The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-02-26
VALENTINES DAY.
Arp Talhs of the Ways OF the vo,,,

| - $50 "ayD Oh the WOTLu.
The good S.. Valentine lived in
warmer latitude than this-sometime,
we have breath of Spring by the I4,L
or February, but not often. The bird.
are not mating now-in fact. thew bav.
not yet come out of Winter uuarters in
this region: The peach buds are moi
sweliing' The willows on the branche,
SNOW no s'gns. We have planted moth
| ing ID the garden, but We live in hone
anu iaith that Spring will come and il
near at hand. The young lambs have
come and are shaking their little tails,
and some OF the hens have gone TO set.
ting and that is sign. 1t has been q
hard, long Winter, and so we will enioy
the Spring all the more. We can't plow
Tor the ground is either frozen or it n too
wei. The boys can't hunt, for the guns
freeze to their hands, but they run rab.
DTS, and we have rabbit stow most eyery
Gay oil mixed up with Ir,sb potatoes. and
1t is savory dish. 1t IL mighty hard To
keep up an inviting bill of fare now. for
we are aiar of. from oysters and fab and
eeefsteak. 1t is too late for backbone
aud sparerib and too soon for turnin
greens, and 30 the rabbits and the birds
help out and vary the monotony. But
we have big lye hominy most all the
time, and that is hard to beat; and we
nave eggs-lots of eggs and cook them
in lots of ways, and they are good anv
way you cook them. I don't know what
the country folks would do without
chickens and eggs. A good fat old hen
makes the best soup in the world, and
will alm0st cure the toothache at nv
house. Then we have nice fresh butter.
milk every day and corn meal hoecakes
split open and butter to 60 with it. And
once or twice in while am allowed To
have meas of cod fish, with eggs and
cream, and the dish il get close 70 me at
one end of the long table, and Mrs. Arp
slts afar off at the other end and looks
amazed to sec the children help me dis.
pose of it. 1.-THE idea" saya she. chat
my children eat cod fshp And So
when she and they eat tr;pe, I nut on
airs and say, "Tbe idea of nv children
eating tripe!" Cow peas are a good
country dish and the cheapest thing T
know Of Children love them and Will
keep fat and healthy, and then there are
tbs roasted potatoes that they never get
tired of. Anything roasted in the ashes
or broiled on the Goals is better than TO
De cooked on stove. We have great
big fireplaces, four. feet wide, and ,he lit
tie chaps have got eggs or potatoes in the
ashes most every day, and it keeps them
dirty and contented, for they are always
hungry, and that is good sigu. Chill
dren who have no appetite are in q bad
way. They are puny. So it is with
stock. The best horses are the heartiest
eaters. Hungry folks don't need any
tonics to whet the appetite. / love to
see working-man eat. for he enjoys il,
and he enjoys his sleep, and gets up in
the morning refreshed. and is ready for
another day. have great respect and
admiration for the working. men of this
land. They are the backbone of the
government and will be it's best protec.
tion when trouble comes. Mr.. Randall
wrote well about them in the Augusta
paper, when he Raid ttst if these million.
airs, who are making their immense for.
tunes out of Sweat and toll, didn't change
their methods, they would have to pay
one half of the common people to keep
the ether halt from taking their ill got.
ten gains away. Wealth il not always
secure. There are millions of restless
people who would divide out If they
could, aud they are getting bolder every
day. But the common farmers and la.
bnrers Of the country are not Of their
class. They are for law and order and
good government. A man who works
hard every day is not apt to be distur.
Der of the public tranquility. He has.
ent got time or inclination. Idleness is
the parent OF vice, aud when these idle
men beg for employ ment, the rich men
had better give 1t to them-give it to
them at any sacrifice. If man wants
to work for bread for his family the work
ought to be provided, even if It is work.
ing on the road. Bread IL due every
man IL he will work for it. When the
mills ere stopped and thousand fami.
lies are cut of from bread they are ter.
rible element to deal With. There are
some things that know no law, and hun.
ger IL one of them. The concentration
Of wealth in the hands of the few is the
great danger that threatens government
hundred millions when his nabors are
starving. Itshocks humanity. 1t shocks
Judgment and reason and pity. The
people will respect and tolerate fortune
of million, for that sum ia surely
enough to put the family above all dan.
ger Of want; but for ten millions or a
hundred there is no sympathy. There is
o deep seated conviction everywhere that
most Of it is i'll gotten. aud even If hon.
estly gotten It ought to be surrendered
and distributed. Good men feel moro
than they say, for they do not want to be
classed with communists. Good men
everywhere lament these colossal for.
tunes. and some day spark will be
kindled that even good men will not try
to put out. There 10 but one safety for
such fortunes, and that Is to give them
away. Do like seney, or Peabody, or
Peter Cooper.
cities want fuel. There are o thousand
In Atlanta who have not got it. Your
people called them there. You are call
ing all the time, "Cone, all 70 ends Of
the earth; come to Atlanta" So they
came, and many Of them are struggling
for bread and clothing. Your rich men
roll 10 wealth, and IL man who 10
worth hundred thousand gives ten dol.
lars 10 keep your poor from starving or
freezing he is published In your paper as
q beneiactor, q philantrophist, and 90 he
consoles himself and receives bis bene.
dictions. II It were not for your benev.
olent women your poor would perish.
Az q general thing the rich mon have no
moro conception OF true charity than q
Comanchee Indian. They wouldn't give
q cent, but for public opinion. The
poor are the charitable. They give q
hundred fold more than the rich in pro.
portion TO their means. The world don't
know how much the poor do for one an.
other: how they nuree their sick and