The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-12-18
BILL ARP.
The Young Folks Give Candy Pulling.
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Candy pullings are nuisance, but
suppose we have to have them. hav,
now arrived at that age and frame O.
mind that I submit to anythiug-any
thing to please the children. And 81
when they got there mothers consent th.
matter was all arranged and the company
invited without consulting me. There
was spare room in the house and as
had some writing to do l adjourned my
self there to have quiet time. While
ruminating before the FIRE and smoking
the pipe of peace and tranquility the
young folks began to gather and before
knew it the young ladies we're usheree
into my room as reception room, and
was kindly informed that I would have
to vacate. With sigh of resignation
retired and poked around generally.
wish I had room-a room of my own
and Mrs. Arp says she wishes she had a
room-a room of her own. But she can'l
have one. She never will have one, fol
children and grand children would be
lost and I would be lost. She can't slip
off to nabor Freeman's but what dozen
want to know where she is and when is
she coming back. The dog and the cat
follow. her-no she will never have q
room to herself.
But found good company ut the candy
pulling and had good time any how, for
I do love these naborly visits. love to
see the young folks happy and ] love to
discourse politics and crops and nabor-
hood news with the older ones. But this
candy business is not serene zone of the
girls burned ber hand dreadtully and is
still carrying it in bandage. And then
it is so messy, as Mrs. Arp says. The
children get candy all over the floor and
the tables and bureau. 1t sticks to my
stocking yet when I get ready to 60 to
bed. II melts and smokes on the hearth.
The dishes are all daubed and hard to
clean up again. The door knobs and
dipper handles are sticky and they keep
sticky as long as the candy lasts. But
every pleasure has its drawback. After
every dinner the dishes are to be washed.
After every repose the bed has 10 be made
up. We ride and drive and then the
horse has to be put up and fed. We
dance to sweet music and have to pay
the fiddler. We go on picnic or an
excursion and come home tired and weary.
Every pleasure seem to be followed by pain
or by trouble just as the night follows the
day. But still it is right, for it is nature.
We live in contrasts and enjoy them.
Suppose we do hunt all day and find no
game. Hope is a good thing, and it was
one of the questions We used to debate
when I was a boy, "whether the pursuit
or the possession gave the most pleasure" +"
took the affirmative one time when |
was pursuing my sweetheart with love
and hope and devotion, and / srgued my
side with earnest eloqueuce. But when
l lost her and another fellow got posses.
sion Topped over to the other side. In
year or so I recovered and pursued Mrs.
Arp with fear and trembling, and when
1 possessed her I was happy. The pur-
suit is lively, interesting and uncertain
business where sweet young maiden is
concerned, but the possession issolid and
sure and never gives out.
We had frolic at our country academy
last week. The night you were all jubi'
latiDg in Atlanta we were quietly enjoy
ing ourselves near our homcs with oul
wiye. and our children. The ladies. God
bless them, invited US to supper in the
academy, splendid supper, a feast oi
good things with no headache in them
Ny folks killed a turkey and baked some
cake and the nabors did likewise, and
they got oysters somewhere and long
tables were spread and groaned with good
things and we thought it was all free
show until we got there and found 8
doorkeeper and had to pay TO go in
Then they finished up with bills of fare
and to everything there was price, bu!
we couldn't back out, for the sight and
the savory smell provoked an appetite
After / had made them little speech
which 1 had prepared for the occasion
one kind lady manager conducted me tc
a seat and said / was her guest and the
choicest visnds should cost me nothing
with this assurance l partook amazingly
and feasted to my entire content, ano
sbout that time another kind lady pre-
sented me my bill and called for dollar
"a whole dollar, and said l had oysters
twice and turkey twice. l paid it with
cheerful alacrity but somehow l dom
appreciate so many managers on suct
occasions. Nevertheless had the honor
of being one fair lady's guest even though
l was another's victim. Then ! paid fol
Mrs. Arp and the children and though
was done, but they had a fish pond ii
one corner, behind q curtain, and tue
children wanted to drop line just to set
what they would catch-well that cos
some dimes and next came a rattle for s
fne, large cake, and they all wanted s
chance, and Mrs. Arp took notion she
could throw Is with three dice, and shore
enough she threw four and retired viii
matronly dignity and said she didn'
want the cake nohow. Well, the shoV
went on, and on until they got all ou
change and had enough money to plaste
the school house. There was good music
there and the trustees were consulted b!
the young folks about dance, just a littl
dance to wind up on, but they said mo,
and they said it like they meant it, and
reckon they did, and the young folk
surrendered and said, we'll, if we cam
dance we can have little justification
Before anybody knew what that mean
the floor was cleared aud the music begal
and the justification, too, and the.
twisted all around and about, and crossed
over, and hands all round, and changed
partners, and promenade all, and partl.
VOC Francais, and I don't know what all
and the solemn trustees looked on will
enjoyment, and were satisfied because j
was only justification. Well, it was
goodly frolic and no feelings hurt, ant
we ali went home happy, but awful scare
of change. Governor Brown has 60
some preferred stock in our school house
We preferred his money to anybody's
for he had more of it. If we had ha
him there, with his swallow tail coat on
we would have preferred some more
When he gives US two hundred dollar
more we'll name it the Brown institute
but not till then. The name is for sale
but we are not going to do like thos