The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-09-02


may be, is apt to be relesated to the
shelf.
In my long life must say. truly. l
have always been treated with the ut.
mcst Difference and affection, for, you
see, people of good family and high
education generally are very much at
cached to handsome and useful bits
of furniture, and seldom discard them
for fashionable fad" Anyway. |
hear that we are quite in demand now.
though in bygone days there were few
houses that could not boast of one OF
MS, and, to my thlnking-but that S
neither here nor there.
/ am two hundred years old. and not
ASHAMED to say so. y good deal Of
ticking I've done in that time. and n
good deal OF life I've seen. n. me.
the changes that take place with the
night of ages. The old faces vanish
an6 are replaced by the younger ones.
wh, in their turn have their day, and
then make way for others. Yet. look
Ing back. 1t does not seem so very long
ago that ladies' wore powdered hair
and patches. and inflated their gowns
with huge hoops, and went a-vlsltng
In sedan chairs. Queer times those,
when 4 man was hanged for stealing a
sheep and ducls were everyday occur.
rences. Twas always love affairs they
tonight over. Ladies. have heard, dye
their hair now. instead Of powdering
1t, and wear gowns in which "the
clinging eject" is carried to such an
extreme that I marvel how they get in
and ont of them. OF course it's
graceful style, II only people would
not carry what they call style" to
suc,l n ridiculous length. Thank good
ness. though. there are numbers of
sensible folk who like to look natural.
in snite o: the mandates of fashionable
-mcdjsies. .....-..: ..-,.- ....'
J haven't done much trGvciinc. You
sec almost all my life has been spent
with Scotch people, where the "auld
hoose" passes from generation 20 gen
sratiGn. with all its belongings. Many
q tale | could tell, ofttimes humorous
and ofttlmes sad. for Is not life made
mp of contrasts? I often think what
strange pranks human emotion. love,
hate. fear. sympathy. make human
beings play.
At 1he time I am writing OF my
-hIExe was with three old sisters; high
bred. aristocratlc Indies. with straight
backs (guiltless OF ever having yielded
TO the seduCtions OF a rOcking-chair)
and aquillne noses-the "family nose"
tfbey proudly called it. A trlhe STERN
reserved also-but they had dear warm
hearts beneath that coldness. Why,
I've seen Miss Cecilla's faded gray
eyes grow wonderfully soft and tender
nt the sight OF the first rose of sum
mer, for they fairly worshiped every
plrnt and tree and shrub in that won
,nerful old garden of theirs.
could see Ii from where I stood in
the lobby. and away beyond to the red
brick wAll, where hung the most de-
EclUuE fruit, sul.kls5cd ln,o perfection
of taste and color-golden aprlcots,
Dear2. peaches, plums-amongst the
-treIlised leaves. II even began to tell
You ubout the Sweet. o.d-fashiOned
flowers that grew in such p-oiusion
I'd never be able to stop. Most of them
took prizes year in, year out, at TIE
show. which old Sandy WAS "awfu'
proud Of" And you should have seen
the ''alleys" of roses. and the arbOr
thickly covered with them. where the
'Glneral" used to smoke his pipe AID
--bui l must &c; on.
Dne day, when the roses were b!oom-
Ing grandly, an unwonted excitement
got Up in the house. found ont that
young nephew and his bride were cx-
pected from across the ocean. Good
ness me. II there wasn't fuss. | was
rubbed and rubbed, till | shone llk" n
Iooklngglass. The old ladies wouldn't
allow furniture polish" TO be used for
me-and l think II would have been
quite Degrading. '....,. ., q.
4 remembered Mr.. Archle--a fine,
'stalwart young fellow. He had mar.
ried an American heiress. The fortune
she would Inherit had been made in
"trade." Now, this was a great blow
TO the pride OF the Ker famlly-besdas,
they had had othe: hopes concerning
abelr nephew. So when the couple
arrived | could see they had hard
work to conceal their rather unjust
prejudices. She was a tiny creature.
with large. dark eyes and plump little
nsure. ! confess | fell in love with
her at the very first. and she seemed
equally taken with me. for she cried
ont when passing me. why! what n
very quaint love OF clock. / dote on
these delightfully."- antique things, with
an old family air about them"
She had an attractive manner, and
looked kind OF shy-like, | thought.
Yos see. she was but young, poor
thing and had spent most OF her life
mi an English boarding-s school. heard
Then. OF course. meeting new relatives
must he little bit trying, even for an
American heiress. 1t seemed so for
her, anyway.
Dir Archie was gay and rcanty" a'
reTer. He smiled AZ me and said, well
old fellow, glad 10 see you In sucl
good henith.' Just at that moment
struck four o'clocy ,Yhlch meant from
me. The same to you"'
When "Peefte" las we all called III
youag wifs) chose she could be mos
Fascinating. but | noticed she seemed
rather II, at ease with her new rela
lives. lou see. her ways were so dii
rerent from theirs. Her voice wanted
softness. and her expressions wer'
often rather odd. fancled they grate'
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