Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-19
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with those who look TO the laeGt world for
,angeance on their enemies, real or ina
.ined. in this, brings to mind an event of
NV early life. l must have been about
roars of age, for / have reason to recol-
iect that soon after that time there took
MACE mOmentous change IA thecostume
Of children. TO which my grandmother
Il afterwards attributed the perceptible and
II Toni5 development of criminal precocitv
III IN the youth of my generation. Thefash-
ian Of dress in those days would now an
naor ridiculous, and if our children could
See their grandfathers as | saw them. the
h iHtlp angels IN the park would "laugb to
n lin" and think monkey show let loose
4 The BOYS wore bell-Crown beaver hats
lorgpr than their heads, while their clothes
6tfpd tight to their bodies and were held
togptber by rows Of bell buttons Of conner
mr. silver gilt, running down before aud
III bebiud. They might have passed for the
Germs of a coming nation of Georgia Hus-
sars in all their present bravery. MY
n grandmother always insisted that the
N cbapge to round jackets was a blunder.
n and the addition of tails worse than
III blunder-a crime against sOciety-since
the boys, feeling themselves well
4 protected in the rear, advanced
more confidently in their as.
soults on conventional proprieties.
A The little girls, too, followed the fashions
n of their mothers, who wore COal-scUttle
n hats almost as large as that household
IN article itself, with their Yar0uslY col
ored belts of ribbon tied under their arm
pits neatly. and streaming q yard or two
ri behind. while the rest Of the garments
fitted so closely all around as to render
All opposition to Waiting unnecessary, if
that ahominatiOn had even been dreamt
ofin those days of primitive simplicity.
a description Of the dress of gentlemen
would not be believed, and therefore, /
will not attempt il further than to say
mat the fronts Of coats did not reach
below the nipples, while the long.
narrow swallOw-tails would some time in
high winds wrap around the calves of the
81 legs, and in the occasional whirls Of
H. c0tilliOn project themselves on both sides
~ into a space like the arms Of a pOlypus
seeking TO encircle the forms Of the fair
partners. II we didn't know that the
waltz had originated in the camps of the
ID Poles and Huns we might suspect that
these swallOw-tails suggested it. Follow
iug UP this idea, we naturally return to
# the she0l, to which many think the waltz
and cigarettes are carrying the rising
generation, II not still further to the other
place not to be mentioned 20 ears polite.
From my earliest infancy ! had SO
strong desire to pry into the secrets Of
nature, and made so many experimental
researches that my guardians and nurses,
white and black, misunderstanding my
motives, pronounced me- no one Directing,
TO be a most mischieVous boy, in every
thing that did not hurt q work Of art or
pain dumb animal, and 50 much was !
considered a limb Of the great mischief
maker himself, that my old negro nurse
felt sure that would end by being a par
son! So far her prophecy has not been
realized. In the course of the ex-
81 perments to which l have alluded
did that which my grandmother thought
81 an unlustihable betrayal of the confidence
Teposed in me by her iaNorite cat, and
promised me whipping when she should
catch me- 1t was in vain that / express
ed my willingness to relieve her from the
moral obligation to keep her promise, for
as she could not catch me herself she call
III ed Cibby, her maid. to do so. From her /
ri fed to the top of "A high and rickety clothes
press, which l declared I would throw
down if an attempt at escalade should be
made. Que was made, whereupOn | shook
ithack and forward so violently that the old
lady knowing that ! was a chip from her
own block, wasted no words in parey, hut
moved her chair directly under the press,
and took her seat therein, going on with
her knitting as if nothing tragic might
happen. AT once the motion ceased, the
sealing parry reiterated, and quiet settled
Der the field of battle. But soon there
We're signs of a renewed attack, and I
exclaimed: Grandmother, get away!
I'm a-cOmingI' We'll, come if YOU Will
hurt your Old lame grandmother"
Never! but if Cibby comes nearer,
il mash her catfish mouth
with my foot, surel'' "Oh, LGr, Missis.
only hear dat chile! lie call my mout'
catfish mout,' cried Cibby, retreating
from her scaling ladder IN utter confusion
aud dismay. The result was that after
an hour, finding the decentralization 100
complete and tho watch too Wide awake
for me To avoid surrender or starvation
ON dry dinner, / came down and re-
ceiyed the promised reward with ali Tesig-
nation and humility, and then the CONVEX
s8tiOn took this turn:
Grandmother, weren't you afraid that
III ] would throw the clothes press on your"
Yes, but not for myself-tOr you'll II
III y0u had killed yourself, where would You
have gone top s'HO the bad place."
Yes. certainly, for you were breaking
NE commandment, 'HOnOr thy father and
Il my mother, that thy days may be long in
The land which the Lord thy God giYeth
Nee and you would have gone to hell"
but, grandmother, cousin Tom says
there is no hell.v At this the old lady's
CONSERVATION was equal To that produced
IN some quarters by the substitution OF
Sheol for the old familiar word, and she
exclaimed: "N0 hell Then where will
Inc wicked 90 tor'
Long years afterwards. when | had
."'NNub Neepil ann ichu lhNcu on tit SUD
lrct Of the existence Of EVIL ANA q state OF
iuture reward aud punishment, asked
the Od lady what she really Thought OF
nell. Her reply l will give, and earnestly
recommend it TO the many sincere Chris
tdne WhO look on death with fear aud
n trembling aud regard il as n great and
II terrible evil; 81 never think OF it, she
n replied; Il have nothing to do with it; it
n Us none Of my business, aud / never talk
OF lt, for | believe in Christ and
NJ V'ns TO him more and more as J
~ ses the increasing lnfdelity and
muse teaching of the day, and the grow
n ing corruption and usurpnt0ns Of our
n s'Nemment. (Ihis was after Marcy de-
c@Ied that to the victOrs belonged the
III slols, aud George Thompson, st. r., bad
..efted the abolition question In Boston,
by saviour saws: Let not your hearts
" troubled. We believe in God, beiieye |
also IN me- do believe in Him, and m
II ,'e Bible, and therefore why should /
u'3oie myself with what cannot under !
s.and. To do SO ls not wise; 10 rs even
gaehristian, Tor it shows want Of faith IN
lis words.
The substance of all his teachings is