House and Garden 
It is curious how 
many strange 
objects come to 
light when a sale 
of some farmer’s 
goods takes 
place, an event, 
alas, too frequent 
in these days of 
agricultural de¬ 
pression ! At a 
rummage sale in 
my neighbor¬ 
hood, when our 
good friends turn 
out their old 
cupboards and 
send anything 
they don’t want, 
from an old hat 
to a broken 
mowing m a - 
chine, and every¬ 
thing is sold for 
somegood cause, 
you sometimes 
meet with real 
treasures. At a 
recent sale there 
v/as an old broken looking-glass, the glass 
shattered, the frame tied up with string, look¬ 
ing very disconsolate and decrepit. 
“What is the price of this?” asked an 
eager collector. 
“Two shillings,” falteringly said the young 
lady who pre¬ 
sided over the 
stall. 
“ I will gladly 
buy it at that 
price. Perhaps 
you don’t know 
it is Chippen¬ 
dale! The 
young lady re¬ 
gretted that she 
Rad not named a 
somewhat higher 
figure. 
Cottage homes 
still have some 
treasures, and 
these are often 
guarded by their 
owners with 
most zealous 
care. In vain 
the offer of the 
dealer, tendering 
new lamps for 
old ones. In 
vain the scorn¬ 
ful remarks of 
neighbors who 
say they “ don’t hold with cuddlin’ up sic 
ould rubbish.” But the old dames prize 
their treasures, and will not part with them, 
and the old wall shelf still occasionally pre¬ 
serves objects which actually make the collec¬ 
tor’s mouth water. 
A COTTAGE CHIMNEY AT LINGFIELD 
Westhoughton Hall, Lancashire 
