The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-10-02
Suaesaau gatslligetsees.
BILL ARP.
40 10 Consaltod in . Divorce cass
ARanta Cbas,ituticn.

Twas sitting down In front OF the hote
the other morning perusing the Cosstita,
ton when clever, ,good.for.noshing
eeedy, pale faced individual came up an,
took chair beside me, and says he
"Kernal, sposen woman was to put up
plea and writ feller when she had n,
grounds, and her lawyer put it in th!
paper, and now she wants TO take 1t bacl
write liebill and put that in the papel
toop
"I don't exactly understand you, my
friend" eaid I. "Is it divorce case7 Il
your wife sueing you for q diyorceY"
: "Adzactly," said he. ~ had @ little
property and che and her lawyer want.
It, and so she raised rumpus abou
nothing and put In q plea and wants all
the money" "Alimony," said I. "Ad
zactly," said he, "and so I sold my prop
erty and put ali the money where she
can't find Il, and now she wants to come
together again aud don't want to sign a
liebill."
Glow long have you been married f''
said I.
"About two months" said he,
"And what was the matter? :" said I.
"What made her sue you what did you
do to herr"
"Nothing," said lie. "She got mad
cause wouldn't give her money TO no
off on an excursion to Stone mountain
with ed.headed feller, and che called
me an old North Callfna yaller eyed,
tallow faced, box ankled vagabon', and /
don't know what ell she dident call me,
and I want TO know If 7 can't make her
prove it. Aint she got to prove 1t before
she can put in plea7"
prove what? ?" said /.
"Why, prove what she called me-" said
"Well--lets see,". said I. "Did you
come from North Carolina7"
well were born thar" said be.
And your eyes are little yaller,"
said 1; "and yous complexion is very
eallow, and you may be box x.ankled4-f
don't know. Now the main question is.
What DO you do for living? what's
your trade; arc you vagebond or not2p
We'll, kernel, don. do much of any.
thing right now, sepin to knock round,
faE buainess ia mighty dull"
"WsIs aasHs, said do yon Sy aud
makeu with yenr wife and buy you &
little home gith that money your daddy
len you, and 60 to work, and the gsry
frst thing you do give that red headed
feller lickin' If be comes about, and
thel your wife will have more respect for
you.n
He studied awhile and said: "Kernel,
believe you are right. I'll whip him
Shore" and he left me.
Well, there is power Of trouble
amongst the poor and the rich. The
poor fools marry for fun and the rich
fools marry for money, aud there Is mis-.
cry ell round. There 10 no happiness In
welded life except when they marry for
love and havea o mutual respect for one
another. The middle classes are the hap.
piest for they have to work for a living,
and they are happier in the country than
In the town for the red headed chaps have
got to work too, and haven't got time to
be cruising around In excursions with
other peoples wives.
Now is the time when I love to take
the little? chaps around the farm and
pull afew'of the big ears of the new
corn for now meal and big hominy, and
1t looke like the low ground corn Is big
ger and fstter than ever before. fnd
some cara 13 inches long with 10 and 20
rows and they will average q thousand
grains, and 40 of them will shell half
bushel. II Is curious how nature figures
up her products for I .hayo never yet aeen
an ear with an odd row. They are IA
and l6 aud Is and 20 but never odd, and
1t 10 q mysterious wonder how the tender
ahoot wrapped up :n It's newborn ehuck
always moulda the cob Into even num.
bera and never makes O mistake. Ordi.
narily IL takes o hundred cara to make q
buskel, and Will 3 Thousand grains to the
ear, bushsl of shelled corn has one hun.
dred thousand grains. One time there
was Feraian philosopher who wanted
to teach the wild yonng king q lesson of
prudence and good government, and go
BIC sassssssseead 81 The gene Of shess, and
tpugut MIN hoW tt0 t. play, and now dePtn-
dent the king was upon the QUEEN. and
how the knights and the bishops and the
castles represented che chivalry and the
church, and tho old solid men OF the
kingdom, and 1t took all Of them to
strengthen tho empire and defend Etha
king and The paWns were the humble
subjeetB, the poor working people, and
they were ths:trJast aud best defenders
of all. So the young king took the lesnon
kindly, and was 30 gfatifed for, it tiia. ke
wanted to nuke ttho philosopher pres.
lent. md while they wera playing a game
on the chesa board the philosopher said.
no didn't want any present but il the
king insisted on 10 he weuld simply take
q grain of corn for the 6rSts square on The
schessfb board and have II doubled on each
succeeding square until all the sixty -four
squares were covered. The king laughed
ss hisss @ Ges e,.ea .:iae cad the
phil0e76pheF want &C and told him he
would 9call next day fer shis corn, and
asked him TO sfgdGC Il MP and see 3li6w
much ie WAS. That night ths king
thought he would catSnikte, and SO he
went TO sucrk and found that It, would
take moro corn than was In his. Kingdom
moro than had been undo in. the King.
dom for d Daaand years, and nov I,
would like sop the ,bOys and, pills who arc
going 10. school to do, thsb cum aud a8iaa
5llt how many million ybasns dieE d
million bushela each IL saonld, take 90.
hold the philosop haf'a cofn. q .rehe old
imsn took this way TO check ssfe iingh'
,eKtravage gence, and keep; him from equan.;
dering tho Siat.a hi: atilerS left him.
s Our tittle chaps are gathering che pop.
corn a0waEi the rcd ears aud the: yellow
ones and the spsek led ones look mighty
nice ell mix ed aoge her and the children
will have d good time these long winter
nights that Gre coming, They are talk,
Ing about .sninuts and Gcaly barks and
;cheat1 tlta md black haHs and may pops
and 3possiinis. These &iitt les sthinRst make
up q bright picture il, OF q child.
and 3thaY fgeAsasa eTsek me tii0fias that do
tia good Ia our old age. 81 don,e care.
much for such thinga new, but j do care
toGes 4he Chi idfen happy Just as fused 20
he tas,Dy III tho lOfl<ss lonS Tsfsanst