Fair play., 1882-09-23
The Crchins Of the Third Generation.

tears he gradually changes from beng
sing in his family To = patriarch. Heis
NOR. tender and kind TO his offspring.
and instead of ruling them, the first
thing he knows they are ruling him.
Nv Youngest children and my grand
children lust run over me now. AMI II
takes more than half my time 10 keep up
with 'em. and find ont where they are
and what they are doing. Itrains most
every day. and the weeds and grass are
ALWAYS Wet. and the branches are muddy,
and there are six little chaps around here.
peruSin' the premises. and Mrs. Arp just
knows they are bound 10 get SICK or
snake-bit. for its tramp. tramp. tramp
from morning till night. and her annie.
tv reminds me of L hen that We set on
some duck eggs: for when he brop! was
hatchcd they made for the branch. AMI
the hen like 10 have took 4 tit and flew
from one side To the other. and made an
everlasting fuss trying Ia tell EN- they
would get drowned, but they sailed
around and aroupl and was happy Il
happy could be. These little chaps ride
the horses and colts over the meadow
and pasture. and make the sheep jump
the big branch. and they go in a-wa>h-
ing two or three times iav. and they
climb the grape arbor and the apple
trees and stuff their craws full of fruit
and trash. and they can tell whether 4
watermelon is ripe or green. for they
plug it To sec, and every one of 'em
has got 4 sling-shot. and my pigeons
are always on the wing. and the other
day found one Of the finest young pull
lets laving dead with hole in her side.
and all the satisfaction l can get is
didn't mean to do it, or won't do ii
any more. or didn't do it all. Jesse.
It's most astonishing how the little ras-
cals can shoot with their SlinTS. and now
| don't believe it was 4 miracle at all
that made David plumb old Goliah in
| the forehead. for these boys can plumb
4 javbird now at forty yards, and we
have had To take all their weapons away
to protect the birds and poultry. Some
times get mad and rip up and around
like was going To do something de>per-
ate, but Mrs. Arp comes a-Slipping
along and begins to tell how they didn't t
mean any harm. and they are just like
all other boys, and wapts to know If
didn't do them sort of things when Twas
Il bow Well. that's Il fact did-and
got licsin' for it. too. You see. |
wa. one of the oldest boys, and they al
ways catch it, but the youngest one
never gets lickin'. for by the time he
comes along the old man has mcllpwed
down and wants Il pet. The ol'ler chill
,lren have married and gone. and the
old folks feel sortcr like they have been
thrown of for somebody no kin to EN-.
and so they twinc around those that are
lef, all the closer. but bv-amd-by they
grow up, too. and leave them. and II :
| pitiful To see the good old couple
bereft Of their children and living alone
| i'm their glory. Then is the time that
grandchildren find welcome in the old
family homestead, for. rs Solomon saith.
the glory of an old man is his children )
| children Then is the time that the lit
| tie chaps of the second and third genera
| ton love To escape from their well-rulel /
| home. and for awhile find refuge anil
| freedom and frolic at grandpa'S. \ child
without Il grandpa and grandma can
never have its share of happiness. I'm
| sorry for 'em. Blessings on the good
old people. the venerable grand parents
of the land, the people with COOL OLD
honest WAYS and simple habits and linn
tied desires. who indulge in no folly.
who banker after no biz thing. bu, live
along serene and coyet nothing but the
happiness Of their children and their
children children. saidto 4 good old
mother not long ago: We'll, | hear that
Anna is tn he married. .ieS. sir.
said she. smiling sorrowfully, =. | don
know what will do. The last daughter
I've got is going TO leave me. Eve
nursed her and petted her all her life,
and kinder thought she was mine and
would always be- mine. but she's run oil
arter 4 feller She no kin To in the world,
give her ring and book or two AMI !:
little French candy now and then. and
it does look so strange and unreasonable.
| couldn't understand it all tiff
hadn't done the same thing myself i
long time ago" and she kept knitting
away with smile and = tear upon he!
motherly face.
But I'm not going to SANDER these lit
tie chaps that keep us so busy looking
after them. for there is no meanness il
their mischief. and if they take libertie'
| it is because we let 'em. Mrs Arp say.
they are Just too sweet to live, and is nj
WAYS narrating some of their smart say
ings. Well. they are mighty smart. f"l
they know exactly how TO get cverythin.
and do everything they want, for the,
know how to manage her. and the,
know that she manages me. and tha
settles it. 4 man is the head Of Il hOu>,
about some things. and about som'
other things he is only next TO the head
if he amt fool. 4 man can p'lni>l
his children, but its always advisable T.
make an explanation in due time an'
let his wife know what he did it for. be
cause, YOU see, they are her children
shore enough. and she knows it am
feels it, The pain and trouble, th'
nursing and night-watching have al
been hers. The washing and dressing
and mending and patching-tieinG NJ
fingers and toes, and svmpathizing will
EN- in all their great big little trouble
! all falls to her while the father is tendn:
! to his farm, or his store. or his office. o
his friends. or may be his billiard-table
When a woman saws this is NV child.
I it carries more weight and more mean
ing than when a man saws 1t. and Iv
not got much respect for & law that vii
give man the preference OF ownership
lust because he is 4 man.-BiN arp, 9
atlanta Constitution.
The bows have started new enter
prise in Biakelv. Ga.-the trapping G
ants. They sink bottles down even Wit
the ground into which the ants fall bu
can I get out. Successful trappers cate
shout a pint per day. The bottle cor
tains small amount of kerosene oil
and when the ants are emptied out the