The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-12-06
ONE BY ONE THEY GO.
Marrying And Mating AS sho World Rc-
solves.
atlanta Constitution.
"She took our daylight with her,
Tho slnlles that We love best,
With morning hlushna IN hrr chrnl

Win morning bIushcs her check
And pearls upon her breast"
One by one they co. They are always
going, for the boys will run after the
girls, and they pull 'em, and fla.tcr 'cm.
until they surrender and then they mar.
ry and 60. There is sweet sadness
about it, and for while the house seems
desolnte, and the good old father and
mother wander around and look lost and
say Eothing. came ~ ono .f i.,ass
deserted homes last night and saw the
old folks through the window. The
mother was knitting in the corner and
the old man looking tixedly in the baz.
ing fire and smoking his pipe / knew
well what they were thinking about, for
young man had come after their child
and carried her far away-the child thew
had nourishcd and loved SO long md
done al! they could for, and now she was
gone, gone for good. 1t is the course of
nature, but somehow it humbles a fond
parent in spite Of nature, for man, n
stranger to his blood, to step in between
and steal daughters purest, tenderest
love, and take her away. Somehow it
reminds us ofcur age aud iiitirmty. The
old pillars that sustained the house are
decaying and growing weak, and the
child seeks new and more vigorous
support. One by one they go; tho boys
and the girls, and the old homestead is
but place to visit and then 20 away
again. We are thankful and happy
when they come, and we know they lovs
us still, but 1t is most always sacrifice
Of .si time ; and money, and puts in peril
their business and opportunities. Never
theless, they ought 10 come, "for life is
short and time IS Aeeting," and the old
folks will soon be gone. This devotion
to aged parents is mighty sweet to me. |
know man Of your town--a LAWYER of
standing and distinction-who, every
month, goes by my house in hired bug
gy and spends day and n night with
his aged mother in the mountains, and
comforts her, aud she looks forward with
delight to his monthly visits. and fond.
les him to her bosom, and blesses him,
and when he leaves her to return to his
wife and children, he knows that her
prayers follow him, and they rise to
Heaven like incense, and he feels better
aud nobler for his pilgrimage. l respect
that man because be respects his good old
mother, and IL 1 had case for court I
would submit it to him with all conf.
dence, and if had large estate and
wanted q faithful executor, l would
choose him. can't help ruminstipg
over these things sometimes, for feeling
of sadness comes over me when think
of our own children who have left us,
and Al, now domicilet in five different
States-fron, New York to Florida.
when shall we all meet again. And
there are more to leave us, and by and
by they will all be gone, and our hopes
and joys will fluttsr and fall like The
leaves upon withered tree. That is
the way feel at times, but it is not the
way we ought to feel. 1t is not the way
talk to other people. "Brace up, old
gentleman" say, brace up. Why, they
will keep coming and going, and your
grandchildren will come to see you, and
you must make things lively. Frolic
with .'em, play horse and bear, and 20
hunting with 'em, and tell 'em stories,
and hold your head up like patriarch.
Grow old gracefully, and be always ready
sa brighten Up tic family hearth with a
venerable smile. We don't want any
long faces in this sublunary world.
Cheer up, and make folks glad to SEQ
y0u. Never say die until your time
comes, and when it does come draw the
drapery OF your couch about you. as the
poet says, and lie down to pleasant
dreams. i. :. -
S There are good many troubles In
this life, but a. kind Providence has
enabled as TO fortify against them. They
are more imaginary thsn otherwise. We
can mako them big or we can make them
little. A. good nabor told me tie other
day he had received letter from his
father, who lived in Atlanta, and his
father Masts him to- get him a cook. A
tonkl Lord help usl Why, the man is
worth tandr red thousand dollars. and
wants . cook. Darn d cook; Why.s /
can cook everys thing I want 10 eat my
seIf 80 like a cook for. .be family and
for company, and all that, but ]: can live
md thrive and get fas without a cook.
Ssshssi all Imaginary, Some folks think
hey arc just obliged to have 8 q cook
md that is what Is the matter with This
seneratio They had cooks before The