Show into the of new nesland with th plain goore home et in green allatt the broadly laded streets et 1 th of the ear dutch te atler in aw tork into prim o 0 of 11 and delaware nd to tn falone ot the old south hf fone the collector an d u of the aln old time tinned piece v f furniture forefather brought acroix he atter becote the in the wake of abe 1 ot bit ha followed the asendo of old thane impelled by his deedre tobe in and often ahead of both has appeared th commercial collector since it ha become so fashionable to for pirt 1 with be expensive carved ma of a century or two aso eald a y we collectors of rare agnate to COOT the country most ot s a tha richest pieces the far SE JEd the new state and represent the finest art 0 the cabinet 1 l maker in abe old and french styles no tuch I 1 made today aad it ie practically indestructible would b surprised to learn thac of it ie picked up in braith heape f shod garret aal cellars one ot be richet pieces we in the horise wa from a had been placed for the hen to roost on bany person who ahre come into posses eton of rare antique of old times i and do not want the trouble of cleaning it iv their principal grievance against it how I 1 it weight A ciagle bedpost I 1 0 o abair Is all that Is left of the furniture we had in the family for over and I 1 wilt not part with it I 1 want my eyt tu rent on it when I 1 die when I 1 am gone you can hare it owned by Aee roee there are some old families in the south with whole sets of claw footed furniture that they dont use and wont sell and yet our patrons are willing to pay any price to get sets some of the persons we visit despise ea tor wanting such old faeh lond trash and some their bargains with tears ae though old members of their families were leaving them again we get many rare antiques from negroes old family eer Tants who became possessed of them through gift or abandonment during and after the civil war in few cases coee th possess any but a sentimental baloe to it owners and ire pay for the sentiment attached to the pieces or profit by the lack of it as in the case of rich from and northern to alfken and obber fashionable resorts in the sonta are often lured many mile front the beaten travel in quest of an old table cabinet or tome other piece of mahogany that has survived the fortunes of war and the changeat of peace but extravagant offer of money fall to dislodge it froni the t ha graced so long in colombia S C not ion ago wealthy northern woman bent upon matching the rare pieces in her collection came upon a houe that wa literally failed with and chain whose mahogany bad manufacture 1620 the escritoire la a quaint combination of desk bookcase and chest 0 drawers made in a long forgotten fashion in the a superb china cabinet combining a cabinet or liquor extended from floor to belling cel ling its lustrous wood a fit setting tor rare old china and cut glass and ite wonderful carving harmonizing with that of the other furniture oh where can I 1 get something like that appealed the northern woman 1 I will take you to eee some of the places where it la kept eald the southerner but you will find it hard to get true to her word she drove the visitor beyond the long green avenues of ancient oak that hod columbia in their moss gray shadow to a venerable house with high peaked root and walls c log and plaster mayflower pierced by cannon ball forged in the inn where ceorge washington and lord cornwallis ls alternate made their headquarters the latter la his last habay exit from the inn left behind him a beautifully made round mahogany card table that folded flat against a slender betm of the wood sop ported by four arched legs this he had caralea through his whole campaign dilapidated family portraits of beauties and cavaliere cavaliers cava liers of 0 den time looked down upon dislocated carved mahogany of the same bygone era making strange contrast with articles of almost every period since after futile endeavors to become possessed of some of the antiques which charmed her fancy the bent her whole energies toward obtaining the card table io mr alexander Mn lont room S C take two men to move it its a wonda that they can part aitu att aid looking over a bl barred aloag the pote ittu pineapple frail and 1 havens a crown ot tea support abe beavy cornew of the ricely ric bly r ahr wont part with it ze cited the dealer we bre one old woman tor rear to st a chair from it in 1 of claw footett fill I 1 and poor but he will act fut ab abat chair no nol he tae been carved into wonderful bird and flower with the claw teet 0 o biffl cut lo 10 imitate now table quaint and frame tor to match glo footed tras colonial alre ton and a the dull bifaro of eufer colonval col candlestick candle etick tood a ddlly escritoire tatt came la tb ily flower upon richly cornice ie cut the latin motto 1 abat tele piece 1 I am neither cor and under that the dito of it e i ill give for it a aid A lady in iton uttered bonded the owners ot tillable Sheral rd the bu we dont want to beell it an the caiar eston exposition offered us tur it alier wanted to exhibit it so we eald vad en it to the bat we ont euit to anybody A long drive th 1 endt dilt th boin 0 gen wada park had been ald kiil by gardener ot tbt in wide croaa wound p to six otty fluted walte all I 1 t lare draped in ivy from crown to square pedestals all that la left of magnificent ent and ao famous that ita ruins inspire the beholder with awe to the right and to the left f the ruins rose tall gray towers in height about that of a three story building slanting a little toward the top in one of these the priceless old wines of the had been kept la the other provisions for cold storage now they are filled with magnificently barred mahogany furniture held in the gossamer of a web with mirrors from eagland Fa gland end the which once reflected the pride and glory of the brench empire with priceless bits of cut glass odd pieces that have rung to the toasts of a hundred years or more the aged II ampton sisters cling to these heir looms unwitting of their value and loving them as which bind them to the past the only bit of life upon the place Is an ancient aunt patty who dwells la a little cabin back among the ruins of former aunt patty has served a century of hamptons Ham here I 1 stays on my old she said my young takes good she dont let aunt patty want to aothia the poor old crone was busy at quaint spinning wheel which bad probably seen the dawn of white dominion in south carolina ie cabingas cabin was bare ana poverty stricken for the gaunt wolf of poverty skulked close beside the door of her white headed yoong wont you beell me that wheel aunt ratty pleaded the woman from the north nora mumbled the old woman shaking her head 1 I spins de yarn dat makes my woolen to de winter on dat wheel but I 1 will give you all the nice warm nes a want an I 1 spins de yarn to argued the old woman 1 I makes my allvin yarn on dat wheel like a chinese image set in motion she shook her head to each inducement offered my ma an my grahma granma bafo dey use dis wheel nom I 1 byant sell it she said some distance down the road a negro woman exclaimed cheerfully la answer to question about aunt patty oh she dont want tor bothin why some weeks she gets as much ns a dollar a and the woman from new york with the full pocketbook had to leave the poverty raided homes of that part bt south carolina without adding a single heirloom to her collection |