The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-07-13
THE OLD HOMESTEAD
Quincy, Mass, July Z. 1895.

yesterday I would be home today and
told her to cook some beans. | haven't
had any for three weeks. won't do q
thing to those beans. Tell you what il
ID, gentlemen. there is nothing in the
line Of food equal to the reliable Boston
Baked Beans with stesming hot brown
bread. BY CAD, it 10 elegant. am sick
OF this western beef. You can't cut it,
yon know, without an axe or something
heavy and sharp
The above thrilling statement was
made in the smoking room OF the sleep.
or as I neared Boston enroute from
Chicago.
admire q man. who speaks the truth,
and more especially when the subject is
either Boston or Beans. 1t is fairly fas-
cinating. When he remarked about
Boston baked beans with steaming hot
brown bread. my mouth watered deep
ly. was bathed in a transport OF joy.
How keen the pleasure to return to
ones native home after years OF absence.
To see, as Of old. the trees. the woods,
the rocks, the river, the harbor, the
ocean. the old colonial house hich has
stood for hundred years among the
elms and horse chestnuts, the old barn
with loft full OF hay, where We as boys
used to play hide and seek under the
hay hidden beams.-all scenes OF my
youthful days.
As / sit beneath the great bronze
chandelier. facing the great iron fire.
place with its shining brass andirOns
and antique mantel in white. and now
and then gaze out the windows which
reach from floor to ceiling. upon de-
Hghtful view, over the green fields.
across the water to thS pine hills be-
ycnd. my thoughts are like dream.
It's very pleasant reverie which &C.
companies return to old associations.
The truth OF this is more forcible per-
haps. when one has returned to the old
home where he was born and lived for
the greater part Of his life.
first saw the light Of day, like my
father before me. in the south east room
upstairs. OF this Did house, on December
q. 1856, two days after Christmas.
This, from the outset. was unfortunate.
because have never. or rather seldom,
received any birthday presents. 1t.
early in my life, became a custom to
unite the presents which might Ordin-
arily receive on these two great days.
into one present. which ] was forced to
accept as a birthday present or Christ
mas present Before was old enough
to talk. used to amuse myself by TAX
ing any one present and looking upon it,
first as a Christmas present. and then
when 4 got tired of it as such 1 would
turn il over and play with it as birth
day present. l naturally learned to
give to my gifts a double value. The
unfortunate side OF this matter arose in
later years when learned to recognize
and call by name the several pieces Of
money which are so much sought for
today. According to the theory Of my
younger days, when / was presented
with four dollars, in reality had eight
dollars. four for my Christmas present
and four for my birthday present. There
is difference between getting fun out
of toy Of twice its JOY giving capacity
and getting eight dollars worth Of fun
or good out Of four dollars. When lad
I had little trouble to imagine twice as
much fun as l really had. but / have
never been able to imagine that when l
ho1 Four dollore I in roalifv had oiuhf