The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-04
LETTERING. 2.
Berry Baker PHILOSOPHERS on Some Ofthe
Ups and Downs of Every Day Life.

me and it is this. The people at
near the telephone offices through
the country are paying for them,
and to make the enterprise a sue
cess for the company and con-
venience for the people, an operator
will have to sleep at The central of
fee. Doctors are frequently needed,
and besides that, other ad vantages
might be derived from having q
night operator. Somes times the
farmer is too busy to 60 to town or
even to the telephone Office until
after he has done his days work !;
after supper he could step over to
his Office and order bill of goods,
have them sent out next day and
no time lost. I think this would
cause other communities to take
hold, and the result would be a
grand success telephonically. The
| squire thinks so too.
wish it would turn warm, l do,
then the doors might stand open
all the time. They purity nigh do
that now. My wife Sally and / Ger
tainly would enjoy it. She in par
ticular; she has such a hard time
trying to get the little Bakers to
shut the doors. "Shut that door,
janet" "Susie, go right back and
shut too that door! Il do wish that
your father would pay some atten-
ton; he just sits there and writes
just like it was the middle of
August, and here Pm half frozen
on account of that cold door,
The little things and big ones too
are getting used to the scolding and
the cold weather both and enjoy
them hugely. They look a little
scared when ma or grandma says
such hard words. They are used to
it and SO is she. 1t has been a
long time since any of 'em got
licking and they know it. You see
we are two sets, no I mean two
geperati9ne. and many sets in this
two generations, u
Laps, did you ever hear tell of
family cyclone2 We've had 'em
here nigh onto two weeks. In
language of my wife Sally, "It's
ma this, and grandma that, and one
or tother pnrty nigh all the time"
She is getting calm and patient.
Well she may be, for just one half
of her offspring have taken unto
themselves helpmeets. When it ap-
pears to her that the half has
not been told she quotes scripture
and thinks blizzards. But like a
sensible woman she studies the
wonders of nature and the nature
of multiplicity of little Bakers and
grandbaby Bakers that have been,
is nov, and Hill be. But one great
consolation OF her life is to know
that she has done her duty in null
tiplying, replenishing and so forth,
which is the legitimate duty of all,
but wofully neglected by some.
Ny wife Sally and ] have long
since gone out of business. sat down
on multiplication and now devote
our entire time to the study of alb
straction and separation. We have
some.encouragement,t though nature
has taught us that we generally
have a calm after a storm and we
do hope it will be at least in pro-
proportion to the storm. We have
the squirrels best sympathies in our
voyage. Well reckon it's right.
l expect others that have immi-
grated into a matrimonial state
would say so too.
1 suppose everybody has mix
lures in life. We have 'em all the
same. Lots of darkness and some
light, heap of bitter and little
sweet, big troubles and little pleas
ures. Many sorrows and few en-
joyments. Ny wife Sally and 1 and
the squire have about come to the
conclusion that this world is just
what we make it. In some things
there is as much of one as there is
of the other, to-wit: About as
much rain as sunshine, about as
much mud in winter as dust in
summer, as much darkness as there
is light, about as many old widow
ers as there are widows as many
old bachelors as old maids, as many
young men as young ladies and as
many boys as girls. In the latters
pairs, the supply is equal to the de-
mand. The delinquents should
take courage,they should. "Jes'so,"
says the squire.
When the two generations get
quietly seated and begin to sing
some of those beautiful Sunday
school songs, my wife Sally and l
forgot our troubles and vexations,
become rapturous and ecstatic, old
things pass away and all things be-
come new. We love to hear the
melody and harmony that ema-
mates sometimes from our little
Bakers voices, and sometimes from
q bakers dozen Bakers voices.
Some on bass, some on tenor, some
on alto and others on treble. They
call one part soprano now, but I've
got 'em mixed. Anyway all parts |
are represented and there are a |
heap more Bakers than parts, too.
We have instrumental Emusic and |
vocal music, and we love to hear
both. We forget the past, and In
our Imagination get to perambula
ting over the beautiful fields of
Eden, the plains of glory and rusti-
eating on the golden shore, embrac-
ing and being embraced by our ia
theirs and mothers that are there,
our brothers and sisters that are
there. Joyous thought, glorious
hope, that one day these imagina-
tions shall be turned into realiza-
tions.
The door is open again and the
dog in the house; hold a minute
while drive him out. Dog-on my
luck. When begin to enjoy my
self aud feel delighted, something
turns over and knocks all the gist
out of my letter and me too. Well,
1 reckon it's right. My patience is
like this coat-threadbare-and so
is nay wife Sally's Cher patience l
meant We've had no dogs for