The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-06-24
Old Fashioned Folks.

The longer l live, and the more I seas
of men and women, the stronger is my
feeling to exclaim: "What shans We
both have come to bel" ~ ss''
GIVE grown to be anold woman, and
I don't claim that I was ever handsome
or graceful, or angelic, but the fact re-
mains that I've been married andy
must take it for granted that my John:
loved me. Hook back to my courting
days and am amazed at the change which
has come over the world. My JobnHaH
me in a plain calico dress, without false
teeth, false hair or padding. He Was aa
honest, sun-browned lad, who parted his
hair on the side, wore boots large enough
for his feet, and had no money to spend
I at dancing school. I had not learned
how to lace my waist until my heels were
lifted of the floor, and as for paints and
powders they were unknown. My john
never asked me ifIcould bake, WrsSs
iron, sew and be a helpmeat to him. BIC :
knew I could. he had eaten OF my. bread
and pies, and had found me at thesMash
tub. I never had a fear that he wonld
be out of work half the year and be- CONF
PEELED to live on his father.in-law:
aPlaying father-in-law" vas not knowns
in those days. If he had no clean. .starchs'
ed cuffs, neither did he smoke. Ifhe hads
no stand.up collars, neither did he know
the interior ofsaloons. Hhe5sporte no.
cane, neither did he know Of poker, faro; &
and old sledge. IF he had no Alaska
diamond to act as a headlight on bis
shirt.front, neither had he tailors' bills to
worry over.
There was nothing said about 8 pony
phaton, piano, hired girl, bridal tour and;
thelike whenwe we're married John had
5000 0saved up, and I had bedding and ay
setof old fashioned dishes, and We wsntto 8
keeping house in log cabin with bare
floors and had no envy of even john
Jacob Astor. There was a funeral now
and then in those olden days, but never:
divorce. Women fell sick, but they
never eloped. Men were lost in the will
derncss, but men never left wife ard
children to run away with Lpsifted face
and treacherous heart. Neighbour
were not enemies social gatherings were
not slandering societies-worth was not
, boiled down into q silk dress or swai-,
1owtailed coat.
John brought up hisboys to belieyd
that no man need be ashamed Of honest
toll. I brought up my girls to believe
that it was a wife's duty toknow how tes
manage house from cellar to garrett
Alas! They have come to be ashamed Of
it'll Honest toll is no longer the thing
for men, and the woman who admits that
she knows how to dye, quilt, patel, bake
and iron is lost to society. Their chii;
dren call me grandma when nobody is
about. When they have company ann
supposed to be out Of the way up stairs
Grandpas and grandmas are no Longer
fashionable. They are too blunt and
outspoken. They can'tmake out how;a
wife who's husband earns ST 200 3 year
can put $500 of it on her back, They
can't see why boys and girls Of 10 should
be engaged; why girls should spend aasS
their time at the piano and onthe streets
and none in the kitchen why the parlot.
carpet should be of velvet while the
kitchen is in debt head over heels; why
receptions should be given one week and.
the sherifflocked out the next; whysiiks
and satins and new bonnets can be pitte6S
against womanly sense and wifely duty
and win every time
AUNT SALLY. B