The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-16
[Io b Continued !
Brother Gardner on old-rashioned Folks

Brother Gardner on OId-FnshIoned Folks.
'I was readu "a de paper yesterday
sail Brother Gardner, as the meeting
opened after the usual style. Il was O.
Tcadu' q lament beEass dc Cle-faSll uu' q
man an woman had died OF, an would
he seen no mo- ON sirth forvbgr. lie glad
on IL. DE Ole-fashuu'd man SCrBpeo OF dc
measure when be sold wheat, he believed
dat any sort Of food an any sort Of bed
was good 'uUtT for his chilleu he took dc
biggest piece OF pie at de table he ate mo
like q hog dan 81 human ulIn' i he had
sympathy, II was FUR his cattle instead OF
his family De ule-fH shuu'd man was q
TegIar attendant at prayer mCetiu', but he
worked his hired help twenty hours ouI oi
tvveuty--Oug jIsz de same He'd drive
five miles 70 church on sunday TO show
his rcliEun. but 5oorin' de Odder six days
o. de week he was a bad man TO trade
hOsses wild. 1t took bis wife six months
- git uP &c courage 80 ok him fur "A new
kalker dress an mos of his ChilIeu
growed uQ an went away from home wild
out a reClloleekshuu of a dozen kind
words.
DE aie-fashun'd man had two recipes
fur his feIlow-bcius- s. De fust was hard
work, lie mex was boueset tea He had
but two ideahs in regard 10 boys. DE fust
was lots o. work an leetle =choolin'; do
next was lots O. lCkius am no holidays
He had but two ideahs in regard to biz
ness. DE fUst was git oil yg kin; de next
was keep all sc git. Ee argued dat liar
could ueDsr enter de Kingdom of hcaben-
but would so ont AN lick SICK OK 70
! death wilout any fgar ab1us lls hereafter.
. He prayed loudly dat de Lavd would in
/ creae5 his crops, but he kept his hired
. hands down tU de lowest possible lEser-
. lie made q great show Of -ubuittiI' u de
. VII ol Providence, but ii 500 pounds OF
I hay got wet i'm a rain storm some OF de
oh i'm %
de ols-fasuru'd man an woman h5y
t departed. an de world hasn't lost cent
by i5. 1t was Eooa depart Wicked rs
some folks claim the world to lee, 1 Feel
dat Kin walk into DE average crowd am
pick out mo- chulity, humanity, religUu,
sympathy and morality GaI- could oe found
III % fe1-acre lot OF gie-f5sh6l.a i men let
as now i.U.-ecL To li1uea=- ~ Detroit Free
f Press.
A gentleman whites u~ 10 ask if we will
Eudl. FURNISH hin. with "a aeauition " the
word lDs.TT.
Tho tasI, isto7dlfrrIt to be undertaken
ut thi- time o.. EoaE. We have neither
space uur time to .> press 1u opinion Of
some JL .ho poetry ywl.,h Uufz .rs way into
% ucwar.lE .e- u.-ua- Tins EH-l-h language
Is aeuufanIIy ample for most erueryauCi.s
Hut wholly Inadequate 10 the occasion
when inspired souls pour themselves out
il song and request us TO uIiut f.
ID 1ar CORE pendent has auE tendency
in hat direction w7 advise him 10 checl
/, f1Stau.er. 1fr. MeEE was willing to- 9,
asy al.autoi writing iur AIr Botiin a
h,li 10 crown "a wSeE, but of poetry h
SAID :--.I il would come dearer. For whei
"a person comes 10 grind OH poetry Nigh
after might il is huf HEht he should eNFec
TO lc paid for its weakening effect ou tl
miuJ. "
a soII 90 advice. Never offer Won
poetry TO 70 new spsper man yourself br
CogN somebody vino doesn't know au
b. better 20 DO IL for you, The moment a.
editor sees llti- kind OK literature he l1ss
2 all control of himself. becomes elu0tioI
@ ally insane and ought not 70 be held r
80 sponsible for anything ne may do. If yo
must choose between poetry and what r
" calls a purple leptic tit" don't ehoo
a the pOety.