JUNE 9, 1895.
{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.", "edition": "01", "page": "p1", "byline": ""}
In attempting to ride nearer road from
Garletc to Abrantes than that which led by
Gayiao we lost our way, and were oOllged
to put up for the night in apoor goat-heards S
hut. We here, however, witnessed scene
Of domestic happiness and patriarchal man
ners, which gave us reason to rejoice that we
had slept under such roof The family
consisted of venerable old peasant, ms
daughter, a woman Of about four and thirty,
and her five children the eldest most beau
tifu girl of fifteen; and the Youngest, flne
black eyed boy of eight. The husband OF
this woman was absent on journey the oin |
peasant was not within: and when we hrst


entered the mother and her children were


at supper: they pressed us to partake otlt'
we declined, but procured from them some
| fine rich goats milk, and boiling it up with
Indian corn, made an excellent meal.


II was late when the old man came in
from his labor; he expressed great delight


ot orr having rested in his cot, as he said


there was no house within two miles OF that


spot. the night dark and stormy, and the


road bad and dangerous A small wooden
bowl of vegetable soup was Tor ms supper,
I he crossed himself and said short grace;


but my establishment was not little e2cit-


ed. bv observing, that during the whole time
he was eating his frugal meal, the family


all stood up; and with their hands closed and


lifted up, and their eyes raised towards the
crucihX, prayed: not with extravagant 1er


YOUR, nor as if it were tame unmeanhg
. form, but with much natural feeling; and


seemed to invoke blessings on the head OF
this, the respected cider OF their cottage.
The old man, too however ha5itual 1t might
be, appeared deeply impressed with the
, ceremony and TOOK his food with sort OF
quite solemn thoaghfulness. The expires
, sion of the grand daughters contenance,
: who seemed much attached to him, was


really scraphic; and ! thought the whole
G scene quite subject for a painting, In gen
e erAl, the beauty of people, in common class
II of life, carries with it a stamp Of vuIgarity
o for which it is difficult to account, but which


checks admiration. Here it was FAR other
e wise. An eye OF the deepest blue, an cle-
e giant contour of couEtcnance, dark clNs. .cring
i ringlcts and a perfect form, would have made
: this cottage girl remarkable any where; ahc
e she would have been gazed Oh with interest
d as well as pleasure, amid the most brilliant
"a assemblies of capital or colirt-Wher
n we lay down for the night, all the childrer
j knelt 1T the feet of their grandfather and
il received his blessing, scaled by him with ;
. kiss upon their young foreheads. / slep
e with sort of sweet and superstitious conf
A. dence under this happy roof; so much and 81
S. pleasinglv, had been affected by the sim
m plicity of manners among its poor contente(
le inmates.