The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-08-09


the rat and Ilet fall 9 dish cover and
/ broke It and the rest Of that story is too
tedious TO mention.
But then, on the other hand, there is
some good mixed sup with every bad,
though We cant see tyery plain on all
occasions. Alexander Stephens said he
/ came home from Washingto once and
found all his wheat ruined By rust, and
his old 3darky saw that.he felt bad about
IL and tried to console hin. ..Mas: Alex,
Its mighty bad and might j disapp ointin',,
bnt den dar Is one comfort: De rust is 9
purity general thing and de nabon' wheat
Esain,t tno better dan ourn. 2 Even misery
win find some good sin having company.
sIt iab bad for man % cheat and swindle
and oyerreach TO make q big fortune, but
his money builds railroads and factories
/ and furnaces and steamshirs and he
makes q will and leaves . good sum to
colleges and, churches and other charities
as conscious money.
S Itisa bad thing TO hang q man or TO
lynch him, but it's good for the com.
;munity and viii prevent some other bad
man from doing the same thing. q.
wooden town gets burned up sooner or
aLt
later, but abrick one grows up out Of
the ashes. Its is bad for the farmers to
get only eight cents 8 pound for his cot
ton, but cheap cotton makes cheap
clothing for the poor All over the world.
lis bad 10 be sick, bntsa q man never
knows how. 70 enjoy good health until he
has Invested q. few times with the nm
feeling angel Of pain and got thrown:
Nothing ever happens abolt my honse
sor my home that seems bad but what I
can find some good in il at.the5 tail end if
Il try Our: COW jumped the fence and
MAS gone for three days and We had to!
get milk ftom 8 nabor but /. did her good
to rive itsto,us and ne saved the COWS
feed and Carl wss happy while she was
gone, for; he says she was the meanest
COW to milk il. the world, for she won't
stand still, nor back shsr: :leg,nor do Moth
ing and she sWitchs .hsr tail in his face
scanda alous. 49,.
The: other night abont 9 dozen of the
nabors dogs came visiting to puT honse,
and made such racket thatI got mp and
sblazed away with q gun promiscuous, and
next mornipg there Was dead one in
the front yard. That was bad for the
dog and bad on onr nabor, but it Wss
good for Us. The next night our dog
went out visiting 70 return the calls, and
came back with q bullet hole through
him, and wasg glad II, for was feeling
fsorter mean about killing our nabors
dog, and so this, helped to restore the
equilibrium. Our dog laid around all
day, and wouldn't die, and We zdoctored
! him as well IS ne could, aud the next
morning ne co1ldn't find him any where.
Alter q general lshunt one Of the boys said
maybe he had got under the house and
down ia an old cellar that we didn't use;
90 &c lifted up the trap door in the back
:entry. and sure enough the dog was down
there licking his wounds. We jumped
down 20 sec how he was getting on and
gave him some water and Yittels, and
while Rewere squatted down over him
the cook woman came along from the
kitchen, and was making for The pantry
with q great big pan Of hot water to wash
the breakfast dishes. She didn't know
the trap door was open and she couldn't
see it, for the dishpan that was before
her, and she is sorter near sighted any
how, and of course she ,tNa!ssiI. 5.isll5
into Che hole and lit duwnson me- aud the
boys and the dog with the hot water to
boot, and she fell all over US before we
could tell what it was that darkened the
hole, and she come screaming and hol-
lering and praying to.the Lord, and We
all screamed and hollered. too, and the
dog gave yelp and jumped out of the
celler, and all the women folks come a.
running, and just such q rumpus never
Was raised in these parts before, and I
hope will neYer:be again. But after all
there was nobody killed or wounded OF
scalded very much. The cook woman
had,to go home and get calm and serene
and change her clothes and fx up, and
me and the boys had q family reception
and lots Of hilarious commiseration, and
the dog vacated that celler for good, and
i reckon the hot water cured him, for he
is getting well. haven't been able up
to this time to discover the good that was
in the tail end of that frolic, unless it is
that the women folks ever and anon
break out into such s. ft Of laughing they
s have to stop sewing and as 90 good laugh
helpeth Digestion" I hope they wont
need 80 much liver medicine fol. season.
They seeem to sympathize with us good
deal, but never did appreciate sympa-
thy that was mixed up with 30 much
one.sided hilarity.
It's right bad 10 lose the bloom Of
youth and the vigor Of manhood, but old
age has its blessings. Old age commands
respect and is entitled to comfort and
many privileges that youth can't claim;
old age Is Indifferent to the fashions and