
unkn"wn HIN aspirations and sordid aims pre-
vailed there about as they prevail ese~herc' aocG.I
Ing to ny S,D 6S tsss % was 70 peodrancc s Of
high ASPIRATIONS. (Appiuse fdnI! aI,toIo. % . , any
sense Of duty wec common virviT' r rnr pu1 % ,hni
in some other paris OF tle Union crime Oi violence
communities OF NewEngiand. ort"I, acciulness
deceIsy Of e and profound respect TOY Ihe riinta Va
but II was not always Even In my native vllIase
where hi. simple rs the beautih Sccll'o In
nature which surrounded it, there was a
In a plain mans house and was never seen aEnnc dn
on asd @ Ios atty We're the rule And yet there
families In which selhshncSs and hatred RACED a., as
rather than Christian families. with possibly deacon
at their head 1t could be shown IN car qHle' upia'1
one litter is not necessarily to be brotheFs-vtncs'
fhe wolyes with whom cOmradeshp depends on
equality In strength and activity. Thus In Ncw-Ene
land have known the stronger brother to aIl on the
weaker. and rend him as II they had been born win
a mortal hatred. ManIfcstly. dd not all derive
from our Puritan sres absolute spirit ~ Christian
charity. We took our human nature with rs Gus
tomary admixturc Of heavenly virtues ard Internal
wfckedncss Hike other and, Of course. inferior breeds
Of mon. For myself in fact I am not able to dedaoe
q strict Puritan descent. which may at once account
for nv denictions daughter ! am, In the
matter II family history, prepared for variety of
emergencies being, In fact as much lustmed III
claiming 10 be rs much Dutchman Yankee
since nv Duch father left his native place In Colum
bia County at the age Of eighteen. before h. colt
speak n word OF English. 10 participate In The tr
umphant defence of Boston arninst the British foe
The attack did not occur. II Is true the British never
having approached nearer TO Boston than Novn Scotia.
Nevertheless during I'll nv childhood. ! reg iried II
nike the great bate # Bi"nheim. "a glorols ylctoy'
(hughterp-aributable In lorge part 10 .he presence
there Of my father and a certain Colonel. Cf whom
] may speak word later
EVERY vtE.ETY OF HOME
There was in that society, as elsewhere. every
variety OF home. there every vnricty OF for
tune. except poverty. do not wish 10 iderli,e tho
subject, and theresOTo ] must select type. and.
calling memory to my aid, speak about II know
1t and remembered 1t. may not for this purpose
recall my dear home. for although tins is toast
TO be answered from the heart. should not. PERHAPS
the heart were touched too neatly. The memories
surrounding that place OF nature too personal
to be spoken cf In public. The old wellswfcp. stlll
inviting the passerby to taste the sweetest water
orchard and the cold ashes OF the hearthstonc comm
Cling ihistngushsbly with the crumblng mas Cf its
faleen walls the only sign Of the happy family
life which was once sheltered there ARD Of those In