Show old oid J 1 roii roti our aun ann ancestors were a frugal fruga 11 seif self denying people inured to hardships from the crack they were content to tobe lobe be s the luxuries of life but they ei joyed some 0 of its comforts to which aich marjy mady of us are are str strangers angera old fashioned comforts we vie may say and abid among the these e the e place ks aa it used to be termed to co mean rank how vividly the picture Q of t gie orie ofie of those spacious kitchens of A S cornea to our min mm I 1 with its panh pant tt band and sanded floor p al white bra bbs the neatest neat housewives est honse hoose wives could nike it in one corner stood the dock deck its r y fae fac fixl wea w ea im ing an as act of good cha cheer eer R anu ana s puni fici brig ng 11 to smile beiHn antly upon a mn m n a ure niolon over ii shead which tradition tra ira diLion 0 at a remote period followed the rs D ng 11 d od KJ setti g i f its great prototype pretot pe in in the heavens hough its day of active sen I 1 ice were lung long aeo 0 0 er r but bur uj ue e ct ci owning glory of that kitchen was wag no irs its sect ed floii nor dor he high desk with Us lis pt pi on boe bo hoe e i and secret drawers which no anio sotie sie youngster joung Soung ster e er dared invade in vatie nor yet th ol 01 I 1 clock tickling liag so musically in the cornei cornel ut it ii was the old oid fashioned fireplace fire place i a s blazing embers huge backlogs and iron lion firedog hire bire dog deg dog do 11 Q that sned shed a glory Z over the whole room elded elided the evlain p am and homely f furniture wilh with i 1 s bright light and rendered the place a type f true new edland ED land homes in lye ye ol 01 en time tune 1 near ere there such apples as those which swung aund and tind round upon strings before the b li 41 t t fire of a winters even evedina inT i ever lever such bk b k d potatoes as those buried deep dee 1 p 1 m n th asli asi a on the hearth never such cornstalks corn stalks as those which baug vaughta caugh ta g olden hue flom fum the foluen embers or turkeys like th se aa turned u on ton a sp spit t illing filling f the room with dainty odo odos s go BO surges tive i f a dainty repast beffi e the fire was the wooden settle sette and here the children were won to sit in the long iong even gt t min 1 stories quacking cracking 11 nuts conniry 9 th tr ir tess less it 11 for the morrow or listening in in bence r i the words of 0 wisdom that fell tro fro in their an erious and aon aion abing gazing in silence imo into the br fire and conjuring up all sorts of g go 0 fanciful images from among b the bu n ax coals no fabled genii with magic lait ian ps of enchantment could build adich suich gorge ts s pa ra lacea laces or create tuch gems agthe child coul discern amid the blazing embers of the old rashi ned fere eine pace place and we must not neglect the chimney corner wa w i re sat our grandfathers in his accustomed seaf seat bed bcd his hairs silvered with the snows if f m mn ny winters a en rable old man to uhro old age had bad come frostily but kin ly a d whose last days were like those of an 4 inda indi indian an summer serene an I 1 beautiful even ti tilt tiit 1 I 1 the stare starl stars aphea ed in heaven how pure was the he air in those hose days daysi the huge buge 11 u c e place with its brisk draught aught dt carr carried leti Icil os ad the impurities of the atmosphere gi a nd hd left the hf arr pure ae life avin g ving and healthful now we wi crouch around bo hot t coding cooking stoves and think thinh think thinh it strange that we feel feliso so sti sapid pid and d drowsy s y afan of an evening or we ue huddle about al airtight air nt tight g ht that the air seems burning barning ald and ard s or we sit down in chilly rooms heated by a furnace and marvel that with all our costly furniture soft carpets bright and darask curtains rhey they are che ehe effes sa unlike our ideas of a new ne w england E fig i A n d home t am P alas that with all the so called improvements of our oun advanced civilization the anre e I 1 should be permitted to go out forever in our od fashioned fireplaces fere firc places thug thus burying in the ashes of the past so many means of health home comfort good lood cheer and happiness |