. The New England magazine . n. The pa-tient mother has told us of the littlegolden-haired girl who used to sit in theblue rocker, but who is now on theother side, and the lines now in her facetell, more than words can, of the littleone who is waiting for her beyond. Nomoney could ever buy this little little black one represents a genera-tion before the blue chair, though as theystand there side by side they would seemto have been the property of brother andsister. Well might Sancho Panza say, Godbless the man who first invented sleep, ifhe could have laid his weary body on thisX bed
. The New England magazine . n. The pa-tient mother has told us of the littlegolden-haired girl who used to sit in theblue rocker, but who is now on theother side, and the lines now in her facetell, more than words can, of the littleone who is waiting for her beyond. Nomoney could ever buy this little little black one represents a genera-tion before the blue chair, though as theystand there side by side they would seemto have been the property of brother andsister. Well might Sancho Panza say, Godbless the man who first invented sleep, ifhe could have laid his weary body on thisX bedstead, the mattress of which is acanvas, fastened to each side. Evidentlv this bed is the prototype of the cots ofto-day, for this could easily be shut upand stood against the wall out of the across the passage formed by the twostands its more pretentious brother, acanopied bedstead, and its elaborate postsand brass trimmings tell of a more regalmansion than the one for which this X ■III I. ,ll^jlllfl , sjj I i. ^. bed was destined. The canopy, doubt-less of what was called copper plate,was spread over these arches, and drapedand gathered at the posts, with perhapshere and there a rosette ; doesnt it re-mind you of the pictures in the RoUo books, with which Jacob Abbott delightedthe children of other years ! These beds— to moralize — are very like some peo-ple : one, of good sense and no preten-sions, can accommodate himself to anycircumstances; the other — aiit Ccssar,aiit nulliis, only one place to occupy. These valises on the old table are in-teresting. The leather one — round as alog, with wooden ends, where the handlesare, and opening along the side, — itmust have been a queer one to pack !And here is a long one with elaboratelystriped sides, opening at one end like aUnited States mail pouch, and locking toowith a padlock. Evidently, it was neces-sary, in filling this, to put nothing of im-mediate use at the bottom, as everythingwould have had to be ta
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