The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-27
BILL ARP'S TALK,
Listening TO the Sounds OIL the Front ~.
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1t was after midnight. Abou, the
. ..n'e when deep sleep fallclh upon q
nan, out no, upon woman, for Mrs,
arp ears are always awake il seems To
me- l lett gentle dig in my side from
..nv.iI. an elbow and whispered voice said :
;" illiam, William, don't YOU hear
mat 7. What is it," said /. "Some.
oouy Is IN tho front piazza" said she
Don,tyou hear him rocking inthe rockinr
chair" And sure enough | did. The chaiI
would rock awhile and then rock arain
is the gun loaded" said she. "Thcy
are robbers, but don't shoot, don't make a
noise, cant you peep out of the window
Mercy on us what do they want to rob US
.or. Mayoe they come to steal one of
the children. Slip in the little room
and see if Carl is in his bed. Don't
stumble over chair, may be somebody
is under the bed.' The rocker took n
new start and had another dig in nv
side: III is the wind said |. mo it j.
not said she. "There is no wind the
window is up and the curtain, don't move
ihey are robbers tell you. Hadent
you 2etter give them some money and
tell them TO go?" 81 haven't got any
money" said l. "Its all gone." Lord
have mercy upon US" said She. civilian
get your gun and be ready"
gently slipped out Of the bed and
tlptoed to the window aud cautiously
peeped out and there was the pointer
puppy sitting straight up in my w;fe'e
rocking chair end ever and anon he
would lean forward and backwards and
put 1t in motion. 1 whispered to Mrs.
ARP to come and see the four-legged
robber which she did and in due time all
was calmIau serene.
Last night there was another sensation
in the back piazza and it was sure enough
tect this time for they made q racket on
the floor and moved around lively, and
the elbow digs in my aide came thick and
fast. It took NE minute to get fairly
awake aud after listning awhile I ex-
claimed in audible language goats.
Carl's goats" aud l gathered broom
and mauled 'em down the back steps.
Il told you my DEAR" said l, "that th ose
goats would give us trouble, but can
stand it if you can."
Carl and Jessie have been begging for
goats good while and was hostile very
hostile to goats for / knew how much
devilnent they would do, but the little
chaps slipped up on the weak side of
their mother, and she finally hinted that
children were children, that old folks
had their dotage and children had their
cottage and her little brothers used to
have goats and so the pair of goats were
bought and Ralf worked two DAYS max.
ing wagon and contrived some harness
out otold bridleraines aud plow lines and
1T took all hands to gear 'em up and at
the first crack OF the whip they bounced
three feet in the air and kept on bounc.
ing and jerked Carl rod and got loose
and run away and turned the wagon up
side down and they kept on leaping and
Jumping until they got all the harness
broken up and got away. 1t beat
monkey show. We all laughed until we
cried, but the little chaps have reorgan-
lied on a more substantial basis, aud
there is another exhibition to come off
soon.
MIR. Shakespeare says that man has
seven ages, but to my opinion boy has
about ten of his own. He begins with
his first pair Of breeches and stick
horse and climbs up by degrees to toy
guns and fire crackers ard sling shot and
breaking calves and billy goats and TO
sure enough guns and pointer dog, and
the looking glass age when he admires
himself and greases his hair aud feels OF
his downy beard and then he joins brass
band aud toots horn aud then he reads
novels and falls in love aud rides a
prancing horse and writes perfumed
notes to his girl. When his first love
kicks him and begins to run with another
fellow he drops into the age of despair
and wants to 60 to Texas or some other
remote region and sadly sings:
"This world is all aeeting show"
Boys arc mighty smart now days.
They know as much at ten years as we
used to know at twenty and it is right
hard for us to keep ahead of 'em. Pa
rents used to rule their children but
children rules their parents now. There
is no whipping at home and if a boy
gets little'st schoal it raises row and
q presentation to the grand jury. When
my teacher whipped me never mention
ed it at home for fear of getting another.
got three whippings in one day when
was lad. mad fight with another
boy and he whipped me and the school
teacher whipped me for fighting ard my
father whipped me because the teacher
did. That was awful, wasent it7 But
it was right and it did me good. One of
these modern philanthropists was telling
my kinsman the other day how to raise
his boy. "Never whip him." said he.
"Raise him on lore and kindness and
reason" and then he appealed to me for
endorsement. "And when that boy is
about twelve years DID," said L, edo you
go and talk to him and if possible per-
suade him not to whip his daddy. Tell
him that it is wrong and unfilial and will
injure his reputation In the community"
The modern boy is entirely too bigity.
l was at church in Rome last Sunday and
saw two boys there aged about ten and
twelve years and after service they lit
their cigarettes and went off smoking.
An old fashioned man looked at 'em and
remarked, I would give quarter to
paddle them boys two minutes. I'll bet
their fathers is afraid Of 'em right now"
The old fashioned man never was afraid
of his. He worked 'em hard, but be
gave 'em all reasonable indulgence. He
kept 'em at home of nights and he made
good men of them. They have prosper
ed in business and acquired wealth and
are raising their children the same way
and they love and honor the old gentle.
man for giving them habits of industry
and economy. He was merchant and
dident allow his boys to sweep out
string or scrap Of paper as big as your
hat. Habits are the thing, good habits,
habits of industry and economy, when
acquired in youth they stick oil through
life.
Al H. ILL, ,,o,J oor,o mo tchino ton