Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-12-08

s0S'xX it was decided that Pitsie,
xil s Nell and / were to spend
&7 X the winter with Uncle
Mxx:ysSss Alex, Aunt Emma and dear
n e.s",'a. away down in Maine. -
Mamma had been .ery Ill and tN:
.,rsieiau said she must go South and
r s.yo nerfect rest. so Aunt Emma had
,romisad TO take charge of US and we
spre to start in the morning for the
farm
We had never been in the country,
ucont in summer, and Aunt Emma
x,s kept busy answering our ques-
fms While packing our clothes and
making other necessary arrangements
for our journey.
Early the next morning we bade
mamma goodbye" with fearful eyes
and so!rowf,ll hearts, for such a long
eosra ton, but when we reached the
station we were chatting merrily
,hout what we were to see and do at
rsu5ma's, and our good-byes to papa,
yae accompanied us thither, were
much more cheerful than one would
have thought possible who had seen
CUR Woe-begoEe faces when starting
ont
There were SO many pleasures to
anticipate, skating and coasting among
outdoor sports, cows, calves, sheep,
horses, swine and hens to be seen at
the barn, all remarkable and full of in
Rrest to us city-bred children, and
indoors games, books, popping corr,
and, best of all, grandma and her
stories.
Grandma liked old-fashioned ways
n1 things, and never would consent
to have coal stoves, and insisted on
keeping her open fireplace in her room
ready for a fire, summer as well as
winter
She always had plenty of company
evenings, for when twilight came the
little ones hocked in there, tired with
their outdoor play, delighted to cud-
die down before the pleasant blaze,
and listen to one of her delightful
Sories
0E the second evening after our ar
rival We were gathered around the
freside popping corn and roasting ap'
pies, when Pitsie said, "Grandma.
please tell us a story about when you
we're girl
Oh said grandma. "w:ll you neve,
be tired of hearing those old stories
LOU must know them by heart by this
lime: you might tell them to me in
stead.'
N0h! do tell us a story. chorused al
together, a nice story about bears OF
lndlans, or anything like that, yor
snow," rather vaguely added Nell
VINO revelled in exciting, blood-curd
ling stories.
can't you tell us a real, truly
'ofy:' said Pitsie, somewhat anxious
" sle' unlike Nell, being somewhat
a'lid and frightened by the imaginary
Nrfors i'll which Nell delighted
think perhaps I can suit both o.
,0u said grandma, musingly. "Dit
ever tell YOU how the pewter plat,
Ill Your Aunt Emma's cabinet came
" nave one side melted OFF,"
., No indeed, you never did, sait
fitsie, promptly.
-, oont think I ever noticed TIT
s,at ss sad Nell, jumping up from th'
S0' s "here she was sitting tending
Ne appes, "can I get it now?'',
les said grandma, "bring it her
=" al OF us to see. and then I will tel
.,u ssn now the melting happened; IN,
sa siuilla told me the story so man,
,sae aues when I was young like you
T" ~. how 1t almost seems to me tha
,.w m"s :, 'lVlng at the time, myself, an,
.hs ~ as she did, for she was a chile
ho.., o.u. twelve years old, and remem
mas rnea distinctly every event of tina
memorable night"
dn,r brought the plate, and 1t wa
Is children. =
fin "ny, '.l always thought that was
,t tn p'a'e. exclaimed Pitsie, LOOKING
ho, nt plate rather doubtfully. 81
At M NJ Just like the tin plates they us
4v4 le thildren's Home.'
.,n, Is heavier than tin" fnterpose6
bsci r"s something stamped on til
somn : can't just make out what it i.
qe "n trade mark, think"
"Wb,, 'et me look,' exclaimed Mel
and ~ that is lion and a unicor1
but i more slowly, II think. crown
"yosn - rather dim, almost worn off.
let eS w. said grandma, "you are co,
and well nell' it is Of English manufactur
Gar 'rfE old, just how old I canne
sero ~ belonged to set, all of whic
at tha 'lsi'ed =. except that and one othe
nearly 4lue VII | am about to tell you o
tionasr 'wenty years before the Rev.
aeeb s.eat,grandfatller. William Woo,
Fresnose B Fss settled at what is now calle
lsnp q, then part of yarmouth
lad . ~, ID a log house in a clearing /
hesrest a IN the dense forest, Ii
,ssv s'' ne'shbor being about four mil,
toet AN, aha the nearest garrison {
uISs nearly Ave 1ntios IN a,