The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-11
"GrnnHnlOthcr."

els she dead yc;?'
l should griCvc 10 h ar thrt she was.
L am referring 10 inr gnpd-natured,
evcr-rcady, old-laS!lionv Grandmother
of days gone by. She WIS mv Grand
mother and yours, "u!, n ,r'l, every
body clSo'S, when one w:.5 uAv;lcd I
remember hcr rs gray-ha.rrs!. wrinkle
faced, and hands cIi "..,l with tho
hard WORK of pioneer DAYS. ! rcmem-
ber her sympathetic Voice ANA soft
touch-hcr siccl-bpwc,l clcs-hcr
quaint old -box--hrr busting look
and anxious tones rs she came in the
back way and called ou;:
"And so that BOYS had to give up
and 60 to bed, eh? Dear me! but it's
too bad, though l guess it's nothing
serious, and | nope YOU won't WORRY.
Let's see him. Album! Stomach out
OF order and he's got some fover Had
my children taken this way dozens of
times and in two days they were ont
playing.'
1t was worth months sickness to
see her hustle around after horse
radlsh leaves to make drafts for the
feet; cloths to wet in cold water for the
hcad-mustard for tho back of tho
ncck-n bit of rhubarb to swcetcl the
"Weil, now, who'd thought it: but
don't worry! Mercy on me! but my
Dan'l has been sickcr'n that fifty differ
ent times and isn't dead yet. Just
you 60 right down and finish YOUR
baking and leave me to take care of
him. just dote on sick folkSn
And didn't things turn out lust as
she predicted? And three days after
didn't she come down into tho back lot
where l was eating sour crab-apples
and fling up her hands and exclaim:
"For tho lands sake! but does this
boy mean to kill himself aforc the
summer is outn'
If mother had pain in her side she
ran over 10 see grandma. If father
went lame it was grandmother who
mad n remedy. Not in our family
alone, but in q dozen. Not in ono
case, but in hundred.
Who had catnip and smart-wccd
and may-weed and oak bark and spice
bush and mustard? Grandmother, of
course. Who knew what was good for
earache, toothachc, jaundice, ianeuor,
loss OF appetite, rheumatism. bilious
ness and hundred other ills? Grand
mother.
And II her remedies failed to arrest
disease and the doctor was sent for
how kindly courteous he was Every
thlng she had done was professionally
Justified, and he seemed almost sorry
that sho hadn't worked cure and do
prlyed him of his fee. He would take
the case and warrant cure, but, of
course, must depend upon her TO q
great extent. Such q compliment was
worth more than new homo to her.
And if death came grandmother vas
there to weep with the family and TO
console all others. 1t was her Door
old fingers which closed the owes
which helped TO make tho shroud-
which arranged the lifelcss hands. It
was her voice which kept whispcring:
''Ihcre! there! poor thing-don't take
1t so much TO heart! Ho is far better
OIL than we are. and you must live on
for those left behind" She was with
the mourners-at the grave-back to
the house to cheer the heart-broken
and leave them at night with feeling
that it was for the best.
And it was holiday when grand
mother came over with her knitting or
sewing for an afternoon visit She had
the rocklnG-chair and tho cosicst cor
ncr, and no queen was more respected.
She remembered the war with Mexico
and the fall of stars, and two or thrco
earthquakes. She rccollccted what
everybody had dreamed, and how it
came out, and who married who and
now they prospercd She had seen
Two or three Presidents; been to New
YORK. and Niagara Falls. She was a
medical college, an encyclopedia and
BOOK OF adventures combined, and hor
going away at night left q vacancy
that she alone could fill.
Is she still livingP If so, may the
world reverence her. Is sho deadP If
so, may the sunshine of Heaven have
made her the happiest angel of them
all!
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