The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1884-05-29
What We See, and What We Would
Like To See.
by the Old One"

The same difficulty presents it.
sclfthis week as on the last, there is
nothing new under the SUM- no
startling event has occurred to af-
ford a subject for writing, but as
we have entered the race we will
not back out; and will stand to the
rack fodder or no fodder. A word
or two as to the Masons we have
just thought will help to fill up this
first paragraph. Two weeks ago, a
poor widowed woman worked her
way to Newberry. She came from
the Land Of Flowers. but there was
nothing tiowery about her, for she
looked what she was, poor and nee
dy. She inquired for some good meth
odist lady, found one, was taken in,
and given u bite and sup" This
was Saturday; she rested until
Monday, eating the Methodist lady's
food, and lodging at the Newberry
Hotel. Monday she called on q
few Masons, and gave evidence that
she was the widow of 4 Master Ma
son. At once this noble band went
to work and gave her purse of
money sufficient to take her home.
We like charity,"it covereth multi
tude Of SINS and who knows but
that some Of these masons have
sinned. We will not say that they
have, but as the Bible says ''all
men have sinned," it is but natural
to suppose that they have. Masons
are proverbial for charitable acts
to those who have claims upon them.
Have you ever thought how good
it is to be courteous. 1t is like the
oil which ran down Aaron's beard.
1t is good thing. We recollect
reading an anecdote Of two far
mers, who lived near neighbors.
We will call them Smith and Jones.
Well Smiths family, from the hired
girl up, were remarkable for their
pleasant manners; their kind cour-
tesy to each other was the talk Of the
country; every one had something
to say about Smith and his family.
Jones folks on the other hand we're
totally unlike them. Zach seemed
to have been raised on apple vine
gar. Nothing pleasant ever occur
red at Jones. 1t was all acerbity,
continual pickering, harsh, unkind
words, and his business ever went
wrong. Jones could not understand
this, could not see where the great
difference existed. One day he
asked his neighbor Smith to tell
him what the secret was, if any.
The other replied that it was ac-
complishcd by the use of grease.
Grease" neighbor Jones, said he,
lis what does it, please explain" y"
Jones. We'll" said Smith, Il
grease my family every morning. by
kind words, cheerful smiles, and
praise, instead of fault finding. This
is the secret. Every one begins the
days work cheerfully, and the work
is done with willing a!acrity. This
is it, the wife, the children, the SER
wants are all the better for kind
words. or for little grease. Like
machinery. the family needs greas-
ing. FRY it, neighbor Jones, and
see how beautifully it will work.
Jones did try it, and it is needless
to say, that from that day change
for the better came over the spirit
of his dream. kind words are like
apples Of gold in pictures Of silver"
Why is it that kite flying, mar
bles, tops and other youthful pas
times have each their particular
season? We have thought too, that
other things seem to be popular at
certain seasons. At one time the
papers are rife with accounts of
fearful disasters at sea, one horrible
account is followed by another, and
how frequent is this occurrence; at
another time fires engross the mind;
perhaps there is q change, and then
the mind is staggered by the fre-
Quent murders which are commit
ted. At another time the dark I'M
mentionable crime, Of which we
have had such large experience,
runs its day and time. Any one of
these is quickly followed by another
and another of like character, till
the heart reyoIts and sickens at the
recital. Perhaps the newspapers
may be to blame, for let one &C
count be published, and it is taken
up, and set in motion, and every
paper in the land strives to out do
the other in its accounts Of similar
occurrences, and the one seed
springs up into foul Towering.
AS the green apple season ap
proaches it may not be amiss to ut
ter a warning to the small boy and
girl contemplating an indulgence
in this deceptive luxury. Colics
lurk in green apples as we'll as
worms. therefore they should be
given q wide-berth. Shun them,
avoid them. give them to your broth
er, or your sister. or even to your
cousin, or your old grandfather, who
is blind and cannot detect the fraud,
but eat them not yourself. Here is
what the poet says about q green
apple:
Oh! concentrated quintesscncc Of collie
At once the base of pies and school
boys frolic-
As all unconscious OF your power you